New-York tribune., 1900-03-11

the Erie Canal, undertaken in 1895. but not com.
pleted is of this character i. will admit boats OF
reduction in the freight rate that in few years the
railroads, will overtake it and the situation will
Whst Is desired II canal Is % TO
York m alone on end create At srs
SpneS 81 ana AZ a Wh Which oh fhe raoa
cannot possibly compete. # this is done, then the
to to and from ths the and the Atlantis w
% ts 1 9pg 1s at i the he, ous sn sn New Of
York is only one of several routes by rail. and the
experience Of the last ten has as@undapty @
lost and must continue steadily to lose ground:
IS T the the hs be
obtained by ship canal on the hand nor by
BY. waterway Of sHfieient size to carry, barges
1n ton cargo and @ s & is & Teaf o 1he
Of the present Erie Canal for about two hundred
dTed miles The locks sS viii ies Be altered ter S and enlarged
SO as TO pass two boats with aggregate cargo
new locks Of novel construction and great lift will
line such as Oneida ida Lake and the Seneca Oneida
and Mohawk rivers. will be utilized in place of
give wide waterway.
WILL COST 100000.
Such waterway will cost s5oooo.OOo. and the ex-
pense of completing the branch canals to Lake
cost up to a In one sense M Ss s is 9 large
sum of money, but measured by the results to be
more Than cent Of the present wealth Of the
ersmen in 'eS its 'h4R Wealth. it 0 is ' about 'a
thirds of the annual income of this city:
last ten years on the street railways OF this
city. The money could be raised and paid off in
dollar or the twentieth part Of the present taxes
was not Influenced by political other ultericr
motives, but considered it solely on its merits as
ticipate what popular sentiment would be and
shape our report accordingly but we did try ,dS to
the solution of the problems must depend and to
seemed to us to be for the best interests of the
State of New-York. While our views were heart
upon them recommended by him, it would appear
that the people of the State are not prepared to
there are apathy and Indifference; and up the State
whether this viii disappear as the question is
carefully studied remains to be SEEN it is at least
/ do not believe it is best for the State to lease
lease them than to do nothing in the matter 1t is
now five years since the project of 1895 passed the
discussed incessanty during that time; it has been
investigated and reported upon by three commits
the question is as ready for debate the kegs-
o as it eR s will m anG ifr he a
of the State have sufficient confidence in the pres
on its merits and to decide, it Alright If they are
given an opportunity TO do so.
ANDREW CARNEGIE's VIEWS
In support of his views General Greene read
this letter from Andrew Carnegie:
New-York March 2, 1900.
My Dear General took occasion s. some time ago eg
Go QUESTION 9 This m %as Beore he pub
Of your able report which am naturally graf
ss cisson 10 aa hq mysef Tshae SuOs'4'S 'e same CON-
The point on which you deserve ser =, most @ credit credit in in
against ship canal, Our experience Of lake trans
ore in big ships on the lake. and its transfer
the dock into cars, or into barges-is decidedly In
compared with the great ship crawling through
anG @ @proTed eondons fs is 80 81 small as to % far
than Compensate for the difference in cost with
ser c6sy ahp With its % full @ % and the
That your committee should have pushed aside
the more attractive popular idea OF the big snip
canal and reached the true solution shows how
carefully it has done its work.
Your committee is to be congratulated again for
going far enough and not TOO far To spend money
upon the present plans for cana! would be "a a
mere waste while to spend the sum you name for
thousand ton barge canal IS IN my oplnloI essei
tial, if NewYork is to maintain her relative posi-
the trunk lines by the two more prominent lines
thus insuring mutuaty of interest must ineyltaoy
rail line tidewater at Newport News, Baltimore
water transport to attract her share.
LIEUTENANT-GOvERN ADDRESS.
Iieutenant-Governor Woodruff was introduced
next, and was warmly received. He said in part
a dinner TO which Mr.. Dodge has referred l could
not resist the temptation of coming here to spend
the early part of the evening, my fellow members
OF the Chamber of Commerce of the Produce Ex-
change, OF the Board of Trade and Transportation.
etc. paying this well deserved honor and tribute
to Governor Roosevelt. have not had long ex-
perience in Albany. but from all / have gathered
from observation during my life and from all l
have heard thoroughly satisfied that no man
ever devoted more time or energy and better tudg-
ment in the exercise of the functions of the Chief
Executive of this Empire State than to-day
being exercised by Governor Roosevelt. And al
questioned whether not the propositions pro-
pounded by the Canal Committee appointed by him
eral Greene during the dinner and from what I
have heard from the lips Of the Governor and from
General Greene, and ably stated by him. aEi
satisfied the proposition is one which ought to be
carried out
At the close of these remarks Governor Roose-
welt left the with Mr. Woodruff
AS the Governor leaving the banquet hall
the reporters detained him to ask what he
specifically meant when he said his ambition
was not National one He answered: That
simply means that I am not a candidate for
Vice President"
Mr.. Woodruff smiled broadly
MR. KERNAN'S SPEECH.
Next came John D. Herman. of Utica, who, in
speaking upon The Commercial Supremacy of
New-York' said. among other things:
The Great Lakes on the west. the ocean near by
on the east and the lay of the land and water
courses between are the simple elements that en-
abled an energetic sturdy and far sighted peonIe
to establish the commercial supremacy Of New
York which, until recently, firmly held in it's
grasp so per cent of the imports of the country
and 65 per cent Of its exports. OF late we have
been rudely shocked to find that while not as vet
losers perceptibly in volume of business our per
centage Of imports in 1897 had fallen 60 per cent
increase Of the traffic of the country is going TO
rival ports at such rate as to endanger seriously
RooseveltS Committee Canals. by Governor