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FRIDAY. JULY ~, 1870.

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FRIDAY. JULY u, 1870.
SELLING CANALS To THE GOVERNMENT.
There is Il Commercial Union in the
Stass IF New York. snale up Of .4}oaees"
in different parts Of the State, whose OBJ
jet Is 10 promote cheap water t1.,nsporsa-
linn. These lodges held convention, re-
gently. At Rochester, New York. which, was
addressed by Governor Fai1c1ill, Of Wis
eess:n. WHO WAS especially elatea by tho
rc*tl,t rartial success Of scheme Of plun-
her I. which Congress gave its approval
We rrtcr to the appropriation for the con-
s.sursir Of IL canal along the bunk of the
WISCONSIN kiser. from Portage City to
Prairie tlu CHEN, At an esiinated cost Of
sl.,sstrs. Congress has lna4le MI appro-
in;asana fet the commencement of the
work. Congress aiso passed a bill di-
r.ctiEs tia. the Secretary uf Var should
ascertain tie value of the Green Bay
and Mississippi Canal Conpany's property
and franchises. with view to their pur-
cl:es>. ;asi sle expenditure Of IN indefinite
a.sl, un lie Fax River end OF the caaa1,
,ats.s y :.> tio.eruor Fa;rc.nil insists. Civ
iE.. ii cu1stias:ou wate. route from the Mis-
ai>4,pli River. at rrairie du Chen by way
~ III: I'll Bay, Buffalo, and the Eric Caaal.
to New York. The Commercial Union of
tt. State of New York seems to be sort
o. SIDE show to thus mammoth jub to sell
WORTHLESS and abandoned casial, which
ih,. owners have got tired OF holding, 10
tl.: Cnitcl States.
Governor Fairchild. in his speech, makes
certain assertions. which careful review
af tie facts will not sustain: !. He esti-
r!a,es that. when this canal -four feet Of
ws,,.> shall be completed from Prairie
du CLien to Green Bay, there will be !7s
miles IT water communication furnished,
ul1irl will reduce tia cost of Transports
ti,u. :: That ''the yearly ctop is now,
AMI has tren for three years past, sufficient
Is large II make the shipment eastward
f1u1n Joints west Of Lake Michigan not less
thar .,N,pN,nO0 bushels Of wheat, with
utl-7 grains sufficient to make the total
:sllse,,.; u"t less than 100, O0U. 600 bushels. =
siunl To >. .An,UO tona g. Tint the cosi
of nuy:ng his grain t'y rail from the Mis-
Ea~ipll II Chicago or Milwaukee, al average
distance of l5n miles, is 5 cents per ton a
mile /. That the saving in moving thi:
grain i,y this canal to Grsen Bay, will cana
S1n,G-h, o'o per aunra1n.
The cnllals .sf New York in 1865 received
Eu,u other States wheat, corn, rye, anG
tet4 10 The a1nount Of 1.Oo;'. i'4 tons. This
i..rldcl all TIE Northwest, and was before
The days Of grain shipment by rail anI ye
Governor Fairc,,iid asserts that, whcu he
rcts this canal dug ut the national e1pouse
l.r will 1nevc On it from the trans
Mississippi States 1o,oD0,0no bnsh
els or e+'4-ooo tons of whea
alore! lie proposes to move tIi
grain from the Mississippi lirer to Gree,
Ga, for seven mills per ton per mile, IT,
distance being - miles This will b
Sl.". pe. ton. To this will he aided sh'
rl!r.Al freight and handling from. the l,lac'
Of growth 10 the Mississippi Eive-. Th'
rll,oa,l, have iand they can do 30 again
u
MD Minnesota, at Chicago OF Milwaukee a
Or. rent Ter ton per mile. Grain sent I
Chicago OF Milwaukee by rail can DO ship
pcd t,y propeller to Buffalo, and lie put o
lt,ard Of boats on the Erie Canal, Will
grain shipped from the sas,e points il went
ius its weary pilgrimage through tho locb
toward Green Bay.
Lake freights froul Green Bay to Bufal
will neyvr le less than from Chicago AZ
Milwaukee,: becauso vessels will alwaJ
Lave return fr.ights To tless places. whie
tll.v cannot get to Green Bay. II Il
s~t1lal we're r:uw in operation, not bush
VI Elai,, wt.,l1 60 that way which cou
find its way by rail direct to Chicago I
a1i;.:;4;.i:ee- The whole thing is visiouar.
the s't>stiur.t,'s Ill mopnshinc, the allegt
sas;n:.; il, trcights utterly pFepostesou
Tie ca1lst!. when completed, will no: p;
n,v esl.eHse VI keeping it ia repair. Il
fore lie ti,st f"at 1,asses t1!ro1sh it, t
railways 1cross WISCONSIN and NoztlIe
ui,ns,is vii l,e provided with steel raj
aud thus e:nhlcf TO carry us chcap1y
liy c.I4ai The New Yorx railways IL
already competing on equal tern
With Abe F.ie Canal. Relnci,
= ;1r :" grain, the aggregate recci"ts
1sudalu. ~. to June 10. 1870. wers II, sa{
II: l'1~,els. Of which ssl, l41 bushels we
1-"l Tor milling md home consamptio
!.:ri~ :"i;. t,u.h.l. were forwarded by can
and :,,rnnW bushels By rail. Soswi'
standing the reduction OF tolls to a nomi1
rate un the Eric Canal, nearly one-hsif I
grain has been forwarded from Buffalo
raj. Lar the slow and tortuuus ditch p
PISSED tu Ire dng through the State of "
t,'l.in compete with the railroads, wh
l4irv-,en,hs Ut the grain it is t. receive u
4s::ve to he brought to the Mississippi ki'
hy -:il To ship grain by the Visions
c:.4al will he to incur q de11y
ii, r'=tc "f scventee1 lays the interest
vlirl ruus., of course, be paid Tor.
The States of Iowa, Minnesota, and "
c':,.y.:is are said to he interested III thiscaD
a;ll tlc Governors of these States 1e
,:a,e quite II number Of speeches on
subject All nf these States arc oat
Gcl.t. II tic cost vi the work b., Us Ii
s>~tl1.ate. only *.,,0L0, IND, aad tho auu
living TO ila~ people over S1o,ASa, 400, ]
i,.ri1,alus Ialf that sim additional on
t,4m tntrrian'lise, why do these S:a
rt:stnl, year after yea-, losing slo, ,oM,o
~L.n. ~ m expenditure OF ol
Sa.s~s',"". they could achieve ST
Ill t:n,r,nnas gain It
u!tc States Ere losing every year $40. 90
tnW far the vnnt Uf a canal, which il,