Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

The clouds of smoke which roll up
in the western part Of the city indicate
the section where grimy hand and d.
recting mind. purveying to the merchant
vessels which ride at anchor In the
port. give life and pulse to the city.
Although every one has heard Of the
Whitehead torpedo. few perhaps know
that the factory which produces this
powerful undersea mine stands In
Tiume. a great stone building closed to
all visitors. There Is also a large oil
works which refines crude oil brought
down from the north. and which has d.
rect communication with the petroleum
harbor. Another important plant Is
the big government tobacco factory
with Its thousands Of employees, mostly
women. Where furnaces belch forth
their smoke and machinery huns. there
are factories for making starch. soap.
chocolate, cement. drugs, chemicals and
rope.
Between the Industrial section and
the harbor is the railway station OF
khe Royal and Royal and Imperial
lines, by means of which Fiume Is
konnected with both the north and the
hast, and by which 1t taps the great
st. Pietro system. which Joins Vienna
and Trieste. AS Istria and Corotia de-
Eelop Fiume will become more and
more the commercial outlet for the
fegion to the east and south OF TIL
este and the northern part OF Jugo-
klavia. 1t is already looked upon as
fthe economic fulcrum Of the Adri-
bite"
The return from the manufacturing
district by way Of the water front Is
another revelation of Fiume, this city
how being the second port on the
Adriatic. 1t Is very proud of Its har-
Dor. and justly SO. The quay is nearly
two miles long. paralleled by the rail-
road. which sends spur tracks out
upon the numerous moles. Upon them
hnd along the quay rise immense
warehouses and grain elevators. The
Improved harbor owes its beginning
10 Maria Theresa. during whose reign
the first Of the great harbor improve
fments here was developed. The great
mole, which bears her name and pro-
tects the Porto Grande from the open
Sea, was built then-a mole which ex-
bends from the eastern extremity of
the city for nearly a mile. 1t is trav-
ersed by the railroad and bears q
lighthouse at the seward end. In
pleasant weather this public work is
= favorite promenade for the citizens.
The waters in the Quarnero and
those in the harbor protected by the
mole are sometimes very rough, for
this region of the Adriatic. especially
in the winter. is frequently and sud
denly visited by the violent bursts Of
the northern hurricane. known as the
'bora." which draws it's strength
from the high attitudes Of the Croa-
tian Karst and roars over the sum-
mits of the mountains down upon the
waters.
Since 1888 the Hungarian govern
ment has spent vast sums of money
in improving further the harbor at
Fiume. More than three million
square feet Of surface have been re-
claimed from the sea and many other
moles have been built, among them
tn0 MARTA tAleTl8, INC ftOQOlIO ana
the Adamich. The channel Of tho
harbor has been deepened to meet
the draft of great. modern. ocean
going steamers, and these are seen
daily at the Adamich mole. which
was constructed especially for them.
The Porto Canale della Fiumara has
been built for coasting vessels; the
Porto Barossi for timber shipping;
$50 vessels can now dock in the
Porto Grande. and beyond this to the
west there is a harbor for petroleum
ships.
In 1913, the last normal year before
the war. the movement Of the port of
Fiume was about 1000. 900 tons, 900,-
900 of which were exports and 1.1O0.-
900 were imports. Such movement
gives life and energy to the quay all
along the Canale della F;umara to the
petroleum harbor. The shouts and
cries of laborers who busily load and
unload the vessels which lie at the
docks mingle with the rattle Of chains
and the creak of ropes on hydraulic
machines and electric cranes of the
most modern type.
Ask and Croattan, Hungarian or
Balkan immigrant in this country
frorn what mort he shinned and in all