The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-11-02
NLAqARA FAILS SHLP CANAL.

buque, has adopted and forwarded to the
President Of the United States, the follow
ing preamble and resolutions in regard to
the pressing necessity of ship canal
around the Falls Of Niagara:
To His Exceleucy the President Of the United States
The Dubuque Board Of Trade of the CITY and county
Of Dubuque, in the State of Iowa, would present for
the consideration Of His Excelency the President of
the United States, the following preamble and resolu
lions:
WHEREAS, The unprecedented settlement and devel
opmcHt OF the northwestern States and the conse
Quent Increase of their agricultural manufacturing and
commercial products, together with the exorbitant
charges for transportation from thence the Atlantic
seaboard exaced by railroad and other means of con-
yeyance, have rendered a cheaper and permanently
competing system Of transit imperative necessty
The mere increase in nunbtr capacity of these
Of trade existing viii not and cannot, by
auv possibility obyate the difficulty or meet that ne
ceastv. Nothing but uninterrupted and competing
line OF transportation OF large capacity, which
be obstruoted mOnopoiZed, bought up or consod-
ated with other systems, and which viii be free to
al, that demand relieve the people of the
country from the oppressive burthens and eXacti0ns
under which they now labor. This object only be
secured by the Inauguration Of continuous steam navi
cation from the valley Of the Mississippi the Attain
tic ocean, by the waY Of the northern lakes Niagara
falls, Lake Ontario, river St Lawrence Lake Cham
plain and Hudson river. But this route cannot be
made available the demands and necessities of COM
mcrce, except by the removal Of the Instructions in
The channel thereof and especially that barrier exist
irg at Niagara falls and
WHEREAS, The removal Of those obstructons and
the general supervision of navigation, Western riv
and lakes have from :he earliest period Of our
country been recognized and undertaken by the gen.
cral government as national measures. The improve
Of the rapids and removal of other DISTINCTIONS
Of the Mississippi and other Western rivers-the con
structi0n of the route from the valley of the
Mississippi to Lake Michigan by the way of the Wis
consin and Fox rvers-the canals the foot of and
across Keweenaw Point, in Lake Superior-aso at
Green Bay in Lake Nchgan-the improvements Of
the ST. Clair fats at the outlet Of Lake Huron-the /
establishment of lighters, bu0ys, signal stations and
lighthouses along the reefs coast lines islands and
harburs of the lakes the improvement Of harbors and
establishment Of custom houses and other public
works Of equal utility and Importance along the great
navigabc channels Of the continent by the gen
eral government, establish beyond all doubt contro
Yersy this proposition. Therefore,
Be II yes5eed p this Board of Trade, that His Ex-
cellency, the President Of the United States, be
pectfuly requested to recommend in his next annual
message that Congress make appropriation adopt
such other measures es saa or may be necessary to
the speedy construction of ship canal Of large
capacity around the fail Of Niagara, the American
side thereof.
Reso7rsl That duly authenticated copy Of this pre-
ambe and resolutions be transmitted the President.
Reso2ucl, That in view Of the imperative demands /
and necessities Of the agricultural, manufacturing,
commercial and other vital interests of the whole
country and especially of the West, for greater
aGd cheaper means ana fdelfiCS Tor transportation
the great agricultural States of the West and
Northwest and the Atlantic sea5oard, also of the
natoua! character Of the proposed snip canal Boards
Of Trades and other CONNIE rcial organizations, and
the people in popular assemblies throughout the coUn
tv be requested adopt and forward the President
similar resolutions.
Risolrsd, That the newspaper press throughout the
country representing those great and important inter
este and advocating such additional and cheaper
and facilities for transportation, be earnestly
requested publish these resolutions, and unite in
the foregoing request the President, also 70 ad
vocate that Congress adopt such and render
such encouragement and assistance 10 the enterprise
shall secure the speedy construction of the work.
On motion resolved that the newspapers Of the city
be requested to publish these proceedings
/. P. WEArHERBy, Secretary.
The endorsement of such paper by the
communities on Lake Superior, and along
tho line of the Northern Pacific Railway, is /
matter of course, but by no means a mere
matter Of form. II there is one thing need /
ed by the West more than another it is
ship canal around Niagara falls: and we
mean all that the term can be made to i'm
ply-not merely shallow, narrow passage
for second rate Fropellers, and sailing yes
sells Of small size and light burden, but a
canal broad and deep, fit for ships Of the
heaviest tonnage.
With this once constructed, and a cores
ponding Improvement effected in the St. /
Clair river and at the Sault, the tremen-
dous pressure Of wheat and other eastward |
bound freight, on the existing transporta-
ton facilities, could be relieved by large
reinforcements from the seagoing fleet.
The nation at large owes this assistance
to the great west, and that the entire west
calls for it. is sufficiently proved by the fact
that Dubuque, representative western
city, notwithstanding a position on the Mis-
sissippi river, which some have supposed
inimical to the route by way Of the Lakes
and the St. Lawrence, earnestly demands
Of the nation through its magistrate aud
congress, this great Improvement of the
Northern route to the ocean. 1t Is to be
hoped that no petty local interest of the
East viii be suffered to stand in the way OF
al enterprise SO urgently demanded by the
interests Of the west, and of the National
Future.
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