Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-04
At the SauIt Ste. Marie
Canal Celebration.
Vice President Fairbanks Gen.
trail Figure Of Program.
Welcomes Canadian Friends to Share In
Pleasures Of the Occasion.

COmmemOration exercises in the gov
eminent park here adjoining the ship
canal made up the second days pro-
gram of the semi-centennial celebra-
| ton of the opening of the st. Mary's
ship canal which connects Lake Supe-
rior with the lower lakes. The exercises
took the form of program Of adj
dresses, the feature of which was an
address by Vice President c. w. Fair
banks.
a Dugie call and the boom of Il sum
rise gun at Fort Brady opened the sec
Ond oay of the celebration The streets
leading to the park were early filled
with thousands OF persons walking to
the scene Of the days exercises 4
concert by the Calumet and Hccla
Band at o'clock opened the exercises.
After the DISTINGUISHED guests and
| SPEAKERS had taken their places on the
stand, Archdeacon Lord of Sault Ste
M@rie. offered the Invocation. Charles
| f. Osborne of this city, followed with
| an address of welcome. Peter White OF
Marquette, president of the commit
| tee which had in charge the celebra-
| ton. then spoke on ''rhe Development
of the Lake Superior Region Mr.
White. who is 4 pioneer of the upper
peninsula, described the development
| of the mining industry, both copper
| and iron, III the upper peninsula. and
! the marvellous growth of the lake ma
| rine traffic since the opening of the
| first 3a0-fOot locks here, 50 years ago.
Other addresses were made by Con-
gresham Burton of Ohio, chairman of
I Wv Of he
| House of Representatives,; Rodolphe
Lemieux, solicitor general of the Do
minion Of Canada: Gov. Warner of
| Michigan. on THE State of Michigan
and the Building Of the st. Mary's Ca
| nal: United States Senator Burrows,
on "rhe Future Of American Com
merce." and William Livingstone, pres
| ident of the Lake Carriers Association
on "1'he Navigation of the Great
Lakes
A number of impromptu addresses
We're made by other prominent guests.
| The cOmmemoration exercises were 50
| long that they were divided into a
| morning and afternoon program, the
| speakers and distinguished guests be-
| ing entertained during the interval at
| luncheon at the lie Sault De Ste Marie
Club.
Vice President c. w. Fairbanks, to-
| day, had entirely recovered from the
| slight indisposition due to fatigue which
| necesSitatcd his leaving the receiving
| line at last nights reception. He was
| very much fatiGued when ne retired,
| but today, was in excellent health and
| spirits.
The celebration ended, this afternoon,
with addresses including that of Vice
| President Charles W. Fairbanks, who
| was the central figure at the celebra-
| ton. The speeches were delivered from
| n stand in the government park which
| was tastefully decorated.
Vice President Fairbanks spoke as
| follows;
"Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentle
| men-We cordially welcome our friends
| from Canada to share in this celebra-
| ton. The event we commemorate is OF
| mutual interest TO the people of the
| two countries. There, side by side, are
| the great locks, one constructed by the
| United States and the other by the
Dominion of Canada. Through them
passes interchangeably the commerce
of two countries. Here they will be in
| close friendship for centuries to come.
| discharging their important functions.
We trust that they will always be
svmbolical Of the cordial relations and
neighborly regard of the two people
| through whose veins flows the blood of
| a common ancestry.
"There are no Notifications along our
common frontier; no battleships upon
| the waters which divide us. They are
not needed now and we trust that in
| Gods providence they shall never be
| required We are the rcspecters of each
others institutions. of each others
| laws. of each others rights. We are
| bound to each other by strong social
| ties and sentiments of mutual respect.
"We look upon our commercial de-
velopment since this canal was dedi-
Gated to commerce, with the utmost
satisfaction.-All sections of the coun-
| try have gone forward, expanding IN
commercial strength, but nowhere is
there to be found more remarkable
growth than we witness in the territory
which is tributary to the st. Mary's ca
nal. The tonnage passing through this
canal has risen from an average of L.
| 900 tons per annum in the first decade,
| to 1000 900 of tons per annum IN tne
10 years ending in 1904. Last year more
than $1,000 vessels passed through these
locks, carrying more than twenty-one
and one-half million tons of freight.
valued at over s340,000,000.
1.-The canal is identified with the pc
riod of our most rapid industrial de-
yeloDment. The ever increasing pro-
cession Of shins through it tells the
story of our expanding production,
growing trade and increasing INDUS
trial Importance"
Mr.. Fairbanks after describing az
length the work Of the United States IN
| promoting commerce. concluded:
while the United States promotes
commerce it makes for peace. Through
the timely intercession of President