, 1873-06-23
THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.
Business Mon Joining 1aanas with
tho Eurnlcrs and producors.~A Gov.
crnlnc1lt Road EnvOreds

crnm cnt Ieoad Favored.
Front he Nt1o 1'ork Tribune Juns 3D.
An ad j0urned meeting of tho business mon i'll
terested in the solution OF the railroad trauepor-
tation problem WAS held yesterday afternoon ut
tho Importers aud Grocors' Doard Of Trade at
Wal and Pearl atreeta. The object Of the meet
Ing was to promote tho organization Of an asso-
oiation representing buaineBa interests which
would bo an active and influential auxiliary TO
the American Choap Transportation AHaoeiation
organized BY the produeers Convention at the
Astor House in May. In statcmont entitled
tho Commercial 1nteroats Of Now York as Re-
lated to Our System of.Transportation" Of. the pro-
motors Of the organization Say:
"1n pursuance Of tho spirit Of tho Producers
request, it is proposed to organize in this city an
auxiliary association from among tho aubstan-
tial merchants, who represent 30 largo portion
Of tile commerce of the nation. When We rotlcct
upon tho immense BUNS paid by our merchants
and thoir customers for transportation, and how
inHeparab{y our business interests aro linked
with this question, 1t is q matter OF wonder TINT
business mon haye not before formed TN associa-
tion to protect tlloir interests against tho COM
pactly organized combinations which the rail-
ways haEe made, In ordor that they might dictate
| tormB to shippers aud receivers OF freight.
"T Tho question Of what projects will bo under
| tnken ia Of great interoat to every merchant,
manufacturer, or real entate owner in this city.
ae n i asHa pso tho b1eSis e 9 ~
Rivor, thus obtaining, an outlet via New Or
loana; Congressional excursion party is now
inspecting this route. undor tho arspices Of the
City Of st; Louis. A convention of Governors
advisability Of cannl through Georgia to tho
port OF Brunswick or Savannah. Tic middle
section Of tho Western Btatos are advocating .
canal through virginia, uniting tho waters Of
| west ia pushing a System Of improvement.
prominent among which aro the Michigan Ship
| Canal and canal around Niagara Falls. The
project Of now canal through our own State,
Hudson, was put forward In our last Leg'sa-
turo, but as it had not been sufficiently studied
and considerod. was postponed until noxt
session. all the aforementioned HohomoH
e5S csasaa Is il Ss'' PURSUANCE 9sy on Of paper Sss a@
passed by tho fast Dominion Parliament,
il at work enlarging the Woand Canal which, as
aoon completed, will undoubtedly add largely to
diverted from Now York. ALI Of tho above con-
template transportation by canal, but thore aro
many practical and shrewd mon who think that
the relief wo seek must como from developing
"AB ut prosont conducted, freight s carried
over passenger roads, aud all our calculations Of
tho capacity Of railways FOR freight purposes and
| the cost Of such transportation have beon baaod
upon tho result Of such mixed traffic. Whom We
reflect TINT freight trains arc obliged to keep
| out OF tho way OF passenger trains, aud under
favorable conditions cannot run moro than ono
quarter Of the timo, wo can SEQ under
fk~A 7frNN Nj q EfrA
Mnns h, trani< roa5 aro1ro,.a, "sn tra;,,,,t
ad oa1 IN io;d down ~ rhioooo raio,tat;
I"n,o from Nav Yorlt n ehant thrSa daua
sn,;I IL ~ ornra1a a. nrooant ;a ohnnt tan da1u
~ soSing ~ ;tar"at aInna ,1non IA ;n1na1as
aluo ~ n6oda cnmatont,v In transit tVonId IN -
NV vaars rn Yar tovnrl navfrr tia cost ~ nm.
atmstine n @ sSnoh road to sy aotlne @ Of tho % eav-
Ing in tue expense, estimated by good judges at
ccrtainties. and oxpenso Of tho presont aystem
wnrn thI,e uodif,ed. Now York merobants conid
incrasso tbnir huainess relations with tho Want
tn M almost unlimited extont: Western mor-
cbonts could carry emallor stocks and do busi-
nosa unon 1oas capital, aud. indeed such roat
would be- 1nancial gafety-yalyo to tho whole
country, because grain and other produce
could 'bo forwarded to the East at al
oipal Western shipping ports during the
Winter az It now docs, tying up vast amounts Of
capital which, II liberated, could bo kept ID mo-
tion. supplying tic Woat with tie manufacturers
Of tic East, and tho East with tho produce Of
the West.
"No matter how much NO improve and in
creaae our facilitios for canal transportation,