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pr? DIS WHARFAGE ...nimii?'?! fn*m tenth nan. -- ? r than th.* Halt ? ? I | onomy of hand I \. n York ?***?_, reK.-ir.le?! by Amer II th?? ?v*?-?le?<t ?? mer ge ?ning of ?team Navigation. ? a. - New ' .... ... ? i ' 'nder th?? ?n?? ? ? -.?? - *, tantl? hi i of th? .. . iliS h the Narro*? - - i ? ? I l toi ;.*h of a S. I ? ? ? ? ( Um .lay was ? ntrymi 'atu ? ? - more tribe B, the ntinue - Gets Lind Under Water. ? Hronx. and ??vhii-h ? - B .... .rut in K of the ? - that ?? ? I ? .-?s not - occupy a ? .attan 'It SIX Railroads, including railroad ferries, oc rapy Lit mil?.,, ?r about eighteen miles "I miles of waterfront, gtv "'? ??** ?f wharfage room. Is used ami miscellaneous wharfag<*. Improvements have been ma?t from time to time throughout tkts Manhattan ?? OB both river,, the most imrot- . tant of la ?* yearn being the fhelsea dock*. "??' ?orl* for th. m im. :?*'??*. dr-dgir???*. began in 1900. Lsas this cost and th.? valu.- of the r.-al est?t-. - to tho ettjr waa ITjSTJMi Therol are might Utaet extending Into the Hudson n BlooaatMld an.l **2d streets. Four f?*?>t long and four are 800 feet long, '< the limits Impaaaj by the War Department. Tarn) piers vary in width from 125 f.*et in the ? ? ' -t In th<* '!. Um last and narrowest measures i -.tire property was un? der kan bafore ? ?mpi.-tion. mard I.mi> has ri?*rs r?4 and 56. Th?- Kr.-rch Line has Pier 5T. Piers 58. 59. Hit. 6: ami .'?2 ?rere ]?*;)?. the International, includim* the Whit ;?' Trnnsnort, Ameritan and Wilson . Ion ar<- thai dorks of the ' nd on the Baal River r>f th<> Pound steamers. In tha earlier period ?if waterfron* devel? opment II was the custom to let city land transportation . omp.inies on, rali system of teaurs .??r, owlnf tu rapid changes In values, and th. of late .?it twenty only, with v. for Increeeed rental ."*n mar?. The Brooklyn Shoreline. In Brooklyn tl ft streets. " ? ?? of th?- Hush Terminal I oontir. ? land fron improvement of theee trat th.- r "???. af fordine m. n with the th?* er?*ct:..n of four ; roar?1 ft four tin* ?n ex ? I ? <m. It would, of et ? ? .::?? . ? . ? .'vn. Man municipal I a the Hudson north of T* ? ? id con 1 to the Bg boroagl ? ? ! with t! ';ands mopi im ? Brooklyn. Tl out in Brooklyn be-: ? Parry an?] (?ara - to the Brooklyn Wharf which DI I from the ponta. Lows. W-odruffs, nd other oldtlme Brooklyn and L-onK Island fan. n, whi'-h I - DMd at ? ? of :mprovp ? ly the Ful ak the, I Its v.? .-? which to? re than two hundred wa ?'house?, U a -? warehouses. T sugar ? ? and hair A prl ?rarehom th!? system, which Is pra*"*M?sf with It! nwr I u lorn; ? i - ? .r-s, ar? il ure <?f !?) - ??oni-erns, so far ar lernet as imports and .I.--.--1. art . N'.'w *>>rk raft when th. ? TP, PPHrwp ' 186> MADISON SQUARE CAFE ir,Lcin?j.>Li|i)4() MAD?SON SQLARE-HOILL OFFICE Hotel Belmore . . . and Cafe . . . Northeast Corner 25th St. and Lexington Ave. New York Centennial Hotel Cafe and Restaurant JOHN E. DALY, Proprietor. 850 EIGHTH AVENUE, N. E. Cor. 51st St. NEW YORK SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS._| SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS._ Pacific Mail Steamship Co. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. The Pacific Mai! Steamship Company il the pioneer line in the Pacific Ocean carrying trade, for it was in the year 18*18 that the first steamer, the "Cali? fornia." arrived in the Bay of San Fran? cisco from Panama, carrying seekers after gold, which had but recently been discovered in California. From that year until the present time the com? pany has maintained a large fleet oi steamers, gradually devetopiag from the bid type of wooden, -ddewheel ??earners to the present up-to-date, fast. oecan-Br.'ing steel ves-e!, with her twin screw-, magnificent accommoda wireless telegraphy, submarine signals and other features for the comfort and safety oi pa^-engers and the efficient rgoei [1 was in IPtJ. and. significantly cm ugh, on the lay of January, that the Trans Line was established with the sailing of the steamer "Colorado," and that line was for a long time small and insignificant compared with the Panama Line, it was not long be? fore ?I outstripped the latter, an I since grown steadily in importance, until t ?day H maintains i Bed ers which vie with th?* best re i the Atlantic Ocean, and which . few ifayi api Mail Steamship Company re, at once the oldest ami the ? M oldest in - year?: and newest in lernity of fleet an?l equipment it is hie that no steamship company in has such a large | f the -i\ compri ? Trans Pa *ific rleet having been less than n i their builder-' yarda, and the last word in naval ruci The mac f the Pa? dre that ever;, shall find him- l happy in his - "un. lux-: ? ; of ventilation and a cuisine of the hi) de mands that more than double the num? ber of days be spent on shipboard than does that of the Atlantic. The cele? brated caterer, Mr. V. Moroni, has brought the cuisine of the shins to an unrivalled standard of excellence. The ships are, therefore, designed for the ?ervice for which they are intended. Structurally able to cope with the buf fetings of the North Atlantic, their ap? pointments are such as to provide the greatest amoutit of comfort in the long voyage of the placid Southern Pacific. It was but a few years ago that they took their places in the service, fresh fron the builders' bands and worthy to uphold :n these days of modern steam navigation the traditions that were es? tablished in those days of sailing ves? sels when the Yankee clipper was su? preme. The company brought out th<* "K<* i aster ships of iH.onn t'-ns. followed t by the " ' and "Manch sister _.~ 00 tons. Thes** tine ships, with th- ever popular "China." ? tons, and the "Per? sia." of 9, ? ? compris?* the pres? ent Tram :"ef. One of the particular attractions of Southern Pacific rout?*, or "Sun ??bine Belt," aside from thi t'Ttn, ice and : break in what "therwise would ? ? thi ng voyaj ?the -? I lulu, in the Hawaiian [slai ijn is the -re. run from the Golden (?ate to Honolulu Harbor, a distance of 2 -t? h ? miles. Departing fr?>m Honolulu, the course i- westward rhr- ?utrh the Ha? waiian Archipelago. Twelve BUI miles - ? Kauai. the last of the pr"i:p. the -v.-imrr pas?-?*-; th- 1 mgitU dina! - . whi?cfa has been es ? e interna* ? and here a day is li this ! I on Wednesd : la ter leaving H lulu the ship enters the Ray ? i Ye . - i, the ca** ta! The next p. irt ? ; Kobe, the much favored port of Japan owing to the extreme dryness of thi the air and its central location. Fron Kobe to Nagasaki, the next stop, th? steamer route is through the famou'. Inland Sea. It is more truly a nat? ural canal than a sea, and the sce? nery throughout its entire length is surpassingly beautiful and arouses en? thusiasm and comparison with that of Switzerland and the reaches of the Rhine. Nagasaki is the last port of call in Japan, whence the steamer makes her way to China, dropping anchor at \Voosung, at the mouth of the Yangtse River, from which point travellers are conveyed by swift launches to Shanghai, a distance of about fourteen miles. Shanghai is the greatest cosmopolitan metropolis of the Far Fast and is within easy reach of Peking, the capital of China. From Shanghai the voyage is to the British colony of Hongkong, the terminus of the line, and one of the most interest? ing places in the world. Canton and lU are within easy distance. This route is varied about once monthly, .1 -teamer. instead r>i coing to ghai, proceeds from Nagasaki di? rect to Manila, in the Philippine Isi ?? ? ?-?? .rning to il**ng The distance from San Fran ? ng Kong is some 7,500 miles, to a about twenty da-. - are - '.. every ?me of -riences. ..i Line the Pacific Mail : pany maintains tu vice- ?' about a dozen ves - tor regular pi Rer .-. - I iuate Nicaragua, I the I mal Zone. c?*n ' - m with steamers fi * ind the "ther an ex? iling t from * "here with the I id and on the other M - It can ind de rk in i little more' than ? ? Th? any maintains offices in . ? and xeeutive offices rk, and ! operating offices a g, San Fra OCLAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY Th?- ? ,:inah" it ? : ? in 1791?Jum - ? . ? ?he bon Shp ana t.ie fir? nty-flv? M 1 !h- r- ? :na. p. the f lli>' r-m;i!kaM.- >'.-?v.-iopn ??? I ?? twr? ? I ? . ? Ing in - - ?.) th? . ? - ?t of $1 ? I - - ? hutlii ? ' a.lroad It ' ? - ? i I ? ' ? ..... in.-he.l ? ? - uta ?i oto th? ? ?lu ictlon o? ? ? -.1? i?f ? . . ?!>. .uni ? ? ? . . ? f over ?teamem t!.. art for I ??? freight. , ? transit ? ?: lent la ? my ?teecnsl * eatt ???'?* win ai? ? rloilty of i able may be m.i l -i.iviiui.Ui I. ? - - ? ' oth?-- * ... - - amahip . thus - ? ri.?ni; tren I : -.air. ar..| N ' ?II .if - Florida ? I .i!i and point.? . ?I fotmd ai H' ' I I . ? il? ai - M ? ' M ???-' ? .. ? aune j ..f i i John H?',ich A S?iti?. of Now York ' ? - ? ' ? ?hipa. ? I :! th? numl ? ? i toVkoartag ti? eara now many chanif? I ? - : ? '? ? ? 15. 1SK ?;r- r . . to an . pota . 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V.w V.'rk , i v, ?dnaadey anA , : 'i I ... m ? * i ' New y ' ' I ?'W.iry ?ud ?d'? ent to the Grand (_>ntr??l Terminal. _SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. f SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. AL UMIN UM THE IMMUTABLE METAL AXD ITS MULTITU? DINOUS USES. HOW A GREAT INDUSTRY HAS GROWN FROM A SMALL BEGIN NTNG. When the imposing shaft erected the nation's capital In memory of t republic's first President was finished, ISSa, there was placed on th? topmc pinnacle of the monument a capping aluminum?a rare metal. It is there y< storm defying, undlmmed. untamlsh" everlastlng! "Silver from clay." It had been call" and its cost vas about the same as I ver. .?orne $16 a pound. Just at that time a student In cher istry In a comparatively obscure Oh university town?Oberlin?was bringii to ft SUliOSSful conclusi?n his ?liseov?* of a chi'ap m?*th?id of aluminum man facture throogfj slectrotytta process* and a new industry was to be born. T ?lay aluminum of greater purity ths that used nn the Washington Monume is avalla)!- in unlimited quantities at prlCS <>f 28 <?? nts a p'jund. Although iron if the most common our metals, aluminum is even mo abundant ;n nature, for It soasttt?! about 8 rpr c?nt of the earth's cru* and Is therefore Inexhaustible In qua! Aluminum is the basic metal i all clays; It enters into the composite Ot nearly all rocks; the ruby and tl .sapphire are substantially nothing mo than pure aluminum and oxygen. Tl turquoise, the topaz, the garn?*t and tl ?fett? their cnstituei aluminum to the analyst?and yet It wi only in the early part of the nlnet?en1 century that its SXtStSSWS was barel suspect?"-?!. It was not until 1S0S that Sir Hun phrey Davy suggested the hypothes that clav and many rocks of similar foi matlon depended on some metal as the This suggestion bore slow frui though worked on by many brilliant ir veatlgmton, such as Harp. Slllimai ? torstsd an?l Bersilius. for it was not ur til l?*-: that the German chemist Free s Woshlsr first leoiatod alumlnui und obtained it 'n the form of a. powde and after many years of exr"*rimei thereafter first su?-ceeded. in 1MB, in ol taining it in small metallic globules, b< coming thereby the actual discoverer ( the metal. It was not until 1S?S4 that the Frene chemist Devilie. by improvement? i Woehler*s m-thods. obtained alumlnui in an almost pure state and determine Ht true pronerrles. The iirst metal obtained by Devllle i the form of '.?ars was used by him in medal of aluminum presented by him t his patron. Napoleon III. who had sur plied the funds necessary for the costl: experiments, ami in the manufacture c ibjr rattle for ths infant Pr!n?'e lm perial. and sum" small articles mad from aluminum at that time on the markst at s pries of |M s pouni In i**."i?;-,".? total of fifty or sixty pounds of metu produced by costiv chemical method? Its manufacture then and for a At ther ? little m??r than a laboratorv aapeiinsent b we tind it at * -.ii. n in th form ?if si..-. ?.-. to ST finish : I, t OliSlied, entrri--' ??! I r. i M in tr ' i view <>f ths man- dlftVulti that had to be overcome in producing i "n the modest seal?* then in operation ?:n purifying and moulding it. Afte" i lapse of an? ther d< -???? sgaln i the Fans Exposition in 1878 the ? the production Ot ti f cheml ?:? met h g 4 tl! a pound?a price much to.? hij?h I mi" any general use of the new an? raising meta:. This condition existe. tot am tl le. s Ith a (radas . ; enint*- of tO improv d sodium pn'ductiun. but it WSJ only thro iffh :.ti??n nt tin stud- [.Hall that aluminun : be ?produced .it ? pries which irouU i . snd gsnsral use in mn merce, and .1 new m? In m? taUiirgica try beg.m wh?-n, in 1888, the Pitts* : ize.i and i"-g.,n in a small way to mann . iminum by steam gsnsrslo Pitl nrgb un : Hal! pro? ? The Hail process was one throng* which aluminum was directly r from -.: means combine th" ? ? ? >? . lectric furnace and the ek axth. The inum oxide obtained from bauxite, In which the alumina is d; - the mil therewith of the stable solv-r.t cr? in .:" Its bath, leaving the solvent unaffe I This discovery vas s new and im ports ? i; was mora than la the art-it w.ts a ?n the art. It reduced at 0SM pound ts ,;." :nd it laid the foundation on which '. new and g*---at Industry was to ,'-d. in 1883 ? -ry t<*.?k another for ward step by locating I rodUCtlon plant in Niagara Falls as tlie first important "eli trie power ?? y the ? onstructsd catara? t plant at that ?: the small beginnings ot ** ' when three men wer- .?inpl.?ved in irgh, ?\:ih a dally pr?*-lu?-tion of Bfty pounds, tl prown la Um two -:? ' ueiaess of sptend : portions, employing MMSS fiv.? thousand, with a yearly output ol many million? "f pound ? in i:h>s th?* Pittsburgh Bad lethm O m puny became the i 1 imtnum i'.'mpa Amiica. .? DSD UMTS indl<ati\ ?* and this oompasq IS 't th?* present time n-?-rating bauxite inin<?s it: Arkansas and QsOTgjta- a larg?* ??re r.'tinuig plant in Kaat St. Louis, . Falls and MM at KSSSSSM, N Y. S"|MH"S : from its ? xnle. lotet her with rolling mu?s at Haw Km ? \ Pensv, and Niagara Falls, and wire drawing. ?i and insulating mills at Muesen-i. Its product emhra?*BS pure metal in in? got f"rm. many giudsa of ?asttng all??\s. tubing, plates, sheet. ?m,J, shapes, wire. ? aide, et. It ia ?if interest to tniktW tho steps in th.- pfOSSBi empl??\?-?l l?y thi.-s company :n brmslng aluminum from th .?re bed te th?- market Rauxtte, which ts hydrate?! ..xide of .ii.oiinum. the firm vuluable deposit of which ? an discovered 'n the vicinity of Lea Baux. Ut France arom which ??? name was taken), ie found In consider? able abundance In ?l?verai of the atatea of the United States, the moat Impor? tant deposite being In Alabama, Georgia, Tenneaaee and Arkansas. The deposita are usually pockety In formation, and open cut mining Is mainly employed. The crude material Is calcined, namely, the surplus moisture driven off, and is shipped to the ore refining; plant at East St. Louis for concentration, where a pe? culiarity in the metallurgy of aluminum determines the first step. As is well known, with the ores of most other metals It is simply necessary to concen? trate and ser>aratrt the true ores from the gangue by mechanical means based on the different densities of the constit? uent parts, the resultant ores being then smelted and the lmpurlt'***? worked oat l.y various metho.ls ?jf refining. Bauxit**, however, contains aluminum oxide, not metallic aluminum, and the concentra? tion employed necessarily consists In separating this oxide from its accom? panying ?-lay and metallic Impurities, such as iron oxide, silica, titanic acid, etc, and the process employed at East St. Louis takes advantage of the fact that alumina ?aluminum oxide) forms with soda a compound called sodium alum?nate, which Is soluble In water. while the Impurities above named are Insoluble. Sodium alum?nate, formed either by roasting th? bauxite with car? bonate of soda or by digesting with caustic soda in a closed vessel under pressure. Is then separated from its Im? purities by filtration and by washing the residue with hot water, and Is then de? composed, the alumina being thrown out of solution as a hydrato and carefully washed to free it from soda salta This hydrate Is then thoroughly dr'ed. and is a pure white powder not unlike fine sand. This powder is shipped to the various red ictlon works at Niagara Falls and Massena. where it Is subj.- ? : to the H.ill process of red notion previous? ly described, the product of these works bated matalH?* aluminum obtained from the alwteoljrUc baths in the form of pig. After melting this pig and recasting the metal In a more convenient form of to-got, aluminum is ready (off the mark t. m . >h of Um teempemy*t product is sold in tfei form of Ingot for fabrication by other metal working concerns, though a substantial portion goes to the rod and ?rira mil] at Massena for the making at electrical cablas, and a very larg?* amount ts supplied to the great sheet mills opantai by the company at New Kensington and Niagara Falls, where. after a tona* course through a series of roughing and finishing rolls, the alumi? num emerges in beautiful, polished sheets and platea of var<.us gauges. lengths and ?rldtha, It can be rolled -??eets of .OOOf inch. It can be beaten into leaf equal to the best leaf manufacture.! in tha world. Th?* Aluminum ContptUnp of America has been not only a pioneer in new fields, it is the virtual creator of the vast aluminum industry, and its work will stand to industrial history as a classic ?.se , f a ttXPpMp creating a use. and demand?an exception to the ?suai rule of economics. The radical reduction to price brought about by tha Hall process and by the water power at Niagara, as well as through the vast!;.- enlarged prodti' - ? * ( metal, ennl kt?l aiumir.um to !?* come a competitor of other and more c? mmon metals, and the one time "silver" from clay*' has had its field of useful ? DM adened that It now enters largely into the everyday life of the people in thousands of div?rs;:'<-d ways and has wor. fur itself a distinctive place in the metallurgy of the world. Th?> nation's meals ai* bast cooke-d ?n aluminum utensils: it materially aids in making the best steel; it makes eu - bodies and other automobile parti- ?rTViloy it in many ways; aluminum ? M Ufa everywhere ???en i.nd mad; ?t is rapidly supplanting brass, z.nr and other metala In surprising and manifold ways. It serves as a con? ductor at ele?-tri<*a; energy and trans? mits erar thonaanda of miles at glisten ins cablea tha power of falling water to hundreds of cities throughout tre | rppublic. It was carried by Peary to and bf ?-ha-kleton to ? ?' - "h"! What may be said of the futur?? "f this young gtant of the metal world? . far r ttOUt the aluminum tipped Washington Monument .ut f*M a pound? to the swift moving aaffVJfnaWM ?a.t St ????ms a pound), yet that change baa ?' rought within a quarter of ? -? The gigantic stn.l.s of the past two lu more tra? in the world of i-om as the v.ars roll on, and some r-cnt use? he? tor*aabd??oa* its coming suprema ' , Amot.i* I I ba P * - ing importance ? .m I i ?M pa p. i trade in thai manufacture of sulphide pulp, in the production of ammonia ?rom ' >'oke ovens as a con iti the Lr.-w.-ry business, raining ratO of enornv us slie; In condenser tubes, where other metala are rapidly corroded and attacked by liquors or fumes, as a > OBtajMf for the rap? idly advancing and highly important in dnstrv of nitric acid fixation from the atmosphere; as material for the es? sentially lightweight gas engines for motor boats ?otoa?sMoo and the newly developed aeroplane and dirigible bal When we consider the coming and In ovitebk ei.-?*tr'.fi.*atli'n of steam trunk line systems and the harn.?ssing of Die thirty million ??r more of horsepower In our present dormant streams and th? enormous demand thereby created for ???n.lu.tor 1u.1U.r1.1l. when it ts realized that when our iron ore is all gone, our cupper und zinc and other metals ex? hausted, th.- rlnal (l?*i"*inii MO of th? world toff metal must he atumnum; It needs no prophet to predu*t the future ? it Um buati.ess. it is as bright as a sheet of its own pur? aaatall It may well he aummed up In a few wor i? WtVruver iion-corroalve, non polsonoue metal is required, wlierevar ilghtneas combined with strength is ea sentlal. aluminum rtnds iu field and highest, uaefulmas. K.vrv advance in its ma-iufaotur*. e\ery lc-M?n?d ceaat, vouceina **a whole world: