Items of Interest January 7, 1905 Issue

Items of Interest

It is estimated that the exports of manufactures in the calendar year 1904 will exceed $500,000,000 in value. The total for eleven months amounted to $459,575,023. In the calendar year 1903 the exports of manufactures were but 421 millions; in 1900, in which year the highest export record in maufactures occurred, the total for the calendar year was 441 millions; in 1898, 253 millions; and in 1894, 178 millions.

Routes for more than twenty-seven miles of new subways in Manhattan borough, extensions to the elevated railroad system in the Bronx and subway extensions in Brooklyn, the cost of which is estimated at $49,000,000, have been recommended to the rapid transit commission by its chief engineers.

The new tunnel connecting East Boston with Boston was opened to the public December 30. The tunnel was begun in May, 1900, has cost approximately, $3,300,000, is 1.4 miles long, and at its lowest point, in the middle of the harbor, is 82.3 feet below mean low water.

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