Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-04-21
The Caughnawaga Ship Ga tal.

the llSG0Iy u tlD fAOJSSS
found OF interest at this time:
THE LAST LINK IN THE CHAIN OF Ca
NAILS.
The Member for Montreal West Mr..
M p. Rycn. has introduced bill into the
House to incorporate the CaugnnaWaga
Ship Canal Company, and mr.. Worknan
presented petition from the montreal
Board of Trade to the same effect; this
will doubtless be Immediately followed by
numerous other petitions from all parts
of the country interested in the construc-
ton of this important link IN our
means of inland water eommnnlcauon.
Al the matter has now assumed tangi-
BILE shape it will not be out OF place, as
we have from time to time alluded to it
in these columns, to give slight outline
of the scheme, and the ends 1t is destined
to accomplish. That it is one OF the most
important.-if not itself the most import
ant of our public necessities DE evil
dent to all interested in navigation mat
ters to the grain producers and forward
ers of the West it will be material aid
in shortening the time OF transit, ana re-
ducing the freight from the various ports
of shipment to the Eastern or sea-board
destination of grain and flour to the
Iumbermen of the Ottawa valley, especi-
ally, it will be invaluable, as providing a
direct line for the passage OF their mar
ketable articles to Albany and New York,
saving the time consumed in the present
circuitous route by the Richelieu and
Chambly Canal, and in reducing the
freight on lumber passing through it by
$1.0O to $3.50 per thousand; to the coun-
try generally it will in few years be-
come one of its thoroughfares, and will
remain as a lasting monument to the I'M
firing energy and zeal of its protector
Hon. John Yeung.
AS far back as the year 1916 that gen.
tleman sugg ested that the construction of
a canal from the st. Lawrence into Lake
Champlain was necessary for the success
of the st. Lawrence canals. This was two
years before the latter were opened for
general traffic. In 1847 Mr.. Young, in
company with the late Mr.. Barrett, an
engineer, walked from Caughnawaga to
St. Johns, and satisfied himself that there
were no engineering difficulties to en-
counter in it's construction. The public
became interested in it, and petition nu-
merously signed by the citizens generally,
was presented. to the Government, pray
ing for a survey. This was granted, and
in 1848 Mr. Mills, the gentleman appoint
ed by the Government to carry out the
survey, recommended line from Caugh-
nawaga to st. Johns, with the Lake
Champlain level. In July of the same
year a memorial of the Montreal Board
of Trade was presented to the Govern
ment, fully setting forth the great objects
of the work.
Now, few words as to the action of
the Legislature en- the subject. In 1S49
a bill was carried through Parliament au-
thorizing a company to construct this ca
nal A meeting of Americans interested
in the subject was held in Troy, who au-
thorized another survey, and the same
year a convention was held in Saratoga
Springs. where delegates from Canada and
different parts of the States were present,
who heartily approved of the utility and
necessity of the work. In the same year
Hon J. II. Robinson brought the subject
before the government in his public works
report. In 1851 the Hon. Mr.. Killaly al
Iuded to it in his public works report and
recommended its immediate construction.
la 1858 special meeting of the Montreal
Board of Trade was called in reference to
t, and the meeting was unanimous in its
,avor. The House of Assembly the same
year passed a resolution recommending
he construction of the canal by vote of
g to 6. In 1854, in consequence Of petit
ions from various localities in Upper and
Lower Canada, another survey was made
~ Mr.. Jarvis of New York, who reported
trongly in lbs favor, and recommended
inc direct from Caughnawaga to st.
Johns. This opinion was conceded in by
Captain Swift, an engineer of great emf
lence In the two following years, Mr..
J; B. Gamble and Mr. T. @. Clarke reported
IN the subject and gave the same opinion.
Thus the matter went on to the present
line, with always the conclusion arrived
1t, that &" the absolute necessity for
his connecting link in the chain of the
Inland Navigation through this
Province and the United States, became
more and more apparent every year"
Various causes, however, were at work to
retard the commencement of it, and it is
to this year of grace, 1870, to
zee, We hope, the realization of the scheme
which has so long and so strongly i'm
pressed the minds of many of our leading
men with its necessity. All that is re-
luired of government is charter, private
enterprise will accomplish the rest, and
once IN fat ucc0D1p6 the greatest object
ors to the scheme-if such exist who
nonorably object to it, apart from feelings
Of jealousy and envy of location-will be
the first to express their unbounded ap-
probation of the canal and its promoters.
-OtaaCu Free Press.
TEN TRANSPORTATION, in a letter upon
the adoption of the fifteenth amendment
says at is scarcely possible to portray
the difference which ten years have effect
ed in our views, aspirations, hopes,
chances, prospects, and possibilities as
nation. In 1860 the slave power dcmi-
mated the land in the pride of its strength;
it counted its bondmen by millions; its
hunting-ground was as broad as our
national domain; it firmly held church
and State in its iron grasp; it almost
seemed successfully to "exalt itself above
all that is called God" In 1870 the
genius of universal emancipation sits en-
throned in its stead not bondman re-
mains to be delivered, not a yoke to be
broken the ehattel is man, and the man
a recognized American citizen, with the
ballot in his hand; the constitution of the
United States has been changed from a
covenant with death to an anti.slaverv
instrument; and by the fifteenth amend
ment, every State is compelled to regard
and not the color of the skin, as
the test of fitness for the elective fran
chise. The result of all this cannot fail
to be unexampled peace and prosperity !;
for these abound where Justice is i'm
partially administered and liberty is the
Inheritance of ALL"
EXPERIENCE PROVES
That the best goods are the cheapest. This is
especially applicable to the goods from the Wine
and Bottling House of c. A. Richards & CO., Bos-
ton, whose sOnoma Wine Bitters are so deserved
ly popular.