Harbor Grace Standard, 1883-03-31

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CONCEPTION   BAY   AI.VE1T1BIII.,
VOLUME XXIV
HARBOE QBACB, .SfEWFOUNDLAtn), SATURDAY, .MARCH 31, 1883,
NUMBER 6
Advertisements.
Handsomely JBowul ,y Illustrated
BOOKS
by A   F. Lvelt-
English Picltire.t, drawn wilh pen and pon-
ri|_|ly Itev. S. Maming, LL.D., aad
llev. S. G Green. 111).
Pictures ol Engliih Landscape—by Birke t
Fostter, Engraved by TTio Brothers
Dalziel, with pictures ia word!, by Tom
favlor.
Scotliah Uke Scenery, illustrated with a
series of Colored l'iadu from drawings —
by A. F. Lyden, with descriptive notca
by T- A. Croal.
pKcturesque Scotlaml. in Uy and Ugenet, ,
eSong and Story—by F. Watt. M.A.. an.l |
Rev A. Carter, M.A., erabelliibed with '
Chromatic Platea, aud illustrated Willi
over 100 engravings.
Tie! 'irt-.-qns Europe. 'Tho British Lies
with illu-iralioi-i on steel and wood, by
Advertisements.
THOMPSON'S
Meflical Hall.
ESTABLISHED 1866.
a Pictures   drawn wilh pen and pencil—
,i.b,M  M-sr-aulav.   M.A.. M.D.
S,,;-,    I'.ctur.-s     dr.-11    well,   tell   all 1   p.-n-
c.l- bv llev.l. S.   Man.,,.,!;. LLD , illu.i-
ra'.utl  by Mr. W liymper and othen.
iss Utters and   Alt-ine   Poems -by  the
tie     Fr.ai.eea    Ridely    llavergal,    w.th
• welvc Colored  Illustrations   of Alp.ne
leeuerv and  Flowers,   by the   Baroueaa
«'
c Magaicui- of Art, elegantly illustrated.
til-llonra will, the King! an.l Queens of
Kuglan.l,   with   Portraits by W. G.   H.
1)
ni Hu,tote— by Cervantes ; tbetexlediteel
bv .1   VV, Clark, M.   A ,   illustrated   by
Advertisements.
QUEEN
Insuranco Company
Capital—£2,000,000 Sterling.
,'oyagS in tbe .Sunbeam—by Mrs. Brassey,
with liii illestralions. ehielly after drawings, by Hon   A. Y. Kingliain.
„ a Paradise Ust. illuitrated by Ous,
e Dure ; edited with a Life and Notes,
Hubert Vaiighaii. 111).
s Udy i.t the Uko. wilh ItlOil.uito-
e of A   V  S. Anthony.
It-angina Year,   foetus md  Picture!
raud • W  11. J. Boot e 11  I.i-comelli;
Macctuui I ;  W. Small. Ace . etc.
cr Work, with Lithographic Stipple-
w
rkmg Drawings and JOU  Wood in-
The International Portrait Gallery, elegantly illustrated.
Living Page! Irom many Age.*.
'lei- Pictoral Museum ol Sport and Adv.-,
turr, forming a Compendium ol Natoral
History wilb a description ol the varioi i
countries of the world anel their inhab -
lanta. oveKjUO Wood engraving! aud a
series of Colored Plates.
Tbe Nsw illiVitratcd Natural Hiitory by
Rev. J. G. Wood. F. L. S., with deiigni
bv Wolf and F Specht-
Mi mi .UN F.XPLORKRS— byThoa.Frost;
illustrated.
Epoch! ind Episode! of History, a book of
memorable days and notable eveota, pro-
tusely illustrated.
•Curiosities of Literature—hy Isaac Diiraeli;
a new Etlition with Portraits, Views and
oilier illustrations.
Lile of Wellington—by W. If. Msecwel ,
new edition, revised, condensed, and
completed with 12 illustration! in per-
manent photography, numerous wood
•engravings and Plan of the Battle of
Waterloo. ,      .   „
Lile of Napoleon Bonaparte—by J. G.
Lockhart, now edition.with 9 illuatraliona
in permanent photography, aud numerous wood engravings.
•CasaelTs Illustrated Universal History—by
Kd. Oilier.
Cuaell's lllnstrated History of ths Ruaao-.
'1'urkuh  Wsr—by Ed Oilier.
Caa-selTi lllustiutci History of the War between France and Germany.
Beeton'i Encyclopaedia of Universal Information, 2 vols, new edition, reviled to
the latest date, with numerous illustr.i-
Beeton'i Dictionary of Geography, a Un -
venal Gaieteer, illustrated by maps,
Ancient and Modern and Biblieeal.with 300
engraving! and plans of cities towns etc ,
edited by S. O. Beoton. F.K.G.S.
Beeton's Dictionary of Natural Hiitory,
illustrated by upwarni of 400 eagravingi
from drawings by Weir, Wood, See., Ac,
Lorua Doon, 20th edition, a rpmaace of
jBxmoor—by K. D. Blackmore, with
illustrations by F. Armstrong, W, Small.
W. U. J. Boot
Tlio History of Protestantism—by Rev. J.
A. Wylie, M.A.. with numerous illuitra-
tions, complete in 3 Vols. .
Bible Aoimals, s ^ascription of every creature mentioned, in tbe Scriptures, from
ths Ape to the Corel—by Rev. J. G.
Wood, M.A., F.L.S.M., with 100 new
designs by W. F. ReyV T. W. Wood E.
A. Smith, engraved by O. Pearson.
Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jeans
Christ, with pictures—hy John B.
Malln. K.A., engraved by the Brother!
DalfieL , ,     ..    ,
fhs Child's life of Chriat, with original
illustrations.
CANON FABRAB-S LIFE OF CHRIST.
OEIKIES LIFE AND WORDS OF
CUBIST. .. .
The atsudard Poets, lo varioui bindings,
lhe 1-8? Volumes of Cassell's Magsxlns
Ouiver, Queen, Sunday st Home.
Hnr.dsv   Msvsrins. Ui.ore  Hour. Clot)
$BTAlways on hand—a full supply ol
MEDICINES, DRUGS, TOILET
ARTICLES, tbe.
^Particular attention paid to PRESCRIPTIONS.
Wholesale agent for Johnston.   Fluid
beef.
Tho following are somo of the principal
Eno's Fruit Salt, Quinine Win*
Kealing's Iniect Powders
Tbotnss's Electric OU
Bay Ruio, Benaino, Rising Snn Bl.i_k_.icd
Nixcy's Blaoklead, Chamois Skins
Dronse, Gold I-_ut, Brunswick Black
I-jar's Elastic India Rubber
Varnish for Harness, Brass Polish
Chillies Brushes, Hand Brushes
Nail do.       Tooth      do.
eio.  Breast Uolievera
(.\iste>r Oil per gallon, do.   in bottles
Court Plaster, Oold Cream
Odd Liver Oil per gallon da in battles
Drem. Combs, Fine Combs, Canary Seed
Concentrated Lye, Bottle Corks
Cream of Tartar, Enemas (Jlyccrin-
FnmilurePolish,(iliii",Giiiiinrubic,lloi.ey
Infants Feeding Bottles, Breast Glasses
Bonnet(llu«,Kny*sCoagiiliiin, Lam. Peel
Lime Juice, Liquorice. Machine Oil
Mucilage,  Nipples  for  Fceeling Bottles
Neat-foot Oil, Red and Yellow Ochres
Dry Painte—all shades. Pipe Clay
Pull Boxea and Puffs, Pink Root
Pumice Stone. Roain. Sal. Piu_oll»
Sulsd Oil per gnllou, do. in bottles
SultsofLeraoa.S-llpetre.Sei-llitz Powdor
Gum Shellac, Snuff Beans,  Castile Soap
Thompson's Mallow Soap
Brown Windsor do. Glycerino    do.
Carbonate of Soda, WasbiDg Crystal
Spirits of Turpentine, gpotdings Glue
Sponges, Table  Ball,   Mather's  Plaster,
Aleck's  Porous Plaster, Tartaric Aci 1
Essence of Union, Tool!) Poweier Jr Psato
Opal Varnish, Vinegar, Co perns
Extract ol  Ugwoexl, Ground do.
jtdanisTnWi.inS.ilv.i,Watson'8Scboledion
Mrs. Allen's Hair Restorer
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, eVyer's Banana -
Rad-vay'B Resolvent,  British   Oil     [ilia
do. Ready Relief. OsO-OUS
Brown'sBionchi-lTroches, Florid* Water
Brown's Chlorodine, Ayer'a Hair Vigor,
I ll.il.lrcn's'Teething Rings,EsPep|>ermint
Honrvs Ci.lcined Magnesia
Uello'way's Ointment, Hclloway's Pills
Cockle's Pills, Hunt's do.
Norton's   do. Parson's do
Ayor's       do Morrison's      do
Kail way's do W ils Mi's do
Johnson's  Anodyne Lliment do
Keatings Cough Loxengem
do   Worm Tablets, Mustang Liniment
Woftdill's Worm Lozenges
McLean's Vermifuge, Modicuraentum
Moreboad's Miignetio Plaster
Poor man's Friend, Roth's Rat Poison
Russia Salv-, Spirit Flaska
Sheridan'^Condition Powder
B.immel'4 Lima Juioe and Glycerine
A large assortment of Rimmel's perfume
Singlet tons Golden Eye Ointment
Wilsons Cherry Balaam, Voilet Powdet
do       Soothing Syrup
Winslows do.
Smoking Tobacco, Pipes. Penknives
Paper Envelopes Pens, Pencils
Writing and Marking Inks
Tobacco Pouches, Camel Hair Pencils
Sealing Wax, Cigars
Amiline Dyes in 6d. packages
GROCERIES :
Green Pens (canned), 8woet Corn,
Olives (bottled), Cigars, Cigarettes
Corned Beef—2 and 41b. tins.
Beat G rem n.l Coffee, Sago
Arrowroot, Pearl Barley
Candied Citron Peel, Kla vou ring Essences
do.    Lemon  do.
do.    Orange do.    Bottled Fruits
Jami, Jellies, Marmalade,Oanncd Oystei
Condensed Milk, Preserved Beef
Piescrved Mutton, Soup and Bouilli
Potted Tongue, Pol ted Hams, Potted Beef
Com Flour, Pepper, Spios, Cinnamon
a-irroway Seed, Cloviss, Pickles, Sauces
CorriPPowder, TbyriM, Sage, Parsley
Ma j oram, Mace, TableVinegar, Nutmegs
Cayensie Pepper, Capers, Matches
Nelson's Gelatins snd Ldnglaas m\
Wood_I'sBa-ingPowder,Pi_p*redHops
Robinson's Patent Barley, Epps Cocoa,
do. do.    Groats
Neave's Food for Infants, Bsll Bluo
Mostard in package* and bottles
Peak, Fres-n k Co's celebrated Biscuits
tn 2 Ib tins
Preserved Sal mean, do. Lobster, Sardines
A Isrtre stork ed KEROSENE OIL sod
tc.,- slwsys on hand.
H. THOMPSON.
QUEEN INSURANCEBUILDINGS,
60 GRACECHURCH STRJEJS.T,
LONDON.
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
The Reports and Accounts tor the
year 1878. presentee, to the Shareholders
at the Annual Meeting, on Tuesday,97th
May, 1870, at which Hsmsrd Hall,Kaq.,
presided, showed, in tbe Dividend anel
Bonus at the rate together of 15 per
. was deo*a*_d, £14,03- being cai>
ed forward.
FfRH BRANCH,
That tho Premiums for I8T8, after
deducting Re-insurances, amounted to
"■" *),27'4, being an increase of £5,301
ovor tbo Premium Income of 1877 ; and
the Losses to £351,661, being 3-U6 per
nt. on the Premiums ot the Yesr.
IN THE LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Tbat Now Polioies had been issued
for £222,485 ; slid that tho Life Fund,
by the additions mado to it as the result
ot the year's operations now represents
67.9 per cent, of ths entire not Premiums
exeived on every policy in force.
Tlie surplus balanco in the Fire Ac*
Hint was ahown to be £ 107.509, out ol
bich £20,000 was approprir.ted to
Suspense \cconnt, raising that Account
'- ill-10,000 and mnking with the Rr-
vo Fund and Balance carried foiwaid
£24.000.
FUNDS.
Capital  Bald ap £180,035
General   Reserve Fund     17(I,H0()
F(ro i und for uoearceel Premium!   140,000
Balance carried lerward       14,035
Life Accumulation Fund    300,619
Annuity Fund     11,539
£816,428
SIMON DONOVAN,
General Agent for Nlld
BfB-AOEUTS •
A. T. DRVSDALR
R. O'SHEEUAN _,
Dec. 27.  1879.
..   Pice
Northern
Assurance Company
FOR
F-C1R.-B5 db -C^ITF-E-
Capital—£3,000,000 Stg,
FIRE PREMIUMS. £403,(00
LIFE do    157X40
INTE____T   101.00C
HEAD OFFICFjS :
Lomdok—1 Moorgats Street
Abwoomi—3 King Street.
Insumnceoffectedon Property in New
loundland at CurreutHaton  of Pro.
other Information cau bo obtained al
tba Office of
A. O- HAYWARD
Advertisements.
pun
Neuratgia, Sciatica, Lombago,
Backache, Soreness of tha Chest,
Cout, Quit
ings
.-ins/, Soro Throat, Swell-
,   and Sprain*. Burnt oaf
Scald*, General Bodily
Pafita,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted
Feet aad Ear*, and- all other
Aims and Ac bos.
Ho P-roarallo. os a-rth ^o_. Sr. JirSH On.
u a »./-, ,..re, amnam) art elaip Zxun.tt
iamafT '*• "-UJ anulll tw! U» «-t[>---"l*
xsttllf, t,.iUf *l tO CaU, .ot! a.-T "•• a.-.rli>|
«US pal. m* Lava C-_.J> anl rmtUtr* 1-oM at i->
BOLD BY AU DlUaOiaT; ASD 0EALCB3
IS XESIOIKS.
A.VOGEIjZRefcCq..
Harbor Grace^ttiye Depot
Glass, Tin & Hardware BatftbUshment.
C.L.KENNEDY
thankful for past favoun, wishes to inform
the inhnbiianti of this town and "'
ports generally that he haa recently
and  hai now ready for inspection a largo
Stores! Stoves! Stoves I
with all lho latest improvements—compris-
init Cooking, Fancy. Franklin and Ila 1
Stovca, together witb GRATES and FI'I-
TINGS of all sixes.
Also,   a  lino assortment   of thc   net
styles io GOTHIC GRATES (British
Tha Subscriber bas liiowisa largely
added to his former stock of English
HARDWARE, GLASSWARE, etc., etc.
American Cut, Wrought and Fiuishin.-
NAILS of all sises, always kept —- '
eeived a supply of PAINTS of   .
LINSEED OIL and TURPENTINE
well  aa Window GLASS (all sixes)
PUTTY.
Tha following articles, and others
specify sro also always kept
American Adxea aod Hatchets,
Sheath Knives snd Bells, CarrUge Varnlih
Harness Rings and Buckles, Trunk
Furniture Varnish. Washboards, Broome
Brushes—Paint, Scrubbing, Stove. Clothee
Wool Cardi, Coal Sonttlei, Shovels.
Coffee Mills, Clothes Lines, Water Pail .
Ivccosone Oil, Lamp!, Burnori and Chim-
GROCKRIES.—Coffee,  Soaps,   Matche*
i«r
Guardian
FIRE <fe Lr.FE
Assurance Comply
OF LONDON.
ESTABLfRHKD 18.1.
Suasc-xaiD Cawta- £2,000,00OStg
Total Iuvrttbh Fusds vr-
■   WARDS  OK    -   2,750,000   «
AatttiAi.Iticoii'surwARDSor    350,009  "
The ''GUARDIAN" heing a first-class
Eugliih Iniuranco Company, offers sll those
adrantagefl most desirable to insurers, viz.,
undoubted stability, favorable terms and
prompt settlemeota ot claims for loss.
The undersigned having been appoio'ed
Agent for Newfoundland is prepared to. s-
suo Polioies against loss by'Fire.'
JAMES 3. WINTER,
, 8t. Jolin'*.
J0S«P_i GODDEN,
.   Sub-Agent Hr. Grace,
Feb. 7.
St. John's Marble Works
..    sew
... liberal- patronago beitowed upon him
the many years past, sod begs to inform
from that bo has now on bsnd the largest
llock of ITALIAN MARBLE ever itnpor-
sd into this Island, from wbioh be U pre*
pared to furnish ■
Monuments, Tomb-Stones,
Tablo-Tov«    Mantel-Pieces, etc.,
te-ecnted in a superior manner.
CARRJAGES !
WARREN &WHITMAN.
All kinds aad stylss Qf
Q-AaJ^-FtT A.G-E.S
made to order and warranted.
J-^e^airing' and Painting
guarantied  to give satisfaction.   Best of
STOCK-always on band.
Second-Hand Carriages
nut in perfect order—alw..i on hand and
For aai« cheap-
Carving: and Gilding.
nrSIGN-PAIN tXiih in 'allita branches
(grStrict attention paid to outport orders.
Prices moderate-
Will have alaigha and cariolea in their
proper ssason.
Placs or Busmsas—Water Street, near
Martin- Brook.
May 27.
PROFESSIONAL.
Wl. CHISHOLM, M.D., CM.
(McGill University. Montreal.)
Physioian,   Burgeon   and  Accoucheur
KUeted by * largo _C_jority-Fox s
Glyoerino    P&rafino  Anilins  Blacking.—
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Wsohesdat, Fab. 28lh.
(Continued.)
Hon R.. TaouBOB* (Contimied.) He
bdiered that nearly all tho docks that
srs built in fresh wster, where of oouric
the deitruotive worms do not prey upon
the woodwork te the extent they do
when in salt-water; and ho obierved
lhat there was no mention whitever of
throughout Mr. Little'a report or
. oris of those authorities it embodies
j\gajn in tbo Statei whero docks exist, thore
is uot the ssme formation to be met with
that we haro in the bottom of our harbor
whero there ii a plateau ol solid rock covered at present by a certain accumulation ol
sand ot mod. They, io constructing tl.eir
docki of wood, muat neceuarily drive |>ilik,
considerable depth into the bottom ; but
) eoch so operation a limit would foou
e put by the rock here : whereas it would,
by being excavated after flrat removing tbo
mud to a certain depth, form part of a
iplendid sos wall for a stone erection, lie
" ,ugbt it would bo difficult to erect a
id wooden structure upoo tho basin thc
torn of our harbor affords. Now he
Should like vory much to havo icon iome
well-founded opinion! of practical mon in
Greal Britain and northern European cum.
trios, Russia. Norway, Sweden. Denmark
or others, whose elimatio conditions are
aome what aimilar to ours, and where he believed thero were immense mono worki, as
their efficiency and stability, lo as to
table ui better to pronounce upon the
comparative fitoeis sad value of wood or
atone for tho purpose. We have an unlimited supply or excellent atone cloto at
hsnd if it wero decided to build the llock
of stone. All tbo information ponible to
acquira should have been obtained and
placed before tho country prior to If ■ji-.l.-i-
tiug upon so vital a lubject in which lho
Colony by its endorsement of bonds maybe so largely pecuniarily involved. And it
is a circumstance not at all comnlimeiitary
to tbe charncler of our legielation to learn
now, after but the iapie of one short year,
and before ooie stroke U itruck to carry
out il.i! tvt.rk, that the legislature is to be
asked to alter legislation involving an ex-
diturc of not less tbau ono million dol-
i. So ranch for undue baste in th.eu*
important matters ; a haste wliich ho and
others had denounced and liad never rail. 1
to raise hii voice in deprecation of when
exercised, ns it almoit invariably is, in regard to thc mi.et important enititions lub-
mi tied to the legislature. 'The fa,,t tint it in
deemed necessary to alter the Act of last
year before any mton.pt haj been made to
carry out iti provisions, shows clearly 'twere legislating iu the dirk, iud knew but
little of what we were about. The intention, when tbe matter was discussed Inst
leaaion, waa to bavo tho proposed duck
cotiitructcd it tbo east end of the barbot
where therela a natural cavity in the cliff,
which it was thought offered a farourablo
site, but he believed it baa been found by
the fftgineera that to carry out tho ivotk
there would involve enormous labor and
cost ; and tho upper end of the harbor appear! now to be the- favored choieo. Now,
admitted for argument lake that there ia a
necessity for a do.-It e .-uid further admitted,
that :t tvtmtd harelly be poisible to hare one
of too large dimensions, he thought it
must bo obvions that all possibly information, plaui, estimates 4c should have beon
elicited before plunging headlong io a con-
tractand pledging tho credit of the colony
by endorsing bonds for il to the amount of
six hundred thousand dollars, thus becoming responiioli for the interest thereon.
To all intents and purposes jt thui
beootnei a government contract, and
it is hardly questionable tbat it would
have been better for the government to
have gone straight to work, borrowed ths
money at four por cent, and built and made
the dock their own at onco. Instead of
that a oompany ia formed wboio aole apparent ability to carry out the work l( derivable
from.tho endorsement of tho bonds by tbe
government ou whose credit of courso it
Will bo railed, making it indirectly a government work, while individual! will reap
their profit from it; for depend upon it the
promoters of suoh scheme! do oot work for
nothing, and tbe to us novel principle of
" founders ihares" means moro than an
empty name. Any ono who believes that
•ubitantiai profft will not resell to thoio
UkiDgintermediary stepa in promoting tho
work by means ot tho bonds snd otherwise,
mnit belong to the school of verdant
greens, or some other unsophisticated association not often met with nowadays. The
experience of recent times, aod intercourse
witb those of more '-advanced ideas," are
oot thrown away, aiid-wo aro beginning to
leara how they manage tbese things elsewhere. If thii is to be virtually a government dock, thoy should bavo acquired the
moit valuablo information poaiuole before
committing themselves to it to tbe extent
they have done, so that tbe best possible
return ihould be had foT the outlay. We
koow tha> a properly conittucteel stono
dock wonld be a permanency, and it wonld
have bees reasonable to auppoee at leaat
tbat evidence would have been collected
ami furoiabed upon the comparative value
and offiolency of one kind aa well aa tha
either, He had not time to examine Captain Robinmni Rsport now, but ho thought
it ahould have been publiihed limultane-
o.isly with Mr. Little's, wliich as he before
aaid, appeared lo be simply s pisco of
special pleading in favor of wooden dooks
and againit slons ones. Suoh oneiided
evidence should not influence tbe government in io material * matter as Ibis important work. As ths Act forming the contract li to oome sgsin before tho houso tor
idment, there will bo further oppoi
y for discussion snd *—*•
formation may he
giilsture npon it, aiding
tore conclusion than that which appears te
have often arrived al in dealing with tbe
quettion lut session. He did not know
whether founders' shares sre to be given to
tbe promoters of tbe project, as thsy often
elsewhere are disposed of io similar nnder-
takinga ; but being subject to tht endorse
ment of the government, the share! could
oot bo alio ated citi-l disposed r.f in the
•im-' U'.iiiii-r .iiisbirei.ina prin.te ei nnj su.-.
Once n gininiuteu is given by tue government, it becomes to all intents an.l purpose! s government undertaking, __d___al_
sharei be given awiy at snytbi.i. leas than
their vilue. it would be a proceeding wholly
unfair. Wo leuitv that i.i rals'ngteompaS it
iu the United Stales aueh a proceeding is a
common thing, whertrby often men of litlle
or no means become enriched at the expanse,
e>f etthers. He supposed iln*y should, Utijtv
more about tho ma,ter by-nnd-by.
Hon 1'. C-KoltT said it bad bicn his intention when appointed to a seat in this
honorable house not to speak upon any
matter during this scaion, but as this important subject of the propewed dook waa
brought under discussion, snd he being a
person of iomo nautical experience, nn
opinion might bo expected of hiin, be was
Inr'.aetd to offer a few observationa upon it.
There are one or two points in connection
wilh tbo queation upon tvhicli he could perhaps throw a little light that may help to a
belter understanding qf the matter. Now
with respect to the construction of wooden
docks j the reason we seo no mention mule
of the ravages of worm! in Mr. Little's re-
l*ort in reference to ihe Simpson docki, is
owing to the facl that worms cannot poiii-
bly get at the woodwork in thoio elocks.
To d -> so. they would have to bore tlirough
lixtV-tive foot of eonirete at tbe head;
seventy-five feet on the north-lids; and alt
the South side hill, wild sevonty-fivc feet!
of concrete at the back of it, on tho soulb
sido ; while on the north eait end they
would have to eat tbeir way through double
iron gates before reaching tlie interior
wooden shell. 'Such being the case, tht ra
was no necessity for Mr. Utile in his re-
poit to make any refcreuce to the ravages ot
worms, because they cannot effect aoy injury to doekR built on this principle. As
regirds the docki in Russia, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, thoy take caro o'f themielvei when the working Mason terminate!,
lh it ii in the tvinter.lime. At that period
■alien navigation In those northern countries
i-s c!>s,.i!.-iie- docks not being required until
the following spring are flooded with walcr,
froiten up and thus protected until they aro
again required to be used after the winter
Mason passes away. 'They are then pump,
oil out in tho spring lime and are thui pro-
R.-rve-.l from anv injury. Had.we a stono
IV>ck is St. John's it would be a very 'dif-
fer.-nt mitter. That is tho aeason when we
tvnulil expect a dock to be most useful and
profitable to if. when we would require to
have it esp.-eiitly available for work, and
when alii), if built of stone, and being alter-
neil.'l.v iv.et and .Iry and subject to the effect
of frost, th -re th ild b* tlii greit probability of its suffering injury anel perhaps rendered univvli ible when mos'. needed. We
could not afford to flood anel frectc a dock
aod let it lie dormant aud unproductive all
the winter, as they are compelled by the
closing of ...ivigition to do in tho northern
European countries referred to by hon Mr.
Tliorln rn. Wo want such a duck ns we
can itili-e the whole year round, one that
cannot Le injured by Trost, the action of tho
uettieer, or the injurious operation! etf the
worms. 'They are at present building an
i..linens,; dock of itonc Bt Quebec, but
like those) in the north of Europe, it will
(alee care "f itself when (loaded and frozon
up in winter time, that heing a port shut
out   rrom   navigation   dnring   tho   winter
me hir the dock
spring. It has been round In mch csaes
lhat thore is not the slightest necesiily of
repair* owing to any aetioo of,frost. Frnen
all the experience anel informalion he wai
able to bring in bear upon Uie matter, bo
bad come to the" conclusion that a wooden
dock, inch as lb.it he had roughly described, would in every wsy bo the mott suitable (or onr purposes, M tho worms cannot touch it. tho frost won't hurt it. and
as evidence rIiowb. it would not be likely
to require repairs for thirty years; as docki
upon thii principle- nave Item worked for
twenty yeara io lho l.'nited Slates without
requiring any rtpaiii whatever. Ile hid
hoird Mr. Simpson say l.o would givo a
guirai.tee, if wi ihould comtruct a wooden dock luch as referred to, that it would
not need one shilling lor repairs in twenty
years, hence he thought we should bo acting
wilaly by adopting suoh a dook in preference to a Hone one. Tbe Charleitowu
Navy dock in Boston in nine yeirs coil
sivinty-two thousand dollars lor repairs
alone, while two dock! tbero built on the
Simstoo principle jrero operated twenty-
eight years, costing littlo or nolUiosf lor re-
psirs until il was round tieoe*Rary to renioro
the topi ol thorn to adapl their capacity to
shirs of a larger class tlisiu^generally prevailed thirty yuan ago. For that purpose
these docks have been lengthen..1 froui
two hundred snd fifty, and three hundred
feet, to five hundred and li fly. and six
■hundred feet. The stone dock in B >ilon to
which ho had referred, costing, (.TcJ.OOO for
repairs in nine yeara, requires new an expenditure of $*>.0()i) to render it (It for
use ; that is to say 1S0.000 dollars for repairs in twenty yoars. That stnount (80,-
000 dollars) wonld cover the^ooit of two
now wooden shells in a tiinbeit dock, nip-
posing them to have rotted out'altogether
wilhin Uat timo. Tho gr.-steil damage oo-
ours to these tlooki from chafing or shearing tor a depth of twelve feet all round
from tho water line to tho coping stones, to
repair wbich il needed would not cost more
than 46,000 dollara, The difference saved
in repairs iu twenty yean ai between a
itouedook and a wooden one of the kind
named would ba nearly $140,000 iu favor
ot tho latter; and. as a matter of private
enterprise on his own account he would, if
ciltittl on toohooae, unhesitatingly adopt a
-oodeu in prelsren
tbat if wc siibark in the conilruction of a
stone dock it will entail double tho coit of
tbe other, betide the large expetino that will
be required for machine shops, operatives
i office, and so forth, tvhicli independently
j ol the shell of the dock, will co.t neatly
J half as much more ss the dook itself. Wo
cau obtain au adequate wooden dock all
I complete for five-hundred
lars ; while, a, ho wai i.ifnrme 1, lo build
a stone diie-k of the required dimensions in
our harbor, would cost one milliondollsrs
lor tie she'll alone ; allowing then lw»
hundred ami fifty thousand dollar! euUi-
i ie) ni I lor tha erection ol machine shops
and i.e.v-.snry ;stores and oth •.■?, tbero
wehthl be necessary a totnl outlay of one
n.illiaii'snd a quarter ol dollars. As a private eftler|irise ho would rather pay lhat
aneroirilt for a wooden dock than for a alono
one, inasmuch aa the cost ol repairs in
twenty yeara Irene- would not amount to
one tenth ss much in tho former as in tho
Istter, Coniidt-ring all theie fscts bu was
convinced a woodeil dock is tl.o dock for
us, though he ihould ba glad to yield hits
opinion to tliat of any one wbo could satisfactorily provo tho contrary. Tburo is no
belter system of dooks in the world than
in Great Britain, but thore was one peculiar
defect in nearly all tho docks tliere, tl.ey
leak badly oral least lo some extent, libra experience of those docks there was but;
one that waa not leaky, Mr. RobertSteolen
dock hi Greenock. 'That ia the fine»tnii'l
complete .lock that ho (Mr. C.) kpew
Great Britain. 'Thero they have nur
frost aulfieient to injure tbo stone work c
ihould thoy havs fivo or lis degree! of
roit in tho old counlry they imagine lh,•.,-
are being very badly treated, and if a sin ill
crack appear iu one of tbo altari of tlieir
docki they becomo very uneasy at its occurrence io a temperature which wo iuthi*
country would coniider veiy moderate In*
deed. If ludi ground for appreheuiio.i
etiit for their dock work at a lemperaturo
ol f-ur or five degrees below free?.ing point.
how would a stoue dock faro with us with
sight or ten degrees below xero operatiug
on iu altars ? Watoi will, ai wo know,
expand under the action of frost np to
thirty eight, or thirty nine degrees, that i-e
to a point eict or seven degree! below xcro ;
audit become! a powerful levyr of destruction to itouework exposed te contact witb
water, let It bebuilt as firmly a» it is poi-
ifblc fot- stono and'ingenuity to make it, as
it tlie'casee' with those British docki. Uuder such cirouinitaiicea here, had .we a stooo
dock, it wu his opinion that not two of tho
altars above the water linO woold remain
in their places for two yean, and that whatever amount ahould bo ipent nn tho conilruction of mch a dock iu this country
would be ao much thrown away, or at least
it would be a continual bill of cxpeuse for
repairs to Ih'e e'ii.3 of liuicT '"  '
Hon R Thorbcrs was qoito aware that)
if a itono structure ia not put together as it
ought to be in a thorough workmanlike
manner, it is liablo to disintegration by tho
action of frost ; bnt if a stono dock wero
faithfully built, and the waiter regularly
discharged from it, and kept dry, 'there
would not be tbo aame liability to injury
from this cause. A well built face Of masonry would offer no opening for the'water
aotid upon by frost to dilturb it. But bo
did not thiuk a wooden deck sillier woulel
l.« exempt from tha expansive actioa of
froal, though it laight bo more easily rep.afc--
od than a stoue ouo. Ho did oot observe
nuy mention in Mr. Little's report 'of tho
use of concrete, and it would appear trom
the observations or tho bon member who
had just spoken with such intelligence oil
j 'he subject, that tho dock is to be a hybrid
structure ; and according to hu description
it would partake in great measure'of tho
character of a stone dock with the exception ot tlio iasido shell. His (Mr. Ta) solo
deiire and object was tliat in entering upon
so large an undertaking we should obtairi
tha best possible information lo guide us to
a re.ull that will yield ill the utmoit value
for tho outlay. After tho expiration of
forty-five years it will b.como a government work, and it behoves ui to tae that
wo shall obtain aucb a dook as will give ies
tun boat .assurance of permanent nsefulnea
and stability. For this rsaion lit should
like to have loen the opinion! of mialified
authorilioa ol othor countrin, cipccially of
Great Britain, whole Engineors occupy the
foromoat pLacu in matters of practical
icience. If then after lieiriug'sach dpiniom,
wooden dock were pronounced genfcrnlly to
bo best, he had not the -lightest objection
in the world to accept tbe conclusion of
thoio competent to give judgment upon
such a work. But let us have fair play all
round ; let us bear opinion! of doesk-build-
ers in tbe old country and elsewhere, and
not hastily base our decisions upon a set of
opinions all aiming in one' direction and
without comparing them with 'othsret. Uu
did uot sot bimielf up as a nsval authority,
but there aro plenty of such to be fouud
who miglit perhaps camo a change of views
in some who so far havo only hear 1 tha cvi-
denco on one side Of the question! '
Hon CoLON'Ut.S-CUKT.vnT— 'Tllrfng'i arl'-
ing from a simple question, this discussion
lias turned out to* bo a very intH*itingone,
and much important information .bas been
a blurted in the lucid ami practical remarks
,ie!i   I
ling limit! in going pre.
maturely into the diicuasion Of a question
tbat does not at presont appear hi a tangible
shape before the house. Although il was
agreed on a former ociaiion that some latitude might be exercised In discussing lhe
lubject ...attor of quoatiom on the notice
paper, ho thought it waanovercontamplatod
thst they ihould go into such lengthy dis-
ousaions upon ibem There are certsiu
limits'wbioh wo might in this reipect observe with advantage. It mint lie apparent
that we are anticipating arguments thai may
be more fittingly used wheo an alteration
in the Act ii submitted for the acceptance)
of the home ; and when, as ii m»-t likely,
we ihall have placet! before us all the information al present available hearing on tha
question. j\s regards tha reporta of the
I..,) gentlemen referred In on this occasion
sll he could aay wns that-Captain Robinson bad Ml report printed himself to tbo
number of some twenty-five' or thirty
copiei, Md very few of them appear to
iffiri-ot n     '
e e
ItW
m not print-
,1 by the government at all, neither was
fr. Little's report published by the govern,
lent; a limited number of copies had
been sent to lho government and others in-
' -:- information.   There is