The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

port where the mine is located and
Vne pennsylvania town where the crv-
ollte is treated. The remainder receiv-
ed chemical names and were called the
chemical fleet" They were named
the kryoltth (the Danish for cryolite) !.
AIumina, Fluorine, Silica, Iodine. So
olum' Silicon, Salina, Platina and Ar
genta.
The vessels make only one trim 8
YEAR YEAR as a rule. The period in which
there is a possibility of their reach
ing their destination is short. They
leave Philadelphia in the month of
April and head to a point in the lee
OF cape Desolation. The ships have
the strongest and best of canvas and
gear, and in every respect they are
ntted out as we'll as experience and
skill can provide. Their hulls are not
only unusually strong, but are built
solld at the bows, covered with an
extra layer of planks there, and then
armored with steel plates.
Stream of Ice FIOes.
AND these precautions are all neces-
sary, for the destination of the vessels.
lvlgtut, is only few miles south of
the Arctic Circle. An ocean river
sweeps along the coast bearing down
ice neldS hundreds of miles in extent.
through which the ships must fight
thelr way to their port and back again
ana they have not only the ice to con-
tend with, but terrible gales as we'll
one summer out of a dozen ships
Lhat trled the passage, one was never
ne!fd or again after she left Philadel-
phla. Two others failed to get through
the ice. and returned with their crews
worn out and half starved. A fourth
Vessel only succeeded in reaching Ivig-
tut after battling with the ice pack
lor thirty days. The other ships got
through without special difficulty,
frequently the ships have to put
pack to port and refit, and often they
are SO badly damaged in the ice on
the return voyage that they can hard
~ imp back to Philadelphia or some
nearer port
The CryO1ite Industry.
The cryolite industry employs some
Two thousand men. who receive in
wages about a million dollars a wear.
AL lvlgtut the Danish company keeps
a small colony of from seventy to a
hundred and fifty men and three wom-
en-. A small steamer visits them from
denmark once a year, bringing sup
plies.
Even in New England, comparative
ly few people know of the existence Of
a queer line of ships that ply from
Provincetown and New Bedford, Mass,
to the Cape de Verde Islands.
A great number of Portuguese, espe-
cially Cape de Verde Islanders, settled
at Cape Cod and spread more or less
throughout New England This colo
nization arose through the discovery
by whaling shippers that the Cape de
Verde Islanders were remarkably skill
full harpooners. They were frequently
employed on the whaling vessels, and
came to New Bedford on them. Many
became farmers in New England, and
sent to the Cape de Verde Islands for
their families.
The Cape de Verde Islanders.
An extensive emigration from these
islands to Massachusetts grew up, and
a lire of steamships and sailing pack
cts was established to cater for it.
These vessels are usually crowded with
passengers on their voyages, which
are said to be extremely profitable. The
settlers are fond of returning to their
native islands for short trips, and they
often save UP enough money in Amer
lea in a few years to enable them to
live there for the balance of their days
as men of substance.