Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-22
OTHER NATIONS
IMPROVE PORTS
JAPAN AND BRAZIL TO HAVE
GREAT HARB0RS
MILLIONS WILL BE EXPENDED
AT YOKOHAMA
Ota, on Island of kiushiu, to Be
Made Marine Center-Govern-
ment to Lease Docks at
Rio de Janeiro
Especial to The Herald

! WASHINGTON, July N.-Consider-
able information of value relative to
/ foreign harbors has just been an
nounced by the bureau of manufac-
/ lures. Among the reports from con-
suls general are summaries of the
I progress made on the great harbor
works of Yokohama where accommo-
dation is to be made in the new har-
| Dor for vessels having "a 500 total tom
| mage, and of the leasing of the large
| dock system at Rio de Janeiro.
Plans of the new harbor at Hoko-
hama are on file at the bureau of man
ufactures. Concerning this project
! Vice Consul General Babbitt has for
warded the following statement from
! the Japan Advertiser:
| The ground to be reclaimed for the
new harbor covers an area OF htty-slN
acres, and will be inclOsed within a
| length of quay walls of little over,
$500 feet, with over 1900 feet of landing
stages and provided with five landing
steps OF the $500 feet of quay walls
| 1875 feet above low-Water level, about
500 feet will be available for accom-
mediation.
Network of Railway
! Accommodation for cargo is to be
provided in eleven iron sheds, dis
tributed along the quays at a distance
| OF aDOuI llllIN-nlne leel dDdIl ilSSC
will cover altogether about $4,000
square feet while three wooden sheds,
| covering over 100000 square feet, are to
| be provided for the storing of goods
! brought in lighters to the wharves in
! the vicinity, specially made for this
| class of vessel. In addition provision
| has been made for the construction of
four three-story brick warehouses,
with a total area of over 10000 square
! feet and provided with iron galleries
| in both front and rear-freproof stair
| cases. cranes and elevators and light
| ers and light rails for the transporta-
! ton of goods, while both sheds and
warehouses will be supplied with cleo
! trio light from the powerful electric
| light and motor plant in the grounds,
so that work may be carried on con-
! tinuously.
1.-TWO stationary cranes, one electric
of fifty and one steam crane of thirty
tons capacity, together with thirty
one travelling cranes of from one to
five tons EACH will be distributed along
the quays all to be supplied, like the
! thirty-two capstans for the mooring of
! vessels, with motive power from the
| above mentioned electric light and mo-
| tor plant. Large underground water
! mains, with hydrants at suitable in
| tervals, are provided for the supply of
fresh water for the ships and for cases
| of emergency. All electric wires are
| confined in underground tubes.
"a network of eleven miles of rail-
way will radiate the whole compound
and connect with the main line of the
Yokohama and ultimately Hiranuma
stations BY this means freight trains
will be enabled to come alongside the
vessels, and, after having taken cargo
on board, proceed straightway upcoun-
| try.
THE amount appropriated in 1906 for
! the completion Of the works was S4,-
O73 $40. of which the government vot-
| ed 81, ,729 040 and the city of Y Yokohama
| contributed $1,944, 800. OF this amount
81, 1852 $50 will have been spent at the
expiration of the year ending March
81, 1909.
"The chief engineer promises to turn
| over the works, fully completed, in the
| spring of 1914, when Japan may feel
proud of this monumental piece of har-
| Dor architecture and in the fact that
| she will have the finest harbor accom-
modation in the far east"
Plan to Improve Oita
Another extensive harbor improve
ment contemplated in Japan which
will probably call for considerable ma
terial from America is at Oita on the
Island of Kiushiu. The bureau of man
ufactures has issued the following in
| formation concerning this project re-
ceived from the consul general at
Nagasaki;
"Oita is a thriving seaport, located
| on the shore of Beppu bay, which in
dents the northeastern coast of the ISL
and of kiushiu. Its coastwise and in
land sea trade is extensive, but owing
/ to the shallOWness and exposed condi-
tion of its anchorage its direct foreign
trade is very limited. Within it's pres
ent breakwater there are only twenty
feet of water, with sandy bottom.
1T is now proposed to eXpend the
sum of 100000 yen (s747,OO0) on i'm
/ provements that will provide safe ac-
/ cOmmOdatiOn for vessels of 5000 tons
measurement. This sum is to be raised
by a prefectural loan and by a subsidy
from the imperial government. These
j improvements will consist in dredging
for distance of 1900 feet from the
shore, the construction of sea walls,
the erection of cranes and warehouses,
the laying of tramWays and provision
generally of machinery and appliances
] necessary to the equipment of a con-
venient port 1t is planned to COM
plete the work within three years.
"A very considerable quantity of ma
I chinery, tools and structural iron and
steel will be required, and here is ap-
parently an opportunity for the sale
of American products. The work will
/ be under the supervision of the prefec-
tural authorities, and inquiries as
to materials required and proposals
should, therefore, be addressed to the
governor of Oita Ken, Oita, Japan"
The Brazilian governments plans for
/ leasing the new dock system at Rio de
Janeiro are given in the following in
formation transmitted by Consul Cen
/ eral George e. Anderson from Rio de
Janeiro:
To Lease Dock System
"While it is understood that formal
| bids for the great system will not be
called for until certain legislation can
! be had from the Brazilian congress,
which conyenes in May, the matter has
! been determined upon in its general
features. In some respects the leasing
of these docks will be the greatest
investment affair in Brazil in many
/ years.
In a general way, the plan is sim
/ ply to turn the management of the
1 docks over to a syndicate, which will
collect dockage and other charges and
/ keep the system in repair in return for
a stipulated rental but what plan for
regulating this rental will be adopted
! is yet to be decided. The company
| leasing the docks at Santos has found
! its business very profitable-the most
profitable enterprise, indeed in all