The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-07-31
Cardiff, Where the
Coal Comes From

world, where more business Is carried
on in quiet way than in hundreds
of cities better advertised and far
more in the public eye. Cardiff at
tanned a sudden blaze of fame by
reason Of its being the center Of the
strike declared by British coal min
ers an action which might have had
significant bearing upon the war. The
story of this mushroom growth in the
heart of England's richest coal fields
is told in bulletin just issued by
the National Geographic Society,
which reads:
For years a great part of the coal
that has driven the Industrial machin-
cry Of Germany, Austria, Holland,
France and Russia has been shipped
from the Welsh port of Cardiff. That
city became the first port in the world
for the shipment of coal, and so vast
was the quantity of this export that,
including the docks at Barry and Pen
arth as part of the port, 1t saw the
greatest quantities Of foreign ship
ping clear from its docks of any port
in the United Kingdom. With the
outbreak of the European war, with
the loss of practically all Of her coal
fields by France and with growth
of a need of coal by Russia and
France greater than ever before for
the manufacture of the almost unlim-
tied munitions that the war is con-
Stunning, Cardiff has become a
place of fires strategic importance a
heart source Of energy to the Entente
Powers.
1.-THE Welsh port conforms to the
best American tradition in that 1t has
grown from an insignificant village
to a center of world importance dur
ing two brief generations. In 1881,
it had population of 6,1S7 and its
name was never mentioned outside of
Wales. 1t now has a population Of
more than 10000, tremendous bus
mess, a highly developed harbor,
equipped with the most modern ma
chinery and port appliances and
among the finest group Of public
buildings in Great Britain. It's an
nual shipments OF fuel totalled before
the war about 100000 tons.
"The growth of Cardiff began when
tot, pta taI 20
of being the factory nation Of the
world. The port, situated upon the
River Taft, mile above its outflow
into the Bristol Channel, lies in the
midst of rich coal and iron coun-
try, whose vast deposits have form
ed an undiminishing stream of life
blood, not only to British industry
but to the industries of many other
countries. The whole region sur
rounding the town is honeycombed
with coal and iron mines, principal
ly coal mines. These minerals have
been mined here for centuries, and
were formerly brought down from the
hills on the backs of mules and rude
ly constructed wagons. With the
rise of the star of industrialism, the
construction of an up to date harbor
and of efficient means for transpor-
tation, Cardiff came into its own; be.
came big. prosperous, rich, renowned.
while the export OF this port is
enormous, 1t has but an inconsider-
able import. It's docks receive iron
ore, pitwood, grain, -four and cattle.
An industrial region Of increasing i'm
portance has been growing up around
the city. Tin, copper and iron works
are established here. There arc also
large wire factories, general foun-
dries and engineering works. Many
of the city's general manufactures
are sent to London, which Is i46
miles to the west by the Great Wes-
tern Railway.
Cardiff owes much Of it's progress
TO the second marques of Butte, who
realized the importance of this place
as an outlet for the great stores of
mineral wealth of the surrounding
country and who opened the first
great dock here in 1899. The pres.
ent Lord Butte owns the docks and
basins Of the harbor proper, five In
number and covering 10 acres, while
numerous other docks extend down
into the Bristol Channel. Despite
the citys great development in all
directions, the exhaustion of shutting
down of its coal mines would rob 1t
OF its Importance. During the pres.
ent time the value OF its exports to
Russian. French and Italian factories
can hardly be over estimated"
HANNA INSTALLED