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CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINOE EDWARD ISLAND, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1885.
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| New Dress Goods. | New Cloths, New Winceys,
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Perkins & Sterns.
Carpets, Oilcloths, Sheetings.
& VARIETY OF SMALL WARES.
LINE RY, &c., to arrive during next ten days.
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oo EW BOOTS! New Lasts! Latest Styles! We are making our FALL BOOTS on the Latest aud Most Improved Styles of Lasts. We call especial attention to our new BRASS-NATLED BOOTS, as being extra durable, the soles being fastened on with Brags Nails, smoothly clinched on the inside,
Be sure and get a pair of our make of Long Boots, They cannot be beaten in price, quality and fit, SOLE LEATHER, by the Side and Roll.
DORSLY, GOFF & CO.
Ch’town, Sept. 2nd, 1835,
STERNS.
Matchless, Kent Mills,
AND OTHER CHOICE BRANDS
VERY CHEAP
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BEER & COFP’S.
August °0
CORBA BRIND CETLON TEA Something — Extra |
lu Original Quaarter-Pound Tivfoil Packages.
‘Nouchosg, 1dcts. a Package,
‘Pekoe, 22ets, a Package,
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These Pure Teas are _ Worth Drinking. FOR SALE AT
BEER & GOFES,
August 21.
GREAMERY BUTTER!
‘TWENTY-FOUR CROCKS | cae Choice Creamery Butter,
FOR SALE AT
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Sept. 21, ’85.
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The Markets.
CHARLOTTETOWN PRICES.
Oats we quote at 32c. The small quan- tities now offering are taken for shipment to the Provinces, but as the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick crop is reported good, the Provincial demand will be limited. Buying for the English market has not yet commenced and it is rather too soon to say what shippers to that market will be able to offer. The quotation in Montreal, from | which port large quantities are shipped to | England, is about one cent per pound, but | much lower freights are obtainable there. | Poravroxs are worth about 20c per, bushel. Tffey are not wanted, and if large lots were
e offered we doubt if a purchaser could be * found at any price.
Rose are quoted at {50c in Boston. The duty, freight and |charges would amount to at least 30c per | bushel, so that the price to the producer | would be very low to give the shipper any- thing for labor and risk.
Pork—None now offering, The quota- tien in Chicago, on 19th inst., was $8.85 _per barrel; on same day last year $16 50 ‘per barrel, The best mess perk can now |be laid down here at about $11.50 per | barrel, duty paid, and price of this staple | must open very much lower than last year.
Hay we quote at 35¢ to 38c per 100 lbs.
4 to 9e for large lots. MONTREAL
PRICES,
| Frour.—The market is firm, with con- siderable busines doing. We quvote:—
| Superior Extra,’ per bri........ $4 39 @ 4 40 pemee Geamica t 410 @ 415 POO. ss desk Seco ae ee 393 @ 419
unchanged. There was ame enguiry for }oats, but it did not result in any actual ‘transactions. Quotations are repeated. We , quote:—Corn, 54c to 55¢c in bond, and 61c | to 62e duty peid per bushel of 56 lbs: yens, _78c to 79¢ per bushel of 36 lbs; oats, 30c tu ,Jdc per bushel of 32 lbs; barley 500 to 65e, according to quality, per bushel of 48 Ibs; rye, 67¢ to 68e per bushel of 56 ibs. | Fisu.—- The steamer loaded with Labrador herring, which has been expected for some days past, has not as yet been jreported in the gulf, owing probably to strong head winds opposing her course. The | Opening prices for Labradors, will no doubt | be in the vicinity of $4.50 or $4.75 per bri. Cape Breton herring are freely offered at | $4.00 in round lots, but sales are rather ‘slow. Dry cod-fish is plentiful and is , offered at $3.40 per quintal, large well cured bundles being quoted at $325 to $3.50, as to quality. Green codfish has ' changed hands at $4.00 for No. 1 large, but | the demand is quiet. Salmon is quoted at eu 00 in bris* for No. 1, and at $10.00 for No. 2.
Burrer—Choice fresh made creamery has been enquired for by fancy grocers dur- ‘ing the past few days, and in order to ob- jtain their fall supplies they have run up pr'ccs on each other for certain pet factories, and have consequently paid above current rater. This, however, is no criterion of the , general market, which is quieter, owing to | the falling off of the export demand, which ‘rsfused to follow the late advance. During ' the week the sale of over 100 packages of | good creamery was made at 20c. for export, la lot at 203c., and 150 tubs at 2i¢ce. A few lots of good Western have changed
hands at 3c. to 134c. for Newfoundland, | but 144 to 15c. is asked for choice. Cnrese—Holders have had to endure another week of disappointment, the ex- | pected demand from English buyers having ; been still held in abeyance. A few drib- ' bling orders were received during the past | few days, but the bulk of this week’s ship- ments is supposed to be cn consignment. ) ‘The sales reported during the past two or
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;three days were a few hundred jboxes of the Auguet make of a well 7ic., and a lot of
known factory at very choices August at 8c. Sales were also made of 200 boxes July at 63e.
BOSTON PRICES.
Porators—Potatoes continue in liberal
| supply and prices are easy at 45 to 50° for i Northern Rose and 50 to 53c for Kastern. ’ Eecs.—The market sustains a firm tone, | with receipts well sold up. Eastern extras /are scarce and command 20c, Eastern i firsts and Vermont rule mostly at 18 to 19¢ Best marks of Canada, New Bruns- wick and Island readily command 18c Prices are about 1 cent per dozen higher than last week.
Fisu.-—Receipts of Mackerel at Boston for the week have been 6,068 bbls, includ- ing 1,932 bbls sea packed and 3,399 bbls inspected from domestic ports, and 732 bbls from foreign ports. Landings by the fleet show a marked falling off. The total quantity at all New Engiand ports for the week is only 5,692 bbls against 16,277 bbls last week and 27,331 bbls for corresponding week last year. The total catch to date is 250,302 bbls, a decrease of 41,000 bbis as compared with same time a2 year ago. This deficiency has added more strength to the market, and late caught No 3and No 1, which have become quite scarce, are held at an advance. Inspected cargo lots have been selling at $4 for No 3, $6 for No 2, and $14 to $15 per bbl for No 1. Separate lots of No 3 are held at $4.25 and $4.50, and No 1 cannot be bought under $18 to $20. Last sales out of pickle were at $650. The indications are that prices will be higher, Codfish are in liberal receipt, and easier, with sales of large dry Bank at $3 25 and $3.374, and medium at $2.50 per qtl. Large pickle cured, Bank are steady at $3 per gti. Pickle cure’ Shore command $3.50, and dry Shore $3.75 and $4 25 per gtl, as to quality. Hake are sell- ing at $2 and $2.124.
BRITISH MARKETS.
Lonpon, Sept. 18, 12.30 p. m.—| Beer- bohm’s Report to the Merchants’ Exchange | —Floating cargoes of wheat and corn firmly held. Oargoes on the passage of wheat firm and corn quiet. At Mark Lane wheat and corn are steady. For prompt shipment, Oalifornia wheat, 35s, 6d.; do,
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Coarse Grains.—The market is dull end!
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SINGLE Copirs Two CENTs.
VOL. 17.---NO, 108,
/mearly due, 35s. At Liverpool wheat is ‘quiet; corn quiet but steady. The English ; country markets are firm and the French |generaily dearer. At Paria wheat ard | flour are quiet. Weather in Euglaud is Improving.
Liverroo., Sept. 18, 12.30 p. m.—Win- ter wheat, Gs. 10d. to 7s; spring do, 6s. 9d. to 78; California average do, 6s. 8d. to 6s. 10d; clab do, 7s. 14. to 7s. 3d; corn, 4s. 8d., and peas, 5s. 11d. Provisions, etc. — Pork steady at 52s. 6d; bacon steady at 31s. Gd. for short clear and 30s, 6d. for long clear; lard, prime Wester n, 33s. ; cheese steady at 39s.
_oinpeedamiiiicines ail The Severn Tunnel.
Tae Severn Tunnel, one of the most stupendous engineering feats of thé*ge, may now be considered au fait accompli, The first passenger train passed through it on Saturday, conveying a party of distin- guished ladies and genilemen. As an ao- count of the works is sure to be interesting, we give the following history in brief of the tunnel from its commencement :—
“The Act authorising the construction was obtained in 1872, and between that time and 1879, the Great Western Company carried on the work themselves, sinking five shafts and driving a con- siderable length; but in October, 1879, the heading on the Monmouth side of the river tapped a great spring of fresh water, which flooded the whole of the workings In twenty-four hours. Negotiations were then opened with Mr. T. A, Walker, and the works were then handed over to him to complete. After erecting extra pumps the works were cleared of water in November, 1880, and the work was proceeded with until October, 1883, without special difficulty. The level of the rails of the tunnel laid in 1830, Was 15ft. to secure greater safety in passing under the river, but in those low levels in 1880, the spring which had previously flooded the | tunnel was again tapped in much larger volume jand the quantity of water inthe tunnel, which had previously risen at the rate of 11,000 gallens per minute, now rose to 27,000 galions per minute. Four extra and very powerfui pumping engines were then erected, and by closing a door in the heading by means of a diver the works were only closed for a fortnight, and the great spring has now been dammed hack by means of brickwork. The total length of the tunnel is 7,654 yards, and, with the approaches, the line is eight miles long, | rather more than haif—four miles and a quarter— | being tunnel. This route will shorten the distance | between Cardiff and London by thirteen miles,and the journey from Cardiff to Bristol will be done in an hour and a quarter. In the deep parts the tunnel is lined with brickwork in Stafiordshire and petrified bricks, set in cement 3 feet thick, and as it rises from the lowest point the thickness is gradually reduced to 2 feet 3 inches, at both the east and west ends. Atthe shovts, the deepest part of the fiver, there is a _ cover- ing to the tunnel of 45 feet, the depth of water here being 55 ft, at low water 4nd 91ft. at high water. The covering at the other points varies in depth, the lowest being 30ft. at the Salmon Pool, The. gradient, cending at the east end, is one in 100 to the lowest point, and the ascent from there westward is one in 90, as the heaviest loads are expected from Wales. The width of the tunnel is 26ft., and the height from the rails 20ft. inside the brickwork. There is a double line of rails laid on longitudinal sleepers. The ventilation will be provided by a Guibar fan 40ft. in diameter, which has to be erected. The one that has been erected for the works is ISft. in diameter, driving 60,000 cubic feet of air per minute, whilst the larger one will drive 240,000 cubic feet per minute. The airand water from the drainage of the tunnel will be brought to the surface at the Sudbrook Shaft, where the depth to the drainage heading is 226 feet. The drainage is peer ines for by a culvert 5ft. in diameter, falling
om the lowest point in the tunnel under the Shoots to the Sudbrook Shaft. The water runnin into the works in the open cuttings at either en will be anticipated at the mo of the tunnel, and will be pumped there at the highest level, so as to reduce to a minimum the pumping at the deep shaft at Sudbreek. The cngineer estimates that the pumping will be reduced to 5,000 gallons per minute, but the pumps, which will be left in at to meet all contingencies, are capable of ifting 20,000 gallons per minute. The whole of the tunnel under the river was found on Saturda to be quite dry, but where the spring was tap there was a Slight leakage, which will be stopped by caulking and cement work. The train went through in 30 minutes, or at a speed of about nine miles an hour, and returned in eighteen minutes, about fifteen miles an hour, The air was quite clear, and the mouth of the tunnel could be seen from a distanee of amileanda half. Everything was deemed highly satisfactory, and Mr. Walker is to be heartily congratulated in havi accom- plished a work of such magnitude in such an ex- peditious and highly gratifying manner. The cost of the work up to the end of this year is esti-
mated at £1,640,000. At either end of the tunnel preparations on a very large scale are being made to meet the _ increased
demands which it is confidently expected will be made on the carrying powers of the company. At Roggiett, which is about a mite and a half from the Magor Station, some fifty men have been for the past three months building a new station at the junction of the tunnel with the main line. At this point there will also be several long. sidings for shunting and marshalling the trains, and no less than four signal boxes, in which ten men will be stationed. An engine shed will also be erected of size sufficient to accommodate six or eight engines specially built for the tunnel service. On the other side of the channel a new station has been built at Patchway,and another is in progress at Pilning; while a third is to be built at Ashley near Bristol. The line wil) be doubled from Patchway to Bristol, and a loop will be made near the latter place to cross the river feeder and join the main line to London. A new tunnel will be made alongside the old one running from Pilning to Patchway, the second being 30ft. below the level of the first.”
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The Potato Crop in the United States.
The following report of the U. 8. Depart- ment of Agriculture upon the condition of the potato crop in the United States during the present month will be of interest to farmers and exporters :—
“While the reports as to the condition ef potatoes are generally favorable, the average for the entire breadth being 93,there is considerable complaint of rot and bugs, the former in most cases being attributed to an excess of rain,comin when the vitality of the plants had been lower by a previous drought. Among the localities in which ret is complained of are portions of Ver- mont, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Wisconsin, Minesota an lowa. Ina number of counties in the Northwest the damage is rather serious, especially as regards low undralned lands.
“ The statements asto damage caused by bugs comes chiefiy from parts of Arkansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Lilinois, Minnesota and lowa. A correspondent in Michigan reports the crop as reduced, and attributes the fact to ‘bugs oad Paris green.” A correspondent in Indiana reports the crop as being * devoured by bugs.’ A correspondent in Iowa mentions a large green bug, shaped like the petato bug, by which some injury has been done to the crop, ;
** In certain localities the crop has been injured by the drought. Complaints on this score come from New England and the Middle States. At present there isa complaintof excessive rain in some parts of- the New Englana, Western and Middle States, but in some localities a marked improvenient is noticeable from recent timely rains.”
The special report from Maine ii as follows :—- * Maine is losing its reputation as a potato state, with the exception of early potatoes for the larger markets of our cities, The cool weather of August has been favorable for the crop; there is littie complaint of rust, and the condition may safely be reported as exceilent.”
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