Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-10-28
From the Milwaukee Sentinel. Oct Q 3D.
The Cuughnawaga ship Canal

From the Milwaukee Sentinel, Oc,- .. 3D..
The Cuughnawaga ship Canal.
REPORT AND.Acr.OS OF THE MILWAUKEE BOARD
or TRADE
The Committee TO whom was referred the sub
Zee Of the Ciughaawsga Snip Canal, which mat
ter was before the Chamber Of Commerce some
ds-s since. 90 Saturday made the following re-
mort through their Chairman, Gen. West, a. the
aI9ptiou Of the report prevailed unanimously.
The report was as follows
The Committee appointed % consider the sub
ia,. If the Caughnawaga Ship Canal, beg leave
r.. -s,,rt tbst thew consider this and kindred en-
-s-rfi.ss. which are a continuation Of one grand
scheme 20 open steamship navigation from uie
water Co the heart Of the continent, as q matter
Of the greatest Importance, not only 10 al. COM
uarcial bodies, but % every inhabitaut q the
. eastern. middle and western states, ana also 20
/ the people OF Canada
ne teople Of this whole country are determir-
~ thar they must and Wall have cheaper ali
more expeditions means Of transportation To
omen ty far the grandest line Of internal water
Communication ia the W0rit-a line reaching for
more than two THOUSAND miles through the cen
-eros Ibis condueut-and on which steamships
o. eight hundred tons burthen could ply between
our lake ports and the city Of New ort, would
only REQUIRE the building Of the CaughuawacG
canal tweuty-niue miles in length, the est,uatei
expense Of which is only S2,5lp,01o- The en-
larriur Of the Champ.lin and Hudson siX'y-slz
miles iu length which might cost = i.Uit.fHn I;
the charging Of the locks On the 81. Lawrence,
and the enlargement Of the We.lsni c7usl.
which is tveliy-eigkt miles in length, IT the
building of the proposed Ontario and Ere cana.
az an expense Of J,nuJ,oOu more. The entire
. expense 9f the whole improvement not e.-eei-ns
-lZOlu,nIp, ami requiring the building or en-
larzementoftu- j. miles 0tcanal,to give us -'''
miles Jf llin' -rrupteI inland SLACK water Layl-
cation And when we add 20 his, the WILSON,
sin aud Fox River Improvement. the completion
of which Is already assured by tae general gov
eminent, thereby connecting this line with
the Mississippi River at Pralrse ia Chen. 10
rives Us one continuous line Of over 5000
niles So where else in the world can even
comparative results be obtained for a Ike eE-
reuIi-ure The question that capitalists VIII
consider. when asked 90 furnish the money for
. the enterprise. wii. be- Wlitp pay The won
der is that capital. ever Eeeu-eyei, has not long
ago s1urat the investment
ulr5u~-le wear 500 there vas received AZ Eve
points Oh the lakes in grain ana .-s equivalent
-u aa-r. r-i. u.u.YuI bushels Previous ..
the present year this grain has paid t1a TAX
~ -'1 i-' - - - .-
'''-'- $50 $50. .'.-.-s.
go ~. en-. -a,- ~
PLY - s.,s5.-,-- - --.s...
80 ~. -. -
me I'D - 49,
year '.s77 '.'-7' y Au ca Pc - -, - 80.
-e'--l --- ~ -.
amount 10, --. 3
seems Gu ' ,e'J '--
me 9'a'e '- -'17 i-lA' "i' '---
e. -le eA .a '- ~ ~ T.. "a
BOW i-All'-.u- Joy Al il u 80 . '-
'll'lA. i-il7l.y o-AlSsl ill u, 80 .z.-
selves pm l-s -' = -
We urge -'l"AI' e., i,- ,i777 ''-
ne ->' -s's -,s
l-e e'-' '- '1e pr 80 '5-'--
tl cen. el9'- -.i
iI- ti'''''T AilI'1
t--.A- anu reg '.7 "---I Pc 7'y
-aA--- q l5--"a- '- i
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-- ,, 'Is nv w 49, l-.--t-+
'---1' ,Y- que 11-' st' -
.-l-i'.- .- VIA Is -7-'-5 o1a Se1 --I Z e. 49,
tA1 lsi 3 s'l -'7 s-e,a'o'' "ou'i lA'7s 81.
7i'--- ~ - -- a.. '.
--.' .-- --'- .---' -'A-' '1--.y '.'---
..s-.--r -. .--s1' N-- az - .-'- d. 1..
zen. 81 3 game '.-' .l-- 1'-'1 -'----- ~ --
ue'f l'.'n'e 20 'l.s eloIl- l-7 -',-----5 "---
pay -a-l--v-- '.l l-1 -l-'t' A-'l ---. --1 lN.
''17 z -s .'ae ~ Conn - v l''-.
The continent
he a1'AA,1-e7 10 lle people "l--l ue q"
i.-- saving % le-lS-- '-e 'e7'-
. ----... -...'--..l -. e., .-.-s.--..--.-
r-..s-- -. .-.----- from ,fi-v,s-i.ss ~ ,..----
time whereas AZ r-ese-,t. twenty .I7rs is con-
-.Ierel remarkably quick time q GET a cargo
through By water. and q dushel u wheat could
be- transferred through for ten cents the sve--
age cl-t now being fully twenty cents T1us. the
saving On the yearly receipts Of grain before
mentioned being ten cents a bushe., would
suClut 90 -l-.INf,1HJ annually. or more than
the entire cls- 1i the canals. snI is far % pre-
sumo thar the saving % al other FIRE g1t. both
eastward ana westward bound, would he as
much. or more than SIS much more, making
total yearly saving TO the pr1iucers Of this cluu-
.rv u a. Issst SO UJn. 900 after paving the par
...s handsomely whose capita. and enterprise
shall make these improvements.
10 view Of these facts, 1t seems Incumbent
-7an us 20 use every effort TO further the speedy
so-5uHuslueato. So desirable result AulFe
ice. particularly anxious for the iuneils-e con-
-tr---5u Il tle CaushIaTara link Of the chain.
-- tie building 81 that portion Of the line must
specify compel the completion OF the whole.
Al d which Is respectfully submitted
j. ID. Fsr,
NN- T. MCLaE-y,
A. NOD. lorNG,
Committee
From the Chicago Tribune. Oct-lsr-.
.sl.er r.r BOARD oF Trade. ca,r,,rrrr,-
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rr;s,- nj ,orre,ti,. he v-a-s-s ~ -. l,,-s- =.
,,yrsn,s yyitb tb,ss - a., (,b.-,r-.:- - H..
pr,rosei Cau,bnqyv,,, Cs1,1 All
Whereas No ,,0,1;,.sT "a, ~ ,-..t
Great Measure ana sstis,set;-n The ,i.i-s.s ~
n, Ir5- isvi l.',l--v1.j - - n,
min, Jq-.9rstr,tei ,,of ri ,b. --,-.;-,t;i3.
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s,-,,,.-- - ssf{ - - '4 "a ~
fer -raDteI nv ne p,rr;.,1s-.. - ~ -
IF C51e-Is Jls-Cf,-. 0' ''-'
cslly re-sfir rms It's previously eypressei sent
ment' thai the construction Of the proposed line .
u ~. 80 . . aI. y couneFea neee