Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-26
WANTED, A PROMOTER.
Colonel T. P. Roberts Is Assured
That Allegheny County Has the
CASH TO BUILD THE SHIP CANAL.
A Very Important Resolution Pigeonholed
at Harrisburg.
HON. JOHN DALzELL WRITES A LETTER

ga promoter with brains and energy is
needed to organize private corporation to
build the ship canal from Lake Erie to the
Ohio river" said Colonel 7. P. Roberts last
evening. 'The needed S25, ,0OO, 900 can be
raised in Allegheny county if the United
States Government will guarantee interest
on one-third OF it,
Colonel Roberts yesterday received a let
ter from Congressman Dalzell, who said
that the matter of securing the $40, 600 ap-
preparation for the governmental survey
would be pushed during the winter session
of Congress-
There has been considerable delay in
this matter" said Colonel Roberts; 'but it
is the fault of the Canal Commissioners.
The mistake lay in allowing the bill to get
into the hands Of the Committee on Com
merce instead of the Committee on Rivers
and Harbors, where it should have gone.
cat the opening of the next Congress
this mistake will be corrected, and the
measure will be put through with all e1-
pediency. The original request for the
official survey, which must be made to
verify the State survey, was considered in
sufficient by the Government engineers
The bill now asks for $40, 900, which is most
reasonable, considering the Importance of
the work. Notwithstanding the prospects
of the appropriation being made we are still
in state of uncertainty. Public work Is
too slow. This matter should be pushed.
Hence, favor the idea of private capital
kn1r L.
private capital may be secured by an ener-
couS A'
There are capitalists enough In this coun-
ty who would be glad enough to invest
their money if they properly understood
the matter The Government could he in
drced to ouor.ntee tho interest on one-
third of the total cost and there would be
no probability of q greater loss Charles
Mevran. the late banker and capitalist. was
ontbn.;ost;c over tbe enternrise He told
,r,a .o1..roI +;n,ss .h.t ba na,,iJ s.o,r. tha
fnanc;ei snnnort of AlIeohenisns and
tbere copId he M cuastion hut that rho
Covo,nmont wonId oss;.t
STbi. ent;re nattsr m;obt bovs he.n
bronobt IN . head hefnr. hi. had not tbe
commissioners been handicanned bv The
Last session of the State Legisiature. The
matter has had some ItrIe nnhIicitv hut
not enough to properly present the entire
case The state annropriated the snm of
S1O 600 for the nurpose Of making a survey
to Law out the course of the canal. By dint
Of frnpal manaeement and strictest economy
wa ,oved ont of that ann 1900 and with 4
nanv our report The latter was exhaustive.
and presented the entire subject in a com.
prebensiye manner The ACCOMMODATING
mans were carefully detailed. and WITH
these in the hands of the mann.
facturers of ALLEGHENY county there
interest could be aroused. The report was
accented and passed through both House
and the Senate. with a bill providing for
the publication of 3. 600 copies of the report
and mana
n,.,,,.o,.d IN . P,o.o,bo,e
nv, ~,
:. EVery t1ing was iaVoraplG unul sne piil
disappeared Dy tne PigeohnoLhg process
anu th Gsruo nus mil T ten davs hsd siansed
sftsr ths sInirstion Of the time for the of.
fc;al annropriat;on Rv that we were de-.
ionsd fpr met two Years Whetber it wa,
49, hU i1tere.ted individnals in or ont of
IN. T Iegislatnre have NO vav of learning.
hnt Il vas evidently the work of some one
antsgonistic to the enterprise. Of course,
a. Xii Eli h. .;ansd at fbe n.,t .es.ion If
the he Teai.iatnre Zoe Int we are two YEAR. be-
bindhand
"By engaging private capital the canal
wy mvu,u OG pnhl;n worE ;s aIwavs monnton.
ousIS slow and If The work of building thi,
ousy So" ;ai"ft @ far tbs Goyernm.nt 70 tale mn
Uea~s viii elanss before its comnletiop'
TThoraforo for its oreat beneft IN pittsburp
onJ The adjacent territorv it would he ad.
aisabIe au for }h;s enternr;se h he taken nm bv
pr,note iud;vi5nais Tbe Government aouId