New-York tribune., 1873-05-09

one OF the best paying railways In the country was IN
trusted h such its rivals IN business Woud
send U into bankruptcy In five years III the Erie Oana
"A moderately well managed. and Its tolls adjusted
merely maintain II In the highest state oi eeiehcy'
and an economical system OF steam toWsxv s lntlo-
duced the Immediate diversion OF trade VIII Do tempo
rariy averted. - ....., 10 ,,,o ,,o
the maintenance OF the lateral canals, ana DO lVnse
allow them remain tax upon the So,no e onargc @
state Three wears hence, the Welland tanal onMk
renf w he comueted and vessels OF 1000 tons VIII DO
able To come from the extremity Oh lhe laAos p
and Dnmlh ana disdnartp cost NJ transportation TO
NoW-YOrk II will thur be seen that Tue hIlo C, % :, =
rs enlargement 70 Bunalo wne ,rado ade 20 York
City can longer he used as competitor VI 'Do '"'
dian route to Montreal IA NOT
only cheapness but rapdity and certainty Oh 1eiFyi yi
The canal boat moved by horsos cannot eAGeou ce
OF one and half miles hour, and with sean t"Ico
that velocity. The large pr0peer5 on lUnH anoed
freight for wonis per ton per e' NV Will ier and
OF ten miles hour the lake, elgnL on te In
three the canals, exclusive OF tle tIno ootspo p s
passing the iocks. each OF which may 9s ~ 9a0
equal TO q mile OF extra distance. win shps vi i,-OO
tons from the middle Of the C0ntlnen3 on Lake
and only I8O miles from tide water at m % to
larged Ere Canal from Oswego VIII harhy De aplo ~
cessfllly compete. ship canal from Os"egO 70 lIu
Hudson by which such ships could go 70 hew No \,
becomes Indispensable. The other project " ~ CONVEY
s1cb shIns frnm tbe ST. Lawrence River, ten miles west
Of Montreal 10 Lake Champlain by snip Gsha Va 90 90
miles nd no locks and from tho Lake 10 the hudson Oy
a similar canal with a few locks, and thence Dy a
slack water navigation TO tide water on inc hG4son al
hermit of over OC0 tons cargo come from the
center the and discharge INTO ocean eSSe9
without breakinQ bulk until they reach YORK.
The jntroduetou Of steam, efficient management, ana
low tolls Will enable the Erie Canai TO increase ltS
pacy from Buffalo for through Ireigh ana carry ent
altogether OF 100000 tons per annum. Inc Mendnii
Canal as now built, Il capable "a carrying an equai
amount say IOOOOOO tons and If considerable portion
this is delivered at Oswego 1t viii increase the ca
paoty OF Erie by lOO000 tons Three years hence tns
Wellnd Canal will be enlarged and VIII then be aOle 10
carry 100000 to 20OO00cO tons II snip cana
meanwhile Is quit from Oswe9o to the Hudson IL Wouu
be able TO convey from 100000 TO 100000 tons Ia ad
dtiOn 10 is present business. The railways as now
built have carried from the basin OF the lakes 10 tde
water 100000 tons and may DC rHesed 70 ETc nnd
Champain route viii be almost unlimited IN capacity
and may DO considered as equal to from lOOOOyQ 70 ~
OOOOOO tons The kanawha Canal N Dnlt upon us pres
ent dimensions would be equal TO 2OOO ana property
enlarged TO 100000
NewYOr, depot for the manufacturing, mining,
and commercial population OF tho Northern Atlantic
seaboard consuming twice as much Of such articles as
are exported ndtherefOre the great entrepOt IS nat
uraly at New-York. But when we consider that the
Western products are now delivered on Lake ontario
so as 10 compete with the Eric Canal at Buffalo, (and
soon TO be delivered considerably cheaperJ and that
there only 100 miles OF river navigation 10 tdo water
lat NontreaD we will also begin 10 realize that i'm
Uroyrments 0f the Erie Canal from Buffao TO
NewYOrk at least the diversion OF the exporting portion
OF the products of the west Inus the western pCtiOn
sion by the OF Oswego and DOtn the western
and middle portions will oppose diversion TO the Chaih
plain route while the citizens Of NewYOrk viii favor
any and all lines which Will bring trade TO thelr Guy
The case in hand Is, however, not alone OF municipal
considerations but affects very deep interests IN te
STATE and IN the nation. The Federal Government, as
the cOnseryatOr VI the interests OF all our people,
called upon the present enormous diversion
OF trade into the Canadian markets. NOT oy arDlIaIy
power or custom duties which would lnJure the inter
ets OF vast portion ot the Republic at the West, Dul
by aiding (as In the Pacific RaliwayD commefclal en-
terprise give cheaper channels OF transport ana DOT
markets. Whether this snau DO done ny tle Pres
dents proposed new wafer route from the ONO south
eastward or by the kanawha Canal 20 NOrtOlk, or tl
the and citizens Ot NewNOrk refuse| Dy the LAKE
Champin OF Oswego ship Canal routes remains 70 u
dclcrIulUed.