Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01

Wonderful Machinery Used.
! The machinery and appliances used upon
the docks for loading and unloading YES
sells are of the latest and most approved
patterns, invented by Sir William Thomas
! Lewis, the general manager. and Mr..
| Hunter. the late engineer in charge. They
are capable of lifting and dumping into
the hold of a vessel car of twenty-three
/ tons of coal. and can load cargo OF
| 1G.M0 tons in twenty-four hours me
| machinery is similar in some respects 70
| that used at Cleveland. Ashtabula and
other coal ports on the great lakes. |
| wish | had the records Of loading ana I'M
| loading vessels at those ports TO compare
| with those that have been made here at
| Cardiff, but experts who are interested IN
| the subject can make their own comparl-
sons.
| The best records ever made on the Car
diff docks are as follows:
S s. Samoa was loaded with 9,2:4 tons
/ of coal in twenty-eight hours, an average
| of $50 tons per hour.
| s. s. Iran was loaded with 9.213 tons in
| twenty-siX and One-half hours, an average
| of 347 tons an hour.
! s. S. Islam loaded 1906 tons in twenty
| hours, an average of S66 tons per hour
I S. S Lady Lewis loaded Abb tons in
| ten hours, an average of Al tons per
! hour.
S S. Askehal loaded 6.715 tons in eleven
per hour.
The manager of the docks here insists
| that the latter record has never been
beaten, but | am confident that it has
4 been surpassed in Cleveland, Ashtabull
and other lake ports many times.
Owner of the Vast Property.
Until 1887 Lord Butte personally owned
and controlled the docks and the railroads
and the coal traffic at Cardiff. But in that
year, in order to relieve himself of care
| and responsibility, he organized a $780,
100000 company and sold 81. 10000 worth
of stock to several of his friends and to
| his principal employees. The corporation
| Is called the Cardiff Railway Company, as
/ 1t owns the railway lines TO the mines as
| we'll as the docks. Lord Edmund Talbot
| is the chairman and Sir William Thomas
| Lewis has been generai manager until his
resignation few days ago. His sue
cessor has not been appointed. The COM
pany owns about 200 acres OF land on
both banks of the harnor. so that it can
| increase its facilities whenever necessary
In addition to the coal docks there is a
| large cattle yard with slaughter houses
| and cod-storage warehouses;, extensive
warehouses for shetering imported mer-
chandse; two large dry docks for repair
ing steamers. machine shops and other ap-
| purtenanceS required for handling the
| enormous traffic which passes through
| this port. The steamers that come here
| for coal usually bring cargoes of ore and
| general merchandise, which is shipped by
| rail to various parts of the Kingdom.
| Last year the imports amounted to about
| G,u01.G1 tons, comprising timber, iron
| ore, provisions and general merchandise
J for distribution in Wales and other parts
| of the kingdom. and there were nearly
| three million tons of exports In ADDITION
| to the 100000 tons of coal.
| The revenues of the dock company are
about $sO0.OOo year. most of which
goes into the pockets OF the MARQUIS OF
| Butte who. next to the Duke Of West
| minister, is the richest man in the British
| empire.
Hero of Disraeli's Lothian"
| The present marquis is young man of
only twenty-six years of age. who came
| into the title and estates upon the death
| of his father in 1900 Four years ago he
married Miss Bellingham, daughter of
| Lord Bellingham. an Irish peer. and they
have two children. a boy and girl.
| The late Marquis of Butte was man
of remarkable ability and distinguished
| career. He is the hero of Disraeli's novel.
| '.Lothair. the most striking incident in
which is his conversion from the Church
of England to the Roman Catholic faith
by Mgr. Capel, a celebrated scholar who
afterward lived in California. The late
marquis distinguished himself by his piety
and his benevolence. Upon his death his
body was taken to the Holy Land and
buried in shrine he had erected for that
purpose on the slopes of the Mount of Oh
ives just outside of Jerusalem
Residence of the Butte Family.
The / ncipal residence of the Butte
family is Mount Stuart on the Isle of
Butte at the mouth of the River Clyde in
Scotland, and it is one of the largest and
most imposing private houses in the
world, having more than a hundred rooms
and several magnificent state apartments.
Cardiff Castle has been in the family for
many generations, and the late marquis
devoted much thought and large sums of
money to the restoration of this noble
and deeply interesting architectural mOn-
upent. 1t is now in almost perfect condi-
ton and one of the finest specimens of
Norman architecture in existence. 1t
consists of two courtyards the first hav-
ing been occupied by the retainers of the
early dukes and the inner ward to the
personal life of their families. The in
ner ward was thus completely protected
and could not be entered except after
overcoming the guards in the outer court
| Visitors are shown through the state
apartments every day except Sunday and
| have an opportunity to see a curious Sc
ries of rooms which the late marquis
| decorated and furnished with lavish eX-
/ travagance in the great square tower. AS
the tower is 119 feet high and some thirty
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| other, occupying many stories. which are
| connected by narrow stone stairways The
| kitchen is at the top of the tower and
| under are what are known as the sum
| mer smoking room, the winter smoking
| room. a library, bedroom with a Roman
| bath in marble. and on the roof is d
| garden protected by high balustrade.
! There are a number of other fine rooms
| in the castle, library, a banqueting hall,
| drawing rooms and a private chapel in
| which the late Marquis of Butte died sud
denly on March L. 1913. His bust in
marble stands upon the exact spot where
| he died.
There is a handsome statue of this
| marquis near the railway station which
| was erected by the citizens of Cardiff in
appreciation Of his services to the city
Stately Group Of Buildings.
ing of antiquity is st. Johns Church,
with beautiful medieval tower erected
by Lady Anne, daughter of the Duke of
| Warwick. the king maker" and the
Queen of Richard III. Duke Of Gloucester
| The church was carefully restored in
| 1897. and is of the finest monu-
ments in England. Within it's aisles
| are buried the ancestors of the Butte
| family. several of the Earls of Penn
broke and other famous men.
| Cardiff has recently provided itself with
a handsome city hall and courthouse,
which occupy slightly locations adjoining
| the old castle in what is known as Cath
avs Park. The town hall has a 'front.'
age of 30 feet with handsome dome
| and tower The law courts have a
| frontage OF 32O feet and in every way are
admirable. new building for the Uni