, 1865-01-31

they know how TO Use honestly, OF ftr the
welfare of the community.
g. While this bill monopolizes all the streets
Of any consequence in the city, and thus pre-
vents just competition By other companies,
it neither reserves to the legislature nor the
city any power to compel the companies to
extend their lines or facllilies for conveyance
any faster than shall suit their convenience
and interest, however much the people may
require them.
24. The success Of this swinale would be
Nh invitation to the railroads throughout the
state to combine, and control the leg1slalu1u
md vote themselves clcar Of their obligations
and entitled to grasp all The rights Of the peo-
pie.
25. The people Of Chicago, in mnss convcn-
tiop assembled to the number Of two thou.
sand. have condemned it, and nine thou
sand Of them in one days time haze remoa-
st1atcd against 1t.
THE POSTAGE AND SUPERIOR
CANAL.
Our readers are not unaequainted with the
growing importance Of what is known as the
Lake Superior Region-as We hare from time
to time called their attention TO tue vast re-
sources of this comparatively unknown and
almost sec'uded section Of country. let the
MAGNITUDE Of the interests now center1ng
there, and rapidly developing tho wonderful
mineral wealth Of this region, Is but lmper-
fectly understood. In the inaugural address
Of Governor Crapo, Of Michigan, delivered
on the 4th inst, before the Legislature Of
that State, he says-rcGerring to this Upper
Peninsula:
"a large portion ofthe territory Of Michigan Is
underlntd by vast beds OF mineral deposits, and
by any STATE IL the Union Her copper Is Of great
pu1ity-nnd its mines Of unknown extcnt-haye
already, although IN their iniancy reached IN an
ne, at the point Of Shipment, to the sum Of
57,N00 Geo. Her iron mines are also Of great c1-
tent and the ore is Of the richest and finest quail
or mo1cued1the Cd lit yield being only Lar tons ii
tie gear 1855, yet during the past yeor the ship
ments f,om Marquette alone have reached the 1g~
shippea to the furnaces Ut Marquette Of the ag-
greGate value Of more than two millions Of dol
fa1s. The Immense Income here exhibited In a
futile to attempt IN Estimate Of its future 1mpor
Truth, almost incalcu1able.'
Thus speaks Governor Crnpo, officially, up
on this most important topic-this trade and
comme1ce-the rapid development Of which
will perhaps be better compEehended when it
Is understood that the aggregate shipments
Of iron ore, from the same point, in 1862,
were 115,72l tons, in 1868, 1857 tons, and
in 1864, 24s,955 tons. That this mineral In
terest Of itself should constitute an immense
trade is apparent but when We consider
that IN addition to all this, the immense trade
and commerce that must necessarily spring
| from the construction OF those great works
Of Internal i1rxoyemcnt-the railways from
Fon du Lac, Hudson, aud St. Paul to Superb
or City aud Bayfield,, wc may well appre-
hend that the :rade and commerce Of Lake
Superior will one day equal in point Of value
that Of any other portion Of our inland seas.
Vast az this commerce is-or is destined to
be-important as are I'll Of Its relations to
the manufacturing, mechanical, and the va
rious Industrial pursuits of the American peo-
plc-it is greatly haEarded BY the perils OF
navigation IN those waters which beat upon
the rock bound shores of this "Upper PENN
sula," and Of Northern Wisconsin and Min
nesota.
It Is we'll known fact, that there Is no
portion Of the navigation OF any ofour lakes
SO perilous MS that of the section Of Lake
Superior lsnown as Kewcenaw Point, which
penctrates this lake north-eastwardly, nearly
10 its center, and conffonts it on the westerly
side with bold and rocky shore, without q
harbor for refuge from The perils Of the storm.
To avoid this danger, and at the same time
shorten the steaming distance around this
point-some two hundred niles-it is only
necessary to construct Ship Canal from Lake
Superior through the isthmus or neck of land
known as the s. Portage" which divides the
waters Of Lake Superior from Portage Lake
as glsnce st the map will show. This 18th.
mus is only about three miles in width, and
the construction Of such canal would not
only so much shorten the distance and dlmln.
fsh the perils Of the navigation Of those
waters, but by the connection thus made,
constitute Portage Lake the largest, the
saftst and the most accessible harbor On the
Western lakes.
In view Of these facts-in the interests OF
commerce-and in view OF the fact that, in
the event Of foreign war, the commanding
position Of such a ha-bor would be Of inesti-
mable advantage in the proper projection
Of the immense interests now concentrated,
and get to concentrate, In the region Of Lake
Superior, the construction Of such canal
is certainly matter Of vast importance.
In this connection, We rote the fact TINT the
Legislatures Of Michigan and Minnesota, nov
in session, haye recently, by joint resolutions,
memorialized Congress N this behalf, and
that many Of the business men Of the Lake
ports arc taking III active interest in this pro
ject. The telegraph, few days since, ad
At..A -.
before Congress.
~ The Daily Nescs has got the World in Z
tight place: It copies from the Richmond
Etaminer the following: "These opinion4
are well e1emplihed in that Infamous shee
the New York Wosld,' and then copies th'
above ss the Woad gave it, which was thus
These opinions are* we'll e1enplifed in tha
I t1,n %hn " IL IT