New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-13

course If money is to be wasted or FILTERED away:
as has too often been done canal WORK; tne coz
ready 10 a great extent owned by the state; WIN
one bank of the canal in most places already pun.,
largely on hand the reservoirs and feeders already
constructed surely rational ship canal can De has
The Work our citizens must ever keep before them
and the interests OF eaS must mo ar
that Chicago is rapidly cutting It's canal TO lhe a"ne
of the Gulf spending sn s hs " marian
rights Of NETWORKS St. Lawrence frontier, ana
draining the great lakes and business nowerful
and more wealthy than Canada and not allow our
thrifty Northern neghbors TO corpse t ibe United
States Is DISPOSED to give .b It's ad 9 I r
extent of $4,000 90 to % sb wnS i II not be fur
nshed in the way Of United States Eana7 The
Wha, proposed for the csn be speced in
these bonds and thus the interests OF os s ne
popt of the general in such an enter
prise II has made its expensive sys' s az tor of
irEe " IT gave TO the Government the control
OF the custom duties of the port OF VT custom
ytSGs of the Tinted States when might have
retained a sufficient percentage hot ony ,r .o Srnm
shin canals but have made It's peop.e Tree isu
ali necessary land personal taxation dhere Is NO
heTefore why the Hn u, this state to meet
the expense OF this interstate work, under "o'erh
ment inspection of the construction, bonds for our
This idea OF obtaining Government poua an roc
canals is no chlmera. Congress Is ALREADY Oh, ,e,
ord in favor of issuing bonds Tor me coss ~ tbn
VxVViIIth Congress having even passed piiI 70
loan % SS0 o n sbp canal around Niagara Falls
TO the main point AS -, o" be az adopted so
long shall we ship canal or any proPer, IN
argemcnt The people Of the 81 Enc grsatest
rtyo, IN tn continent river which drains basin
whose mineral wealth and timber are unsurpassedI
hnnrdarv line at the great canals Of Canada and
pay taxes for enargeine1ts ana improvements - ~
Th" people OF thc Champlain Valley also desire
equal privileges in canal improvements. what shali
trail portion OF the state and along the Pennsyl-
vanla frontier he value Of who's prodnSe y cneap
taxed? | confess approach this phase or the qlies
ton with anxiety and concern for there tr Is seTa
Of the canals prevents ms from equaIzlng by local
or e wortbY Of b suy Of our political
economists All these interests must be conclliated
or the ship canals cannot be built.
Is MOI greatly different from that Of Senator Sloan
ana others. except in SO far adapting the means 70
and interest among orr people which Is essential 10
Of both ship canals by the Erie TO Oswego, maintain
Ing the present bargc channel 70 Buffalo. and also
tho ChamplaIn-st. Lawrence route. also favor the
issuing Of bonds by the general Government to
meet the expense Of so much Of this work as Is of
To- The expense If tbo ioncer ronts Cost $50
COO 900 and tho shorter 81. oooco as indicated then
ness to interest itself In this work to extent Din
est ma"s about equal 10 the larger amount. ana II
IL VIII pay for this part. we should be pleased 70
have this done as Il would leave but Sll for
the State 10 pay It's share I'm this great work Event
ually the waters Of Lake Erie can be brought and
poured into the entire Erie system. as We can af-
ford the enlargement.
II must be borne in mind that along the line Of
our two canals we shall have one wa-neariy n haId
Of the structur" already built We cab employ 1900
men who struggling FOR existence. who will
be better citizens II selfsupportng. than II given
support by charity The rought riprap and facing.
routine work might be done by short term convicts
with much economy. have 10 support them
lt- mn
ur's.
In short these great results be had for the
moderate expenditure shown In ten years or less. II
W. limit ourselves 70 constructions which Will bring
thu irnfe OF The lakes 10 New-York. but do not
build a river 40 large that II shall flow past our
doors t. Europe NERPLANCk COLNlN.
Aiblny Aug. I. 1894