The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
CANAL CONFERENCE IN ALBANY
MEN VINO FAVOR INLAND ROITE
TAIN WIN GOV. ODELL.
The 60, rrnor Ia, Ors Any Route the Cost
Of which Gan BE Met without Direct
Taxation, hut lie Thinks the Cost Of
the Inland Route Cannot BE 80 Met.

ALBANY. Dec H. Representatives. Of
commercial interests from Buffalo. Roch-
ester. ALBANY and New York city who favor
a tkousand-tor barge canal along the in
lar route a. against the OsweRo River
ard Lake Ortarior route beld two hours
conference to-day with Gov. Odell in the
reception room of the Executive Chamber
suite III" inland route embrace. the Mo-
hawk. Oreida and Seneca rivers. II avoids
that part OF the present Erie Canal which
renders that waterway liable TO breaks
because it follows the hillside along valleys
II also DIVORCES the canal around the cities
of Syracuse and Rochester, while al the
same time giving those lie, canal iaCll-
ties equal to those now afforded.
Among those present at the conference
were Gustav u Schwab, Franklin Edison.
Frank Brainard, Henry l. Herbert and
u. F. A clark, representing the Canal
Association of Greater New York; Frank
=. Withcrbce. representing the Champlain
Canal interests, especially the iron mines
a. Port Henry. in which he il largely in
terested. Senator Merton T.. Bemi,. Col.
J. : Graham and j. \. Met lintock of
Rochester, Ex-senator John l.aughlin,
George Clinton, Theodore :. FaSeet', Viii
liam &. Warren Alfred Haines, Il X Hef
ford. George II Raymond and q. p. Saw
yer of Buffalo and William b Jones, rep
resenting the Albany chamber of Com
merce Stat" Engineer Bond and State
Superintcnd OF Public Works Boyd
Appeared with the Governor al the con-
ference.
While nearly every on" present, excel I
the State officers, expressed their views on
the quest ion of canal improvement, Mrssrs
Schwab, Clinton. Laughlin and Hcrbret did
most of the talking The conference was
held behind closed doors and at its conclu-
sion the representatives of the canal inter-
e.ts said that the Governor had requested
them not to discuss with the newspaper men
what took place al the conference. The
Governor himself declined TO talk. saying
that his views would be made known in his
annual mes sage o the Legislature on Jan :.
Geo II RAYMOND of Bufato. who 80 long
has reore-entcd Buffalo canal iul er,sto in
the Legislature. said all of the representa-
tive, OF canal interests al this conference
opposed the Lake. route in favor of the
inland route.
We are not AT liberty to talk now re-
pardng Gov. Odcll's post ion on this QLcS-
ton" said Mr.. Raymond, but We feel SUI"
Gov Odell will DO all in his power 10 carry
out his an q election canal lfbin-'~, 50
that tho question Of the inland ivN.tou
barge canal improvement can D." sui
mi'tnd 20 n vote of Inc PEOPLE at next fan
election. II l. IN" eXpeCta ion that iE"
Iou~t itutional amendments passed 10y T."
last Legislature, including the on" pro-
vidiug that the can1l debt may 10 paid
from indirect State tax revenues ana H."
on" providing for additional supreme
Court Justices in 'le big cities, will, If
passed. by TIA" TX Legislature, b" SUI
United to a vote ui ~" reopl" al SPECIAL
election to be he'll the day after the regular
e'ccrion ueA fall. for the reason hat tho
leople carrot vote upon Il bonding propo-
oit'on and amendments to the Constitution
al the same election.
We think the thampain Canal also
should be made q lsU.tnn barge cana,
Tn" llckawan steel furnace a. Buffalo,
which viii b"gn opera, iur- in TN" suriuC,
will marufagturH $4,000 tons of Open-hrartl y
steel n.N year This will mean IN" Use "f
0oG ooo tons Of ore which must come through
The Ihamriain Canal from Port Henry.