The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-25

dian Pacific railroad. Il is a natural and
direct connection OF that railroad, crossing
the Sauit Ste. Marie ON q bridge Il was
built substantially and yet with great
rapidity. l got a great deal Of credit said
the senstor, smiling. because some thought
they had to buy the Nickel Plate railroad,
but they have not given me any credit for
building the Lake Superior South Shore
railroad. l predict that as important as
the DEVELOPMENT has been in Northern Ohio
and Indiana along the Nickel Plate
railroad, there will be as important de-
velopment on the Lake Superior railroad.
1t runs upon the United States shore Of the
greatest basin Of fresh water In the world,
half the area IF the fresh water in the
globe. The coast line of the United States
is 5000 miles along the great lakes, and
II, 1000, 600 people border on these lakes, or
almost, counting the states which face
them. The government has spent nearly
SAC, 1000, 900 in improving the continuous
channel through these lakes. They put the
first steamer on there in 1918, but tho com
merce did not amount to much until Gen.
Harrison's election in 1910, and the first
steamer got TO Chicago Ia 1884, when it was
place of 100 families No steamer was put
on Lake Superior until 1884; no cop
per discovered there until ls45. Now $751;
100000 worth of steam vessels are on the
lakes In the carrying trade, aud the total
tonnage OF the northern lakes IS nearly
100000 tons. The United States does
hearty 10000. 900 tons of freighting on these
lakes per annum; and see 1t stated that
this commerce, which is worth $3.50. 100000
a year, would cover 1873, 900 miles Of railroad
track. consider it, therefore, no uDim-
portant thing to have helped, in modest
way, TO girdle the shores OF Lake Erie aud
Michigan. II the commerce by vessel IS 80
extensive, a very small proportion OF it we
want to 60 by rail during that more than
one-third of the year when navigation is
not OPEN"
AND SQUIRE, TOO
Senator Squire Of Washington state. who
was present, said: You suppose that no
extensive railroad will be built in the i'm
mediate future. Do you know that Hill of
Minnesota expects to be next January into
the city OF Seattle with his Great Northern
railroads Yes, he has graded large section
of IL from Seattle eastward, and has been
running trains on it for some time, and he
has reached Spokane on his way westward,
aud the gap be believes will be closed up bv
January, 1898 thus extending the line
Of railways Senator Brice has referred
to across the entire continent
The Canadian Pacific railroad, reach
lug from the Atlantic waters in both
America and Canada, has become possessed
Of the st. Paul and 500 railroad, some 500
miles In length, and at ST. Paul commences
Nh I'LL bybteul3 nlLuselL canadian Dy
birth, and it runs between the Canadian
Pacific and the Northern Pacific railways
entirely through the continent. We have
a project at Seattle of peculiar chsrac-
ter. You know that most Of the steel, iron,
etc., which comes to us by water comes
around Cape Horn. 1t takes about month
TO run from Cape Horn to Warrington On
the way up the salt water the vessels be-
come so coated with marine animals that
their speed is diminished fully one-fourth.
They arrive at our cities on Puget sound and
carry away large part OF the 20, 900, 900
bushels Of grain we raise and prabably the
the same amount in Oregon. Our project
is to make q deep fresh water harboraQe
back Of the Seattle in two lakes called LAKE
Union and Lake Washington, one of which
is intermediate between Puget sound and
the other. One Of the lakes is only about
900 acres In extent, the other is a very large
lake and could take care of a vast feet and
navy and give them sixty feet of water and
clean them completely of all this marine in
crustation. We require canal Of only two
miles in length, divided into two sec tions the
highest point Of land we have to overcome
is only seventeen feet. Our idea Is to dam
these lakes through the other to Puget
sound. and 30 have one or two locks in. this
stream and just move IN the naval vessels
and the freight vessels from the salt water
of Puget sound TO the fresh water of this
splendid natural barber. The United
States navy would get the benefit of faster
sailing. for frequently our vessels have to
come home from distant stations 20 clean
of the barnacles. What we propose would
settle that question at once, without dry
dockage.n