, 1874-12-05
n NAH8 NltfHalN-EEra1
The Richmond Conven-
tion Has Searched
Many Days
FOR Ono.
What They Have Found Is
Not Sufficient for
the Purpose.
But a Practical Plan Has Been
Furnished by Mr.
Dobbins.
Steam Transportation on the
Lakes and the Erie
tuilttls
Honort Of the Committee on Res
oIMions---Tho Window
Scheme hl-
proved.
Metal Currency the Result,
Not the Cause, Of Com
mercial Prosperity.
high Tariffs Naturally Produce Strife
and Bitterness.
Our Shipping Should Be ResurrectcG---
The Government Should Build
a Freight Railway.
Metal Currency the Result,
lIot the Cause, Of COM
mercial Prosperity.
Uigh Tariffs Naturally Produce Strife
and Bitterness.
Our Shipping Should Be ResurrectcG.--
The Government Should Build
Freight Railway.


Thing iu tho proceedings OF the Convention was
the reading Of paper by Mr. o. ?. pobbins. Of
Buffalo, on tho reform III transportation psacsi~
callJ mado BIZ tho Now York & Erie Canal. As
Matter Of ge:'c:al ut,.;cs: to t,a pooplu Of tho
West, give tho paper III full:
N1cf1Mrsr, w., Dec. i, 1874.
haS e. aea 40 ars, csunea tim par Of
Trae af :At C.sy cI BuIalo, ii. H. 10 su-a.u cAeHi
sud -ap!l 'rs,. or4rtion. sua;e til" CITY d: DHf
falo t., ut Tx act oi tv Riths ctun Of lakes, anu Ut
tho head cf e great Elio Cuia that great pioneer Of
cl.e+p tr:l'.portatioa. u,!d 1ayng ha.i millions
eIstwara ana eo!ns westward. we ci.!nt Auno knuw:-
edge Of orIaio: IL nry hc Of Ho!o ncrcat to
eaaase IN lstng worked il tho T..pora:ion II pro-
duco from Chicago and other Western !ake ports.
trs1*a ;Is az gff;s s; t. ns n s4S hs1 S ill., H.
short s:c since our lsko ic-s sel were mostly sl
s.sl ysssss, :assy largo of from 1o,aou sy1 1ua
CAicngo to Dnselo iii from cEnt to ten days.
kuw No Aayo largo stran barge, carrying from
10000 10 so,uto psal,c1s. nue to~;ng ! eonsort
more Than the senner, s ad .as tho rip II in From
or 10 ~ ys ar u IT, y K ra Is ia 'b o iss9s rf
per blshci un wheat. HcEo have gge.t i,icrcaEe
II! Of thss by tAu in.rouncon stca within tho lust
ulrso Or four year-. And now comes
Til. EEL. c,sAa,
TIM enormous anu ra ID thsrcAse in the NfM,unt Of
grain aid roduro movement - tile aehusd .fc,a ta
sce2t NeAt Lso1SlIt oas 1na s:lcapac!y e thu Ella
Canal, md Eoats u7 tueu managed, oHd Worried by
hsrso 1nrio power, tD do the *ur, Ed o:hur quicker
s:.d ehcaleS toll.cs wcrc Auught tut. Tns S"to Of
ps an Ws vsoyea ass ~ To nua
ouereo prize tlc0D10 10. Tie ncas successful
% o q s. or ri; s S 6at
ElccE5sFu1 AND ECONOMICAL INTRODUCTION OF
s1EAG
b; William Daxtar and others, aud to-day we havo
hne hue Ct tweisc naster steauers o ~ Erie Canal
gentlemen ot thu Couveuu.l tint scss D,xter steam
sra have reps .te!ly e lie trip from aal" TO NV
Sof IL h a H. H. y' Us att ,s1 sS;syn y ns dss
tat ths r4s OF ~ ssnsa per ia TOR s:cn.powsr u
eower. saa in,t o0si liz fats eas of fat s as
heen reduced from =. nn 15 c:ts rer h,alel 70 nnl
puftson il aetual operation, md aow hut steal bus
proved srcee=a the LesElAtrs Will ,oss Gasu,e:dly
REDrcE THE IotLs
kHo thrto ceAts on the nshv Ut wheat, will bot
eoIn oat tho eanal to Or fecs uf sater lop OF the
Lacral. rse e:s c"nn1. trout til" lna!u trunk esl do
10 toing euuble ntGautrlh to est.su tneir srea vita
lie saIlo rnwcr, 11t srhnsl wi:at tlo 1aaio to
T tss x2;1 iii SHs is ass + Psoo oh
ego by wates ,.Ed Sly Su Transportation ut about
che cauavity Of u rnnal IL determined by tho
TINE nF ItuCkAti1:
Or tho number Ut boats tlat Ian Do lockea III given
iorE in f,oni tNrse 10 NV .sAn.ts TITS wea.A alaw
the ~. sugo Of nearly t0o beats Per day. aa tho locks
r t. s srlsa Of M is5 s;t ds IN Se%
Yurk, cath lo.sl With gam, and earh bsaE carrying
~ many shtis 1z wes tSasn ,, 2, s.Aa; sa.S 81 e
acyer acs trs:ns :. sszs ,, lossea M With gss:n,
Ru5uoGo L,s,ls of whea:, wucl, in weight 4 W uoo
ons. AL this u poka.o'u 10 acconpltsh on tho Erte
By s e III ss y 4 %ex ss Es ia naa @ s
cost of clcg out tho debris accFot.on ut tho bo
t .: te caral. aud gslIg te bouts tho legal to.sh
Of feet nf wafer tu navigate n.
Nbw Yora is without great terminal Facilities. Ollr
tcats furnish thceo facilities. they ho'l ls Grln
pr1,vxs DIRECT MIRO THE sn.7
for foreign cslort THUS Swing tho coEI q storage en
az extsa lrantfes. ad doing away WITH sso n.tG;s:ly
f. gan s e ladu II NV YORK; ii M
thegs aont 20 coo ouo bushels Of rna received
tho Eric Uai. suna!o lies already elevator cnIac:t3
to hando nnd have secateli lily handled 5000 ooo 9al!
els u Gra!n per day. SO tho great akus '1 Etlo Cana
routo ara OH .hu eva Of
cAn1tY4Sa Off THE pA1M ron
ehcnp md rapid transportation aud now saY to yon
routes, tmproyh TURN and Introduce storm tcncrally
md % =, NIL! secure cheap aud 1al Id tr-u.porsa'
(stgnsd) D,p. porprsA.
Notwithstanding tho tremendous defoat ol
Tom Scott yettorday. n Texaa delegate this morn
Ing Introduced atoshor resolution in bohalf ol
tubsd z ng the Southern Paclilo. 4 delegate
tlo,i on tbu tuulu. IL "e5 accordingly tAblca b.
N alulost unanimous vote.
THE COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
made final report The resolution may BIT sum
married. HI embracing;
FirSt-A accommodation of tie four groa
uatsr routes recommended by tl.o Senate Com
mttoc aud the Honnepin Canal.
GecoAd-That n metallic currency IL tho ropult
pot the cause, OF commercial prosDcrity, eilt
tEat this Inst is to be brought about by Chou,
transportation. inland md ucent,4c Tlieu vi
shaIl hayo specie payments, mud papos will dis
appear.
lhi, d-Tl,at this In also tho only truo means o
protecl.en Of du1nohtio fabrlcs, aud that Aipl
lnrstrs ayo naturally Moduutlyo OF strife ant
bitterness.
FourM-That tho shipping should 10 rosur
roctcd.
Fyth--Tho lnwH of thu Staten nhon!d o1prossl,
providu ayainnt cortain railway nbusoH. abous Al
Recommended by tho Windom Committee.
Sixtls-IAat doya1n,n6nt ought to construct
galway for frotsllta Lotwaoa tho gra1u.grnwia.
regions of tho West aud tho At'anlic scaboard.
Ihoke ate tho maiu propositions nf the plat
form. III 1t there s n groRt deal Of Good uo'asu
showing that the Convention Ind learned sans
Thing BY tha debatoh OF yosttrday And laat night
l.hs must b. credited to Messrs. Dure au'
kfttey, Of Illinois, and r1r. Potter, Of Iowa.
CLOSING 1LocLEnISaH.
4 tVtolutipu, introduced by Mr.. Doro, Q