, 1866-01-11
SHIP TRANSIT ROuMp NIAGARA
fALlS.'s
The Plan Proposed by Horace HI. Day.
Esq-Its Practical AdvxA-
IAses-LeCture Mt
D1orAo,A EX-
change.

feet In the grade 1t Niagatd FaIlt anu satleI ot
eTsna e'aasa difeulsS: af kossee Day hss iaseaiea
one plan which has thus tar met with the approval
Or great number Of engineers, scden1tac and
business men to whom 1t has BEEN presented,
md be Is nov making strenuous cnaeavoFs to or7ng
It before the active consideration Of the Boards Of
Trade q he g1 sss o. tas SSs st9 11d N9
rted Into ope1ation. In calculation Of it, merits
and aasantages ee lecfured LIST evening IN Aorses
cereiy regretted that subject Of such great import
ance should nol hase obtained much larger atend-
uuee Of our business men. Not norc tan my
md most cntesprising tatrchan7s, and they VII no
donnt re- g1sos & s9 ~ net sa
the evening not been 10 excessively unpleasant,
hundreds Wonld doubtless hare been present. Nc
shall be enabled to give bnt the more salient points
these the great value Of his suggestions will be
readily apparent. He said:
"GkS1LHMES:-1c come before you As business
mstfer. make no pEeten.ions 70 capacity fm
speech making. but will endeavor to snb.nii to yo1
ns have heretofore to committees Of the several
hls gTcat project for lcsaen1ng lie coat Of 1ansi:
between The west and tho seaboart, plan which
these committees aiaea by the highest engineering
sstsose Ell sao ss q "ndefstsnd at
the public expect from me, as they would nun ~
man Who eo%es es;otS them wih ,i Si5eess o. 1ng fnss
Of what be proposes o. be Is capable Of gts1ng.
believe that have to present to the country an en-
ti1ely rew System Of canai nayiEaa'on-o9S atinra'
hIy asnted to the uke Of etean In propelllng Ees-
| ee1s-one pissciicable for canal purposes II
every part of the country. u ,nu ptata, ps
New york can furntsh five Or stx feet o. ater then
s5 ss nc 81 y s We
| vessels cast the 1ocksgea or elevations. drawing
twelve of 1een feet Of Wates. rs the State can no,y
,e ?; sx We ea 90 aSt o tR Sse es* t Il one
tbs principle is closed up: no wntcr is Intended
to pa:a, but the rau.fes Of vessels rom one eera.
tioa to another Is to he accomplished bT The nse Of
plsne eight, len q twelve racks, sccording TO he
slze Of the ves1el proposed to be transported. we
hare selected as The proper number fcF yesses 70 oi
| that propose, arc made Of tHbef, and on these
| timbers rollers are placed. which remain sta
moving IN hsls Sars ,1sa apSs y rols Hne
ten In number. are to be on the bottom q tho
lock- thus exact1y reversing the order ol NIL
| reading The vessel may be raised from the waier
what Is called the scrcw-dock, IN common CONNER
cai pallaEce. OF, more properly, re hydfosta!ic
pumr-soek. because az S informed q 6y saose VINO Sd
eel OF the slzc contemplated In the short space OF
teu minutes sufficiently 10 90 On the Inclined plane
Whs the Ssssel at o1f snf ot s nhs y
at the ZANE TING, so that the time occupied In pse-
Ing two VI ssel II only theime Of passing one. A.
1sa T. I'D aa pans s
ropes Or wire cable will be acting II the same mo-
mens IN both p!anes, raising one and lowering
ucab!e 10 pass two thips in this mauues
ID the shoft space Of half IN hoar. Il well known
that sa1 ect flockagc, Of such szed Vessels a. ts
ihe neiehborbeod or twenty 10 twenty Hour bouts TO
go down and lhc rane 70 return. tnet IT,
hours spent in accomplishing What hT this plan TIL
take bnt hslf IN honr, or certainly not mose than
| one hour Thus we FayG more than one mud bali
days IN 4 Eonnd trip from lake 10 like Merchants
when hase sn Sc1s e Gs gs Ct sdi
: see o Il w as!s n % aoaa m 5r @
saoea e 10 ss s Shsss ss q se
large, bnt sou understand, them better than
I DO, in their application 10 the trade
yourselves. / use them merely to Illustrate the
comparison. II we Gun pass forty vessels per dtcn
End contend that ne can pass tossyeisht, Zach Way
urcs, sayed IN twenty-iour .houss alone, Multiply
tha: by ~, the number Of days ID tho Aeason oi
navigation. end you have between sesen @ and @ ctsh;
this amount. the immense advantage Will be per
ceptible at glance. In looking over this country
%na y ea 70 1at
ihe crops and predictions Of one to anotuer hat
s9s diversity q g. 2Ro:s ss pc
| and anything thai contributes to cheaper
Of eensiaefa,iea a IS sd saseassssasat; ~ wes S
en]oy4 great natural adyunss.cs In sending rs pro
10 IL se1 b q az n
oasie,, nd thst i y .Way Of New York, and tha
eq sT aaes
transported At The rste Of about one mile PCT hour
r Ms y z, r. fhs 5oHsS fs ss
rom lie eve W.T.. l. nov wbe5 ills system Il sseaaa
sbcss = sesseis % Vii vii l letata n aasa Win d.!
eiass Of vessels are constructed, With H9h1
enough q 6ripg ont emigrsu. passengers. nence
lhe merchant can mske good Trip both ways and
tighten the expenses Of tho down trip BY, tho te
tarp; a present most Of our goods are btoasht
peEs Tint they shall be brought ty waief. -.
s e. s1ss asss R1ts
plsee: Tho Easineel of lie MOTIFS Gsnal, Nev
nd has examined Ills sabjee,, declares Isl: thi
building locks At the same iocal!ty: The hcidtte
ss f. IT. 1assa a1s'
sSsoPf s's's Pfaesd j. &C. &c eav9!y ~ sfs sf!s
Two hundred feet at one place The rock l. o.
the upper lerel, and ss The canal y ezcasated M
~ es e taway b eonEsneny p'se = d
the East aud West Ia nov beginning 10 receive SC
Fious attention from all quarters d the country
ot hs ePa 9s u sR s 4 Il
action that the construction OF the greater part {
the line to the East may be begun within The nez
sonsnce with that Of many others in the West, tha
s5ip h.shs soanes;ias he ,5s Isks' ,s,t e e
should be in the cont5olof ihe Federal Goselnuen
e sesson Th this nh m hat gsss hssha
route from Lake Erie to the navtsable wate1a cor
a ss ID O. the ns
: and that CONGRESS- be prepared then to act on th
remaining links Of connection hage urged npo
Trade q Miwaakee, he takipe of Ills matter int
their hands, that by cooperation With other Board
q 1rade they may usec consEess to such i, act1o
,ss ,ss' e graz nd n tae e. eSn WIT ~
der the con.rol "ot, The General loresnnen
. | do not know TINT the general government ri
, can hare such control Of she persons Of cofpor
tlon who do build 1t, that It can BE- cFcr Kept ifoi
being oppressive TO any section Of the country.
Taaae ei chieago 70 lutte Hlh otheT Boards, an
eelect themselves tue men who ahal1 bs A r. e. sa,P
q sGeh eo~p p Ss I'm caos S
+ Chieseo three. Milwaukee two, Providence, r.
ss SsT Gk sxo osst Ss fs s 1sssa seeons e.
sssa ss'oss 81 nss s'' xho ''s's; iii aS!a :
organized With eapitai d. thlee or five millions
solla1s. and let them ask from the General Cover
mcnt oan o. say fve Millions 70 bs , Te1mpnEt !sa.
y year, N,snot Wish myself 10 hive The control
this mat -. 1 do not ask the adoption OF my pll
/. found beet. Tue charter could Sc granted By 4
r. | Government for ship canal, with LOCKS, o. vi
:, inclined planes, or with any other attaching
nesfs Ts'ee eou1d nuna f IT, bsese sssa purpose '
J We fenl out TO Europe not one.haif per cant
+ the aggregate food products Of the county,, II
= except :near and mclsstes. ! have the authozf
Of Dr. Elder. Of the Treasury Department, who
pamphlet recently published gaze the exports
our food pr9ducts ot the year ending @ ,pne m fn' IT.
ers acn and re ia
manufacturing centres q e.; En5opo one,aaie o. u u
kct is the main one, the principal ono to which =
of arc to send your surplus food pEednets: Nov, +
e; i ssfS elssn III afS md u vs Pc
/, o1eshsif of what We import Of lhe value Of 60
sss de., ,ef y geS I'd "a ss!5es rum
Of not eeepit At home. 1t goet out 70 pay for .
+. eftons 81 Government Or mefchnnts which viii
:. | crease onr exports, will be matter o. graTe
RI nortauce, u ne can cheaper the cost OF trauepo
g pe The food products Or he West to the seaboa
/. one-baif, We can thereby lay down N Europe
actuai surplus and II can lay down ten per &C
" there We can get back three oF four hundred y
is lions per annum in return. Until VI can auftes
Ill the production Of cotton, Or restore the dsaan
ments causcd By the war, IT u1'l be especially
- silable to increase CIR exports Of food pfodps
~ We cunnot compete with The cheap labor q !
a. rope ID manufactures for e1portatson, and must
ID upon our cotton, tobacco, aud food products. I
At development Of lheee resources IS therefore TO
Of The moet infinite importance.
1he great interest teit BY Canada IN tnis fup!o
be men}, and Of tho kindred intese.ts Of New ~ fo 2
n | With respect to another Preat indueeMe9t for
~ min rsnnl he qaf6 The ships you build be
}" on these iskes, at onethssd lese than they ean
butt on the seabeard, because Of the eheapns3s
A. inmber md food and consequently cheaper lab
~ md in time the lake vessels will constitute la