, 1879-03-11

distance in this fast ago Represented very large
.nm oI moneS. Tie amount Of grain conducted
through the Esfs csnal In 1874 The last year for
which he had RETURNS WAS about IL A000 0Q0 TONS
A very large proportion Of the work connected
with the moving Of that vast quantity Of grain
would be- diverted. TO the people Of Canada BY
the construrtfon Of tho Huron &, Ontario Ship
shipping grain from Chicago to Liverpool wAs
$1.ti0, while the estimated cost sitter making duo
allowance for tolls by the proposed route, would
be but Sl2.fD. saring Of &2.95 per ton. The
had been moved through the Eric Canal In 1874,
II IL were conducted by the way projected, would
be SUI, ,000, ,ooo. It had been estimated that the
saving would be gfcatur, that II Tou1d bo about
one-flth that sum, tho gain to The country ia
ono year would bo-sntlcient to dofray the cx-
poasss Of this great nat!onal undertaking.
"Il,s savlnE IN time wa equally as great as
occupied twenty ..ir days IN going from Chicago
to Liverpool. whiie by the canal from the Geor-
Rian Bay to Lake Ontario 1t would tako but Ill
tecn days and q half. From the figure ..ho had
only was titis great work lnpernti1eiy demand.
cd BY the interests Of The country, but that 1t
would psy. Thc question Of the practteabiittJ
Of the sehene had been raised. It had been
engineering science was nvt 80 highly developed
AZ Al preset,s. Tile great difficulty IL tho war
Of constructing the uanal uas tho extstsncs Of
the Oak Ridges in the Township Of King. The
greatest depth Of cutting a1at you'd H1ul.,
nine miles. But these difficulties could be To d
great extent overcome by advance Ia civil Gu
Rtncering. 1he lufcnston Of the hydraulic lit
lock had been au immense stcp ia the direction
Of eheapentng the cost OF the construction Of
canals. The new lock was In use at tho prtseut
time at Anderton, OH the River Woaver, fu En-
gland. Il Is true that It had only. been aoplied
W were once once fully esssSl.hed u tatre va Va. scarcely
any limit TO It's cApabisttics. A targs amount
Of testimony had been submitted 10
the Committee, aud they bad ~: eome to
sneeoy se 70 III lie M
throuph which the canal Toull pass. The nppll-
cation Of the lock would do away with three
fourths nf tile cutting #. the rdges ln theTown-
sp q Kng al YOU'D M dcS5easa " nSre @ @ tan
Guilty. by the use Of the lift-lock there was nh-
eoiutely no loss Of water, except that resulting
by evaporation, whereas under the old system :
constant s1ppJ o. water w. F, Fnssss'TafJ r. IA Ae
qualified engineer, and others, tho application
OF tho new tocks TO tho canal would decrenss
the cost one-half. It had bean eatiu1atcd that
the sum that would have 81 to 5 b expended under M
new It Mould only be about s4, ,otn, 600. Hear,
hear.1 lie would like to sec members Of tbs
House dismiss a)i pEcjud!ces from their mlnds
ia the consideration Of the question. snd, II
to the conclusion il,at the scheme was fensible
mud would be beneficial. He thought that tho
Government might properly mike small grant
TO complete tile survey Of the route. The ques-
tIon WAS not o party one; IL was a national.
e1cn IN international one, md be trusted that
the Government would see their way to counte-
uancc tho scheme TO The extent OF granting
small sum towards the completion Of the sur-
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Printing Committee, with Instructions to have It
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