, 1875-10-25

nana. lhke FfHao!s, instead Ut making tho tranH-
for ht tho font nf Lake E1ip will pass on dssoct-
~ through tho Walland Canal, Lake Ontario,
and tho Ut. Lawrence to Montreal, where Just
one translipmeut will, bo .nado into ocean yeB-
gala before tho grain Or other freight departs for
Europe. Il IA cyen thought by somo sauguino
shippers tint it will bs practicable for tie largo
enlarged WelIand Canal to sail Oh ncross tho
OCEAN to 1Averpool; but graat doubts AFRO s1-
pressed BY others w,etner tlloao shallow -kooied,
centrc-boarc vessels Gnu stan d tho wrench and
HtTain Of ocean b1l0ws.
J.. Cnnaliaua roint with confidence to tho
trade OF the c1atipg canal (whcl, affords tacsil-
Ho.s onyl % showing yorr higniticsnt diversion
of trndo 1n their favor. Tho iAtest figures an
abla to obtain btor that tim principal shipments
cast BY tho Wellanl Caual in 1870 and 1871 we're
~ folowa:
Wheat buales.. 12,11s,749 17.h74,05s
Gosn .,els' 22so.ao s.5a,.CSs s
~ 81! sssss *S;s yss ysasi
Timber. cuh1c fcct 2,4a3,9M I,4A,s39
Tho shipments cast from Buffalo by tho Eric
Canal wero, for tho tamo porioa, aa follows:
Wheat hu.hos............,. 10, 7Ss.ala lp.o!x,9le
oat oofn ,.a";a h,.shsa. .'o1iGoa 1924, ,sos
s Guloer' lees, s51s 145StsaiS
Timber, cub!c feet........-.. ", 5M,o00 Gt725,00
Outy Email proportion Of hoor 10 carried by :
eithor canal. thai article bong now Chiefly trans
ported By rail. ID addition 10 tho above ulovo-
mont east By the Weithnd Canal ths Wcland
Railway. which AlHo takes freight aososs tho
isthmus, carried eastward nearly B,DuD, 600
bushels cot gran-maklnR tho total eastward
tTads BY canal anl rail At that point during 1871
over rs 50o, 900 bushels. The following state
inout Rhows tho business OF the Wclland Canal
and tin Ut. Iawrct,co Canal, through which all
tile trade Of tlla Welland Caual must pasa on its
way 70 Montreal. for tlle fiBcal year ondiug June
50, 1873:
~. H.xEyoud f.an,t-1r,,o ta7a ~. .,-... ~ II,
kinda passed IN and down; TONNAGE 1,3t7 49, viz:
Produce Of Tho Forest 3l037d tona; firm stosk. et
Sraass Ss a9 .os
II. M',sfeHrs tHna'@pnsins 1878. 1s4a vesse,s OF
s sodes e to4sa ae toaa; r "ost
products. is' 51s tons: manufactures, la,71a tons
and merchandise. s!3ss tons. Tolls collected, sss,-
Tho aggreasto totals show that 1910, Canadian
vesela used the canats over tw.-thir,ls mora than
the American. nAnslS, 3,o81 searels.
can uow paaa vessols Of aoo tons. It il to 10,
ENLARGED to correspond with tho enlarged VOL
land Canal. u . cost Of about *2, ,0oa, COG.
Ut tho 2,3B5 miles OF navigation from tho
Isle. Gulf Of ". Lawrence, but 70 sai.es Ars
artificial navigation and a,3l5 open navigation.
From the Straits OF Ue!fo Is!e to Liverpool,
Eng, the distance IL 2,234 miles.
ott"GbA kuH CkEAE6 OF D6llA 1919 ana t64 pQff
Of New York there is tLs navigation Of tho Er.o
Canal, over 800 miles, aud tho subsequent nayl-
CATION OF tho Hudson Rlyor, which does not a.l-
NIT tiret-cass OCEAN vesaels abovo Nov York-in
sll about 600 uifea Of practically artificial navl-
CATION.
Tho City Of Montreal, which expects to reap
The chef advantage Of the Wailand Canal ou-
largement. ID undoubtedly advancing, com1ner-
cially, with tEomoudoua strides. 1t has already
very important lines Of foreign connection. In
Guiding lino OF elg4tcon or twonty ooeAu
steamors-au,ong tho lnsst on tho 1aas-oon-
nocting II directly wish Liverpool and Glasgow,
Tho risc OF this nourishins Canadian steam navy
Is more uosable by roason Of It's contrast with
the deotlna Of the OCEAN steAm shipping OF tho
uuitol Bsates.
Tho trade Of this. tho commercial metropolis
OF Canada, illustrates fofciblT the exclusive d.
version OF tho American grain trade, particular
ly In tho movement Of wheat, which began to be
especially noticeable In 1863 In tho statomeut
of Hour and grain passing through the Wellaau
Canal toF tho four years ending IN lBy9, i APP
peas that nearly al wus III transit for United
Htatcs .ports on Lake Ontario Until that yaar,
when Montreal demanded over 4, 00Q 600 bushels
Of wheat mora than she had demanded in 1861.
Last year tho receipt. Of grain were 17.G00, 900
Az tho same simo Oaxsgo, ogdensbrrg, and
other United ssatca ports on Lake Ontario
clhlm large ahare Of the trade passing through
tho Nsl!ant Canal oswoeo received from that
source 5.u90, t0U bushels Of grain alone in 1875
Ih6 World thus comments editQrially upop
tho letter:
The question which tlst enlargement opeus
seema to 10 more serious regarded in it4 relation
to Buffalo Aad tue IMAM line OF the Eg1o Canal
than regarded 10 itn reIhtion simply 10 New
YORK City, Which dtAaa Its proportion Of
freight from ali the pt,sts On the south sldo Of
Lake Ontario. - we'll ~ directly from ali
the other laks ports through the Eric capAl
md by rail-. but the question III really Of
Immense impotthnoe to New York CITY, whlah
Ia having 4ts GtAln and o.he export s1Ate from
the Wost pulled Away from It III eyary direction.
between 1866 knd 1873 ths rece,pts Of grain It
Doeton lAd mora than doul,leI iayiug Increased
from <.l47,7b2 to B,46s, ,55e by.shsla. At rhi!a.
delphta shay hed multiplied nsAsly four-fuld,
o. from 7.2oo.5aa to 2A,aAs. .lo7 bnshess. Al
increase belug from 8, lo7 lao to i0os9 lit tuan-
ely; while II Montseal the Iaort which il now
striving for this nav diversion, thsy had also
nearly doubled having Increased from
lo,sA.454 to le,7l3,o29 bushels. During
onIy 1 Increased from 67.s6S. los to M, ISL ISL
32l buahels: LII other wo1tis while ths az
Ktegste receipts Of grain. stc.. 1t the four com.
pet!ng ports Ut Montreal. Boston. philadelphia,
and Baltimore havo inoleaned ID sssen ysass
ueas!y TWO auA = hA!s times ~ .azgs ~ tboy
ne1a It tue beginning Of t4as tins. those
OF New York ,AaEo iucrcsaod only ,,s,e-h4lf.
Tic receipts df grain and aout On tho four
rissl io!.tes have increased shreo times
= N, ,t,pd,y ~ ant - = ,hoss 81 Nsw Xo,x 70
70 the seaesoat came to the CITY Of Nov York in
lBtH the proportion wax 1educeu TO GU l,er cent,
snd it 1s39 L was oulF IS psr cent, OF which 20
moro than IS per ceut wss brought By canal.
great ~stor sho'onehtHe Of shs Htate neyes wAs
10 conspieuous. The monopoly OF tho grain Ok
port srIds il aiding from NV York City. This
e.sc s.sn nov. - bstrssa Nav 1etk I'd Moa.