The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-08-27
CANADIAN CANAL TOLLS.
The SuhjectConsIdered at Meeting of the
Privy Council-Work on the Camel

The suhjectConsdered at Meeting of The
Privy Council-Work on the Canal
MONTREAL, Aug. 24-Another meeting
Of the privy council was held yesterday. re-
ports Of the absent ministers on questions
TO be decided having been recsived. II
seems to be understood that the principal
object of the meeting is TO consider the
action OF President Harrison In the matter
of the canal tolls 1t is anticipated by those
who appear TO be well informed that the
government will allow the status QUO to
continue. AS there are only six weeks of
navigation remaining this season at the
farthest, shippers will be REIN bursed the
20cent toll by the government and it is
expected that by the time next seasons
crop viii have to be moved Canada will be
independent of the American canal at ST.
Mary's Falls, ss the canal on the Canadian
side viii then be fit for traffic.
Hugh Ryan, contractor for the, St.
Mary's Falls canal, has sent special mes
senger to this city to secure men for work
which is to be carried on all winter in pre-
paration for the opening OF spring excava-
lions.
His agent has engaged fifty stonecutters
who viii proceed TO work at once and re-
main all winter. This action Is in pursu-
Rnce OF an order from the government to
push the canal TO completion with all posi-
bic expedition.
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE
WAsHIN eToN, Aug. 25.-Additional cor
respondence with reference to tolls on
vessels passing through ST Mary's Fails
canal in transit TO any port OF the Dominion
OF Canada was made public yesterday 1t
consists of 3 letter written by Herbert ON
Aug. 20 TO Foster and the latter's reply
49, d. =.
says the Canadian government desires to
point out TO the United States government
that il may be unaware that the tolls are
OF q temporary nature only and it is not in
tended TO re-establish them in the present
form after the expiration of the season of
1892. Tho Canadian government believes
the United States government will recvg-
nize The importance OF the difficulties
which stand in the way of an immediate re-
peal OF the present tariff and that the as
surance GIFTS termination at the end of the
present season will be regarded as satisfac-
Tory evidence of the desire of the govern
rnent of the dominion TO remove any around
which has tendency to disturb the friendly
Interchange Of trade between the two coun-
tries.
Foster, replying, says the president being
well aware that the obnoxious tolls OF the
Weliand and St. Lawrence canals did not
extend beyond the present season
Of canal navigation, it became evil
cent TO him that no present
effective relief was TO be offered on the
part of the dominion and that the full
measure Of determinations imposed by the
Canadian order Of 1892 wan TO be continued
u1a0ated during the full life Of that order.
no recourse remained open TO him but to
give immediate effect 20 the status by
issuing proclamation.
Continuing Foster says that all that is
contemplated by the presidents proclama-
ton is TO establish in the American canal
tie same conditions as now exist and have
existed in the Canadian canals for years
past, and that the presidents proclamation
viii remain in force no longer than the dis
examinations complained Of are maintained
by the Canadian government