Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-30


size Of those employed a few years since. 1t has
been found that the cost OF buildins.equIppns anu
running vessels does not increase in the same pro
portion as tue increase in their capacity anu tt'
therefore, the cost Of transport is reduced by IN
creasins the size Of the vessel, whenever there Is
sufficient amount Of trade 10 insure full cargoes.
The best Informed navig gators upon the lake est
mate the cost OF transport in some OF the largest
vessels nov employed at One-fourth less than N the
small vessels. which were formerly exclusively
employed Il the lake trade.
Again, he says. in the same report
IT. comparing the routes through the State oiNew
York with each other, It is necessary TO observe,
that 10y way OF Buffalo and Oswego, iransh pihehl
must be made from iakc uesseis 10 canals boes ane
that the extra Gust o. transport and heavy tot4s
must be G1desto these routes, while by way o. Lax
Champlain 10 New York, and by way o. the d
Lawreneeto Montreal, no transhipment Is req urel
ana the extra cost ~ the movement On the CANA
and @. tle tolls Is very much reduced.
Ii Is obvious that these remarks OF Mr..
McAlpine are those of i sound Judgment.
We be- now to call your attention to MIR.
McAlpne' = Oswego Pamphlet. On page 3,
be- STATES the distance from OswegO 10
Troy AZ 1913 miles amount OF lockage al
6Oy feet all of which, except y miles, l.
taxed canal navigation and on page Z, ne
gives You the II. Lawrence and Champ4alh
route Wa lichelieu River. 1t Will be OBJ
served that the canals on the St Lawrence
are NOT used by Eastern bound boats, ana
that the lucAage On the proposed OAu9nh"-
,yara Canal Is only - feet, against COY ieet
10 set the same supply to Albany or Troy,
and " aen 40 Lake Champlaln the product
Is nearer New England markets than al
Troy AID Albany. IL is apparent that
canals. taxed navigation and lockage, Win
transhipment. must greatly augment the
cost of transport as compared with down
s.ream river and lake navigation
in large Vessels without breaking
bulk. All these considerations are
left ont in the OswegO report, with me
water supply. and both routes are treated
as Of the same character. and tolls anu IN
spr,r,ee are leff out on boch side--see page
T.. Hcal-o. in making up his timetable
saws that be treats the large canal IRON the
- I..,yr,.cs 10 Lake Champlaln as no bet
Ter than bis Oswego canal. with tO9 feet oil
.ockage. and vet he says On the same page
.Ins.lrutinr a comparison, &c., the times
from Chicaro TO New York are practically
the same. except IN case of towing single
barre. when il Is a day longer than by the
Caughnawsga route. In comparing
the feasibility and cheapness oil transport
by these two routes. we must consider That
Mr. NcAlpine admits that 4 canal can De
builr via Lake Cuamplaln 10 accommodate
rs larr. vessels as can economically nayi-
rate Inc great lakes while he also admits
Thar the O-weg1 route cannot permit
canal D., ....l.uuo6ate vessels beyond 5OO
t9u-. ami the necessity Of transhipment al
Oswrrn. and the water supply, quite e.
Stiii-. I'D canal i'i' ,ta-,,,I :,
treiF 't ,!.iAl ", 'l'0 -.
4l"- iI'il W Ii', ~ - ~,
una i' '.'-if. '--. - IN
l-"'' IONS " ''-t " d. - -, "a -. - ~
Vu" n.'-'it.- 90 " 'l'''' II .'-- \ -
."t'- '' t.- pom. '-' ''I -. 60
olt nie-A4i- '"i,- "i'' -~i~ '''
tA- t-.s ". Ne" 4''A .-.f,...--.
Af- 'lHe S' S'-''. :. a..
.ij.'lN '-ae-~ '. vincent III o' 'o"H''S '' 90.
nl-Ht. Ir. '"~' "''''" .ilS'I''' VS.
/ that ii i- We. Ah'"A 'li''' " r.
sci " -i-r.h i+it- NOR lN l''lHU' ol ''ii'
oi -'4i- ."1'f ifei-a' guam -''' '.77,' MA
/ ure- -- i.tla il''iiit' JOY OUT ~ .'- ana
/ hlii i.- 'Ntf i"' s''0- '"- 40 0u"' '.Iu
/ lr1H. aI.i ..e"l i- heavier iA-u ANY o'Ho'
I gram. a--a iar nAlA anu persons pr4eli
ca 'a-l-r- ln me transport "I "He-' Il
/ ~are u~ -lat b ,aual Al1t es propeller e'
iuuH i'i- measurement VIII carry '' Wv
4 bushels % wheat
Arau. Nr McA.puc. u hi- M0nIrea
7 reaIrt. -IA-
reformation. .. ,.,.. ,.......t DAN .bri,,a-
/ r.a.' .I.a. .ae 81 Iawreas. opposite Laca.ue. T
l-ls- Gaming .l... V-- ALLOW Tire large lake 'esse-
/ e4 -r i-s- '''a-e ". ..sl'.- 49, ~
/ la. o.. ..a- b. vas d.. uswe-u 4t twenty
cents l- -e-- Gust sfrH ia- 'a-a-pii.f tiHe
sA..-' a. 90 a--." '-g 80 -
r.-t t g. -se caamp.-a route could asi i.- o. e
Ne.,e-a STATE. and Nee EA-4ala ~ we. d portion
'. Ore De-" ''~ ''-'.-
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sol. wa.a uoaa take tis tla-las~a-4 C-u--. aal
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ias "Hs w" England imam "len 10 A-'An'-
" % nave 81 i'Ii. 'r'e'- N. VI -, pug
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we7 reuar, The route from Whitehall
Wi. ie III -as present Champaign Canal, a..
oi near 81 l.- la" ara d I.s''.'', u.
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