New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-23
1,tpBOvEuENT or THE CANALS.


Attention was lately directed in these col
umns to the important and public-splrted SER
vices which have been rendered this state by
the organization known as The Union for the
Improvement Of the Canals Owing largely 10
its energetic efforts New York some years ago
adopted the canalimpr0vcmcnt policy So-caled
"A policy looking to lengthcnng the locks and
digging out the channel Of all the principal
canals. The Union argued that the canals
would ouIlivc their usefulness IN few years
unless they were put in thoroughly good con
diion. and that New York could not afford To
allow them to decline, since they were to he
regarded as among the chief feeders of her
material prosperity 1t follows that the Union
secs in Governor Flowers veto of the Canal
Improvement bill menace To the common
veal His hostility to the canals, watch TINS
veto attcsts. they regard aS in effect blow
dealt the great business interests of the I'm
pirc state one of the members of the Union
lately declared that the boatmcn are almost
in despair. and but "A Sholt continuance of cx-
i,ing conditions will drive them to seek other
means Of livclihood.'
1.-THE Newly ork Commercial Bulletin i'll a
recent article after showing that the Cham
plain Canal is sadly in need of repair and that
boa,S drawing over four feet four inches can
not paSS through il. adds that. - in comparison
with this neglect on the part OF the state the
care displayed by Canada in making the Cham
bly, Canal as efficient As possible is commend
able. Boats drawing as much as seven feet
Of wafer can pass through this canal W'n
safety and dispatch" The difference between
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the Canadian authorities and Governor Flower
would seem TO be that they appreciate the
value of canals while he does not. The I'm
pirc' Of Toronto recently diScourScd AZ some
length on canals and grain transportation. In
doing so it made statement which is well
calculated 10 shock the vctocr OF tho canal
Impro, cmcnt bill This was the statement
Canada has -pcot @j0.O'oOOO on her canals aad the
Mai-tcr Of RAILWAY, and Canal estimates that "a
further expenditure, - s1Oo)oOo) will 30 requisite
70 give re 81 Lawrence canals depth % fourteen '""'
ard make them 81 similar capacity TO 'hc enlarged Wei
land Canal That is large cXIsndl'dfc. bat s'icca sive
government, with unn,s-ine energy have carried on
the work Of canal Improvement. and In doing so have
received the approval - Tie Canadian people
I'm the lshi Of such uttcranccS how petty,
narrow and unpalriotic Governor Flowers Veto
seems
I'm the circumstances. The Union for the
Improvement Of the Canals j. confronted with
an important duty. At is no,t convention,
which j. shortly 10 Ice held. II must organic
a campaign in behalf 81 the continuance Of The
policy which the Governor has ntcrrupt"d-a
campaign 50 yicorou, that there will be- no 70
>i>tinc II. The Union ha, already dcmon~trat
ed il, power. Il l. absolutely non partisan.
II commands the confidence II Chambers Of
Commerce. Boards Of Trade and all the ether
leading business associations of the state.
Therefore If the Union got, after The COY
crnor in dead earnest. We believe that be viii
throw up his hands and surrender. For h.
will realize that fighting II means fighting the
merchants Of Ncw-Nork without regard {"
party. Let the Union ct to work.