The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-26

within American borders. 1t tends to unite
the East and West more closely. 1t reaches
the scaboard with very slight loss In dis
lance. IL follows the direction OF general
trade and reaches to its eastern centre,
New York"
Next In Importance, 80 for as this port is
concerned. il the scheme to build ship
canal which shall connect tho waters Of the
Delaware River with those Of New York
harbor. This project Is strongly recon-
mendcd In the report from tho Committee
on Commerce. which Mr.. QUAY submitted
TO the Senate OF the United States on the
9TH inst. Tho proposed canal would be
twenty feet deep and n little less than
thirty-four miles In length, following the
route OF the existing Delaware and Raritan
| Canal for eleven miles. and tho estimated
! cost Of the work is Sl2,5OO0O0. Manchester
| in England" says Mr.. QUAY, is spending
| over 500, 900, 900 on twenty-six-foot canal
only thirty-iive and n half miles long" In
case of war with any foreign country. there
would be great military advantages in hav-
ing an interior waterway between our two
largest cities. and in time Of peace for COM
mcrciel purposes the ship voyage between
the ports of Philadelphia and New York
would be reduced by about $50 miles.
Going westward wo find that Ohio Is the
next State. which wants national ship
canal Mr.. THOMAS G. CATCHINGs OF Missis-
sipp. speaking for tho House Committee
on Railways and Canals. declares that a
ship canal to connect the waters of Lake
Eric with the Ohio River. in tho neighbor-
hood OF Pittsburgh, would DO work OF
national Improvement. the effects OF which
would be felt in the business OF the entire
country" In 1889 tho Pennsylvania Legis-
lature authorized the Governor OF that State
to appoint q commission to determine
whether tho construction OF such a canal
was feasible. and the commission reported
that the canal could be built. A waterway
OF this kind would undoubtedly prove very
beneficial to the iron and coal industries by
facilitating the transportation OF iron from
the Northwest into tho manufacturing dis
tricts of Ohio and Pennsylvania. on tho ono
hand and by facilitating tho transporta-
ton Of coal from the coal regions to the
Northwest.
Finally. we find that even tho Pacific
coast has its project for u ship canal. East
and south of the city of Seattle in tho State
of Washington arc three lakes Lake Union
Lake Washington. and Lake Snmnmish
These lakes are connected with one an
other, and small shallow canal about n
mile long runs from Lake Union into Puget
Sound. The Legislature Of tho State Of
Washington has presented a memorial to
Congress recommending the construction
of ship canal connecting these three lakes
with tho waters Of Puget Sound. such u
ship canal says the memorial. Would
confer benefits beyond measure upon COM
mcrcc, tho city OF Seattle. and the COM
monwcaith of Washington" AS the largest
of the three lakes. Lake Union. is four miles
wide and about thirty miles in length. with
a depth varying from fifty TO three hundred
feet. and as tho levels arc such as would
render the construction of tho canal COM
puratively easy, it is not to be wondered at
that the people Of the new State on the
Pacific are DESTROYS to have such n work
undertaken by the national Government.