Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-10-01

prised to learn that an inconsidcrablc outlay of :,
expense will place Burlington and Chicago in !,
direct and easy business connection! By means :,
of Ship Canals it would seem that the circum- y
navigation of the globe over the continents, is to II
be rendered about as practicable as it is over the j.
Oceans. But about 30 miles of Ship Canal re- !
mains to be constructed to open an avenue '
through which vessels can navigate from Chi 4"
cago 10 Burlington, with csrgoes Of from 5000 !
to 1000 barrels of flour, or from 10000 to $4,000 '
bushels of wheat, rithoH breaking JuM! In d
decd, we are of the opinion that the time is near |
at hand, when the Shipping List ~ of Burling- {
ton will embrace arrivals and departures at and l
from her port, from and 10 the principal market
towns on the great Western Lakes-Chicago,
Milwaukee, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, &c. &c.
We believe that nothing can prevent the speedy
completion of the only remaining link in the
magnificent series Of Ship Canals which will
render this splendid enterprise complete.
The New York papers are calling the attcn-
ton of their readers TO what has been already
done. and to what remains to be finished. in or
der to secure 10 use the words of an intelligent
correspondent of the .Journal Of Commerce.
9 cheaper routes to the Ocean, for freight, from
the West, than by the Erie Canal and Hudson
River" Of these two points we propose, as
briefly as possible. to speak in this article.
The energy and sagacity of the British Gov
eminent have led them to construct 81 line OF
Ship Canals to overcome the formidable Rapids
of the ST. Lawrence, and to connect the great
: Lakes, Erie and Ontario. This line i, com
, posed Of the WELLASn. the WlLIANSruHGu
= the CoRSwALL. and the BgArHAHvol, Canals.
y With the Welland, which is already in success
ful operation, our readers are sufficiently ac-
quainted.
The Williamsburgh embraces four short ca
nails, constructed through William.burgh and
Matilda townships, in Dundas County, and COW
ering "A distance of about 80 miles. The long
est of these Canals is but four niles in length,
and, together, they make but nine miles Of canal.
l. They have been constructed 10 avoid Il series of
. gentle rapids, in tie distance named, which have
st a velocity of but about eight miles an hour. and
y are n~avigable by vessels that can be propelled
at the hourly rate of ten or twelve miles.
!" The Cornwall is twelve niles in length, and
extends from the head of the Long Sault [or
" more properly SauO to the town of Cornwall. at
, the inlet of Lake st. Francis, overcoming the
" Long Saut rapids.
The Bcauharnois extends from Lake St. Fran
- els to Lake St. Louis, a distance of about
% twelve miles, avoiding the Cotcau and Cascade
rapids.
These noble public works (for our informa-
Ill ton respecting which We are under obligation
or to one Of the intelligent and capable Govern
m ment contractors, JAMES WoRRALG, ESQ.,
nd are already completed, and will be opened for
u use early in the ensuing season. A glance at
the map will show our readers that they perfect
on the communication between Chicago and Caugll-
w. nawaga, on the st. Lawrence. From this lat
Of ter point to st. Johns, a distance Of less than 20
Ter miles, it is now proposed TO construct a $hil
IN Canal, which will at once place the waters O
he Lake Champlain in uninterrupted connection
an with those Of the great Western Lakes, and
lie. consequently, will open to Burlington the bust
no ness and the markets of the West. The topo
Il graphy of the route upon which j j. c'a..ul
or, plated to construct thi, latter Canal, is simiIa
to that traversed by the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Sc bly, level. and requiring no rock excavation
~, The waters of Lake Chanplain. AT st. Johns, arr
the but lG feet higher than the st, Lawrence a
e. Caughnawaga, so that but two Locks will b
he required in the entire distance. We are assurer
ui- by gentlemen of undoub,cd Intelligence and in
formation, that the prism Of this Canal can b
asst completed at an expense no greater than that o
md the Beauharnois, which WAS $4,000. Cor 500,
We OO0) per mile. Estimating the cost of tn
Lis Locks at $4,000 each. it vii be perceived ,ha
to the entire expense of pcriccting this grand ave
nue. Of inter-communication. wili fail With
res $500 0O-an expenditure that is, in view G
in the immense commercial advantages that are I
VII flow from it, of exceeding insigniiicance Tha
the money vii be supplied, and the work speed
st- lily finished, we entertain no manner of doub
,ro- Intelligent Canadian gentlemen, who pcrcciy
sz' and appreciate the advantages alluded To. EXPIRE,
the opinion that no delay will be permitted t
intervene.
for 1t can scarcely be necessary for us to say tmf
heir this project is of more consequence to Burline
i in ton, and to Vermont, than all the railroads thu
nm can be built on all the lines surveyed from LAX
the Champlain to Ogdensburgh. 1t is obvious tha
ien, railroads cannot compete, for freight, with W;
n a tiers n~avigable for vessels that can transport frol
APP three to four thousand barrels of flour. I'll
Lolv correspondent Of the Journal of Commerce.
and whom we have before alluded, SAYS the Diet,
his rioration in the quality of produce in is trans
from the upper lakes, under the existing a
atu, engagements for trans portation is at least equ
to % cts. per barrel on flour, and someiim,
much more When the Canal from Caur.
''n nawaga To 81. Johns shall be completed. II
o' same correspondent is of the opinion that a ba
peF' rel of flour can be landed at Burlington. fro
Cleveland, Ohio, for 50 cents, and allowing 4
! us same rate from thence TO Boston as is charn,
mar on the Western Railroad, say 30 cts. we ha,
ne % cts" from Cleveland to Boston. We i,
'"e" agine the freight from Burlington to Boston
''H' oycrcstimated rather than under, and that
cents will be found to cover the whole charge