The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-07-29

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Tho Huron and Ontario ship Canal.
Aproject Just now attracting some
attention Is for a Ship Canal 10 connect
the waters OF Lakes Huron and Ontario.
1.-THE reader will refer to good map
he will End that Georgian Bay, an of.
shoot Of Lake Huron, penstrates the
peninsula Of Lower Canada 10 within
something like hundred miles Of On,
tario. Directly between these lakes
lies Lake SimcUe, which drains by the
river Severn into Georgian Bay. It's
proposed TO use this river and lake as
part Of the Canal. Whether It would
be necessary to deepen the river we do
not know, but as 1t is contemplated 10
pass vessels Of 1900 tons, presume Il
would. Some sixty miles OF canal It 10
said, would be required, though the
map does not indicate so great dis.
lance. The Canal would cut oG some
$50 miles lake travel for all vessels
bound for tide water via. the 81. Law
renee from the cities north and west OF
Detroit, and avoid come perIIous navI-
CATION. 4
The prime need OF the great lake re.
Glon Of the Northwest Is direct and
sufficient water way to the ocean. The
opening Of this canal and the eularCes
ment Of the st. Lawrence canals (pro.
posed In connection with ~ promise to
supply the need. This would afford
direct and easy transit for European
shipment from the grain mArts of
the Northwest or for the direct i'm
portatlon Of thelr foreign goods. This
Ia what Chicago, Milwaukee and other
OF The lake cities long for. It's claimed
that Chicago would thus save 9G4 miles
TO Liverpool over the New York route.
Considering how much cheaper than
land transit water freights must always
be,And thAtths great problem Of the day
Is TO ind the shortest and stralghtsst
lines OF trade. the Importance Of such
results viii be apparent.
Thsprojectors Of tAIs work claim TO
have now a subscription ofsiO,ooO,OOO
conditioned that Canada grant 10. oCO,-
900 acres OF land. Philadelphia, New
York. Liverpool and Canada ca pitalIsts
have subscribed 70 the undertaking,
which 10. said to be 10 matured that
nothing Is wanting but the land grant,
and that L. considered as good as GER
tain! yThs prospectus Of the company
says that the canal is to be 100 miles
long, Of which p are through Lake Sim.
coe and 10 by river. The true distance
Is therefore 80 miles. T6ls distance
has to ascend 40 feet, and the plan pro-
poses 81 locks Of 10 feet 8 inches each
for H. giving AZ locks IN ali. For nine
miles the average Gu, iS 50 feet, and 10
and so feet Are to be cut through ak
and half miles more, OF \ . fES''t!i
Important and necessary AZ the new
route would be TO the present trade o.
the Northwest, It must become more
and more 90 every year with the
rapid development OF The upper lake
region and the cOuntEy beyond 1t.
That development has received 4 re-
mAtkAbis: Btlmulus on the shores OF
Superior since the war, aud yet has
evidently Just begun. The western
extremity oisLaks Superior Is some
two hundred miles farther West than
any other water line to the East. It is
the terminus Of the Northern Pacific
Railroad route. which Is pronounced
entirely feasible and Is now being
explored. It Is q remarkable fea-
turO OF the Lake Superior country.
that II has a climate as mild as
that to DO found 10 the latitude OF
Chicago. II Is said there are two
millions square miles Of the tnest
wheat growing land In the United
States which Win Ind as some OF It
now does,) It's natural route to marke.
through Lake Superior. That region is
rapidly filling up with 40 energetic and
hardy population. A railroad from 81.
Paul 10 the western end OF the Lake ia
beIuE pushed with great vIgor and viii
probably be completed this year. Il,
was finished half way on the Fourth OF
July. That road traverses the finest
wheat region In Minnesota, and unlles
the Mississippi and the Lakes. A cor.
respondent Of the New York Tribune
St"IeS that 100000 bushels OF wheat
Will DO shipped on Lake Superior this
year. Du Luth, 4 little hamlet which
sprung up on the Minnesota shore
ABOUT year ago, already asplres to be
the rival Of Chicago, II not in time the
grain metropolis OF the Northwest,
tram elevators are being erected
mere this summer, and real On.
'a'e IeonsiAling chiefly Of bare lots,
nsa advanced with ElAntutrldes. Lars'
Investments nv" Sa have been made there BY
Jay Cooke 4 Company and other sast.
ern capitalists, who are pushinS ~,
exploration Of tho Pacific ya,I,o.S
route. Conserving that route We war,
informed q few months ago by a ren,
tleman who had spent some Year, T T.
Montana, that IL was in some rsspoc.l
q bcttsr route than that OF the unlor