New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-25
CANADA.
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Pror Our Ova cors,o-1eas
ToRogro, Friday, April 30, 1856.
Isir runored and Ibelieve correctly, that Ire
crest yictoris Bridge, az Montreal of Sal,h
your special corresDon5e1. B. L. gave p~s-a-
lar account l..t ia l. i. N be abandoned. have
mv,.lf no coubt that this coerse hiss been deter
mine upon BY the Directors ia this cvaot's, sad
th,t heir decision Will meet the approval OF cue
sbar. holders in Erelshd IL 10 almost needless
10 .sy that the pressure In the moc~y market b."
produced this change in the plans " the Gfsnd
Trunk Railay Co Toe bridge wou'a have cost
over =. 600. 900. and the whole Of tlis auroupt
was to have been raised by private subscriptions
10 the COMPANY stock The history OF this
bridge is curious. Some hslfdozen persons in
Montreal got charter TO build q railway from
Montreal to Kingston, and made q nomlnsl sub
scription of q fabulous amouGt OF stock, Ia order
TO fulfill the requirements of their charter, that
they might the more etiectually sell that iustru-
ment at their own price. One of the conditions
on which they insisted in the surrender of their
charter was the building OF this bridge Before
then such bridge had never been thought OF.
To get rid of the parties holding the charter, IL
was necessary to promise TO build the bridge; ana
there can be no doubt that the promise would
have been fulfilled if a great scarcity of money had
DOT Uttn wv wa oNN NNN't
causes.
Last Monday night the Common Council of this
city resolved, by d vote of nineteen against nye,
10 annul a contract entered into some time ago
for tie construction of an esPlanade IN the front
of the city. on the ground OF fraud and corrup-
ton. Committee OF investigation was ap-
pointed. and in an elaborate report they gave
many suspicious circumstances from whlch iraud
was presums able but not proved and the belief was
1 tl.+a iudir;.l inv sfiratrOn wOlllesflD
Isb fraud and corruption in the obtaining ut the
contract the amount of which was SOJO,OOD
The contractors, Gz0wsM ~ Co.. accept tneir
dismissal. but seek 10 attach to Il certain condl'
ticns.
Since the Reciprocity Treaty went into opera
ton there has been a considerable nhux oil Ameri-
can BUYERS Of produce in this market The effect
i believed by GOOD Judges 20 have been 10 raise
the price of produce at least - cents bushei.
One American frm has already purchased i've car
goes for Ogdensburg, where it is to be ground
Several other kinds of grain beside wheat are pur
chased by Americans as well as cattle and Dutter
10 which potatoes will soon be added.
Wednesday was a day OF official fast, humii's
ton and prayer, for the success OF the Aliies II
the Crimea IL was observed pretty much III 'h'
way that all such days are rather by teastlng thar
/ fasting
The Montreal merchants are excessively cha
| or;ned M the extent 10 which the trade cOnnec
tions ripper Causda with the United states Az
been carried. The Board of Trade of that city
in their report, admit that, since the passage
! Congress Of the Drawback Act the trade oil Mon
treal has remained stationary; and they eSPec
that things will become even worse ubder the lie
ciprOcity Treaty. To prevent THIS, they recon ~
mend the construction of canal to connect IN
s, Lawrence with Lake Champain that the dut
on certain articles be changed from specific to a
raioren, that it be charged on the cost OF tn
articles at the place of production when import
I'd direct-that is, by the st. Lawrence and tina
il be charged on the American cost when they a!
imported from the United states and produced
some other Countrywide object being to get, b!
side wind. a discriminating duty IN favor OF I'll
ST. Lawrence route. The scheme mas no chahS
ofsucceeding.