The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-18

mon Ne Ottsws for Lhe hast ave years has sxcesled
k26 600, sum sufficient to pay the interest upon The
cost q The proposed canal Az far back a. tSe ysaR
diap legislature 70 determine the practicability II
eftctmg Davigable communication between the
Ottawa AND Lake Huron. and Il was ascertained
NAT he lowest line Of country between them was 1t
es land.
TIE rapids Of the st. Lawrence, between Prescott
and LaokiBe, are susceptible Of Improvement, 1t
comparatively tng cost 30 a. to permit the descent
by tie river Of vessels drawing twelve fest WATER
and Hsesry. 4aillefoTt and Rsasto6 have recently
reported T. the government the practihility Of i'm
proving them. Lighthouses are also about to be
erected IN the Gulf Of 6t-Lswrepce, st Cape Roster,
Anticos, Belle Isle. and the Straits Of Belle Isle.
The shp channel in Lake st. Peer II being carried
BY the Harbor Commissioners to . depth Of twenty
fest q low water. With these various works COM
pleted, pe st. Lawrence will prove to be the cheap
sst relts between the ocean ami the western lakes
and the American people viii be brought TO use II
freely, 70 the great advantage OF Monu eA 30 sdmra
bly, stuafed q the head Of ocean OF anI az
NE foot Of inland navigation It may be stated that
the tolls received on the We.lsud Canal Are three
times greater than those received on the 81. Law.
.encs canals. The one participates In the trade Of
~" sIopoed Canal between tho ST. lawrence
and Lake Ohamplan would be Of great importance
TO the staple trade OF the valley Of the Ottawa.
In commercial point Of view, the timber trade h
u -,
TIE number of persons employed in It's ma1ulac-
tMe and transport, and toe great tonnage re-
CURED. Thus, while the arrivals Of sea-going YES
sails at Montreal are, on the average, about 200 an
ara 200 arrivals, with mors than hslfa million Of
tons. Besides the exports by sea- there u also .
growing trade in timber with tho neighboring
6tAtss Of America, from the Canada scores Of
communication between the Ottawa and Hudsoa
rivers, Canada would at once become formidable
eompetitor TO the State of New York in the mar
hets Of the latter. The Ottawa river drains an
richest ard most extensive timber district in Anne.
RIGA, II not in the world. About 10000 square
miles Of the unsurveyed portion Is licensed for lum
boring purposes. The su9ply from this quarter has
market; but the average annual product of the o.
tAwa for the last nine years may be taken at
$4,000, 600 cubic feet Of timber, besides about
100000 pieces, or 40 900 900 feet, board measure
Of appreciation here Of the extent and importance
Of the lumber trade Of Canada. Az no ships winter
In the St. Lswrence, 1t follows that the staple export
trade by sea ia dependent upon absent shipping,
which may be diverted at any tine by better feights
from the Gulf-leaving large quantity of timber
70 rot on the han DE- Of the producers
The attention Of the Canadian government. has
again been diretsd recently to survey for the pur
pose Of ascertaining whether 1t ID practicable to
connect the waters Of the Georgian Bay on Lake
Huron, by Q canal, with those Of the Ottawa. A
boundless field for commerce would thereby be
opened up with Montreal, as its natural terminus
On the eastern side Of inland navigation. Should II
be possible to connect Montreal with Lake Superior
by such canal, there is nothing to prevent it from
heing the entre50t Of the trade Of the immense
tBe Georgian Bsy w9s tns ose.
hand, the canal into Lake Champlain, already re
Serred to, would not only command the trade des
tined Tor the Eastern United States markets, by Z
route some four hundred miles shorter than through
thu Wellsnd Causl, but would also command the
bulk Of the trade Of the countries lying around
Lakes Ontario and Erie.