Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1892-03-16

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WAsmt>otoS. March ~ Upon the
motion Tor ship canal across Ohio.
,'on hi'oc,s spoke a, length before tho
house committee on rivers aud harbors.
The following Is an extract.
Tho Improvement of our inland
rivers and their connection with the
great lakes ~ III commanding impor.
lance. ! believe that the prcScn, dis.
position OF tho American people In Tn
Improve our waterways will rive n
oricf sketch of tho commerce. of our
rivcrs and lakes for the purpose OF
showing the Importance of their con.
neetion by deep water cor ship canal.
'"rhc 4. ;. trcasury,list for 1851 shows
the following enrolment OF lake craft
Steam vessels i.A05. sailing vcssels.
i.ls6, rugged vessels. 100. total. .. $50.
with registered tonnage OF oss. Uos.
There arr IN the Mississippi river aud
its tributaries .ia3 vessels Of all class.
-. with u tonnage OF ss73. $50 Tho
Ohio river and It's tributaries has q. esr
vessels OF all classes. with tonnage OF
., oe0 400
Tho Ohio river proper has 4. Sis ,cs
sells of all classes. with tonnage al
Ito $50 The tonnage passing any
point on this great highway il larger
than that of London
The Value OF the vessels on the Mis-.
sissippi river aud It's tributaries In $500
according To the census report for that
year was SiS,S55 00a According to the
same report tho freight moved by
these vessels for the same time was
~ loa. oi0 tons; passengers carried. 10.
s5s, Soi. the gross earnings. $40. s37. sos,
the expenses were ST.. coo. sac aud the
net earnings wore 81. s3I. iGi
From this same source OF informa
ton we find that the Ohio river and Il,
tributaries have of vessels OF all classes
6.aiA. with n tonnage OF a.l2O. 400 vnlued
| nj *, GoG, sal: the freight moved. iG.0ii.
s60 tons; passengers carried. q. sos. tia,
the gross earnings 81. 7O2. Oi3. at AN OK.
pcnsc OF S5.e50, boz and th. net earn
ings. 81, All .ii6.
| The number of vessels on the Mis-.
sissippi river aud its tributaries. othc,
than the Ohio and its tributaries. 4.
l,lnS' against 6.2i5 ON tho Ohio aud IL
tributaries Tho tonnage OF tho Missls.
sippi and It's tributaries. other than the
Ohio and It's tributaries is a6i. sol
against the tonnage of the Ohio and lis
tributaries of 1870 400.
The tons Of freight moved on the
Mississippi river and it's tributaries
other than the Ohio and It's tributaries
Is ~, $50, 5ia, against that OF the Ohio
and its tributaries of i0Oit, 500.
| The number Of passengers carried
on the Mississippi river and It's tribu-
tarics, other than the Ohio and It's
tributaries, Is 4.3b5. FOL. as agains,
q. SOB, las passengers carried on the Ohio
and its tributaries
Tho tributaries TO the Mississippi I'm.
cludcd In these estimates are the st
Croix. Chippewa. Illinois Missouri,
Usage. Gasconadc, White. Arkansas
| fazoo. Wnshita and Rcd rivers
THE tributaries TO the Ohio arc
the Allegheny, Monongnhela. Green.
Wabash. Cumberland and Tcnncsscc
| rivers
"A few years since line OF steam
boats ran on the Ohio river between
Cincinnati and Huntington. w. Va.
connecting Mt the latter place with the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, which
then terminated there. each boat crdi
nariiy loaded having sufficient freight
every trip 20 load three trains Of twenty
cars each. The rcgis,cred.tonYage of The
steamer City OF New York which run,
between New York and Liverpool. (.
| 10000 tons The ordinary carload Il
about twenty tons This shin then,
would load SEQ cars. Divided into
| twenty-six trains OF twenty cars each
separated by the usual distance OF ten
minutes, this would make from twenty.
five To thirty miles of continuous train.
For the first time in the history oil
this country a vessel was loaded last
| year in Duluth with 900. 600 bushels oil
I wheat. and without breaking the bulk
was delivered in Liverpool IL Is no un.
common thing now for barges 70
be loaded on the Mississippi river
with 10000 bushels Of grain and
landed at its mouth What
the government can do. and will
do in the near future is TO improve our
lakes and inland rivers. and connect
| them with canal that vessels can be
built at any Of their ports from Ameri.
can material by American labor. loaded
with American products manned by
| American seamcn and under the Amer
lean flag. landed at any port on The
| globe. II has been stated on good
authority that the freight which pas scd
through the St Mary's Falls canal
in 1890 exceeded by 2.257. $40 tons the
entire tonnage OF all nations which
passed through the suez canal in 1850
Statistics show that about half 81 all
the grain that IL put into New York
passes through the Erie canal This
illustrates the immenss traffic which
would go through dcep-watcr or ship.
canal between the lakes and the river.
as II would complete system Of nav
| igablc water ways between The north
and the south. Statistics also show
that our lake commerce Is greater than
our ocean commerce"
Ordered 10 the Bebrine sea.
WAsHISoroS. March ~ Secretary