Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-02-07
76ET6RE6 F(0DGRbSS
,.,,m,.p Canal Question Brought y
In the Senate
SCOTT ON SAN BIAS RoOf''
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wa 81 rautine business in d the Bridge
at hill declaring the inlefr riyer near Ho-
over the St. Lawrence =, l, structure was
u ~.nsburg. N. y, lawtu'
passed w Val called up al,
Mr.. Scott 'ne epiution which he oHere'
several days ago prov, ,,ino Of experts
po'nsn naine what is known as tue te, 'a a.
to eNal ~ Mandingo bay route lo ~ t I
Bias or ..,at"rway and to report to ' ,,'
sonate the cost of cohs'lu' .,ta
s teroceanic canal by that ro eur+b Of the
'er rpo said that nearly oue-fourtn %, ' hv
ne sa'a to construct a eanal W
INV of the routes proposed a INV to find
n ,'nsu extended in an endeaNoi o.n nal.
; = suitable route for an lsthl'' 'las Nv a
'nt confronted as congress was s "y
: pul, eo ,npropriation of nearly s.ov ,
,, Vo ooa nic waterway, it was the du.y o. u
. ,s,aont men carefully to inVesli .'d
: p'" ua nossibIe route. He dlscialn'eu
e ese.; ;,,taution to obstruct the conslaei-
:; at;on Of canal bill or to Decay ' wv
a.'ua Of the canal itself, but IT.
= u"nintained that the question OF rou'e
g .r"s sti,, debatable. After thorough M
vestigaton he was convinced INA. ,a or
q San BIAS route met practlca'is wv.
n noo,,;remeut of the proposed waterway
e h,,t because the adoption of that ro"'t
e. involved the driving OF tuiiNe'
10 through the granite of a mou'.'a a,
tn range sufficiently large to admit Oh Inv
s. massage of any ship afloat' the fou'e
IS had heen regarded as impractlcaple
r. PERSONALLY he was convinced that sue'
tunnel could be constructed al ID fe''
10 sonablc cost. 49,, c.,
=, Mr. Scott explained that the Sa
ge RIas route connected the two ocean
from the bay of Mandingo in the gu
NO NO Of San Bias on the Atlantic sue
pearl island harbor in the gulf OF Fal
ISIS anna IN the Pacific side of the lsthmu
le' Including the five mile tunnel, the cam
is would be thirty miles long. He s''l
nd that the harbors of the San Bias rou
nd had excited the enthusiasm of all e
,ct pineers who had investigated thei
He believed that electrical power mat
o, Of it entirely practical by this route
p' tow ships through the canal by elt
I'M tric trolley. He thought 1t lmprobal
that sailing vessels would be able
l'a af navigate any other of the propos
routes.
"A Great Commerce Advantages.
na The route he proposed, he said,
old fered great natural and commercial ;
yantagcs. He did not believe any Z
would question the desrability of
dor ship canal by the San Bias route If
WV tunnel which it involved could be c
attic structed and he had no doubt t
sold could be done. He referred to
Hoosac, Mount Gents. st. Gothard, !
ssa- berg and SimplOn tunnels as daring
l. successful efforts of modern tunnel
'o' cheering. He quoted both Ameri
cate and European engineering author
the to show that the construction Of
ILL., San Bias tunnel was quite practices
and For the following reasons Mr.. 8
5ork, believed that the San Bias route
- An the only feasible and practicable Il
canal route:
Its healthy location; Its shortness
magnificent harbors; its total abst
of locks; the possibility Of worl
gangs Of men night and day in the
and dry seasons under good SAM
conditions; the very important col
GRAFTON that by this route and no
sailing vessels could be lowed by
trio power by night as we'll as by
thus affecting great saving of
and expense; the economical ma
nance of the canal when comp),
the permanency of its rock bed an(
absence OF earth embankment; tn,
sirable fact that it can be constrt
within three or, at most, five wear,
Mr.. Scott concluded by strongly
ing the adoption of his resolut
saying that he wished to be conyj
Of the practicability or impractic
ty Of a ship tunnel and had SHIN
his resolution as pure business
0sition.
Without objection the resolution,
referred to the committee. m.
~ oceanic canals.
LsE1 The senate later in the dav na 6
.'% bill appropriating 81, 800, 900 for q
office building in New York citv
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