, 1859-01-26

GaEL END CI LAhe Lite A1c ~ ee~0AN " As%~'@
the trade OF The West. Each Is ambitious to
be on the line Of Its traffic, and, AZ far as pos
rible to control it. As in the comaer r,
history Of past ages, those which .,ons-s ~
lize1 ior the time the trade Of 49, HaesE
rich, populous and pow .rn1 - cer,o;n1
will those cities east + 1a1os ,f;ot;.,,, -.
seopef4oi nA ian secure the trade of ID
P1ooue'4'' .egions west Of these lakes sur
pass y. power and in progress their less fol
tp-4ate neighbort.
We hare before us the Hamilton, G. II
Spectator Of January goth, setting forth til
advantages Of that enterprising city, an'
urging its claims to The transit trade betwee
Luke Michigan and the scaboa1d. We cop
the essential portions of the article 50 TIM
our commercial readers may be able to judg
correctly Of the advantages proposed by ou
Hamilton contemporaries
Let us anal5ze the position Of this city, oftel
talked about, but little understood. It Is at th
head Of Lake Ontario. This signifies, first, tia
heavy freight for the West, which must lie water
better) must tete1zt pay1bs, he put on shore here
since It would be 50 we're tile maximum Of wate
carnage, the minimum Of land carriage, and there
fore the minimum Oh expense. It means, secondly
that grain, -four, Indian cCrn, and al such pru
ducts Of the West, seeking the sea, eastward, b,
WY Of Lake oatario, should he transported fron
the railway cur to the steamboat here. The re 1901
is precisely s,ular. In one sentence. our position
at the head Of navigation Of Lake Ontario mean!
that the translipment Of all heavy freight. il
transitu between the East and West, and yict
versa, together With al the transactions thence
arising, should be tdecled at Hamilton.
This reasoning, it will be observed, proceeds
solely with regard to the position Of Hamilton
relative to the Western part Of our own Prov.
ince. II we look q hit 9 further, it becomes far
more pertinent For not only are We at The
head Of Lake Ontario, but we are actually near.
er than any other spot on the COST Of that Lske
to the fort Of Lake Huron, and within an easy
distance Of the foot Of Lake Erie. We have
railway communication With the two, at pres,
ent, most important towns On Lake Huron,
Goderich and Sarnia, aud are nearer to both of
them than spy other city on this Like. Ne
Shall soon have Railway eonananneation witt,
Dnnuyille on Lake Erie; we have it already
with Port Stanley, on the same Lake; and,
when the Great Southern Railway is finished,
VIC shall not only be nearer 10 that port, but be
able to do our Lake Erie business at Port
Doyer nnd various other places.
From this it follows, that the produce of the
basin Of tue Western Lakes, shipped principally
from Chicago and Milwaukee,, seeking Lake On
taEio should gravitate towards Hamilton, and
that even the Lake Erie trade may SOFA almost
as well come to Hamilton as to st, GATHERINGS by
the Weland Railway.
The elevators, now ready for use here. and
those which will soon be finished at Port Sarnia
lot l50 miles away-ought to be in constant
employ. For by adopting the route from Saruia
hither Tor from Goderch hther, when the B. g.
l.. Il. Railway Company hare flushed their works
there) tue Western grain merchants would secure
tie marimum Of water carriage Oh the upper
Lakes, the n1Grinsum Of water carriage on the
minimum Of carriage overland between tlrm-un.
less, indeed, they take the circuitous route Dy
Lakes St. Clair and Erie.
We have here to point out tia. the Hamilton
route entirely agods the st. Clair Fits By
bringing tile vessel to anchor at Goderich or Sar-
nia this difficulty is completely avoided, and rain
Is saved the roundabout navigation through tie
river ST. Clair, tie lake Of the same name. with
i1s Flats, The Detroit River, Lake Erie, and tie
Nelland Canal distance OF 800 miles, with tue
expense Of Tonnage and 1lterage over the St.
Clalr Flats and tolls on the Caual. The alterna.
miles Of railway Carriage, while the aeratiou Of
the grain at the elevators is actually benefit
TO it,
VIC introduce also the following paragraph
from the same article, which points to the
means by which our Canadian friends can
control the trade Of the West:
1t is evident from the experience of the past few
years that railways cannot compete with river or
lake steamers in the conveyance Of heavy freight,
whatever they may do with passengers. They
have tEiel the experiment for years at .he cost Or
diminished aud diminishing dlrideuds. Even in
Tue contest against canals, where steam cannot
well he used. where tile Tonnage Of tue boats must
be very limited, where the expense for tylly is
heavy, acting like dead weight on race horse,
The railway has been worstetl. The Eric Canal
asst year beat the Railways running parallel to it.
7 Is only undcr certain conditions that grain or
1our can, by auy possibility, be alyantageous1y
cut by ral, and, whenever facilities for speedy
rnsllpmeut are afforded, and there is 4 choice of
sud or water routes, there II is doubtless, to the
advantage Of com1n rec, for all such freight TO be
delivered by the railway manager TO the steam.
'oat captain.
True, every word Of it and if Hamilton
Tonld draw the trade Of the upper lakes to
er hatbor she must remove railway trans.
ortatlon altogether. When the Georgian
'ay Canal was first originated some Eve years
go, the Hamilton papers, NC think the
.txttdtor among others, claimed that a favor.
bio route Tor ship canal, very little
ongcr than that projected from Georgian
'ay, and equally as feasible, existed between
hamilton and tue foot Of Lake Huron. Let
lat Canal be uilt and Hamilton eau con-
'ol the Western trade. The principlcs
:atcd in the last paragraph from The Specta.
r will inevitably carry the bulk the trade
the upper lakes around by Lake Erie.
Then once on board - it will generally 20
9 fur as tue water routes will permit.
For the Inst three or tour years the Colling-
'ood route has done fair business, and ne
ave no doubt that Hamilton can also con-
'ol lucrative trade through her railways
} Lake Huron. But if either Hamilton or
o1onto will open a Slip Canal to Lake
'uron she may safely aspire to he one of tue
aiding cities Of the American continent.
his is the one essential thing to he done.
he Case of Rev. DR.. Naily-Resisns
the Presidency of the University.
We lcarn from the Indianapolis Journal
at tic triul before q court of minist Org ri |