, 1873-12-15
TRANSPORTATION.

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WASHINGTON, D. c., Dsc. 1a.-TAo meeting called
for this cvp1ilg III tho hall of tho liOe pf fcprGsrut
ayea, to compare viowa tho subject Of rapid anl
cheap transportation, was presided over l,y noprc.cnt
ttIvn punucll, OF Minnesota. Representatives
Clements Of Illinois, a,,t s:oc, Of Missouri. weyo
chosen Secretaries. Fifty Or siSty Representatives.
Tcru present, also annntora Aicnrn md Stevenson.
REPRESENTATIVE Errt1En
.ead the call for tho meeting, which was signed by
aver 100 nombcrs. Tho innetlug, 10 ro narosl,
tus not for thu purpose Of committing any jnuIyttNnt
70 any particular project. ThB East WAS Interested III
his question equally with tic g,0u West md soulh.
Improvement Ut tho natural chaannla waa tho first
question to which thoy should aulsoss themselves.
This would secure tho ona sought 10 greater
degree and at less expense Than any otll=r
prujcct Of .artt0clal lno,ns which enulh
bc devised. Mor Bpcang Of tho vast prolcts of thu
Mississippi Valley, showing tho cxcess Of Western pro-
ducts seeking Eastern and European markets. being III
nn,oun ouctcnth Of thu gruas yiod Of ccrcals,
ho said cso ce1cals wcro transported by thrco grcst
hshol au tno Of transit are a. folows py tho 81.
SsSe es if' yssss cs' ya ns tss
Hudson lsiyer route. 70 cs11ts per l,shcI,
and ifts-cghs days tilnu. by tue Missifsirp from
Tie St. Lawronco mid Hudson routes wcrc irc-ho,'na
lyo nonths out OF the twelvs, whereas tho Asasslppi
s9S sS o o sTs Of s
sipp route, lo desired IL to bc distinctly und.rstood
tint ho lid not an,gan,so It with tho nthor projects.
OF thu Fart St. Phillip Canal o spoia strongly show
Ing s advantages, nut only IL tho Mississippi Valley,
but to tho cllure country.
spokc Of Tic Improvement Of tic james River Il
Kallawa Calaf, whrh wo.,l.l afford tho Great West
III outlet to tho eoa. II would not cost over 100000
or s5uuo 600, sum not larso compared with tho ben
sGtu which would Liverpool l,1U1 miles
nrarer by %ay Of No'o thu ~ ~ Now osoans H.
mcnt rrpjccts cordial support.
REPRESENTATIVE COED,
Of Kansas, said n should like to know II this was not
Icy 10 consider tho interests Of that sectio and not
ths mcrits Of tho James River Kunawla oaual.
.a!d o represented constituency deeply interested In
lilo TRANSPORTATION question. md did not snpposo tho
object waH to agree nnun nny narstsr!ar plan.
said ho renGy 10 co-opcrate with uny. provided
they could carry the!r projects Congress had given
millions tu railroad comanca, anu while ho did not
mako war upon them, ho thought was tho ti,no
for hoso living in tic mississippi Valley to apply to
Congress to give them scls assistance as would do
s @ r. II. # 70 s %s' is oae s Md
removing distractions at the mouth Of That river.
uo hoped toy would ull agrco before they lett Wast-
sugtou upon some plan.
Mr. 1ouoHn1pos
aaid tho West bal power to oltutn redress II Repre-
sentatlyca would but unite Io wished to take In the
wo,i c Of ,atina, @ o,a, rmo edt VAS muhum
lis cuust,,cnta were farmers, un therefore, ,uust
haye an outlet for thelr Burplus prcduco
REPRESENTATIVES, srASAnD
said the facilities for transportation havc not increased
with tho productions. There was not larger number
lis close Of tle Var Tncao railroad lines have ha,
tic monopoly for years especially during lilo winter
,nonths when lake navigation Waa closad Enl river
navigation partly closed, aud charged leir own tce.
nErAEsESrATtsE CLARK
t1anaas, wished 10 olcr resolution ,ccaring Tint tho
Tho mouth Of the Mississippi chcr by the consruc-
ton CT the Fort St. Philip Caual or otherwise,
retent clgineors dee feasible at tho earlieat prac
Improvement.
OTHER r1Ews
'i ~ ,,in men,,crs tn an~ Man 's'e A"" ~
Mr. Stanar.l cxprcsscd tls iups that no resolution
,oul1 hn altered mid rroccrIr fn sow that he nl,
thc Improvement Of tho Miy:lzslppi River,
III. Clark fKuu) said tic time had como when tho
West would demonstrate tha: there is Vest 11s was
favor nf lid 81 Iawrruco route and tto
4fout1o nuI Crrat Western Canal. and hn
fav,r.f thn }mnrovnurut nj Lin harhnr
RI faircston and now ho uaEe bis Eastern frionJs 10
one,, NJ, ha Misiasr,i River 10 tnp ucopo Of tlat
vpay @ ns H. tIcn f oesed @ reaolusoa, a,iued to ii.
rruy After i,rirf tln,alo lin Chair DECLARED IL out
at ofcr also resolution Of Keprcseutatya Fort Of
illinois. nroyitlinY Fer tho a,poiutmeut Of COM
es to s0ss. ,a a s ,asss and
cor,munica,iuu. -
MI Fart sai That he ntl s,lproscI that the meet
Ing was tn nut tnnters in such pane IN would produce
,Wt;tv of uSttou nuI thua seeur. results
nurescnatiye McSuIta Of Illinois, said he had nt-
tcn.lrI l;hrau rransuurtat.ou Co,,teutiop III Mis-.
eonS1 without re;utta md now hs lid Gcen invited
hithcr In lrar nprhrs ntll comtmre yiows 1t struck
him thnt II yvcra lcst
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