Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-02-17


cation oftWo thousand FIVE hundred miles. Lake
Superior is six hundred feet above the level of tn,
sea. and is twenty-seyen feet above Lake Hurou
and Michigan. AT the outlet Of Lakes Superior
there Is a canal Of l-l0 mile in length 1t has
two locks Of three hundred aad fifty feet By
seveuty-tige feet, and can pass vessels Of two
thousand tons. drawing eleven feet six inches OF
water The 81. Clair Flats have been improved
for vessels Of draft OF eleven feet, and the Nj
sgars River, betgeeu Lakes Erie and Ontario,
having fall Of two hundred and seventy feet
has been improved by canal twenty-eight miles
IN length, with twenty seven locks, through
which vessels pass Of three hundred and Fifty
tons, with a locksge Of three hundred ard thirty
feet
The 81 Lawrence River, from the east end Of
Lake Ontario to Montreal, has a fall Of two hun
dred and twenty feet, overcome by seven shor.
canals Of an aggregate length Of forty-one miles
with tweuty-seyen locks, which pass vessels of
eight hundred tons, with lockage Of two hun
dred and four feet. The depth Of water in these
canals, connecting Lake Superior with Montreal
and Quebec, is nowhere less than nine feet, but
the locks vary in dimensions. Although the St.
Lawrence canals east Of Lake Ontario have locks
Of IS and 90 feet wide. the Welland Canal, con-
Meeting Lake Erie with Ontario, the key Of the
whole navigation, has only looks Of % feet,
adapted for vessels Of only $50 tons. The Cham
bly, Canal, which connects the river Richclieu. at
Chamby. With Lake Champllin and St. Johns,
Is T. miles in length, with locks l23 by % feet.
is f,et deep, win a feet Of lockage
The channel ofthe -. Lawrence, between que
bee and Montreal, has been deepened, so that
steamers and vessels OF g. GOO tons can ascend 10
the port Of Montreal fron sea, drawing 30 feet
81 the lowest stage OF water ; and al Of these
works, with the exception O. the canal at the
outlet OF Lake Superior, have been executed by
the CaHadial Government
The State Of New York has constructed "a canal
from Buffalo, on Lake Erie, 20 Albany, on the
Hudson, as well as q connection from Oswego on
Lake Ontario. This canal now passes boats OF
200 tons. The distance from Buffalo is 362
miles, locksgc 675 feet. The distance from Os-
wego to Albany is -07 miles iockage $50 feet.
New York has "a canal connecting Lake Cham
plain with the H4iscn, Gj miles long, with locks
which pass loIts Of 50 tons, locksce l73 feet
Besi,s New York, tie States Of Penusyva-
mia, Maryland AID Virginia, Ohio. Indiana. IL
iuois and Wisconsin, have constructed over
1900 miles of canal. with the object Of cheapeu-
iuc aai facilitating transport from the interior
10 a market This vas' territory Of the North
West has within 10 q natural navigation oi S 900
mics, an artificial uayi cation Of more than 200,
AID upEa-is Of 200 miles Of railways IN opera
uu, without taking into consideration the Pa
ciic Railway. The Trunk lines between the
West ana the last have been mostly constructed
ty private enterprise. assisted in some cases by
government. Ia Canada. the Grand Trunk line
extends trou llyiere Lu Loup, $50 miles below
Quebec, and from Portland, in Maine, tar5lsh
EASTERN ASA western ,anttt TO tne s's.' oi AI-
g5'1' ana ~ '@'e's.'" OF .4-' 4"= nom h.siere
ga L.19 is no." An-ef construction 10 hai'iA'
Z, will tbaz be seen that for the trsusnari Of
fiss western re,ion there are two natural water
lines IesI-r- 10 the ccssu. beeilcs five trunk
lines of rslNa-. The ocean ports for the water
limos are 81 ofresl a.l New Orleans while New
York and PbIalelptis are the ro-,s f,- the ar
t.ic'sl lines Iae ocean ports If the .wav-
are Portland. Boston. Ner Yorl., Philalel1hi.
sai Baltimore The Ohio and Mississippi rivers