HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-10-22, Page 3MR, C. M. HAYS
To be the New President of the
Grand Trunk Railway.
Retiring President Will be Voted an
Allowance of $7,500 a Tear.
London, Oct. 18.—The Grand Trunk
report was issued this afternoon in
view of the meeting of shareholders on
Oct. 21. It says: "The president having
intimated his positien of resigning the
position at the end of the year, the
board has taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity to make char/;es which bring the
•company into line with other Canadian
and Amerieap railways." The report
adds: "Mr. Hays' work entitled him to
the title of president. Mr. Alfred Smith-
ers, ryho has been a director for four-
Yteen years, and vice-president for five
.years, becomes chairman of the board.
Considering Sir Rivers Wilson's great
. services, a resolution will be submitted
to the proprietors for a retiring allow-
ance of £1,500 per year."
THE HALF -YEARLY REPORT.
The report of the half year shows
gross receipts of £2,866,468, against
£2,854,787 last year, the working ex-
penses being at the rate of 72.54 per
Dent., against 72.47, the total being
£2,079,106, against £2,060,144.
The net revenue was £845,364,
against £781,905, additional items
bringing the net revenue receipts to
£962,201. The net revenue charges,
including the Canada Atlantic, show
a deficiency of £41,103.' The Detroit -
Grand Haven has a deficiency of
'£25,749, making a total. of £682,268,
and leaving a surplus of £279,932,
against £106,494.
The total' amount available for divi-
dends is • £292,159, from which divi-
dends are recommended on the 4 per
cent. guaranteed and the first prefer-
ence, which leaves a balance of £9,938
carried forward.
Train mileage decreased 381,354.
There was a net revenue deficiency
on the Grand Trunk Western of £13,-
383, against ,£2,846, but deducting this
from the surplus for the half-year end-
ing December, 1908, there remains a
surplus for the year to June 30 of
£10,440, which, added to £7,539 carried
forward from June, 1908, admits the
payment of full interest on the second
anortagge bonds, with a balance left of
£5,650.
CROP REPORT.
Conditions in the Dominion at End
of September.
Ottawa, Oct. 18. -The monthly bun
' 5 let]n of census and statistics bureau
' giving conditions of field crops
throughout the Dominion at the end
of September, shows that in quality
as well as in quantity, this year's har-
vest is of record- breaking variety.
Reports of reliable correspondents in
all sections of the country •show that,
as compared with the report at the
same date last year, the average qual-
ity of spring wheat is 83 to 75 per
cent, of a standard; of oats„ 84 to 75;
of barley, 81 to 71; of rye, 81 to 73;
of. peas, 81 to 63; of • beans, 92 to
75: buckwheat, 96 to 74; of mixed
grains. 89 to 75; of flax, 87 to 68; and
of corn for husking, 87 to 82. In the
Northwest Provinces, where the bulk of
the field grain is produced„ the averages
of quality are uniformly high. Compar-
ed with last year, spring'svheat in Mani-
toba. is 87 to 81 per cent.: of a standard;.
oats, 86 to 73; • and barley, 85 to 68. In
Saskatchewan wheat eat is 93 to 61; oats,
94 to 67, and barley, 91 to 58. In
Alberta spring wheat is 89 to 77; oats,
90 to 84, and barley, 84 to 80. These
high qualities applied to a total out-
put of 350,000,000 bushels at the high-
est marl et prices realized in a quar-
ter of a century are an indication of
the country's fortune, reached from the
soil of the prairies this year. In all
the: Provinces as well as in the north-
west, the records of grain crops are
satisfactory.
Rust, the joint worm, and hail-
storms did some injury in parts of
Prince Edward Island; drouth re-
tarded plant growth in the Annapolis
Valley of Nova Scotia; heavy rains
caught the grain of New Brunswick
in the stock; and early frosts and
grasshoppers have lowered the aver-
ages of oats and barley in Quebec,
But the loss from these causes will not
be seriously felt anywhere.
The reports for Ontario are better
than those for the end of August, and,
except fore a plague of grasshoppers
in the regions adjoining Lake Huron
and Georgian Bay, and an unusual
visitation of frost in the corn -grow -
Ing counties of the south, the farm-
ers of this Province have hada good
year. The hot and drying winds in
the last ripening days of late -sown
wheot in the Northwest Provinces
have probably lowered the average
yield there, but correspondents hesi-
tate yet to make an, estimate on the
field crops in all the Provinces will be
given in the December Monthly.
HUGE BRITISH WARSHIP.
Will be Capable of Making Thirty
Knots an Hour.
London, Oct. 18.—It is stated un-
officially that the construction • of a
battleship cruiser will be begun at
Davenport in November. The vessel
will nave engines of 70,000 horse-
power, which is 4,000 horse -power great-
er than the engines of the Mauretania
develop, and will be capable of making
'Mitt 'knots an hour at top speed.
ITEMS OF NESS
FROM FAR AND NEAR
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Sovereign Bank bondholders have pur-
chased the Alaska Central Railway.
Fire swept the central part of Win-
chester, Ky., yesterday, causing a loss
of $100,000.
The Toronto Police Commissioners
have decided to refuse licenses to Chiu-
ese restaurants employing females.
Students with.'stars of two years'
standing against them will not be al-
lowed to proceed with their Toronto un-
iversity course.
The Moors opened fire' on Penon de
La Gomra, Morocco, yesterday, but were
promptly shelled and driven off by the
Spanish troops.
Two children of a Galician settler near
Vonda, Sask., named Looteschtne were
burned to death in a fire that destroyed
the family dwelling.
The Cobalt branch of.^ --the Dominion Al -
Hance are applying to the Attorney -Gen-
eral for permission to sue the T. & N. 0.
Railway for a breach of the Lord's Day
Act.
Two little children, aged six months
and two years, were burned to death
in a fire that destroyed the dwelling of
Eugene Fernier, at St. Henri de Levis,
Quebec.
Two firemen were seriously injured
and property to the value of $77,000 was
destroyed when the Oxford Hotel, Min-
neapolis, Minn., was burned to the
ground last night.
Over three thousand post -cards, ask-
ing for the commutation of the sentence
of Mrs. Robinson, were received at the
department of justice, Ottawa, yesterday
morning, in addition to many letters.
Using six charges of nitro-glycerine, a
small band of robbers forced their way
into the vault of the State Bank at
Lewisville, Tex., early yesterday, secured
$6,500 in money, overlooked $9,000 more,
and made their escape.
Another purchase of Yonge street,
Toronto, property, was completed yester-
day when the Toronto General Tenets
Corporation sold to the T. Eaton Co.
for $135,000 the store at 186 Yonge
street, occupied by Gough Brothers.
(inc of the big 200 horse power boilers
in the west side power house of the
Amoskeg mills at Manchester, N. H., ex-
ploded to -day, wrecking the building and
injuring half a dozen worken and fire-
men. One man is reported killed.
Mrs. Oscar D. Bailey, of Syracuse, N.
Y., shot herself dead in bed, concluding
a third attempt on her life. She had
been nervously afflicted for three years.
Her husband is a bookbinder, and the
couple were married in St. Catharines
six years ago.
Columbus Day, the last legal holiday
to join the Fourth of July, Christmas,
Thanksgiving and the rest on the stat-
ute, books of New York, New Jersey
and several other States,•was celebrated
here yesterday by a big parade of the
Italian societies.
The Woodstock City Council passed
a by-Iaw granting the Board of Educa-
tion $30,000 for new school accommoda-
tion. The money will be devoted to
building a new school on Delatre street
and to adding 'a wing to the Beale
street school.
Carolina Hall, Columbia, S. C., where
the famous Wallace house, representing
the advocates of Wade Hampton, met
in 1876, and where Wade Hampton was
inaugurated Governor, while the State
house was occupied by the radical offi-
cials, was burned at an early hour this
morning.
G. T. Blackstock, K. C., crown prose-
cutor r at the coming Toronto assizes,
said yesterday that Blythe will once
mord stand his trial for the murder of
his wife. This docs away with the ru-
mor that the offer of the prisoner's coun-
sel that his client would plead guilty to
a charge of manslaughter would be ac-
cepted in lieu of a second trial.
CARNEGIE TO HELP.
Canadian Schools to Share His
Bemefactions.
London, Ont., Oct. 18. ---Dr, Flexner,
of New York, a representative of
Andrew Carnegie, was in the city yes-
terday looking over the equipment of
the Western Medical School and Vic-
toria
iatoria Hospital. He announced that
Mr. Carnegie is considering giving aid
to all the medical schools of the United
States and Canada to promote medical
education and research.
Dr. Flexner has been sent out to
prepare a report on the work that is
now being done. Ile will visit all the
Canadian medical colleges,
CZAR MOVES IN SECRET.
Believed to 1 -Have Started on Visit to
King of Italy.
Route, Oct. 18. -The coming visit
of Emperor Nicholas to King Victor
Emmanuel has excited . the liveliest
speculation here owing to the impenetra-
ble mystery concerning the arrange-
ments. The King has ordered a State
banquet at Raceconigi for Thursday,
which set afloat 'the 'rumor that the
guest would be Emperor Nicholas. If
this proves true the Emperor must have
already begun his journey, but so se-
cretly that no one outside of the court
knew it, In any event the report that
the Emperor would be in Italy by the
end of the week is confirmed.
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Great Forward Mavereent byorn,
111#etbodist Church, ther
bell;
'London Missionary Society's 14,
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to be 'Taken Over, : ;
row.
Ottawa despatch: The Board encu;
slats of the stet odiat Church �',
islthor
practically agreed upon as prognald-
for a great i'orward movement ilpies,
sions during the next five years, os, T
yearly inert ee of $50,0011 in ee�' D
tures, aggregating, at the end ehfns
years, a total increase of $250,000'AtY,
bringing the annual expenditure testy
three-quarters of a million, It meld;
posed to increase the number elle.,
sionaries in Japan by fifteen, and the
number of missiornariea in China li'y see.
enety; while in the home field tht.nam-
br of miur,]on nations iu Alberta and
Saskatchewan is to be more than dou-
bled.
• The establishment f a committee
to be known as they neisaiomtry execu-
tive of the Prairie Conference wee un-
thoried, the exeeutive tr, omelet of all
the menrber•s. of ,'the General Board resi-
dent "in the Prairie Conference; the ;up-
rintendents of Mdsaions for these confer-
ences, and one additional layman from
each 'conference. The eezeeutive will re-
port annually to the Reeled. \
The report of the China sub -com-
mittee, which was fadcptecl, reteen-
mended the taking over of the London
Missionary Se:ciety's t<i?nt at Chunk
King, as it was d, 'guous and in
every way, convenaen, . situated with
the present field. It •• } also provided
that 10,000,000 people + the maximum
number for whom th ;rd would ac-
cept responsibility•in>,S
SITE AT, :'.VISe,
Harland & Wolffsf 'dock to by
�y.
Locatedt'r:; e.
Why They Are Co >r ; ` to Canada
—Objection?; ontreal,
Ottawa,' Ont., Oct. n —Hatland &
Wolff's representative" ".e states that
the priinary purpose at '.e firm in com-
ing to Canada is to conet
vet a dr„,e dock
on the St. Lawrence, anthat It is act-
ing in conjunction withanedian ship-
ping interests in this toement. There
are now a half dozexi; eamers trading
to the St; Lawrence `''' h oouid not
be accommodated }{r `,- Levis dock.
Both the Goverivnnen the shipping
interests have been a 1 as tte eemedy
this defect and pro '.•i t ommada.tion.
A despatch front 4 sting thief,
the Canadian Pacific el Harland &
Wolff have made este';, in) purchases of
land along the water fr i't, and the fact
that a million dallar dt1s dock company
of Quebec is applying to; Parliament for
incorporation, gives a very clear indica-
tion of the Canadian associates of Har-
land & Wolff, and the site of their pro-
posed dry dock and repair' yards. It is
stated here that the building of ships is
a secondary consideration in the Har-
land & Wolff plan, thtiteh they expect
to go in for the cons't'retion of both
eomanereial and naval ereft. It is under.
stood that Montreal vtis at one time
cansidered as the site f the plant by
Harland & Wolff, but t•• ey were led to
select Levis because Meltreal could not
be used in the repairing of damnaged bat-
tleships, as the British-dmiralty.will
not allow its larger vessels to pass Que-
bec, owing to the fact that the channel
is so narrow that if .'ommereinl boats
of large size should b: sunk across the
channel any warship in doek would he
bottled up and might be cut off from
access to the St. Lawrence.
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THE WEST WING.
Settling With Companies For Fire
in Parliament Buildings.
Toronto, Oct. 18.—it is probable that
the final adjustment between the gov-
ernment and the insurance • companies
interested in the recent destruction of
tate west wing of the Parliament build-
ings will be made before the end of this
week and the award made early next.
week. It is generally conceded that the
loss by water will very considerably ex-
ceed what was expected. On the other
hand, however, the loss to the building,
will not be so heavy as at first feared.
The floors of the damaged wing are be-
ing torn out in preparation for thor-
ough fire proofing.
GRAIN CARGOES.
Leakages Which Cannot be Found
by the Department.'
Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 18. --The abolition
of the present system of granting certifi-
cates for grain cargoes• at' Port:Arthur
and Port William is being considered by
the Trade and Commerce : Department.
The Dominion Marine Association Inas
urged this owing to complaints of dis-
crepancy between the weights weighed
in at western and weighed out at east-
ern ports. Shippers contend that under
a Government •system of inspection some
guarantee should be given of the delivery
of the grain. "There have beer' and ar
leakages which neither the Goverment
nor the Marine Department can locate.
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IF YOU USE
Royal Household
Five Roses
or other' Brands of Flour from Rannie's Flour
and Feed Store. The best in Groceries at close
Prices. All kinds of Feed on Land.
that they are not ae profitable as other
kinds of live stock. The new stations
are designed to show the average
profit farmers niay expect to make
from grade ,ewes.
The first of the stations has boen
established in York county on the
farm of William Little, of Brown's
Corners, near Agincourt. Another
will be established in Muskoka far
summer lambs. while others are to be
located in Leeds, Simone, Huron, Mid-
dlesex. Brant and Victoria. it is an-
ticipated that they will be kept in
operation till the• opening of 1912 to
take in the product of two full years.
The farmers will receive a small
premium for their trouble in supply-
ing records and repasts, and the sea -
tions wil be open far inspection, and
will supply information when 'asked.
The department has decided to locate
the stations on the farms of the follow-
ing: Messrs, Wiu. Little, Brown's Cor-
ners, York county; Marshall Dickie,
Hyde Park, Middlesex county; Jahn
Pritchard, Redgravo, Huron county; Wm.
Crichton, Paris, Brant county; E. Johns,
Fairfield East. Leeds county; D. Ross,
Woodville, Victoria; J. McKee, Dun-
troote Simcoe, and Wm. Atkins, Winder-
mere, Muskoka.
COW TESTING.
Difference of Earning Powers of
Cows of Same Herd.
The Dominion. Department of Agricul-
ture Branch of the Dairy and Cold Stor-
age Commissioaer issues the following
from records being received at Ottawa
from members of cow testing associa-
tions there is apparent a very marked
variation in the earning power of the
various cows in the same herd. There
is every indication of many of last sea-
son's variations being repeated, such
teals will show in many cases twenty-
five dollars difference in income between
two •cows in the same herd. In some
herds this . is increased to forty dollars.
For instance, in a herd of 11 cows an
eight year old cow gives actually 4,200
lb. milk and I80 Ib. fat more than a five
year old in the same stable during the
same time. Placing a value of only 20
cents per pound on the butter, the one
cow is thus seen to earn over forty dol-
lars more than the other.
This is the important point to notice;
there are hundreds of farmers in the
Dominion in whose herds just such re-
markable differences between cows can
be found, but the owners are probably
unaware of the extent of such differ-
ences and will continue to be without
the information so essential in these
days of close margins until a record is
kept of the production of each individ-
ual cow in the herd. Just a few min-
utes figuring per month will add vast-
ly to the interest of the daily milking,
besides providing a sure guide for reap-
ing more profit per cow. The keeping
of such records my have a special at-
traction for some younger member of
the fancily.
APPLE SHIPPING.
Canadian fruit expoiters may gather
some helpful hints from a recent report
sent to the Canadian Department of
Trade and Commerce by E. D. Arnaud,
our Trade Commissioner at Bristol, Eng-
land. To secure the best results it is
important that Canadian fruit -shippers
understand, not only the art of pack-
ing the fruit, and caring for it in tran-
sit, but also the best means of distri-
buting it to the consumers. This last
knowledge is evidently sometimes lack-
ing, and loss is entailed on that account.
Mr. Arnaud directs attention to the ex-
cellent facilities that are provided at the
Avonmouth clocks at Bristol for tate
handling of fruit cargoes to a popula-
tion of about 9,000,000 people within a
radius of ninety miles of that city. We
learn that, notwithstanding that the
freight cost is increased thereby, most
of the Canadian apples are shipped di-
rect to London or Liverpool, there to
be distributed to their final markets.
Tl ie is hardly well advised. The South
Australia commercial agent, who has
been giving the matter considerable
study, and who has urged upon his peo-
ple thermportnnce of attractive pack-
ages, has this to say upon the subject:
"A point of extreme interest to the
growers, and one which has to an ex-
tc'nt been overlooked by them, is the re-
duction of. transit charges in lenge
land, Under the existing system
the majority of the apples are ship-
ped to London, and sent thence to
other places by rail, which involves
extra expense. It costs 10 3-4d. to
send a case of apples front London
to Birmingham, and from Bristol to
T#rmingha.m the charge is 4 1-2d.
Targe quantities of South Australian
staples are sold in those places, and
also at Cardiff, and in every instance
the fruit is railed from London. It is
difficult to understand why the ship -
rubber, and ia,oiounted with sterling
silver shield. Engraved with any
monogram and delivered post-paid,
for $1.00, to any address in Canada
—except the Yukon—Order by the
number -616.
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pars insist upon their goods being
dumped down in London, instead of
giving their agent the option of a.
portion of it at least being sent
round to Bristol, which would save
a shilling a ease to the exporter. If
a Cardiff buyer send to London for his
fruit he has to pay, say 12s. 6d. a case
for it, and a shilling for carriage, and he
would sooner pay 13s. or 13s. 3d. for
the fruit at Bristol, which would serve
not only Cardiff, but other large cities.
The same argument applies to Birming-
ham The buyer would much rather pay
12s. 9d. at Bristol and 4 1-2d. carriage,
than 12s. 6d. in London and 10 3-4d. car-
riage. The freight is exactly the same
from Adelaide to Bristol as to London,
and it is hard to understand why the'
exporters persist in ignoring the advan-
tages to be gained by consigning some
of their fruit to ports other than Lon-
don."
The subject is of sufficient import-
ance to engage the attention of our peo-
ple. It should be their endeavor to pro-
fit by the watchfulness of the Canada=
agents in outside markets, and the it
pie crop marketing is worthy of scient,•
fie study.
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WINTER SAILINGS.
FIX Montr'rti";pats Will I £iistrik",
uted Undev'New-Arrange.•:ients. , i
Montreal, Oct. 18.—It was announc-
ed to -day that the new Thomson line
steamer Tortonia would ply this winter
between St. John and Mediterranean
ports. Curiosity as to what would be
done with the White Star's new boats,
the Laurentic and Megantic, was also
satisfied with the announcement that
they would replace the Cedric and the
Celtic on the New York and Liverpool
service, the latter boats going on the
Boston -Mediterranean line. The White
Star will run a Portland service, with
the Canada and Dominion, bi-monthly.
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