Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-09-19

now STEAMERS having a draught OF twenty
four feet or more can be brought TO the city
onavs AT low water. The wharf accommo-
dation. including the new docks between
Mill street and Hochelaga. measures about
seven miles. good portion OF which Is
in tventv-four feet depth OF water
Bv admirable engineering skill the trafhc
If the Lachine Canal. the railroads and the
river will be conferred in and about these
new basins so as TO render transhipment
from cars to boat or ship, or rice rerSd, per
fectly simple and expeditions. Taken alto
gether, the present and prospective shipping
facilities at this port are exasperat.ng 10 the
feelings of a New Yorker who reflects upon
the crowded and filthy wooden piers that
disfgure the natural magnificent water
front Of his native metropolis. Here Is a
population less than that Of one Stable
ward in New York, enjoying the possession
of Substantial stone docks, equal almost 70
the entire pier space of West and South
streets, and with river double the Wlath
Of the Hudson, for the accommodation Oh
commerce rivalling that Of Liverpool
True. the commerce Is not formidable a
vet. but what can prevent 1t IRON becoming
50 when the lake steamers ind the passage
open to them all the way to the berths oil
the seagoing vessels, whose cargoes theY
will furnish? As large vessels can carry
freight profitably at less rates than smaller
craft. one need not put on strcng speetaeles
in order to see that. until corresponding Ia
cilities are afforded the finer class OF lake
craft for going TO New York direct, heavy
percentage of cereal produce will graVltale
oceanward and 10 New England, VIA Mon
treal.
TIE ADVANTAGES or THE ST. lAWkkNCL ku1 r.
via the Welland Canal, being several, As
compared with any existing means OF trans
portation 10 and from the seaDoaru narAets,
il will require something more powerful
than mere patriotism 10 keep the oIu clah-
nelS crowded TO their iul capacity. Inc
fact that cargOes can be transferred without
breaking bulk from the point OF reception
n the noint of delivery, and that this can
be done cheaper and IN one-hali the time
feven by fast freight rail rOutes) than ~
any other channels Of traffic will necessarily
,recipitatc the impending revolution. mat
The crisis Is coming seems TO be well under
stood hv New York merchants. but a. their
interests have not been represented at Al
banv for many years, while the railroad
lobby mas been diligently AZ work, Inc
chance for diminishing the force OF the dow
Is growing smaller each year. To turn
THE ERIE CANAL
INFO a stream for the passage Of lake steam
err am afraid j. chimelical idea. IL
would necessitate drawhridges by the thou
sand through the thickly peopled route oil
800 miles. and 10 operate these would nour-
ly bring the whole movement OF travel east
ward and westward to Standstlll.
The proposed ship canal from OsWeso 10
the Hudson viii be dIthcult, tedious anu
costly undertaking, and, moreover, cannot
be c1nnleted in time 10 head of the move
,nenr through Canadian waters. The only
feasible solution to the problem lies in tax
inr full advantage Of the Canadian water
routes TO the foot of Lake Champlaln. and
then putting In the connecting link our
selves between the foreign canals and tide
water at Albany.