Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-23


/ cinity or jamestown combined have n ot
| sufficient hotel accommodations to ac-
| comrnodate anything like an extraordi1
| nary crowd and II 1t SHOULD happen that
| the naval Tevlew---which VIE be grand
sight Inv should attract great
cOncOurse Of people Ia Tidewater, Vr-
| gnla, the visitors will not stny very
long unless the greedy hotel men revise
their program Already the reports OF
, exotbltant charges have caused many
who intended to visit the fair 10 cancel
their arrangements There VIII Mn-
doubto1ly he many wealthy people own
Ing their own yachts, who will take
parties down TO the exposition and en-
tertain them upon their vessels. Intend
in- visitors TO JamestOWn would do
we'll to wait until June. a least be-
fore making their ccntem plated rip, as
II VIII certainly be the end az May be-
fore the show is In full running order
The navy depa rtment Is already well
represented aud the fleet gathered IN.
Hampton Roads Is q glorious sight and.
one which gives the American citizen
an excellent idea OF what has been
done towards building up the sea power
of this republic In 1892 there was a
somewhat similar display Of ucr-o war;
previous 20 the opening Of the World =
fair in Chicago, Then later there was n
gallant exhibition ar American war ves-
seis In the harbor OF New York. The
display VI 1907 viii probably be a fea-
ture Of the jamestown celebration. and
IT only The food purveSors OF the Nir-
sinia shores WIN be sats7fcl with de ent
profits on their investments there will
Undoubtedly be many thousands nf
visitors from The north aud west but
they must change their methods quickly
on the anticipatod tin0pcial harvest will
certainly be blighted
MAIL CONTRACT PROFITS.
According 20 data taken from the
report OF the postmaster general for
1905 the government thar year paid
the New York Central ana tho Lake
Shore railroads, $3.50 per ton tor haul.
ing the mail between New York ami
chicago. The express rate matter
similar 20 mail mattey between these
two points is $50 per ton. The railroads
haul the business Of the express com-
panes FOR one~half or less of the total
charge. Thus the railroad gpt S61.4O
per ton for carrying the mail and S2i
per ton foI hauling express
In that year tie Chicago q North
western Railway handled 233O1,0 75
pounds OF mail on It's route between
Chicago and Omaha, a distance Of asa
miles, For this service II received
S44i,50l, ut which $99 1855 was rentals
Tor postal cars, This made the maui
rate between these two points S3s-6O
per ton The express rate ON matter
similar to mail matter between these
TWO points was $50 OF this the rail-
road got one-half or less, Thus The
government paid the Chicago and
Northwestern $500 per ton for service
similar TO that IT rendered the express
companies for $40 per ton.
During the same year the govern
ment paid the Erie Railroad s222 sos
ff1S 1rts,s k4f G 81 ,,No.E
between New York and Dunktrk. III
Guiding s5S.156 paid for rental Of postal
cars. This made the service cost the
government s49.60 per ton. The eN-
press company charged the public $50
per ton for carrying express OF sim
liar nature, OF this the railroad sot
one-half, or less. Thus the railroad
for which II got $3.50 per ton, while IL
got only sac per ton for rendering a
similar service 70 the express CONF
pany.
These comparisons are fairly repre-
sentative OF what Is going on all over
the United States The profits are
pretty generally conceded 10 be sufIi-
Gent to require the railroads 10 equip
their lines with modern all-steel cleo
tlfcally lighted postal cars.
SUBMARINE TESTS.
The navy department is waiting with
IA great deal OF interest the outcome
Of the tests OF submarine torpedo
boats, which are to be made early IN
May In the waters Of Long Island
sound The appropriation Tor the next
fiscal year for vessels of this character
amounts To- $4,000, 900, this sum is sutf-
cient 10 pay for the construction OF six
vessels of the highest type, The tests
TO be made are between boats as 10
4utlu 10 Ia laIN a "A
Lake type, and whichever one proves
TO be the most effective under the wa
ter and on the surface will be adopted
as the type for the navy in the future
Up 10 the present time the half dozen
or so submarine boats purchased by
the navy have been made on the lnodI-
fed lines OF the original Holland boat.
But the Lake people claim they have
a superior vessel and the test will DEM
onstrate whether or not their claim is
worthy OF consideration, The fight is
between the Octopus Of the electric boat
company's design and the Lake built
by the company bearing that name.
Each company claims superior navl-
eating abilities for its own production
and these claims are to be settled by
4 board over which Commander Mark
VIII preside
When submarine torpedo boats were
first added TO the navy they were noS
popular among officers and men. but
since President Roosevelt and Com
mander Dick Wainwright, of GlOu-
cester fame, tested sub-surface navi-
cation personally, no difficulty has been
eS perienced in finding officers and
crews to man them. The submarine
torpedo boat has come 10 stay, and it
viii undoubtedly prove an effective
means OF coast defense should this
country get into another foreign war.