New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-05
THE PASSING THR0NG.

Aiva D. Lee OF Douglas. wyo.. II staying at
the Hotel St. Denis lie is a mining prOspector !
and has finally cast his lot with /
WYOMING'S the future OF Wyoming The /
MINERAL Platte Valley" said Mr. Lee. is /
RESOURCES destined increase rapidly In |
population the result OF devel- |
Opments now in progress. Only little distance /
west Of Casper the government has approved the i
site for irrigation project that will water hun
dred thousand acres-practicaIly the whole valley |
to the Nebraska line seventy miles away. The i
dam will be built across narrow gorge through i
which the river runs and can be constructed TO a
height Of two hundred and seventy-hve feet i
Douglas. forty-five miles below Casper. has now /
six gas wells OF tremendous pressure that furnish
economical fuel tina: must invite manufacturing |
plants. Having regard for the that this Is the
centre Of large wool growing interests IT would be
a splendid cite for woollen factory. The mineral
resources in the Laramie Range district coming
there was no machireTy on a single PROPERTY In |
the district. while to-day there are five properties
on which machinery Is established and where de
yelopments are in active progress The district Is
from twenty TO forty miles from Douglas TO the
Tnt IN st III OF LaTamie PesH one OF @
Clark and his associates who have copper sUlphides
SIS ton Other properties st depth Of two hum
dred tset are making an equally good showing and
made that have Yielded net result q 800
the district and not one of them has returned an
9nfaxora6le report have pinned my faith to the
district traded piano for my first holding and
w cn jesTed at as an easy mark put have since
out Of fifteen that are recognized generally as
promising valuable mineral results"
William H. Furniss. Of London IS staying at
the Holland House. Mr. Furniss is q Manchester
man. who has been established in
USE OF the English metropolis for a dozen
AFRICAN years as a lumber mer-
MAHOGANY. chant. ''In the last six years" said
Mr. FUrniss. "the English demand
has been steadily increasing for mahogany brought
from West Africa. with corresponding falling or IN
the use of the Honduras product and that obtained
In other Central American countries There Is also
a broadening American market fO- the African
product and. owing to the favorable freight rates
from LiyerpooL the wood can be transported from
,-eved ireui ~ 1880 - as ~ I'll DC 49,
from Liverpool The African product is an shipped
on fb ports SgG6 as LHsos Benin and ASm
is not figured like that from the Central American
countries. nor can il compare in texture. but It
perative for many uses and II Is cheaper OF
course selected lots Of the African mahogany are
and Tabascay mahogany are OF excellent quality. /
eH5 prdaby Of bssn s % sa 5upp1
the African product will be ample for several
years"
Joseph c. Campbell, lawyer. Of San Francisco.
has been staying the Waldorf for several days.
Speaking Of the effect on the Pa
PACIFIC cihc Of the Panama Canal. Mr..
COAST AND Campbell said: opinion is divided
CANAL to the benefits California will
derive from its construction. and
there is a large amount OF outspOken sentiment
than gamer. especially in far Frisco is
to the effect that the State will be the loser rather
now way station from the eastern part OF the
United States to the Orient do not believe the
lean countries with California will be affected.
They are now large BUYERS in San Francisco. Of
the important items being mining machinery IL
is also notable that large number OF South
tries. spend the time with their families Frisco
from June TO October every year OF course the
undoubtedly Justified in favoring the canal on
the broad ground that the greatest good 20 the
greatest number Is subserved and that In the
for1Ssa will derive her proportonate share of the
benefits Then again & may be urged that Cal
to the market for her wheat and fruit in the East
by the isthmian route. There are obviously two
sides to the question
James c. Browneu Of Boston. is at the Man
haitian. Mr.. BrowneH says that his occupation thus
winter is complaining at the wealth
MR. or. though a general thing.
BROwNELL and this winter in his spare mo-
ON SNOW ments he Is engaged in the wool
len business. This has been the
most mOnotonous winter 1 ever passed through,
he said Yesterday: that Is. II ! have passed
through il yet. which Is open question was
in Albany for week not long ago. and the
teTpoon at PcIock h showed But the last day
Of my visit II hailed. and all the popuatOn GOT
ybicb T mean OF course Boston and vicinity there
has been no variety Months ago the countryside
cOuspired with the Weather Bureau, and decided 20
live 1p 10 the tradition of Whttier's snow Bound
Ira dltion admirably adhered to. and there has
been change since Along about the nrsJ 81
February most towns. and Boston, managed 70
get the roads broken out tho sidewalks cleared but
niles OF snow were high In the cutters that you
could not see who was walking on the other side
Of the street on. IL you care TO make such an |
obvious retort. OF course it Is easy enough to say
that must have been blessing; but II really
wasn't You could never be sue that there was |
any other side the street and when YOU came 70
a canyon shOveIled through at a crossing you were
really surprised find people coming across some
neone carried ladders to climb the drifts and iq
order TO read streetcar signs The report thaS |
Mrs lack Gardner made daily sallies from her |
DaIace ont uDOu the Fenns on snowShOes believe |
- he false but I have II good authority that |
curtis Guild jr went skeeing on the common ana
a fs Certainly true that there will be snow arch I
,'a[t summer at Birthstone Corner There was |
one consolation: many Of the suburban trolley cars
could not run all winter, blessed relief Sleish-
ing parties are already being booked toT april ~
5-7,-irg ont nv the rOure taken by the British IN /
he famous retreat from Concord Hot mince pie 1
vviu he served at Emerson's house. danodh I
trust Is being formed to see II by joint actlon the
east winds OF March can possibly De taken Win /
beauty