, 1875-12-18

t'hamrtsin II ia proposed aao to enlarge the White
hail t'ani fram Lake chs,nplaln wh .he trl"r lnf
WeI1atnI. 81 Lawrence, snI C.nahnawag, Can,lt.
with tho inpEnsencn at tho rarida Of lin ~. Law
II probably 10 ropsts< hr tho end Of 1914
,on. %hfn are s' vii f0e' II I'll l. tssin tsts Il rse ~
tho he,t Of Lake snrerioE; or On. l.skc Mieht.
burlington. l.ata Ch4mrla,n. or Il, other ports
that like OF, 4 hs Mee cnnntclrd with to 1i-mis
sS ~hs The sls.ns e su sSa ws s , u:Y II acs s' u
rs,a on thu wole route frnn, th1 Western end II tna
wcard Troy and 200 miles nf iako aud ri, or sAsI
buffalo, anA 80 fr+t ocksRe. Thus will ho npcret
route Of s.Es dimensions from .te wes, either
or or f"r eonsnptt"n q the Eastern .ts bs laribus.
Ing railways from, Iakr Chsnr1an. No rh',tr os such
magnitude + r"Aalhn anyrhcro e'ss. The *to iii.
is ot ia.',nR m nhrmens Of Rr.ih III ii, hen.i,,s,s
rnst will 10 obtained. nnl the vessel viii br ncen,ls-
turn carguea from Moulrtn or burlington, OF New
York. well ~ the ,nt~t comfortable ~hy provided
f.. sms{ans @ =: FG.'nno On ~. the.s ssutn IN
low frolshs tron thr Wek sna reducing then to tho
,1S PSDh sa'n If fHts, ta %fs
making 10000 bushels for tho trsr.
Mr. Young sstd It uean,eA to him Ahaura that tls
work IA pos,le to bs dono e Tho extent required "
So!nntrss af Sew fork, among othes thlaas .Isie.l
Tho natural flow Of the water from tho Upper lAheA
Wclan., 1t. 1.anronoe anl Champtafn routo will bu
%he . !" e s ga sselsss
cargo contains moro than Tho asezaao Of ths rats.
ro. trains. In Tho busy canal season moro than 1so
tra.o would rrquiss moro than 10 tnilcs Of railroad
cars and sarc IL neither conven!ences for
.scs Il ons .ns y ro 1nsnS e. The
water ss ionre.1 iho enlarged Erle Canal from o.
S'Te % rs ~ & e III snssss .p:
of 1,oop tons 10 gu from tho st. Lawrence into
5hs and a9s s" + r. tns s' to ss
and disthatgs Into oeesn vessels without breaking
bulk unt! tAsy sessh New York: .s,!n Fspsst tat II
thousand tons from CnIeago 10 Nav Turk In twolso
days "a mills yer tou az tne, and You will hnd that
@ IT, ts t. s:y :: srs e
III by wafer bstHocn Nov York aud Albany or Troy
nttccn times as many tnas Of freight Ia tho nina
twelve months. The late tonnage Of 4l93G42 toua at
chacagn would require q oo ssrs and COG locomotives
70 hs from &C cscago 70 bnsla based m en- On the wofk
c that it could TO haule1 rsKnlsEly Throughout Tho
year; this ~ould be tmpracsicable, snd theveforeit
tines IN many eass ~ ts IaEo Shore lo4 now ,,.as
to perform Tie lake husness between between Chicago
and ~ u sas r,s ap ss ns H.
WF Randolph, Of tho Board Of Trado Of Chicago
saya that Il must be couutod that tho most e!eetA
ire wasos rau.e No better Illustration Ut this can 10
Afforded than to fae: lst ths bn,!ne.: Of ssrrysaR
i cents rcr bushe Wills railroad companies claim Il
Ii not Temunpssyo from Chicago eastward, m equal
number q .nes, at lsas than from three 70 lva mos
TINT atn."
Unless eon,e proof /. given y tho.. xho eentsna
tencc Is hero given ought to show that whic tho
railway i gtest auxiliary to hc water limos III carry
Ing Hight living vsluAo'a fresht, t csnno. In the
nature Of tAinRs Ia competitor with tho rhtar tes-
fnsrn1lY kjAte OF .lu1 tpu6
rJIng corn, wheat, and other natural products 1,y
,ho wa.L!.aten irssty citizens Of tae ynite State.
~ Canadians, and for this tho Canadian Government
under & tho tseaty got .en ,y yesrs, % s.s" a..;' "f
and Tho navigation fursver Of river in Alaska, tbs
has yet found o1t Mr. Young saia lo s,uko t*iualy
abuut Lake Ailciean, as 10 lilo first on tho
petIon os the Canadian Cana In 1850 to se.ll pro-
pcIlcr from Montrea! with general CARGO rbst yes.
in Chicago she was aozed by the Cnstom authorities
With uar cargo Tho vetsal. earning the hritihh aR
had right to By here The ke entirely III Tho
sabjset % an - thoso Nv wssa no !orantisl ducs IN
Canaa, tho Secretary OF to Treasury. tho Hon. H. j.
red back to Canada tho sat cargo 0! grain from Ch
fNo American Government Aars tuls liberty 10 nAs.
Rsts all The uoserntneut canals III Cauada and ths vt.
LAWRENCE except tho Cauglua wa2a, which IL in tho
suas 9f private comrany ama Is re key to tho
.hsrefoTc, H. Young .aouNs, b much nettor that
nn ri ari COMPLETE aftangonr1ts ~ re8s.ta tho uav1
CATION Of Lake Michigan md the caugtinawa8a Canal
Of 10th countries never 10 ADEQUATELY developed
without Tho mutual benen's asli aasstance which
wo1 Is.n t,a from n eC s. % t,a, sy,to Nj rt
Young hero alluded TO tho aJ.tcm of railways In
Ca,lada and roiesrod to new railway which hsh been
1t began At Quebsc. continued to Moptrual, aud from
thence up tho valley Of the Ottawa to Pembroke.
From thenco il eas intended to earry it
n Rau3t 4t Marin {hA foo& al TnkA
st'1 GloSin Wisconsin,. sad Minnesota r,sn,d b.
ron IT, IT, 20
and Canada Eat. A glance at tia map shows a
s,aghs llns from san's 81: Mafo re-, to otsca sen ~,
Atlantic. Noco has been given thst IN application
viii be made for charter iu the next Canadian Par
Lawrsnca al Montreal for tho accommodation Of the
Northern Road snA when Tho bttga IL 1nilt Portland,
ss s II Sasx. Ss r 10 h asg M ,GSs .s
fH1a s"perie;: y H. H.. Young, si.er h.asns IT, Con.
veatton for gisfng him hearing, took lie scat.
Tho resolutona relating 70 organization wers
then alopsed. and she report wsa adopted III q
whote.
MI. 1hurber said tho report OF Tho Railroad
Committee was reported back slightly amauletl
emitting aoma persooal illusions. Tho zepoF,
was adopted.
TH1 SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Ths Committee on hssolutions refarre1 back
tho resolution In favor OF rhoulaa bcoets ptojeci
without recommendation.
atituted for the resolution In tho hands Of tie
Commttteo
RsAelptd, That ths early compilation Of shs Taxa
PAssho haiaway, In wasseYer WY aal ~ whasavs'
atoSs BE- considered teat for the permanent INTEREST,"
Of all c4zcns and all sections, win result directly o.
Feasop o} its bens eh neodcd 60 naIt Of nstioas
| synteln 0f sdequats transportation facilities.