The sun., 1899-01-29
nnA1N oAnnrrNq 1N oANADA.
A Determined Effort 20 Take tho Trade
from Us Changes in the Dominion
Canals which win Harm Our business.

from Us Changes in the Dominion
| Canals which win Harm Our business
To THE EpITon OF THE SUN-sir: Permit me
! TO call the attention ofthose who are interested
in the foreign commerce OF New York to the
following facts which have direct bearing
! upon the imports and exports at this port:
| Tristan English syndicate OF great wealth
and influence has offered to construct a canal
from tho Georgian Bay to the Ottawa River
provided tho Government OF Canada will guar
antee interest upon its bonds at 2 per cent. fof
n sum not exceeding S20.000,000. Such canal
will open the shortest and most direct all-water
route from Chicago. Duluth and Fort William
to tidewater at Montreal By this route wheat
will be carried from Duluth or Chicago tc
Montreal for two cents per bushel. A route was
opened from Chicago and Duluth to Montreal
in 1897 by the way OF Parry Sound. During
the season OF 1923 10.T050O0 bushels OF grain
were carried to Montreal from Chicago and Du-
luth by this route The charge for transporta-
tion lid not exceed four cents per bushel from
the elevator ut Duluth to the ocean vessel at
Montreal. The Canada and Atlantic Railway.
which extends from Montreal to Parry Sound.
is diverting west-bound traffic from this city
and the New England States to Chicago by the
way OF Parry Sound. The success of this line
in 1893 Is stimulating many plans for the Ill.
version of traffic from this port TO the port ports o I
Montreal, In 1898 Montreal received 10000.
900 bushels of grain more than she received
socond-During the coming season of navi-
cation the, enlargement OF the ~ LAWRENCE
canals will be completed and then vessels
Chicago an Duluth through the Welland Canal
TO Montreal without breaking bulk. Grain can
be carried by such vessels at charge not ex-
oeeding three cents per bushel from chicago
Third-A proposition is being considered for
the construction OF double-track railway
Tongw9o4h "a on GeorgSn Bay to to he Tocon rom
els with radial trucks, which enable them
cent. t. around curves. The railway from Col
lingwood to Toronto can be constructed in an
s9uthward between Co!lingwood and Toronto
Of 26 feet to mile It Is Proposed that dh the
shall fhs and oa a
a supplement to the st. Lawrence canals 1t is
estimated that such a railway can tra@nsport ans p
bushels OF wheat. The, charge from Duluth or
Chicago TO CollnGwood will be three: quarters
llngwood to. Toronto, including transfer
charges at both ports will be three e-quarters OF
cent per bpshgl., From TORONTO, vessels; carry
ing 10000 bushels can pass to Montreal with
out breaking bulk. The charge from Toronto
to the ships side at Montreal will be three;
charge from Duluth or Chicago to Montreal not
exceeding 2f cents per bushel doo ,
ter. Wheat was carried during the past season
from Duluth to Buffalo for nine-tenths of a cent
per DuSnel. Al an eaTlyuuN lne eNlOTlS Oh gram
from Manitoba and the Northwest Territories OF
Canada will exceed 1OO.OOO,000 bushels per an
mum. Our British cousins in Canada not only
intend to divert this grain to Montreal for ex-
port to Europe. but an equal quantity OF grain
grown under our flag to the same port. Or the
10.705, 900 bushels OF grain carried by the Can
ada Atlantic Railway in 1898. only 10000 bush
els was produced in Canada.
If the export of grain In 1900 from the At
lnntic ports is as large as 1t was in 1893, pre-
dict that the exports of grain from Montreal
will exceed 1OO,O0O000 bushels. Sooner or
later the American people will discover that
Great Britain and Canada are determined to
from the Atlantic to the Pacific through British
America. and that. under the bonding priv
ilegcs we are contributing S2O,OO0.OOO OF rail-
way traffic earnings annually to aid in making
this route self-sustainng.
Our British American cousins are preparing
surplus products to Europe by the way of
Montreal.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier has indorsed the propo-
sition for the construction of the Georgian Bay
Canal, and therefore it IS probable that the
Parliament of Canada will accept at the COM
ing session. the offer of the English syndicate
for its construction.
The distance from the Sault Ste. Marie or
the Straits of Mackinaw to Montreal by the
Georgian Bay Canal does not exceed 80 miles.
while the distance from the Sault Ste. Marie
Canal by Buffalo and the Erie Canal and the
HUDSON River to New York is not less than
$50 miles.
The low rate of interest and the abundance
of capital will enable the Canadian Govern
ment to finance any scheme which is feasible to
promote the diversion Of the products of our
Western and Northwestern States to Montreal
for export to Europe.
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