The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-07
DEEP-WzrER CANALS.
tn. Toronto Ce-verus- ..a the Us,.s,
States.


TO TIE EDITOR OF TIE sUF-Str: The Deep
Watet Oenai convention lateiy helo NJ Tofonto
mas caused much discussion IN the press upon
ootn slues OF the boundary line suRgesuone
were made and issues raised the solution OF
which would have an important influence upon
Ine future political relations which the two
hslVes OF the continent are 70 bear TO each other
anu 10 the OUTSIDE word. Ihere were no dele
satss from American cltiee east OF cleveland.
Inc great majority OF the members OF the Con-
Vention were Canadians, and therefore the st.
Lawrence route was chieny discussed. IL was
iranky ADMITTED that canada was not prepared
10 enlarge her canals at her own cost, and there
Iore tne ensdlsn delegates proposed That the
chiteu Sthtes shou'u pear the greater part OF the
expense, as the Vaiue OF american prouucs
oenentea thereby would DO iar greater thsn That
ol Nanaoian prouucts
| Every mhe OF the proposeo enlarged canals
wouiu oe IN oansoieh terri.ory, anu 40 Tar a. the
onlteu STATES Is concerned uhoer the soeoiute
cohtroi Oh oreat brltain'
~ was suggested that as the government OF
tne ohlteu states was 10 DC asked 70 contribute
e"ree proportion Oh the cost OF emargementn
should nave loihuy win Great Britain control
over tine Canals is prooaoie that Great
britain wouiu grant 70 the onited states rishe
ana powers WITHIN her own territory OF any
practica, Vaiuo IN the event OF a serious misun-
ueis'ahuihR between the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS III
not, our internal commerce. might be greatly
80 -, u.,,.I, I.,s, a., Wv pioe'u.o
VI "FeaI prtaih' 'uet III propo'uoh 40
benefited our internal commerce. would n
| l.. Int,r.a 40 a. naI -. -
against Ga Would nG be ~s save the s sS'SS
| constructing deep water canals through our own
territory to subject our internal commerce to
such riskH IL is now many times the value Of
our foreign commerce. What will be It's value
fifty years hence' 1t was stated by Mr.. Cooley
of Chicago that while the Welland and ~, Law
renee canals were superior to the Erie the lat
Ter passed hve times the trafhc that went down
the st. Lawrence.
Toronto c,onyan,,on go. o. 49, - a. a..
terest the West in such an enlargement of the
Canadian canal system as would divert Ameri-
can trafiic from the lakes to Montreal, and also
traffic from Europe to our Western States. via
the same route. thus securing TO Canadian YES
seis cargo Doth 10 ana from European ports.
win the Government of the United States give
-. 80 '. ~. 49,. $50, '"'' ''o"
our own ports to those OF canada1
,.io and oswego 70 the Hudson ,ns ch,a, n.r,
80 gu. os"s' " sno u'ou' 'ne o",oi pAi'
treal would certainly pas. through them to tide
water at our own ports. Also large PROPORTION OF
the trafiio which Originates in Ontario. west Of
M htihgsnton, Mnich now goes 70 Mohtrea,; when
Ss SreeT M 10
surplus sur prodnots OF the Cahadian northwest
vii seek an Eastern 1r market rk EiS Duluth Mth
sSn 10 divert large Of
nal should be sonstrScted from the st: Law
renee TO the Hudson, New York would secure
large tI n2a Oh V ne G Oh eastern ohta-
Il9 anu the ottawa faiiey, some DAY 10 De de-
NolDptu hs nOrtu hs Jumts Day.
,.SeN ~. ofk nas .. Ieas nve adVsn
in dlvertins Western trafio 70 herself
sIrst5Ihe PoTt Is open thronkhopt the year.
,o ,b rnc shs cen large nome market
ior tne prouucts OF Tue WesI
Thtrd.it Is the CHIEF distr,buting centre for
cts a w as Tor the prod
r9uTth-Miasd esrEoes Gan -, De made =, up In New
f9rk Tor EXPORT more easily than In Montreal,
New York with greater certainty than at Mon |
trssl: s. .,,,,, ,r. s u, ,
transportai9hn os!~se9 ne great Lakes and tide
ssity can afford to ignore the fact; Baltimore,
Hae wHeH has en s9 f"Es Erin
from being diverted to Montreal ' ''
AS we consume h,ne.tenths or what we gro,
70 the East viii always be through our own ter
rltory 10 lessen the charges Tor local traffic
any deep p canals e 9 R9st be
central haiiroad Tor the year endlns June ~,
toe4 was thIouen lI,sHc. ihrougn Iamc,
bound westward would NOT Oe hauled by rail
10 Montreai there 70 pe transterred 70 vessels,
when IL could Dc iaid down AZ buhalo at the
same cost, so that st-bound through freight
would not DC penented by charging the 81.
Lawrence canals
10 reduce the charHes Tor local freight mere
must be local competltiSn: II ohe,haI 9t the
way system s i west bound only ons-sltssntS Of
'he tot S YnT eass ss,
ern connections and Is IN close competition with
the Canadian canals. IL H. not iikeiy that the
percentage OF east-bound through tramc OF the
railways which compete with the Central ek-
ceeds 0ne-slxteenth OF their lotal tonnage. only
one-sixth of the lake traffic appears TO go
through the y. Lawrence canals, and IN thst
sixth Is lnclnded Canadian tramc as well as
American. snip canals from bunalo and Os-
wego 10 the Hudson would control railway
charges upon local as well as through freight
from Chicago to New 4 ork, AND vice versa but
the enlargement o. the ~ lawrence canals
would have no marked erect, u any, upon local
trafnc, which Il nine-tenths OF the total tonnage
, As population increases We shall consume
nArcRnIaR0 natural nFOdnCla