The Portland daily press., 1872-04-12
THE PRESS,
FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 1s, 1879.
Dominion and Provincial Matters.


AT the annual meeting OF the Montreal
Board of Trade on the I'd inst. the subjects OF
/ deenan;no tho obanna1 oe .ha c. T a,,,ra,,oo ho
1tp IS 80 '.i u '.'0 ~ 80" ie''o 70
tween quebec and Montreal, OF enlarg1ng the
Welland canal, and of obtaining for other cor
| porations than the Grand Trunk aonal rights
/ ~, W. . - -
Chon,nla;, pa;I.. "-,1 r"
card 70 thn chan,,oi os ~, A. -.
said - =
| Tbere xvoro nosso,, :.
New York. the Sarmat;an 1s ooo ,os a,,,J ~
not get up last year, and Messrs. Allen were
I1 ouliding anotner OF 100 tons. No difficulty
he believed himself j; feet n"nnei = iee' oeep'
Toucbino the canals ba said .lr..
Tho wellanl and g. Ta,rro, o,.., -.
not pass through vessels of over $50 tons. while
sncb iarae vessais carru nha r iouha enaI
ones, hence the great bulk of the trade is car
| ried to Buffalo, and from thence by canals and
railway TO New York The necessity OF an en-
iargement OF tne canals mas been urged on ev-
| cry government for the last twenty years, but
notnihS SO Tar mas peen dohe; ana wnle mil
IIoIls nave Deen spent on railways, the great
wa.eT routes OF the country nave been neglect
ee' ~ Is OF the highest importance to all parts
sary 10 tne Navigation from the upper lakes to
sne ocean ports shouio at once be made as per-
Ieu. ;.t a. possible, anu ON scale commensurate
e "i'I eno sno ,on nay tne propeller
49,, =, 49, =, ts oouiu aescena from tne
%pp"I,; %SppJI. lanSS Su .os.eal @ anu Sueoec wIlhout
tot ',,Ia ~ oe eFiuens 70 every one
g. ''y oo = aou.e 'oui" 0oihPo'e WIN 'ha' VI 'ne
os """ionoo' ~
These plans of our neighbors show the abso-
lutte necessity of the early completion of the
| Portland & Oydensburg Railway to secure a
! short and independent connection with Canada
| and the Western Statas = 1T--
| m, 80 =,
ihe railroad ordge proposed 10 De Duiit be-
tween Ogdensburg and Prescott will be 5000
| feet long and the piers will have to be sunk in
On foot of wota. = - = :
oo 80 =, "a'ei
Nova Scotia cannot be reconciled to the Do
mlmon connection into which she was swindled.
In view OF the elections to be held for members
of the Federal Parliament, the Halifax Citizen
says:
1t is to the party now in power, be it remem-
oeaeu, ~. 'ho 4 we IN N1va ocotia owe ~, Una. we
were Eve wears aeo. These men robbed NJ of
our liberties, stole from us our constitution by q
mean stealthy man@uvre, executed at dead OF
their consent Sir nbnp du n"ra,d r,a;d
the price, and DR. Upper accepted it. of the
destruction of the constitutional freedom which
ouI Peopie py Iorinel struggies had secured,
ber;taoe thew nossessad to hand down 10 the;v
children and to all posterity. The men we
shall have to deal with at the coming Dominion
hpad are ny sfo @ nen wnJ nasg so
will for our people to pronounce upon thei,
conduct, and deal with them accordingly.
We also find in the Citizen the following
item.
PREPARING FOR THE INEvITABLE.-It is sait
ms;Ss 1na. Ir gonh McDSnaiu ~, VIII acceps Tn
Dominion. the ACT constitIitino which will h,
passed during the approaching session. Hon
Mr: CampDell, Col. Gray, and other prominent
R1iT1Eans' T:Tl' WIN pe appolntsu 9uages IneTeo1
ernor of Manitoba
The merchants of Montreal have recently
given dinner to the Hon. Mr. Mitchell Of
New Brunswick the Dominion Minister OF
Marine. The President, Mr.. Workman said
''Under monarchical institutions Canada might
rise to position equal to that which Greai
Britain occupied to-day" Mr.. Mitchell in re
+. ply said montreal was the first city ON th,
continent" He intimated that the govern
ment had policy in regard to enlarging the
canals ord daonan;n, +ho g. Iou,ro,.oo ~,
o ~ 80
would soon be made known, and which ne
thought would be satisfactory.
| The ponulation of Prince Edwards Island
.-.:r =. ~, -. =. -,
accorulng 10 'he census just compieeed is "a,
OIL. The increase in the last ten ten years ha
been about 16 per cent. There are "A inhabit
ants to the square mile. The excess of male
is 221. The Island has 176 fishing establish
ments, and ,t6 fishermen. The chief product
are wheat, oats and potatoes.