The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-02
The Effect of the Completion of
the Great Canal.
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MANCHESTER. Jan. The grea. ship
cana from Eastman 10 Manchester is now
an accomplished tact. aud the tosn of
Manchester, forty miles from the seaboard.
can be reached by sea from New York
ABOUT ten hours after arriving At Liver
poo. TINS means the sudden creation of
great port IN direct com nmgnication with
all parts Of the world, close TO and partly
within the confines of an immense CON-
nercial city and surrounded hy an indus
trial population OF 5, a50ooo. Beside the
sctuai canal toe docks are most extensive.
The smaller docks and quays and upper
reach will be principally occupied by
eoasting vessels, while in the larger docks
viii be moored ships from the United
States. Canada, India, etc. At the other
docks wiil be accommodations for cattle.
In fact, Manchester has at one stroke be-
come one of the largest and most I'm
portant ports of the United Kingdom.
The work is the outcome Of series of long
Investigations in parliamentary commits
sions in the years 1883. 1884 and 1855 The
supporters of the canal, who spent tl5o. 900
in obtaining the act. were manufacturers
and merchants OF Manchester. and the
principal opponents were corporations in
Liverpool.
With the use of electric lights steamers
will be able 10 navigate by night as we'll
as by day, and the whole length of the
canal will be traversed in about ten hours,
Some notion of the capacity of the canal
may be drawn by comparing its depth
with the Suez and Amsterdam canals.
The minimum width of the bottom of the
Suez is y feet. aud of that of Amsterdam
IS feet inches, while the Manchester is
10 feet. The minimum depth of the Man.
chester and Suez canal is &c feet, and that
of Amsterdam 2S feet. A statement
signed by isa steamship owners. pos
sessing more than 1000 steamers, of an
aggregate net tonnage of about 1000. 900
tons, or more than - cent. of the entire
steamship tonnage of the United King
dom, declares that the canal will be navi-
gable without difficulty by merchant
steamers of the largest class. and that If
the charges of the canal are not higher
than those of other ports, and they are
actually less than most. the ship owners
will at once make use of the waterway
as soon as it is open for traffic, and
the additional thirty-iive and q third
miles to Manchester from the sea
will not increase the rate of freight
charged Liverpool merchant steamers for
long voyages. 1t is believed the quantity
of grain carried over the canal will be at
least one-half that now handled at Liver
pool. /, is estimated that at least los, 900
tons per annum of fruit and vegetables
will at once be imported to Manchester by
this route. Ten large sugar merchants
have stated that not less than 500, 600 tons
of sugar per year will pass through the
canal. With regard to raw cotton. firms
in the district owning 1900, ,00o spindles
declare that nearly all the cotton they use
will be brought by the canal. OF outward
cargo there will be no lack, and textile
manufacturers have testified belief that
about 10000 tons per year will be dis
patched by the new canal.
The financial success of the enormous
undertaking seems assured. The pro-
motsIs of the canal are confident Of their
ability TO secure very large and remuner-
alive traffic. and estimates of profit based
upon the capital as originally proposed
were very favorable. The original capital
of Is, ,d00. coo has, however, now grown to
nearly double that sum. and anticipa;ions
are not now so sanguine as they formerly
were. That there are, however. enormous
probabilities of traffic can not be disputed.