Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-25

hNtirlVn mo hme1 cruiser, nave
icon placed 90 theps inland watefe,
ami " ~ evident. therefore, that n
the United 5tGtes fiag IL destined 10 be
no more In evidence In foreign waiers
"a the future than In tho past, that dis
partly VIII be reversed on the Great
Lake., where the United State. ton.
nsge already exceeds that OF uanadA
by abouta million OF tons.
The immeLpoly prepuDter ting
power OF tue United SIatea nn tns in-
"a d seas Of tho American CO tinsat,
and the extent u that power, may bs
cleaned IRON The fact that the tonnsy-
passing one point IN tue lekes iu tHp
eight or niue months oDiy during
wbicb there was oprn navigation, sx-
ctois thr amount of snnayO passing
through the Sutz canal In vrive
mouth by no tow,l luan i've mill u
tons This tonnage has carrie, duung
the lac. season thiriy.Our miinOu
bueHs OF wheat, nine niilion tafrsla
ut Il ". elk AuI n half million I Us VI
irOn Ors, aud two aud n hall million
tons OF cJal.
The niJst surprising clacumstancsS,
however, In cOn octiOn with this lsse
Transport arc the astonishingiy low
rates at which the good. are carried,
aud the fact that these rae, Jay. Toe
average rate for grain carried IL on
one end Of the lakes to the DINER
during lust season was equal t.
half crown per ton, whilst G al was
conveyed attvO sniliibgs and = psuby
per ton, anu for pafi Of the distance VI
Only one shilling pei ton. rno -
msrEa' ls lABOf.sAviug appliances sn-
plOJ 81 on the lakes in loading aud die
chHtging alone nit VI thir. Tne-r
rates are 10, exceptional, and the
u OF that they ate rvnuue alive 4.
found In tue iact that a American to,
mage on tds lskee Increased last season
by "a per csot.
Dr-I ito this oheap transport, and the
delays caused ny the nature OF the
pAvgaIon, they make the trim In four.
teen Jays it,m Chicago TO N,s Y ia,
y temGrEabiy go1d one Tor II itillA oi
irges, a. was noticed In this colon
suoft tune ago. Nafiius prOjscts
nave itom lime 10 time been mOoioI
10 iHciiitate the navigation between
tue Two polnts mentioned, anu 10 40
sway with some o. tue tnlfty NV.
locks thst now Impede u. A eugguf.
ton worthy of the other "big thingso
doue In Amerion has Q Gently begu
made, whereby 1t IL asserted that
ocean steamers like tho Ccyic, with
their $4,000 tons OF cargo, could pro.
coed NJ naii-.petu direct from New
York TO Chicsgo.
The "details OF this proposal arc too
many for this column, but the main
feature IL that by higher Tits, oil 100 u.
Tor inhla CO, iput ~ nve liits wuul
sufiice, where now 10 arc required. II
II be granted tngt such louAs ate feh,-
IDLE, the remainder Of The task II only
= question VI cxcavati a. IL IL worth
while, therefore, to briefly describe tue
proposed lock.
Pntumatic dry docks, that IL pom.
looms submerged 10 receive the vessel,
and ton noAIod by pumping out the
water, are In common Use IN several
ports OF tbs word, and the suggestion
IA that two pneumAiic-bslancrd wet
docks DO constructed, In each OF winch
would HAT a steel tank capable VI tax
lug tbs largest ocean vessel, anu that
tank floating ON n cushion Of com.
pressed air, made tight by n water pit
below. The compressed air Ia con.
necled In the two docks by n ryphoned
flexible pipe OF 81 II. diameter. Then
toe Introduction OF any extra weight
into either tank, whether OF n ship aud
her cargo or additional water, Will, IL
In obvious, cause tho tank ~ txtTa
weighed 10 sink, AMI the lighter one 10
risv the requisite distance sutomati.
cally.
II suchA design II ever carried out,
anu with the present low price OF s.esi
tbs QUE HDi only difficulty Of coat
should ea,iiy DO overcome, there would
be- a comp.ego revolution in the iDisa 1!
navigation. TAX, the Mancl,s,es
snip cagul Tor inslAnce. ono lasa
w,uld arfiico uhers now tnoTu arc flyr,
aad 4 would be- worked with ut as
vAstu Of wAtti-3 serious qgestlon ia n
ssason OF dtouyht. Fuftner, tho u,I.
wees OIL man aud boy would be-
sf4fhcient tor the transfer FROM Que
ieVsi TO tbs other OF the .sIgrsl yssssl,
aud II could be uono Ia an Incredibly
short space Of tim-, for tue dow OF
o'tapfsssed air I, many tlm,s grrsts Z
Ihsn thai OF water. Every Ialnnd
Town VI Importance would thsn have
ila ship canal, suapoIts would be ON
q misnomer, Ind railroads " guld Goa Rs
g. ray. However, like Gs2Tge Ill ~
his visv o. tue Constitutlou, tho pre-.
eat STAT. Of thinRs IL likely 10 contibgt
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