Daily Colonist (1893-03-23) by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: British Columbia; Newspapers
Published: 1893-03-25T16:00:00+00:00

AMERICAN NEWS.

ClilncHC IlCBlHtrntlon,

Seattle, March 22.—In a few days the Gearyjaw in relation to Chiiieae immigration, or more particularly that portion of it compelling them to be registered or be deported, will become effective. As the time approaches when the penalty of deportation will be inflicted on the unregistered, the Chinese are beginning to appear, and to-day fully SO came before Uolleotor Harrell and have been put upon the lists.

\lcUcl Hlccl Armor Test.

P.etiii.euk.m, Itlarch 22.—A ballistic teat of a ,'iO-ton plute, sixteen feet long and eight feet four inches hii;li, of r2 incli nickel ateel armor, at tho l!cdington proving grounds to-day, resulted in the acceptance of a hundred tons of armor manufactured by tho 15elhlehen) lion company for the redoubts of the battleship Texas by the Ord-naiicn department of tho U. 8. navy. Three shots wero tired from an eight-inch gun with two hundred and lifty pound Holtzer projectiles. Tho charges wero 70, 110 und 91 pounds of powder, and the

Is situated at the head of the North-East Arm of Upper Arrow Lake. It is the easiest point from which to enter the remarkably rich mines of the Lardeau ahd / Eish^ Gre^^^

the advantage of both rail and steffiiboat Hhe^! G. P. R. will

begin the building of a line from Revelstoke to the N.E. Arm of Arrow Lake as soon as the weather will permit. LARDEAU is at the head of navigation on this Arm, and will be the terminus of steamers and that of the Lardeau & Kootenay Railway. There is no question that , the Rich Mining Districts which are tributary to LARDEAU will alttract thousands'of Prospectors and Capitalists during the present season, and that a large town will grow up at that point. The history of Kaslo will be repeated at Lardeau this year, and investors in Kootenay property should study the situation. Kaslo in many instances has already repaid from 500 to 1000 per cent, to investors. The wisdom of an investment in LARDEAU is without question.

For further particulars, prices and terms, apply to .any of the undersigned.

ROBT. IRVING, Trustee, Broad St., Victoria.

HENRY CROFT,

CoLONi.sT B'd'g, Government St.,Victoria.

R. H. LEE, P.L.S.,

Kamloops.

DOUGLAS & CO.,

139 Cordova Street, Vancouver.

Green, Richardson & Co.,

57 Jameson Building, Spokane.

velocities wero 1678, 2()0-l and 18.'j7 feet a second, respectively, for the iirst, second and third shots. The penetration of the flist shot was fourteen, and for tho third, tilteen and oiic-half inches, tho projectiles rebounding. In tho caso of the second shot, tho projectile pierced both armor and backing, and stuck. Tho plato waa not broken, neither wero radiatinu oraoka developed from the points of impact, which were twenty inches apart.

Armor for I he Oresoii.

1'etiii.ehkm, Pa,, March 22.—A train of 22 cara carrying ten armor plates, left the IJethlehem Iron works to day, bound for tho Union Iron works at San Francisco. The armor is for tlie battio ship Oregon. It is diagonal armor and tho total weight of the hhi|)nient is 2.")l tons. Tho Oregon is a coast line batlla ship of 10,200 displacement and is being constructed by the Union Iron Works.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.