, 1874-06-30
THE HURON TRENT VALLEY CANAL.

AAc " eaL - u uAVe CAGHFer transportation tf
til" aeabonrd. Not to mention the proposed OIL
largemont Of the Eric Canal, tho competitor
between tho Baltimore t. Ohio aud other rai1
ways, our Dominion friends arc engaged In OIL.
larging tho Wolland and tho St. Lawrence
Cnnals, aud thrco others arc proposed with con.
siderable energy a..d hopes Of ultimate succoss
Theao are tho uuron and Ontario, to promote
the Buccoss of which O. large meeting was held
in Toronto fow days siuco. Tho Ottawa Val.
10y route through Luke Nipissing sloops just
now, but it Inns many and powerful friends.
And now comes the Trent Valley project, foz
which charter has just been granted. with o
capital Of 95,o00,o0o, by tho Dominion Paslia-
meut. The object and route Of the canal il stated
by tho President II. Boyd, Enq.. Of Bob
caygean, aud tho Board Of Directors,
to be ITO open navigation, for barges Of $50
tons, capable Of carrying l5o00 bushels Of grain,
from Georgian Bay to tho River st. Lawrence, by
way Of Lake Slmcoo. Da1aam Lake, Cameron
Lake, Sturgeon Luke, Pigeon Luke, Buokhorn
Lake. Btouey Lake, Clear Lake, Rico Lake, and
the River Tront, to the Bay Of Quinte aud tho
Niyer st. Lawrence. The longth Of tho caual
would be about 200 miles, Of Which 100 aro Iow
navigatod by steamboats,. The saving Of dis
tanco betweon the Straits of Auokiuaw and tho
st. Lawrence, by passing through the proposed
caual.wouid bo about 800 miles," Tho boHt maps
wo 4ave been able to consult do not agreo aB to
this chain Of lakes and water coutsos. somo
represent tho lakoB az virtually all con-
nected with each other, and somo seem to
mark out small rivers or streams as connecting
tnom with each other. but tIoro can ba no
doubt that this ttor Of lakes lies almost In di-
rect liuo between the Georgian Bay aud
the east end Of Luke Ontario. aud appear to pro-
sent d perfectly feasible route for tho proposed
work. The Canadian Government, away buck in
1927, entertained tho idea OF constructing tnis
canal, and though several looks uaro built aud
othor improvements made, 1t was abandoned in
1910. Tho Government will transfer these to
tia now company.
Tue Company claims that the canal, for tho
greater part Of its length lios through akos, tho
cool water Of Which admirably adapts the route
for tho conveyance Of grain. The route IL 30
FREQ from risk-being saltwater navigation all
t4o way from Georgian Bay to tide~wator-that
the INSURANCE would bo almost nominal. It
would bo treo from au danEer Of overflow or
wishing down Of ombuukmeutB, aud tho canal
would bo Of tho most permanent character, boing
a succession Of deop lakes connected by slort
channels having rook-bound shores.
On the cost of transporting grain by this route
tho prospectus Of tho Company aays:
It Ia calcuasul that grain could ba conveyed In largo
ye*aels nnl plopu!ers 1rum uAe4go to Georgian Day
for ceta per uuslel. II would tuero ba
inso canal Earges, aud thsae barBea would THU bo
towel by steau-ugs !n strings vi eix or eiKut, to
Montreal Or New Yurk, Oawcgo or OgdeuBburg, S'ero
they would be lare ulongsus thu Vssatl or
elevator. Tue towaga (anu other expel.scs) through
tho canal IL estimated Ut cents per Uushu auh ino
treal III calculated At cents. Total, u ceets, Tho
construction u the Oaughuawaga Uaual In cun1uuc-
ton with thu Huron Trcnt Valloy OAnal, will give nu
entirely new cA1lu r0nto hetweo New York AMI Lake
Huron, Ald ths establishment Ut regular li,es Of
propcorh hotWron thu c4hal terminus Ut tho mouth p
tho 6uscsn ala Ohcago anu tho laxo ports will inur
steady An1 lerlna1cnt freight t4ril1, and thus
terminate thvse fluctuations tn lAa Of transport
which Aaso 10 greatly retarded thu development of tAu
trata !n geAiu.
It IL claimed that tho whole work can DO COM
pletoa for tho amount named ~ tho cap,tal
stock. viz. S6,0o0,0G0. 4 very moderate toll on
tho trade about oertaiu to pass though tho
canal would, 1t IL calculated, pay q handsome
dividend on ats cost.
It is not our province to urge tho olnlms Of
this or thnt projoot. especially where tue route
lieu onLlrcly through Oanadian torrltory. II
our Dominion noighbors will construct thoir
public works In tho cheapest possible n,annor
for oaah, accept q fa!r or q reciprocal remunora-
tlon fof thalt uas, and manage tham uhszAlly