The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-07-20

the spending or @lOl 900. 600 ON
a waterway COrked at both Finds.
A convention of the organizations and
Individuals opposed to the expenditure by
the State of slOl 900 900 to enlarge the Erie
Canal into barge canal will be held at
Rochester next Tuesday under the auspices
of the Chamber of Commerce of that city.
The Chamber announces that it is opposed
TO the barge canal, but in favor Of a deep
waterway across the State to be paid for
bv the National Government.
That position is taken on the evidence of
the commission appointed by President
Mckinley to conduct survey for deep
waterway. Major Charles w. Raymond.
Alfred Noble of New York and George v.
Wisner were the engineers. The survey
cost the Government 100000.
II showed that ship canal with 2l-root
depth could be built for si99, 400 900, less
than twice the estimated cost of the l2-foot
canal for barges. OF this total, about
s42 100000 would he spent for the water
wav around Niagara Falls from Lake Erie
to Lake Ontario and the rest to make the
channel from Lake Ontario to deep water
in the Hudson Almost half the cost would
70 for excavation, $4,000 900 for locks,
sl2 100000 for right Of way.
The members of the Chamber Of Com
merce believe that any money spent on a
canal which simply magnifies the canal
and the canalboat OF to-day and does not
save the great expense of transshipment
is money wasted. Naturally. they do not
find the elevator owners Of Buffalo and
the ghterage pool at New York in accord
with this view.
These private interests collect toll Of
70 cents ton on all grain that passes down
the canal, sum equal to three times the
cost of transporting the grain from Buffalo
TO New York, according to the estimates
Of the Roosevelt Canal Committee of 1899.
To the last Legislature, which passed the
Davis act. was sent a petition signed by
some of the best known representatives of
trade and commerce in New York, asking
that such action be deferred and that appli-
cation be made to Congress by legislative
resolution for further survey for ship
canal The Legislature, well schooed bv
the canal lobby, showed the petition in the
waste basket and enacted the Davis bill
providing for the spending of at least $l0l,-
900 900, if the people should consent to it at
the election this November.
If New York il to have a new tifcial
waterway--for the Davis act means prac-
,ically a new cansl-sh it pay 500 900 900
for one that necesSitates breaking bulk
or shall il spend twice as much for ship
canal' That is the question which Roches-
ter has raised in this campaign.
rlat oh ,ri.. r,,l,, tut,
as much as a barge canal is due to the fact
that the route surveyed includes the Use OF
Lake Ontario as far as possible. That
Congress- may be made to see the advantage
of such waterway and to appropriate the
money to pay for 1t as national benefit
ia the opinion of those who have studied
the map and see the broader theory of a
ship canal If such an artificial waterway
will meet the expectations OF the engineers
who have figured out the problem.
BY building twelve miles of ship canal
from Buffalo to Lake Ontario, lat cost OF
s42 900 900, the vessels Of the upper Great
Lakes will be brought into the waters Of
Lake Ontario. Leaving the lake at Oswego
the survey shows twent seven miles to
Beaverton on Oneida Lake which, with six
locks would cost S20,000, 600
An instructive lesson from the viewpoint
of the ship canal advocate Ia found in these
questions and answers.
Y How much will the barge canal from
Bufgl0l and Osgego TO these lakes cost?
reason that ii comes mainly by artificial chan
mel across the State and has about one hun
dred and thirty miles OF canal. against about
Mrinnesota, Wise ons'n, Illinois. Indiana.
fSs ees are -oms e of the most states
and have about 81 900 900 of population.
q. What are the states which adioin these?
West V irgnia. With s,ooOooO population. and
and Vermont. with 5000 900 These, are, all
important, and their interest in the develop
ments of the Great Lakes basin IL as earnest
as that Of the States which touch those waters.
and these States named have Is per cent
Of the wealth and freight movement OF the
whole country.
q What other States. from the situation,
from the Topography and lines OF frame.
~ yom nGS Nebr "s 'f Kansss New G Mamp:
shire, Maine with 900 900 Of populat ion
Y Are the, Pacific and Mountain states
nil Eastern traffic by the Great Northern.
Northern Pacific and Union Pacific; and the
Se RSsE ITO race
and other lines.
Q Are any other States interested? A.
YES all tho coast and Gulf states, by reason
9i such adequate water connection with the
lakes through New York
g How many States then. of the United
\ only Arkansas and Tennessee, and their
interests in traffic toward the Calf OF lakes
also untes them In interest in this deep water
way. making it a truly United States concern.
sition Of special interests i'll New York now
promulgating l,OOO-ton barge canal in order
10 prevent such adequate waterway develop
ment
O What are the friends OF the canal?
A They are pnd-men.
Q What are end-men? A. They are those
VINO tell stories to increase the gate receipts.
LESSON OF THE CHICAGO CANAL.
O. Where is Chicago? A. II is in Illinois.
AZ The head OF Lake Michigan,
u How is il situated? A. On the divide
between the Great Lakes. or Niagara-St, .aw-
renee and Illinois, Mississippi watersheds.
"a How high Is it? A. just six feet above
o What has Chicago done? A. 1t has cut
through this.
q Why? A. For it's health; it is called
tne Chicago DRAINAGE Cana; and II vas Vas built
O. How much did it cost? A. About
sSQ 900 900.
ship canal. being rs miles long and % feet
peep, about 200 feet wide In earth and 1850
'eet m rock sections.
What other city has of itself built
with locks, and 20 feet deep by 10000
ton vessels
g How else is it used? A. As an example
ny par'Isans for the o0-ton-barge way,
Y what lesson do We draw from the chi
Iaso Canaif 4. That in works OF this class
american methods and machinery have cnt
host ana time Of excavation in two. The
benefits which the public will hereafter re-
tractors
q How does this Chicago canal compare
, MhaLh the deep-water way from Niagara to
Tue sea- A, II IL more than twice ns long
hs me canal sections between Lakes Erie