United States Congressional serial set Volume 4677

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...has been raised to 26 feet 3 inches, and during the year 69 vessels, or 1.9 per cent, took advantage of this improvement. During last year 297 vessels passed through the canal for the first time, of which 61 belonged to shipping companies whose vessels regularly use the canal. Troops and passengers carried through canal.--The number of troops carried through the canal last year amounted to 84,946, against 136,514 in 1901, being a decrease of 51,568. There was an increase of 8,52s British, 272 American, and 130 Portuguese, against a decrease of 21,597 Russian, 17,677 German, 13,433 Turkish, 6,743 French, 600 Italian, 245 Japanese, and 176 Dutch troops as compared with 1901. The number of civilian passengers amounted to 98,213 in 1902, as against 92,046 in the preceding years, being an increase of 6,167, while the number of pilgrims, emigrants, and convicts was 40,499 in 1902, as compared with 41,661 in 1901, or a decrease of 1,162. Canadian Invention for Handling Cheese.--The following rough draft and description of a Canadian invention for handling cheese was sent to the Bureau of Statistics by parties who believe its publication would be of interest and value to the merchants and manufacturers engaged in the dairy trade. The attached slip is a rough sketch of a Canadian invention which we use for handling cheese, and which we consider almost indispensable in our business. It consists of two wooden standards, a a, 2 by 3 inches by 5 feet high, securely fastened together by cross pieces and rods, /' b b and c c. To these standards is fastened an iron axel, d, with wheels, e e, about 8 inches in diameter with 2-inch face fastened to cither end. Strips,/f &x&g g, of band iron are used as clamps to catch the sides of the boxes of cheese, rendering it ea...