Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-10

vides for the appointment Of a state
mine inspector by the governor with
the advice and consent OF the senate
have had extensive experience In un-
foreground mining, the aim being. In the
words of the Recommendation, that
mine inspection be Notwithstanding
| ly free from all political. personal and
be competent"
Practically all phases Of mining are
covered in the rules and regulations,
but attention Is called to the fact that
pit. steam shovelwork. new develop
ments will necessitate notifications.
The bureau Of mines expects the regu-
lations and the draft of the proposed
tslation. for private systems Of inspec-
ton, and as collection of simple rules
Tor the guidance Of everybody engaged
In mining. During the nine years that
the committee was at work. 1t Is point
ed out. numerous private mining com.
panies and the states Of Nevada and
Arizona have made use Of the commit
tees data in formulating inspection
systems .and sets Of safety rules and In
framing legislation. The hope is that
the bureaus publication will be instru-
mental in eventually bringing about
practical uniformity Of mining laws and
practices in all Of the states.
Alarmed at the decrease in the source
Of supply Of Holsters that has followed
increasing demand for
Decrease in this sea food, and the con-
T.l.A sequent careless methods
ous'eAS'f Of fishermen bent only on
easy exploitation. leaders among those
engaged in the lobster industry In the
United States have recently informed
the bureau of fisheries Of the Commerce
Department that one Of the chief hopes
of the industry's future lies in the bu-
reau's hands. These representatives of
the lobster industry have at the same
time begun campaign for adequate
the bureau to carry on special work to-
ward lobster conservation.
Because oysters have been so well
known as sea food. there has already
nation and the states legislation that
proves great protection to the indus
try, but there has been little 1egisla-
ton Of this character to protect lob
sters. II the lobster men have their
way the two industries will be placed
on much the same legislative footing.
Some of the principal steps that need
to be taken for the protection of the
lobster industry, in the opinion OF Its
leaders, are the granting of greater ap-
Of fisheries and the provision for state
regulation of methods Of capture and
possession and federal regulation OF in
terstate shipments. In order that the
basis. the lobster men say, there should
be regulation of fishing practices to
bring about greater annual natural pro-
duction Of lobster eggs. the rearing Of
eggs and protection Of adults above and
below market size. Suitable places
should be set aside. it is also suggested.
for breeding purposes. and the fishing
in such areas should be strictly regu-
lated. The Spokesman for lobster pro-
lection also advocate the licensing OF
all lobster fishermen, the enforcement
Of specific rules for measuring the
crustaceans and the enactment OF leg
fslation prescribing sanitary methods
Of handling and shipping lobster meat
Unless steps toward lobster conserva-
ton are taken quickly. dealers In this
sea food say, the industry will be ir-
Ireparably injured.
From the Pacific coast, where the
method was brought to perfection. the
United States coast
Hidden Dangers and geodetic survey
has brought the
VI oo"'' wire drag survey
ing system for the studying and chart
ing Of the ssa coasts and II applying
1t to the ,ship-nlled Atlantic waters
with such success that seldom q week
cost Of the work for long periods ID
not repaid many fold by the discovery
Of hidden menaces to navigation that
might have taken their toll OF mil
lions of dollars and scores or even
hundreds of lives. AZ these newly dis
on 40 a NaP ma u al
with buoys as soon as they are located,
and are plainly indicated on all new
navigation charts. they are almost
completely shorn Of their dangers.
The benefits Of this work are not
confined to the ship owners among
Uncle Sans citizens nor to those who
travel in passenger vessels, but are
shared directly by the government it
self. especially in protection to the
drag party discovered jagged pin
nacle Of rock above the draft plane
for vessels in the coasting channel OF
the sachusetts coast that Is regu-
larry used by the great fiftesn-mlilion.
States Navy. Experts of the coast sur
vey service say that these expensive
fighting craft must have almost grazed
this hidden pinnacle numerous times
and that slightly different course on
any Of these occasions might have re-
suited in the tearing Of great wound
in the battleship's bottom and its al
most immediate sinking. The value Of
the discovery Is increased by the fact
that the pinnacle lies in the channel
used by the many vessels bound to and
from the new Cape Cod canal.
This channel had been surveyed pre-
viously only by the old sounding meth
Cd with q lead line and II IL supposed
that the weight had slid down the
steeply sloping sides Of the pinnacle
and failed to register its presence. The
result was that the charts showed
hfty-one feet OF water at this particu-
lar spot, whereas the menacing finger
Of stone actually reached up within rs
feet Of the surface. The discovery was
made at the end Of week and was
considered SO important that the work
Of placing q marking buoy over the
rock was carried out Sunday.
The wire drag, which is revolutions
ing the survey OF the continental land
shelves beneath the surface Of the sea,
was originated in a moro or less crude
form by the United States Army Engt-
neer Corps in Its river and harbor work
tn the great lakes region more than q
Using method by the coast and geodetic
survey and has since been brought by
that service to a high state Of perfec-
ton through experiments extending
over several years in Alaskan waters,
where the undersea land surface IL ex-
ceedingly rough and jagged. The meth
Cd consists Of q horizontal wire
stretched by an ingenious arrangement
until II IL free from all sag. and which
Is swept along at a determined depth
beneath the surface, disclosing any OBJ