New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-28
A REMEDY FOR OvERpRODUCTTON.
TIE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES DE-
MANDING A MoaE COMPLETE WATER
WAY nY THE ERIE CANAL. ALSO
GY THE HARLEM RIVER.

MANDING MoaE COMPLETE WATER
WAY nY THE ERIE CANAL. ALSO
GY THE HARLEM RIVER.
To he Ed itor OF The Tribune
Sir In The riiblne Of Monday, April 10. appeared
extracts from Il speech made -. = public dinner IN
Duluth by the Hon. James J. Hi president al tte
great Northwestern Railway. the effect that The
wheels Of commerce clogc,d by ovcrproducton-
so that when the upper and the neither milestone grind
ont the cr>t The existing commerce Is Inadequate
o transport Il to the markets for consumption. There
are fully 900 coo bushels OF grain. mostly wheat,
AT Duluth and Chicago for Shipment TO Buffalo, ana
lufalo will receive 10000 900 barrels Of -four alone
with Il yearly Increase Of loo 900 barrels. MANY
OF the great milling companies beyond Lake Michigan
are now sending half or twO-thrdS Of their output
direct 10 Buffalo by the lake and the limit I" "ii
th, traffic is found at present only in the warehouse
room there and rail facilities eastward. Moreover
The outlook for package freight eastward and west
ward IS beyond anything oyer known before the pig
iron trade alone being duh. The lake commerce Is
10 lave the moving ~ 100000 tons OF or" from
Ink. SUPERIOR 200 100000 bushels Of grain. 90
coo 600 900 fee, Of lumber. Io.0OoOO, tons OF COAL
with beef pork. lard AMI bacon, and with an "h"i-
mons package freight. requiring the full services OF
= commerce. that does not vet exist while that when
we have i restricted In various ways. Bu' u wv
Eric Canal prism Kept clean. and " III" so
called urlcon system 81 to%iIg b. which trains OF
loois can be moved ~ six miles an hour were
,dop,cd the canal, small II Is would BE- cnlibi"
OF transporting lS.0UOooo tons or more from u""'
., tdrwatcr In a season. Eu II wogld then b. IN
-. yrl 90 II +, now In Eufllo. Ovcrcrowdcd dochN
and warehouses; unless the Eic Canal frcGh'S can
hove an eastern outlet. the builder OF III" 'hhAi
MANNED through Tie centre Of New-iorh CIV by 'h'
Harlem River 10 the deep s'a chann" Of Long is'a'"
sound. ,
y T. anparent that tic existing and projected rail-
vavs cannot move the great vOum" oi western T"''
,c,s pr,rntly 10 the rlboari nor on they properly
,r,uspo,, Eastern frdgatS to III" West Inc "l'o"''
Of bulldlnc 3G3 mile, Of canal through TIE p'ne'"'
,.t. M the state Is evident enough now 10 all, 1n'
!. ga. no, evident when Clinton wa, struggling I"
have tbc work carried through. The canal b''n-
compIcicJ and opened october 20, l7-'' uu N'"'
statesman and economist planned mat IL c'''"
ou,l.t in New. York -houh bc through the Iiar.e
pivcr and lie introduced legislation thereon III -
~, -, ,,r,in,olc death In les caused tie Harlem
canal f., remain unGone. -in'c that tine lceiNli'i'h
has lccu continued upon the canal AT Intervals c"'r
fer, have. been granted and annnii'd II ~, Den ,nI
vcy,d b. an act Of Consess ~ i7'i, nm" ." Con
rrc,. ana the prospect Of II, acc lmp'""''"' J. a.
far II q, ever. ., Int. go Fri. Canal pro.
,ec, thr writer cnt,rd into tm- project % tnr
Harlem canal and met WITH iecoenliio" anu i,t
from commercial mCl. - mat ''hsr'N' "FF,'
.,o0 00" Win II w.llnsuc,, 80 grant money a. r.,
oonirrd A. The United states Enguoer could DO,
then apply this al arF %2r Sma ,Gg S popa %
'cS,crm.renf which Included he giving "i the lEl
~ ,rnv Ia do the entire -ork ani COZ p"i" III
= f,r IN. .um 81 s'-OoD. TIE ! nfcu >''"'
rr0rccrs ,.fimai. FOR the wO.k Wa r-JJy 800 "ni
- ri,h of way alone Ia. zinc" been hh", - '"''
sopo cno. and nov IN 1-O3 thr canal l. ihiu'Y
,ri,t h, the work going L. surely on. al pr pei,
live Total cost Of 80 o.'' ]" '''VNN' +, "a
utn ~. rnmulcicd early In the ncN century TAU
Clinton lived tie Harlem Carnl would nave usoh
oncn,d IN $50. had tie wiit"ro proposal ."ch ~
"rru..d /, Voud have been ready Tor com"'I'c Nv
,c,r. later. hui IN, acceptance 90 even me coz, on,
der,,ou NJ mi, proposal by CoiSrc.s Was enc tl,N
pr,v'i.d lv the political ,kill OF me hi',n h,i
Fncurrr Corps. Tho 6of"inm'h en- u""u ~ :, ~
aGorJ 20 spend ,30Ooo0o i.r i"i' "a'rr"a' WIZ, '
q, W trl. have had completed over ten years ago IL"
| a third OF that amount ~ ,,., ..,,. r.-,,,,
" rh. usr 81 III Harlem River Canal wonld PERM,
= ,avin, Of twenty four hodfs IN me ilfsis.' ,.
rhr,ugl frclgnis. II would add about M ~
lila ~ d,,k room 10 the water mont 0f sew, ""'
~" /, voud beyond question. advantage INC lhnt'
,,r. ~ hc United states n0c ci'h year '""' '"'
whole wrk need cot. ,,,, .o,,.,, -
Therefore If the Hon. Iame~ J. I'M. p,'s'',," "a
,b. ,,ren- Northwestern Rhilrobn. dnd III. ~ ~,
u",dIrv of Cleveland will build steamers anu
rr'n,lv deliver the products If the Northwest al ne
IL, TtIi,1lo Win the Erie 'ahl kept w b'".
condition ana operated by tie Bclglan H.'lon ~
,nvncr enabling II properly 10 hanhio we ~
o,,n,u; ~ freight that Hll come 90 " ana " ,n ny,
o,rnmrr, can ovcrc, mo the distractions WIN Wih.n
Cha Fngurrr Corps hnvr lmPNi'd The worh anu nav
| ,hc Harlem River Canal quickly hh1hcI, ~ ap,
'i,. -. IN gIncclinc work would be-, commerce "lh
pnrnrr an economical and ,erviccT'ble highway w.
,,,,n, ,he producing districts Of the W"'' III" ''c
| ,,rhr,s ~; The East and 81 Europe ..,,r,.,
n'''"''' " Wv CHARLIE, SToI6liIoN'
v.uV ork Anil l., 1893.