The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-03

Why the Dorninion Awaits with Aprreher.
nlnn the Canal CnnNe nfinn In This CITY.

Why the Dorntnion Awaits with Aprreher-
| sior the Canal Corvention In THIS city.
OTTAWA. Ont. july a.-Canadians are inter-
ested in the movements and organizations
| established in the Western and Northwestern
States looking to tho enlargement OF tho water
ways to the Atlantic seaboard but they arc
moro particularly interested in the Convention
about to he held in New York city under the
auspices OF the Chamber OF Commerce tho
Board Of Trade. the Wholesale Grocers' Asso-
citation and the Mercantile Exchange. to con-
slider and recommend measures for the Inn
Drovement of the canals In New York State.
Canadian vessel men would like to see the
st. Lawrence canal system. upon which
Canada has spent about s5o.00o.oo0. placed
under Joint International control. so
that Congress might be induced to lend hand
In deepening 1t to twenty-one feet. tits esti-
mated that the work would cost 2OOO0O.0OO.
sum which Canada sinele-handed cannot
raise. At present tho greatest navigable depth
is fourteen feet in the Welland canal, but the
canals between Kingston and Montreal are
only nine feet deep, though improvements are
heing mado with view to eniarging them to
fourteen feet. With a 21-foot channel from
Lake Superior to Montreal wheat could be
carried from Duluth to Liverpool for 10 or
II cents per bushcl, and summer transporta-
tion on all the railroads running to the sea-
board would have to be reduced to about the
same rate.
The project OF establishing Joint control OF
the st. Lawrence canals was advanced years
ago. but opposed by the late Sir John Macdon-
cid; as we'll as by Mr.. George Brown. the Lib
ernl leader. ms step in the direction OF politi-
cal union. Since then. England has by treaty
those canals on the same terms as Canadian
sb ssss tsP whrh has dm
ment In obtaining n Joint control. 1t IL obvi-
GUS. however that the canals. even when
will not be deep enough, ana that as Canada
fhnm tb s3rd 70 srend more money upon
and help. II they are to be made anything like
two countries. especially Of the great Ameri-
q Canadians are not aetpated by wholly unset;
n fsI, motiyes In revivinR the joint.o9ntrol
9e as1uls h fra an9 II s50pss S m
,roit. Milwaukee,. and Titisburgh. the last
named being classed as a lake city because It's
!b,;oipqiation from $4,000 t. $.&isSGS Or over
dian lake et and river S. oies q ro1osto ne
iysrs lnf 1o% = aI sss than loo per cent
Canadian towns like st. Catharnes. Port HOPE
and Goterich which ussi to be thriving lake
the growth OF the american West and North
had a larger numerical Increase than the
whole Dominion 10 2, ana a. the increase in Chicago
Blu: one Of the most potent causes OF tho back
from Lake Eric to Montreal is shallower by
Buffalo to Chicago and Duluth. and this
serious drawback is augmented by the exclu;
States coasting trade. Canadian craft engaged
In carrying freight between Montreal or Kings
than the american Vessels Dying in e between S
SlIy oblIssa PsslS a to PaiySsS siS
one American port to another. the cost cost Of run.
ninE them Is excessive by comparison. Hence
and but Suo aDa os
Iors Experts say the han AGAINST tSe
Canadian vessels running between Duluth and
to Gg
cap. the Canadian Government Disseminated
hut the United statos. retafiated at the EauIt.
and the ,h prastcs Thieh Eas maniesiy con-
The proposal toereate a Joint control is ad-
they believe it is the. only possible way to en-
sure the deepening Of the Canadian canals to
twenty one 1eet and also because they expect,
should the United ates accept the offer. to |
be allowed. in return. Co participate In the |
much afraid however. Of the New York Con-
Nrntion. They expect the Convention to |
recommend. the construction Of a 2I-foot |
cana! on American soil from Lake Erie
ever built Montreal would be- s'a sidetra esed
and Its lake ana ocean shipping almost |
blotted out. The joint-control question will |
be raised at the next session Of the Dominion |
Parliament The farmers OF Manitoba are |
getting next to nothing for their wheat. on |
account Of the low price and tho extraordinary |
rates charged by tho Canadian Pacific Rail |
road: They want cheaper water transporta- |
make common cause with the vessel owners |
n urging PaIiament to offer Joint control to |
tions at New York In favor Of a deeper canal |
within New York State would render them ali |
the more clamorous for it. for even as things |
are. rates are all In favor OF their competitors
south Of the boundary.