, 1874-12-07
A NEW GRAlM-WAY.


EHkcihE Dt5p1ffA ia 1he Eht1dQt irt0HHf,
RICHMOND, W., Deu. A.-Yho most interesting
Thing In the proceedings oi tho Convention WAS
tho roatling Of paper by 1tr. D. ?. Dobnns.' of
Buffalo, on tho reform In transportation prneti-
chilly mato by tho New York l. Err Canal. Az y
n,attor Of general interest to tho pooplo OF tho
Wost, glye tho papor in full
HtdnNotp, w., Dec. 1, 1874.
7' 3n. ~ Gi"sTa " a SssI Gs, 'eeu.ca by tic Board Of
aid % rapid sra,lsioftation Situated tho oty Of 1!ai
s ; 4 y af hs ass s liz Iii e!s % %
cheap transportation. md having hnd ,. nailoas
eastnsra enSn ,Sas a1a os 2s's
eyo q "ay 9 oi es nt intefes sos' e
ho nesn of t9 n a 10 xaM o
tuco from Chicago and ohes Western laltc rariGs.
@ hs si1 sas s1 hse1 t. "a son Eash og a
short o since our lake yeasels woro % I%ss ~, 81 Sia n
ts .sssoa rag saro 3 oi in1 s5g eu'g sn tr ffo
Chicago ta nudalo m from eght 10 II, aaSr.
Nov hSSG larEo stssm hafec saFFyn ,tDn from
,noso hsn tito steamer and ,''nk! tho trp y tso,
sossos sas sSn 10 to il ccnts psr b,'nle Tho rate
q s acr aaa @ tug f IL o axn gf crsess sss
nuss, % f %rs rtduo sra W. IL rsu Il eh nd
MI of ha hy t.r introduction Of Hica witain tho last
throo or four yours. And now son1os
Tho enormous aud raid ntroaas in tho amount OF
rain ami produce 1ortntnt to tho seabor ftnn! tha
eisni Gana % .ad tosts as ten a,assa, pd worAsa "
orao n'nls power 70 DO the wr md ,, nsr s|a cAcf c
% NV York believing er eahas greater
capac,ty tIan WA Developed by tho antn.s. rps%sr
zS q 9s tS r sny
t!au aama, Oh ealals Of tho State Thia brought out
eucozssrpn ASH rcoxosucA1 INTRODUCTION or
by william, Baxter and sihats. and to-day " hayo
uAikk kHfnr HIN
aa S isasoa sst aad sa,es @ f. ,s,',5s Tho
gontlumeu Of tho Convention tna tneso nt5ter stes
ssy Y !s,s IL y hs and so
sSn's pr mS }s for s ,,sf soas ~
Il Sarer. a~aS a m ''si 10 sxse Aea'o freight :
10 censs per buefel iicra Is cheap ind rarid trans
porasion IN aetnl operation, md now that asam hos
proved autcpsa tho Lteihlare Will most osstfedly
tvo or tbsco cents on tho ia,.hcl u wheat, will bot
ssra aa sasss .ns eaaa Ion ill.,
away With The uboiess md easily wcGh.loehs nnd "
. doing enable stenmsrs to increase ther hpsea wi:a
has Eli a9 %'as SoS iss within TIT sa ss. d
iss Il rse Sss ssq Il RI Saa ~ '''"'
| rhe capacity Of a canal IL determined by tho
3r he number ot boatu that can bo locked ln g1yen
lock IN from three to hyc minutes. Ihls wond an"
Tho ra1gago Of nearly 400 boats day. ab tho LOCKS
ara Iii doahlo on the Eric Canal and mike Il possible
for tic arrival Of lu steam caualboass deily III No.
carry. When ran the New ;, York Contra. w w
dsGser S A' zco trains Il sars loadcd With grain
III Ncw York; Four hundred boata ean carfy ~ Mpom on
pissl s I Of poxsS; ss u aseopa e s?
Canal by tho general nroduetfoi, q sfsam ad "tta
no other c7penso to the State OF New York than tho
hrr4
ION Of c caai und giving tho boass tho 'ega! depsA
of teet Of water 70 t,c,,,cu mr.
boats fnrish thcss facilities. na they hold tho grain
until eold, nnd
for foreign export, thus ssvng e eost Of storage sn
eztra Irantfer and doing s,say With shs nssssss
;adns rs s spts Srsn ~ Nae ssppsa T. n
there wero about c1 900 bushels Of grain recelved
III Dufalo. $500 o60 Of which woro shiprcd Gust ou
to t haaaio @ a i,avc repeatedly landed 3.Ooooo bush
els Of grain per day. SO tho great asaa ana GEo caas
route aro on The eyo Of ,n
choan md rapd transportation an:t now eaY TO- yna
gentlemen, who hsva escn eayoeatig o.ner %s'Ss
and you. tot. will secure cheap aud fap'o
ton. 80
{signea> D. r. DonB'Ks.
Notwithstanding tho tremendous defeat o.
Tom Scott ycetordny, Toxaa delegate this mora
ing introduced another resolution IN behalf 0
H.tbBidizing tho Southern pacli1c. do!eBat
from lIinQ15 lnhllNtI9 lu0fEu " 4HJ tuo 1Eaul1s
tiou on the tnblo. Ii was accordingly tabled b.
nu almost unanimous vote.
THE COMMITTEE ON nEsoLUI1oSB
. made a final report. Tho resolution nlay be s'1m
1Dii1 FirsNA a ] decentralization OF; tho four grea
water routes recommended by tho Senate Com
!, nitsec, and tho uonnepln Canal.
t sccond-That metallic currency is tho result
I not the CAUSE, OF commercial prosperity, M
that this laAt iB to be bruuEht about BY choa
Transportation, inlaud and ocennc. Thon y
r shall hayo apeelo payments, md paper will dill
!. IAird-That this is nlso tho only true mems I
I protccticu OF domestic fabrcs aud that hig
n tarilIs aro naturally productive OF ssrilo mn
!. bitterness. .-.
(, Fourih--That tho shipping BhoVd bo rebn'
rectod.
!. provide against certain railway nbnscs, about
10 recommended by tho Window Committee.
l. Si1ih-That Government ought to construct
railway for froights betwcon tho graln.Krow!n
ro Of tho Mss and noSosons oe Asnu o te na
q form. In It tAoro IL d great deal Of gooa nehs
n showing TINT tho Convention hnd loarI,ea hnn,
,B thing by tho dobatoa Of yesterday and last nigh
n Uttloy, OF Illinois. and Alr. Potter. Of Iowa.
n oLosiSa PROCEEDINGS.
10 A resolution, introduced by Dir. Dore. =.
Ii Illinois, asking for reduction OF tniis Oh u
ID Eric Canal, and at:gost!ng oomm.toe ',
r. r. turo OF New York, wns carried by an n!me
to unanimous vote. -..
4. Mr. Vernon, Of Canada, maao aomo renar
in on transportation in general, but though :h
"a were rood, no reBu1t was accomplished thureb]
he at 10 o'clock tho Conyention adjourned ii
ro die, tho victim OF cold water and the champ
80 of s the ragEg catnwl."
q Tho flnal funeral corofnony wna . papor
steamship subsidies. written BY 6hcalabarEor
n. suppoHo. and Higuod by John Roach.
nj ThorD mover hns boon finer hnsco than th
m [Yo The Il ySocattd I,rtss.l
r1 n,1 RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 4-In tho Chenr Yra'
ri portation Convention to-daY, all tue aub6titu
,"t for the report Of tho Committee on Water Nou
~ wore withdrawn, and Col. H. q. Uobell. OF
~ ~ ginia, offered nj a compromise resoluti
~, ~ recpsnizng ip addition to the lnes OF tsenHp'
~ tn.on recommended by tho United StatcH Som
~ Committee on YrA.,Bportation,, tho pronot
.ls Rock Island Il 1Ionnopin Canal In !llloia. G
,ni nh nee.!ng tho MisHssppi with the Illinois III
ar and Cuual, aud tho ctaiu OF water-ways to
n M. senboard III project Of great merit, aud urs
upon ConEreaH tito Necessity of spoody conatr
rs ton of the work. This resolution WAS "na
~, ~ THO resolutions by Col Frobol, of doosg
~ showing tho necessity OF chaap transportation