Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1873-05-16

vessels of over 600 tons cargo to come from the
centre Of the continent, and discharge into ocean
vessels without breaking bulk until they reach
New York
The time required by these routes, and allowing
for the extra time in locking is eight days between
Chicago and Quebec, or (by Lake Champaign NeW
York and fifteen days by the Ere Sai, s,ecs.
fully introduced. The introduction OF steam en-
Gent management. and low tolls viii ena5Ie t me
Erie canal to increase its capacity from bnlalo lO
through freight, and carry the local tonnage natuf
ally belonging 10 ii, to the extent aitosetgr %
10000 tons per annum. The Nellsnd eainal, ~
now built. is capable Of carrying an equal amount
say i,WOOOO tons, and II a considerable poIil"n Va
this Is delivered at rswego II viii Increase the ca
paeity of the Erie by million oftons. Ihe raiI-
ways, as now built, have carried from the basin oI
the lakes 10 tde-water 40o000 Of tons, ana NAV nc
tracked 10 give them twice the capacity. The Vel
land, st. lawrence and Champaign route Will be
almost unlimited in capacity, and may be consider
ed as equal TO from lG,OO0tO0 to 20OO0loO OF tens
The kanawha Canal, IL built upon its present d.
mansions, would be equal to 100000, and, il prop
erly enlarged, to 5,0OO,OOO Of tons
CAPACITY FOR TRANSPORTATION.
We now have an existing capacity Of transport
between the interior and the Atlantic seab0ardiof
9OOOO tons, and the means OF increasing il to Is
10000 by Improvements, and to 3OO00OOO tons an
nually by constructing lines. These Western
SURPRISES, which the existing channels through the
United States cannot convey. will seek the St Law
renee route and be forwarded 10 our great foreign
fOod-customer Great Britain, and with the loss Of
this trade New OK viii also lose the sale OF the
goods which such Western products will purchase.
We have seen that the present production Of that
great West whose trade belongs to you New York
ers. is now nearly twice great the capacity %
the existing channels Of transport. But il follows
that when such channels are Overcrowded. the
charges for transport are correspondingly increas
ed. At Chicago, Milwaukee and Buffalo, the re-
ceipts and shipments by water from two 10 five
times great as by railway, and at Albany and
New York nearly ten times much. New
York is the depot for the manufacturing. mining,
and commercial population Of the northern Atlantic
seaboard, consuming twice as much Of such articles
as exported and therefore the great entrep0t is
naturally at New York. Il is claimed by the Cana
dian authorities that the food imported from the
West into New England can be delivered by the ST.
Lawrence en- route and the Gulf and coast vessels
cheaper than by the New York canals Whether
this shall be done by the Presidents proposed
water route from the Ohio southeastward or by the
kanawha Canal to Norfolk, OF by the Lake Cham ]
plain or Oswego Ship Canal routes, remains % be |
determined. The Federal Government, the con- /
eryator Of the interests Of all people Is called
lpOn to restrain the present enormous Diversion OF /
rade into the Canadian markets
Mr.. MeAlpine's facts, when the element
IF expense is taken into the account, form
strong argument for the immediate con-
'truetion Of the Caughnawaga Canal