St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-23
Magnificent Schemes Submitted to Con-
gress for a Grand Canal and Great
Railway System.
The Senate Still Occupied With the Ed
munds Resolutions, While the House
Listens to Many Bills.
Testimony In the Pan Electric Mat.
ter Showing Attorney General
Garland in a Better Light.
Secretary Manning Refuses the Sem
ate Certain Papers--Brief Cos
sip From the Capital.
Magnificent Schemes.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Every session
OF congress brings TO light some new enter
prise of mammoth proportions which some
body is willing TO see the government with
its full treasury undertake. Mr.. Eads
wants the government to help him out with
the railway to carry ships across the 18th
mus of Tehuantopec. Mr.. Helper wants
the government TO help build railway line
from this country to South America, and
all Washington wants Uncle Sam tn estab-
lish permanent exposition i'm Washington
in which all the world i'm general, and
America in particular, are to join. Besides
this, however, two more magnificent prOpo-
sitions have just come 10 the front, one be-
ing railway and
STEAMSHIP LINE To CHINA
via British America, Alaska, Behring's
straits and Siberia. the other a canal or in
land water route from New York to Florida
For the last named project Congressman
Skinner has actually introduced a bill,
which he entities: "a bill 10 provide an in-
land water route from New York To
Florida" and appropriates $1,000. 900 to
begin the work. He proposes TO improve
the natural water courses along the coast,
building locks. bridges. etc, the whole
work TO be under the direction of the secre-
tary of war and his officials. His idea
seems to be that the line will not be only
valuable 10 commerce, but especially so 10
the government in case of war for the
transportation of troops, gunbOats, etc.
The other huge project,
THE RAILWAY TO ALASKA
and China is the proposition of John Arthur
Lyon of Washington, and was presented To
the senate by Mr.. Hoar. Mr.. Lyon in his
petition urges the construction from the
northwestern boundary of the United
States through British America and the ter
ritory of Alaska 10 a harbor on the coast
thereof. thence 10 be connected by steam
ship with Japan, North China and the
Asiatic Russian possessions, and by line
of railroad to be thence constructed by the
imperial government of Russia having con-
nectiOn with the empire of China, Japan
and British India, and by the Central
Asiatic Russian system of railways with
the entire system of European railroads.
1.-The government of Russia having caused
surveys TO be made" he says, "for line of
railroads
THROUGH IT'S AsIATIC TERRITORY
to the city of Pekin, in China. and TO the
Yellow Sea, as also through Siberia and
Manchooria TO Nicholsfoki, on the inner
japanese sea, it is therefore respectfully sub
mitted to your honorable congress that il
would be work worthy OF the great CON-
merclal interests of the United States i'm
conn eciion with her trade with the rest of the
continent of America and with Asia, to cause
a survey to be made having in view the con-
struction of a railway from the northern
boundary OF the United States through
British Columbia TO Alaska, and CON-
modious harbor therein on the Alaska
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