New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-10

a, -, aud ~ 81, result warehouses and
d,cks choke I'M with freight. NeSseis ''ht c' 'o'n.
down from Chicago In fifty hours "'' ''''"'"''.
have 10 walt more than that time Ior "ooh' ~"
is room nj your -four warehouses WAC ISM" VI y"
Erie official once I'm the midst OF ru'hmg Sc'so'.
Not room enough TO poke III " "'Ns''u' ""' ~,
rro,r q, II. rich, away. he replied. 20 the problem
b,s be.n for some time not how to get from one por'
r., another with dispatch but how 10 got ont OF port
u,,hou, losing fine. The problem Is rs far from
ho,nc solvod "a over The roads muster every car
and make mad rus. for the senboard but they never
re, even with business Till the iahes CLOSE ~
Hualo elevator system has done It's WORK r''ar""o'
wcl Never but once has II failod' ana inc ro'u'
were to blame then.
There Is only one branch "i ''c INV """'' ~
has given way to the railroads. Forty years ago
there were numerous sidewheei steamers o''s'o
MESSENGERS I, al. parts especially on the lower Ncs'
Now only few lines survive. Fast trains were
10, ouick for them. The linc from Cleveland w
Detroit sin oar; ,s b. yire , ." Huron ports
and ono each between Buffalo and Dnlutf anu
owen sound and Duluth. and others OF local cna, aav
ter on Lake Michigan. make some money. LAheiy
thcr is n ign IF revival James J. Hill is not the
only believer I'm great possibilities In The passenger
INK eleven fast trains to compete with. started In
bcSwccn Chicago and Milwaukee last season ana
made mons new ne Tho TO s pan !" sac cas
that of the Hudson River night boats TRIP ' ha
wastes M time and atcrds comfort as WE'LL "'"
attractions over even the place car. , .
The waning fortunes of Canada can in no way by, br
SHOWN sk,nsy tran by reference n" s go her
an advantage by ceily canal or q discrimination
in tolls she has missed no opportunity % MAKE inc
losing sf onr ae Her vessel" are not allowed 10 d.
coasting trade between American ports ana her
own pwts do not furnish business enough rom
Montreal 70 Port Arthur TO keep her small icet alive
A new Canadian steamer outside OF those 81 q
3 IL frta fbot Tho anal liam In
at rate so inslgniGcant when compared with the
growth Of United states trade that L has The APPEAR,
by thousands every year through her lax" trade
Toronto. once rival. has scarcely moved CT late.
good trade Of Lake Ontario and. more than all. tir
ST. Lawrence ports and he route To tho the nn Sea- o ken
through the rrvy ,ounc q Ottawa thai throws u =
s ns E ws sn na hc s Hr mems TIN
Lawrence. Lake Champlain ard the Iiuds n, ana thus
reaches the sea by two roites,on paper But LIZ +
gives 4 mp ond drops into place ms part OF ms haoh
she will confess the fact. A..
Great Lakes Some ambitious WeStereri would az
rapid growth that before Icing VIII 9 ire
Of si,ch great trade: there Is no doubt OF IT, oit
practically tine building the maintenance and re
operation OF Il canal Of such great length rs Wonl1
b. necessary all go demonstrate It's mpoSsibilty
II simply could not bc made 70 pay ana mat Is 10:
end OF IT, With such a canal made free costly craft
could never afford TO creep through 1t at ratio OF
from three TO five miles an hour Eat we We. nave
1000 miles from Buffalo to Duluth. with but one
canal lock and with fourteen feet 10 Lake ontario
Lcsdes. Here Is sp1cs for great gr9w yet Ln nm
Der Is not going to lncreas" but coal orc gram anu
miscellaneous freight will increase fast enough 10
mako II werfh while tn deepen the hes: hrboIs dop!c
the size Of our vessels, and to built adequate ware
ho,lses. Here Is work enough for many years
Iu7ao has On foot project for an entirely new
system Of docks, canals and warehouses mat, IL
carried ont. will go far toward furnishing compete
object lessen TO all tho lakes in this direction. lor
his reason alone It's Is greatly to be desired
New-Yo.k capital Is In quest for the carving 0it
OF the scheme No one here doubts The ieasDi.ny
Of H. Tn, question turns merely the faith OF
the men OF money. This IS what Is known as me
H2O. OO0.OOo scheme. and appears - nay" hee, con
been engaged on IL for several months. II he sue
cocGs he will turn all the south shore OF LAKE fiic
from the Readings property 10 me CITY wv lIl'o
modern system OF dochs By which vast commerce
can be accommodated and shifted from one style OF
trarsnor1a,ion IN tho other There has been lack
Of information lately 20 the progress OF The unuer
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