. American engineer and railroad journal . an increase of 32 per cent, over last year, and of 5 percent, over 1800, which was a year of very large does not include the rail shipments, which are not yetfully reported, but which are expected to reach 1,000,000tons The Chinese Viceroy Chang Chih-tung has establishedlarge iron works near Hankow, on the banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang River. Iron ore is brought about 80 miles downthe river, and coal about 17 miles by a railroad lately builtto the mines. At these works a rolling mill for the manu-facture of rails is being put in, and the
. American engineer and railroad journal . an increase of 32 per cent, over last year, and of 5 percent, over 1800, which was a year of very large does not include the rail shipments, which are not yetfully reported, but which are expected to reach 1,000,000tons The Chinese Viceroy Chang Chih-tung has establishedlarge iron works near Hankow, on the banks of the Yang-tse-Kiang River. Iron ore is brought about 80 miles downthe river, and coal about 17 miles by a railroad lately builtto the mines. At these works a rolling mill for the manu-facture of rails is being put in, and they are also to be pro-vided with the necessary tools for the manufacture of smallarms and rapid-fire guns of different patterns. The surveys are in progress for an irrigation canal to runfrom Lake Tulare northward to the San Joaquin River nearMendota, Cal. The canal will be about 80 miles long, andwill supply water for irrigation to a laige area of land inthe San Joaquin Valley. The intention is to use LakeTulare for a storage reservoir. 4. nla 04 Q D -* 9 a? Pi ►J uj ^ M ^ &: is OhH HN Sz; H JH o la X P o !5 iz; O o IZ P=H (a » H Eh •«1 1—( £h, H O cfi S a O o o o & ij s K p, p i! o S Ch s •8 o H o fc P3 EhO H S Q o Z o o J .J >H Q « ^^ a > 2 1-5 15 UEh n Eh-3 D Vol. LXVII, No. I.] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 13 THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE UNITEDSTATES TIMBER TESTS. The examinations and testa of timber now in progressiinrler the Forestry Division of the Agricultural Department,Washington, were suspended from January to July of lastyear from want of funds. Mr. B. E. Fernow, Chief of theForestry Division, asked Congress, in a special bill, for anappropriation of $40,000 for this work. This was whollydisallowed in the House, but the Senate added an amend-ment to tlie department bill giving $13,000 to this investi-gation. This was finally cut down in conference to $4,000,which, with some additional funds from the general depart-ment appropriation, constitutes the working
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