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A DOUBTFUL ENTS3PRISB.
First Ship Railway la America
Nearly Completed.
From the Sew Fork Tine*.
Halifax, N. S., Jaa. 8. — What will be
the --inlv ship railway ia North America is
rapidly approaching completion. It is de
f r-ied to convey vessels over the Isthmus of
CSir leeto, a narrow neck of land which
ii s the province of Nova Scotia and
\fuv Brunswick, a distance of seventeen
.. Tee first pr ject as the Baie Verte
csrai scheme, bv which it was propose 4 , to
, ; ae a cat b-.-tweeu the Gulf of St. Law
rand the Bay of Fundy through this
isthmus, and so avoid the long detour rou id
Tspo Breton and Nova Scotia, whica all
American fishing schome.s and vessels
trading b tween Friuco Edward Island and
t guif ports on tne one side, and St.
John, Portland, Boston, and New York oa
tne (ther, wee obliged to mate.
The immense expense of this undertaking
rendeied it impracticable, and other means
of tr ir.sport ac oss the neck of la id between
the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Bay of
Fundy had to be sought. Tue Chignecto
Mai ne Transport railway aims atasolution
of the prooiem. and it lias reached a stage
of pre gre-s which insures its completion.
Xbe roadbed is ballasted and ready for
track-iavmg, and the doeks at eit ;er end
are in process of construction. The steel
f, r“he track is the heaviest ever male, and
weighs 110 pounds to the yard. There will
tea double track, upon which the cradle
(sntainmg the vessel under transport will
he tlsced. The locomotives, two of which
will tie used in drawing the vessels across
the isthmus, are built on the same principle
as ordinary engines, but of much greater
weight and power.
The vessels to be transported will be
hoisted by hydraulic power from the basin to
the trac>, and it is estimated that with this
power and the roadned in good condition a
ship of ordinary capacity will be taken from
the Bay of Fundy and placed in the Gulf
of St, Lawrence in 2> s ' hours, though a speed
of ten miles an h ur is obtainable.
During the coming year the Chignecto
Marine Transport railway should be in
active operation, and a saving on each trip
will be effected of 500 miles. It would,
however, be u ore prudent to say that the
company will be ready to handle whatever
business offers, because it is a matter of
pure speculation as to the earnings of the
enterprise.
Tne tariff for lifting and hauling vessels
over the railway will be 50 cents per ton
for cargo, and 25 cents per ton for hull, so
that a vessel of 1,000 tous would pav #750
for transportation The permanent success
of the scheme is looked upon as highly
problematic, for the class of seho mers en
gaged in this trade at present are totally
unable to boar any such charges, and the
prospects of traffic in ships between L ike
Ontario, Sc. John, and Boston, which some
people b.ive alleged would accrue, are alto
gether too visionary to warrant such an
expenditure.
The promoters, however, will not be the
lo ers. In Canada the advocates of such
schemes form an important part of the in
dustri 1 community—and it has come to be
one of the most important industries—the
erection of public works with British capi
tal, secured by the promise of Dominion
subsidies. The country is full of such oi
terprises. In the proviuce of New Bruns
wick uione there are three railways which
have been thrown aside when ihe “pro
moters” had sucked the profits dry. This
Marine Railway Company obtained incor
poration from parliament in 1881, and the
same year was granted a subsidy of #150,000
for twenty-five years in aid of the work,
and the proposal of so liberal a subvention
was scarcely challenged in parliament,
being-voted under the impression that it
would never be demanded. Nothing was
done until 1885, wnen an order in council
was passed, authorizing entry into an agree
ment with the company, subject to the ap
proval if pirlia neat, and sucu approval
was obtained ii March, 1886.
Ruder its terms the subsidy was* to be
$170,000 a year for twenty years, or such
port.o l nf it as wo aid bring the not earn
l. gs up to 7 per cent, on me authorized
dime and bod capital of the company.
Should the earnings exceed 7 per cent., one
balf of such surplus is to be pa.d the gov
ernment until repayme .t of the subsidy is
made. Surely ihis w..s tempting enough
to any capitalist—7 per cent, guaranteed
upon an ostensible capital of *5,500,000,
though up t > this date no one has been able
to learn the exact or even probable cost of
the uuaertaking.
The company had ao difficulty in placing
the stock and debentures on tne strength of
the gover meat subsidy. The share cap tal
consists of £300,000 in 7 per cent, preferred
shares, and £lOO,OOO in ordinary sba es, be
sides a debenture capital of £700,000, of
which £350,000 bearing 5 per cent, interest
was last month placed on the London
market at £lOB. Tho coa'ractors for the
work are Messrs. John C. Meiggs& Son, of
London. Tus whole scheme is an extremely
fruitful one, as a very small amount of
calculating will show, starting from the
basis of a 7 per cent, guarantee upon a
hypothetical capital, which was the basis
adopted by the Dominion government iii
its negotiations with the company, and
f no which opens up excellent possibilities
for clever •‘promoters” and far-seeing
speculators.
AS BRAVE AS SHE IS PRETTY.
She Put a Masked and Armed Burglar
to Flight with a Poker.
From the New York Sun.
Middletown, N. Y., Jan. 11.— There are
few prettier aid more intelligent girls, and
certainly none braver, than Miss Ellen
Cowles, daughter of the Rev. E. C. Cowles,
pastor of the Methodist church at Lapeer,
C rtland county. The parishioners and
friends if Mr. Cos wits made him t e other
right a “donation visit.” Chief among the
gills was a purse well filled with green
backs. This was probably the chief incen
tive to an attempted robbery. On the nigi.t
following the donati n, at about midnight,
the inmates of the parsonage were aroused
from sleep by a banging at the front door,
ihe pastor arose, ana after partially dress
ing himself, unsuspectingly opened the door.
A big ma , dressed iu gray clot es, and
vi a his face concealed t y a mask, thrust
tho muzzle of a revolver close to the pastor’s
head, and gruffly said:
“Hive me all the money you’ve got in the
“Ouse, aid be quick ab iut it!”
Amazed at tuis greeting the pastor began
to baeu away from the do >r and to parley
with the robber, who followed h:s move
nt ats closely, reiterating the demand. Tne
affrighted wife of the preacher aiternately
sc: earned for help and begged the robber to
spare her husband’s life.
At this juncture Miss Cowles appeared
upon the scene, clad only in her night
clothes and armed with a poker, which she
had caught up as* she came through the
knehen. She evelaimed to the robber, “X
know you, and I’ll see you bauged,” at the
time ru.hiug in between her father
and tae intruder, and striking at tbo'latter
vn n he poker. Perk ps the follow thought
that she had rec sgn zed him in spite of iiis
disguise, or perhaps he feared that the out
made by tho women would bring the
h'-ighbors upon him. He abandoned his
purpose and retreat 1 from tho house. The
i- l; ky girl followed him out into tne yard,
wiit-reup n , probably to frighten her from
fnrttier pursuit, he fired tw r o pistol shots
lr *to the air and then tied.
The western mayor who refused to “let the
past bury its dead” without a permit wilted
ft! Ir that it had a poetic license.
fc mail-Pox.
A member of my family was taken
Mown with the small-pox. I immediately
commenced to use Darbys Prophylactic
iuid. i t keot the atmosphere of the room
f~, ru a t><l fresh. The patient as greatly
neved, au d never for a moment delirious;
n °t pitted, and was about the house
T " a ia three weeks, and no others had it.”
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A GREAT SUCCESS:
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TIIE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY, JANUARY It. IBflo.
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SPORTING GOODS.
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WAGON MATERIAL,
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MEDICAL.
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P, u h?l1 s
Ph7ak!a: aendorse P. P. I*. m a • l )leudid combination,
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r> >yphllls. Syphilitic Kheamsiism. Serotulou* Clears
ar.J Sorer GUn<:nlar Swelling*, Khsumattsui. Malaria,
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D P P. CU R. E . S
To-od POISON
plaints, Mercurial Poison, Tetcsr, Acsidbesd etc . etc.
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bheum A T I SM
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P. P. P- CO"
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WHOLEb AXJE DHUC p yomu
Upiiman Block. SAVANNAH. GA.
t xllllNW 1 1 ■ Great I nvl eorator,
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, M ikrrafld Nerve Toole.
Si a. m a rure* Malaria. BlUousniw.
B Im BW* Scrorula. Dyspepsia. Lco-
B l J9 BtS ll* corrtira, Impotency and
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some Embroideries Now Open. Every Style, from the
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Prices are Marked Lower Tima Ever.
2-5,000 Yards Embroideries at sc.
25.000 Yards Embroideries at 10c.
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New Nainsook Skirtings at G. Eckstein & Co.’s.
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New Nainsook Flouncings at (i. Eckstein & Co.’s.
New Sets Edgings and inscrtings to Match.
House Furnishing Goods.
Bargains in Table Linens This Week.
Bargains in Napkins, Doilies, and Covers.
Bargains in Towels, Crashes, and Spreads,
bargains in Sheetings and Pillow Cottons.
Hotel Site at tttalc Prices.
Gents’ White Shirts, 60c.
Gents’ White Shirts, 76e.
The “Keep” Shirts, SI.OO.
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