, 1873-08-08

hr""kiaE a d.Ea bulk The -four pork, beof, coal, mud
by moala of tho ratlroatla nc now IN m
fSia9 tho ,ntopor pt eo11.5act'o sm 30 distributed
= loss oxpenBot with lehB Depreciation in value
III transport, antl IN shorter noriol linz, by
9ny Other 1t route. 1 ThH has been provod by tllo
aSss Sp % IF H fraxt St SntfGn r. tSn x II big ds
Now York tho I eon9trtotton Of this work il Of
tic groatest poasblo importaneo. with tho
ol,anplaln oallal % Of ai1ty-sls neH to Troy or
ZANE sane size z, as te oangh"awssa S osa vssses
brenking bulk, t1ischargo at tho port Of Nav
York, md could tLoro load with omi-
From Lake iirIo to, Now York, by 'fs'; tho
81. Lnwrcnce, on tho downwarl voyage,
there would bo 129 mi1oa Of canal, with GGol
toos Of lockngo, against o03 miics of caual With
G99 foot Of lockago by tho Eric Canal: III tho
ono case no transhipl,ont Of cargo in the other
two trannhipments. Tho tino noceasary for tho
voyage, from Lake Eric through tho 'Weliand
Canal to Troy, would bo four days and uinoteon
honre ngainHt ton days by tho Eric Cannl.
tho greater longth Of tho route ani1od via tho st.
Lawrence, ut tho Hamo tino froights can bo
grcnt1y reduced by the employment Of larger
vesaels and the doing awny with transhipmontB
W Whom tho o.tawa aud Lake Huron Canal geta
Into operation, thero will be further saving in dis
ta''co as we'll aa timo for propeors Of tic second
class between Chicago and Now York.
Tho notion that lie ,''5Sai oSamplsin connection
which nccda to be mAdo with these Canadian i'm.
proyemonta, would milltnto against the proanoritv
Q! tho Erie Cannf isnotto bo entertained; for il ID
ceae that ~ , tllat route y far from proving ade
II Now York delays to join hands with her Do
mtnion neiBllbors In thiB matter, the result la
easily forotold, Chicago will aona her grain
laden ships to hlontroa! direct, where olovators
Htana ready to unload the cargoos into tho steam
ers TOR Glasgow aud Liverpool, and whom once tho
ball is III motion fancy that tho captains OF The
iako craft will find no difficulty in procuring
It. 1dToighta to the Wost for tho return voyage.
Tho Now England demand will bo as readily
supplied by landing tho oargoos on tho docks Of
burlington, Vt, whence they will find easy rail
communication to Boston. Or any other point be-
yond tho dreon Mountains. Burlington ,,as
already superseded Albany as lum6or nart
and IT throatens to become most important
port Tor Now England tho moment tho Canadian
canal system shall be perfected Indeed, this:
niand N town win slip into prominence as port.
OF entry tor European tradorB, for Bho will hayoi
eccess to the ocean for q claBs Of tonnage second
only to that which reachos Montreal np tic st..
Lawrence. Possibly, Boston capital is at work
renco to Lake Ohan1plain, for nothing could be-
moro plainly IN tho intoroat Of tho Hub.
II bellooyea the merchants Of New York to
look into this matter, and when they do 30 calnl-
~ tnCJ H4llt 1 taht H. UDEOue convinced that
1t will bo highly bonoilcial for themselves, aB
well of their neighbors, II they proceeded to
secure tue advantages dorivablo from the unit
Ing Of tho Hudson aud Lako Olamp1ain by q
chnnnol adapted to the tonnage tlat will stand
rcady at Whitehall to enter 1t. Tho S9, 600. 900.
Which 1t Ia estimated the Champlain Canal i'm
proyomont will cost, IL tritie to invest for tic
purpose OF increasing traffic aud preventing m
unaccommodated trade from seeking outlets at
now centres.
NEW ENGLAND ISOLATED.
:. Let the work ba done md Now England with
New Drunswick md Nova Scotia, becomes an
island Of magnificent proportions, around whose
shores the shipping Of hundred porta may ply
without obstruction. Now York, Montreal, and
Quebec would Hoon discover substantial In
croase in tho coaBtwiso and inlRnd Tonnage OF
their busy harbors.
1t ia ovon possible that soagoing vosaols of
considerable draught would seek this northern
outlet to tho ocean, thereby avoiding exposure
to the almost perpetual fogs Of the Newfound-
land and Nova Scosin coaata, which arc nll tho
more dangerous for light craft because occurring
over the harrow, crowded pathway OF the Tronch,
English aId German steamers plying to and
from Now York.
Tho merchants OF Montroal, who are foro1nosA
IN all this buHnoss show no wish to divert trado
from its familiar haunts, but there eau bo no
doubt but TINT they willing md ready to look
nftor TINT portion Of tho tonnage from tho West
tint ia denied accoaH to tho market further south.