, 1863-04-09

~ A1N4 " A'A4es 10 DC enlarred.... 81 :"
Lee total distance between Montreal and Lake
Huron is 4So miles. The total number or miles oi
canal required Is bat rs. inclndins the Lachtne at
dhs I'd cG5t n ef 1his %os
son'rletc VIII permit ships Of 100 tons, to pas
nom Chicago TO the ocean. The distance wifi be
4s miles and from Geozsian Hsy to Iont1sa1 t. t.
3so nillns: Total Chicago to Nontseal, !1l miles,
IT. 6soa 20 gaslo f. hy Lake s
70 fntfao' and the total distance from Cs;caeo tn
Liverpool, VIZ ottowa ard Montreal. Is about ona
,nen:2nt ntlss shorter than hy way Of the civ Of
business, the W.l!aud Canal. but % mi,us i6sn
ScosHeetlnE Lake Ets- with Lake Opta-so ana ~
and ensf.ns;c;,a mas been for lo3g time powerful
Nould become Still NOR. q were tlc locks or sh;a
tAIas ta ENLARGED Snch the dangers thrcatennS
ss n,s % :, n 1sga:d Western aud that tic
tons At Montreal Tie present season. Tctiarin.
fs,s5a;a foE5 TO- wheat Montreal kas received a5e9o
esp bussss fa3 hai Il f5gssa is 4 t5s
1Gtsl Mns..on5 s5astwar! movement Of properly.
Aontseal reecirtd 1s.l00 pcr cent and for Tie
iion wSs = !, 'S1' pr cent; yey ls;se proper
New o!E Central. New York, aud Erie Ociens-
ou5fn; iennsylvanla Central. aad tho Baltimore
ana ohio AA'l.oads, were In competition for the
netoIe the Committee. that while double locks
ha h.ouSn tGe entire length Of the Erie Canal had
Fe ZEN thT nlan ot enlargement yet tho canals had
f,c
1oeke WSst ot Montezumc had not been doubled
hon nons deleEatee urged uron the Committee, that
t.:s IvIG IN ayor Of apnFopFatn sufficient Of
en5 eusp!us feVeuues OF the canats now in hand
hI hd 70 accrue during the present fiscal year. to
snn,.s oun .ngee .nanpe locka; and in view Of tho
hs4spae of re commerce already crowding this
finns!. ard its prospective increaee, that these
aoess oe 9ailt upon scale 10 admit boats as large
r. o.. Ssn ausaEtasroHsEy be used upon the trunk of
n 1e hae ana oswego Canals. and it was argued, by
iuvn ol great experience. that bouts OF ave to si1
;1o nnnSiea tons could be 20 used While highly de-
sifasie mat the locks wtst OF Aontcznme should
oe EouoSa at the earliest day, yet your delegates
Mesc Unanimous In the wish, that II for any reason
tne tonmlttce should decline to recommend b1ild-
.nE tae tisf remaining incomplete upou the scale
eo oeoe'ueo !llty would leave the subject to their
THccess ssofs IN Office. rather than faetcu upon the
EsiG .: aEo Os"cro Canals the small locks now in
uSG py constructing now ones OF sa1ue dimensions,
,.. nase proved 70 utterly inadequate to do tho
uusiEcss already Presented, and so out Of psopos-
t9a Nltn INC trunk Of thcee casa1s.
~, oNl ue!eTatcs earnestly urged euch action Of
Ae present Legislature, npon tie unfinished locks
- rcst " AontszInc. as shall fnauguratc = policy
@ 9nG usf q locks through the entirs length Of
tae ne, Ere and Oswcso canals, Of capacity sun
sient 10 paes boats Of as large size properly
4ar r.sats tEe present channel Of those cauais.
tous oe!t gates rrviewed the efforts so persist
Eui! tau! maae 10 navigate the present canals and
s oske o5 ssam, and it, failure, rot from want Of
WIN nor oepth OF channel. bpt from tho box-like
moGess sha;s macc necessary By the present locks
snoIa .nete models be cut away as to allow the
"ater 70 PASS to the wheat In an unbroken linz