New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-19

"A the nrores.s ,htp- aral from Roo1esu H:ocs "
w., nearly opposite CEve'sed' 70 'ne HveI % C..n
CIe,,I.sc x;tn one Of ,ns ines hareJ-s cpJn tue
No esIable of 8os;ns the whole tuLnase OF ne
I,irn From RODdeay % TIE - ClsT h'Ves ms Ne
go !. .hi--y ,ix mil.s ~ the route prop red ON
s 81 a, ,he dnaDoe can be shoreDe. -oe nibe mles
nv ,.hIpe sdysDtsge u IN arm Of the 8. C.sl, ons
reducing il 10 twenty s5ven mee Anc max ng toe en-
tire oiriapce from Cleyelsn1 70 The ~ C!sE RIVER
soroe S. niles, instead Of about 20 nhs, lie r'ute
pow la En-.
TIE ard Of Trade Of Buffalo having moved In the
nsier and report fsyor.bly, ibe Bn,'d o. lrsde OF
tbs CITY b-ld meeting March H. and we're sddresseo
by X 8. Woods, e,q of Cbsths n T. W., 20 uuose
si<ech am m,iny indebted for the iscts and saus
,cs.
The country from Rondesu 70 tbe s., Clstr River
avoI be for The canal il being nearly evei-s) muGn
30 thsi il Is beey I'd but TWO LOCKS S be reg ieo. ~
tie sbole itir'y.six miles there Is net yard OF rock
ca'liIg and Ar Wooos D. eves the entrs woIA csn
be col struCtd for 81 Coz, 100
Tho importance of lie proposed csnS TO the upper
peninsula, TO the chipping interest AZ 70 Ceveia a.
esr1ot be over estimated Ia 1854, the damage 70 the
,tupipe interest upon 81 Clair Fois ~es not far from
s7dt'GC0; Ia 1850. incluciug detenioDs II was est-
mated st n. aiy s., OoJ, co., and in 1850 larger sum
sti.
will be perverted
Is in pt rtsnce il further shown by The great and in
creUirg .bipmepts of train. copper and iron, from
Chicago and he Lake Superior country.
were 1000 90 burbcls ard IN 1856 no, less tesn
u u0u 60 In FIVE yeors such ratio of increase would
give shipment of over 30 COZ 900 bushels. and make
IA go sbip-looos % 600 passages doSn aud back
OF pper shipments IN 1850 we're ., 1ol 900 lo,,
valued tt over 81 j0U go and 1856 from OGtonsyon
alone j3i, on lbs worth 81 600 600. That the ex
port of cJI per vi largely increase fom year to year
IL q cOIceoed fact
worth over si02 $50 and the entire amount which the
several c,DpeneS are capable OF mining is hot less
than 700, GO tubs per year, worth 81 $780, 900.
The Upper Lake country having no coal, the great
d. sldeI Is 70 brig these mssls to the bearest and
CD, apest coal ket, which We claim Cleveland TO be
We Export coal 10 Chicago and Detroit and our COS
must the copper and iron there or the copper and
ir u must come beie to toe coal.
BY this canal the dls.aDce from the month or 81
Mary River il degree nearer TO Ceve and than 70
Chicago. and taking into consideration The tact that
coal cheaper bere than st Chicago and Detroit while
The cost Of transporting The copper AMI iron would no,
be increased, Tee that the OpeDiog OF ols caaal
would tend largely to increase The manufac ures OF
Cleveland.
II is believed that the tolls would yield satisfactory
interest 10 tbe capitalists engaged in the work. Ine
cost lat Ere Canal prices, sol tO per mile, aud the
character oftfe country reDotIsit quite certain 1t could
be COZ structed for that would oe 81 ,9tO,5oJ.
The entire grain trade Of the upper L,kes in lSJ5
WAS over q 600 900 buthls which, at one cent per
butbel toll would yield $40 000-uOre than double
u Dttre,t Of Erie Oaual cost, and only sj 10 less
than Weland camel cost Sl3! 0U0 per mile Official
docunen show that the eb;ire trade the St Clair
Flas in 1859 was $25l ,7O5 81, which, if tnro Vn
through this canal by very far the larger part would
be- would require only twenty first part OF one per
cent 10 more than pay the interest Of 81 600 900.
Neither would the removal, so far as possible of be
obst uciitn. on St. ClaT Flst, seriously Affect the
revenue of the canal for togase ~ould stl DO ne 'es
cary as II would be impossible Tor vessels to tack and
The movement az will be seen, is of great interest
10 Cleveland and our Bosr1 Of Trade hsve appointed
A hxfaf and Il
AS Provincial Directors to give the matter thorough
investigation. BUCKEYE.