, 1873-01-23

tllEnNtui nnn bid thom God Bpocu. a b0ttor |
tho Huron md Ontario Ship Canal from
tho Georgian Bay to Toronto. Tho people |
ct tho oities on tho Lower s.. Lawrence fear, as
think without reason, Il tl,ia cnnal Is built, tho
York. Tho otizenu Of tho Valley OF tho Ottawa |
very naturally Insist OH tho improvement Of |
tlolr ,great riyer; impractieable, rs I, think,
for thero would bo sorae 400 milos Of
I 1nistal;e, not u dopth OF only eight foot Of
wntor. Woro it not for theao ronsons, bollovo
The people Of tho Dominion would be unanimous
in fayor Of the speedy construction Of ship
This, confoas, is MI old pot project Of mino,
mud as orc Of yo,1r most far soolng citzons, J.
2. Calhoun, 1ssq., alid His Excolenoy Governor
Carpenter, llnvo cnol recently referred favor
9hly 70 IT, will you permit mo to aad :, short
description Of tllo route md its prospective aIl-
vantages to tho commerce Of our vast and rapid
y developing Northwest. Let iii turn our at
tontion to the
the northeastern part of Lnko Huron, tho truck
Of d vessol is worry direct to tho mouth Of tho
Nottawagaga River. Thonco we havo black
reaches @ Of canal tirough tic sandy @ Shores to
avoid bends IN tho riyor, to point 20 mioH
from Its mouth Tho elevation Of 1870 foot 10
overcome by II looks, with an average lift Of
NIT I iosol of Of Lake sIlncoo, only line miles dis
tant. 10 reach it IL ridge composed OF clay and
gravel must DO cut through ut Ill average dortl1
Of so foot, and 78 foot 1t ita summit. From
Darrlo, on Kcmponfoldt lay there IL lako nayi-
Holland River. Tho rivor Gnl marsh
for 10 Miloa can worry easily DO nlade narlgablo
by steam oxcavatora. Tho roal difficulty md
expensive part Of tho work is hero reaohoil. A
gravel must be cut through ut M average
depth Of 90 feet, and 1o8 foot for half milo 1T
it's summit. 0nco through ths ridge, the limo
follows down the valley Of tue lInmbor %
erago lift Of about Ia feet and total loclage Of
470 loot. OF course, this route Inns about EGO
feet moro lookago than that by the Wclland
CANAL but it Inns adyantagou hereafter to DO
iora6io as tho greaS . highway for fthe
commerce Of tho Northwest. Tho total
distance from tho mouth Of tho No:ta-
wnsaga to TINT Of tho Humber on Lake Huron il
il on tho summit through Laho Simcoo, through
which steuln tugs would taso veasolg in q fow
hours. 1here 10 loss than DO nliloa Of closo
canal navigation on Tho whole route; tho ,othor
parts Of it arc through Lalo sincoo and the
valleys Of tho Nottawasaga, tho Holland, and the
Humber Rvors. Luke Sncoo and its tributnr
RIGS afford an amplo supply Of water to feed the
canal from tile summit in both dircotiona Worry
Like Simeoo, for Tho Nottawasaga Riyor would
supply TINT. This route to lido water is
noi.,e 400 miles nhortor, than tu9s ;. "
nanriy @ i' rs much shortor to Now York BY 0awego
than by Lnke Eric. 1t is rbout 800 miloB
shorter to Liverpool. It will save two days In
tiu.o to tide wator, mud Of course flnclion on
treightg to my tho expenses Of tho extra u Ia 2t9
tho general direction Of the routo ma!seu it tho
host possible for veasea to avail themselves OF
tho southwest Winds OF summer. Dy tho Lake
Eric route tho vossol must baat agalngt thnt Tor
,oS 1,1f1n ffAr 0GaiI1 iHf
Barquo on Lake Huron down tic St. olair
iiyer ver "aa 70 Lake Lake. i Erio. III lie dieu7s u1s
navigation over tho St. Clair Flats, though now
tho track Of tho yeYhel through tho Georgian
BAY aml La1io smcoe would DO through cooler
water than around by Lako l2rio,-au advantage
not to bo Overlooked n transporting grain in
damasea by heating. is thereby proportonatoly
removed. Opou tlis route with q sufficient
capacity 10 pass sosaols Of 1000 tonB burden,
auu. you have II channel Of alnplo limcnsionu to
ocean. You tlleroly reduce the freight brshol
OF corn to II cents, perhaps to 10 cents, to
Montreal, aud to about 90 to Is cents to Liyer-
pool. Dy 90 doinG you give ohoapor broad
millions Of Htoat Britain, and ndl immensely to
t.:o wealth md, therefore, to tho lneans for tho
in!ol!eo:nal a:,a Tho eocial Improvement Of tho
| 3),OO0,00u WHO Gro noon to live botweou Lake
But, h..ya ono,
Of This work ig appalling it can mover DO built.
L,t Iii sco. c3lolicl h[uson and afr, fully, in
1885, ostln,atel tho coat Of tho entiro work ut
less tl.au SCI 100000 Capisalirtn In this cou1,-
hssill it for ;3!1 o0v c0Q This 10 scarcely moro
than our Crodit lIobilier gentry man
ncdr to Ct as Ers,isty S,o 1te RON
| call it utealing-for building railway from the
Missouri River to Salt Lalse. Six conta bualol
navod III fsoishts on the grain ovon now shipped
from Chicago would ,pay for tho canal in less
Erain imported into Great Drisain wonl1 pay for
Tho canal In less tl,au llYo years. II you add tho
| tsavings OIL animal products and morchnndlso
passing oast Hnd wcst, tho whole cost Of Tho int
pro7unlons world TO pa!a for i4 tllroe years, aud
! tho world would thoncelorwarl hayo tho ,,so Of
IL FREQ of charge on its coat forall TIME to COMO
Yho question,
| WHO ARE TO 1luY
tho Brrplus products OF tho Northwest? ia all
lint rorI,ans to be noticed. Dosidou tho people
Of New England who would bo immonnoly hone-
tcd by thlH caua, right across THO Atlantic, aro
nonry 10, 100000 of pooplo IN Great 1'sitnin,
ready to buy and to conBlinlo tint nurplua, and,
with tho products OF tl.ur ntrong arms aud eltil-
full hands, to pay tor NIL wo lGvo to sparo tllom.
England employs l,er energies mainly In coll-
morco and manufactures. Largo seotlons Of tho
country "ro a., devoted TO- parks md pleasure
ly increasing tho erea Of tloEo plcasuro-
grounds GMd thorcby logsoning the gpaca
toyotea to food cnil1ro, II Maa Btatel O
fow yoara, ago that Coatcs, who manufacturer
oothing go: . lin check Tor .c7J,0O5, s330, 900,
for several n,nall fev1na, Which ho intonded 10
Improve aa u uploutiI park. to essential aro
supplies OF food from alroal 10 tho life Of Great
trlcs bordering oil tho I'ac1t mid Baltic Sous,
from which ler cereals AFRO mainly drawn, tint