Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-04-07
A DEEPER HUDSON ND CHAM
PLAIN WATERWAY.

ment has become Interested In the
project to provide deeper channel
for craft in tho Hudson river. has in
terest for all friends and champions
of the project for a deep waterway be-
tween Montreal and New York via
link of deepened waterway helps to
lengthen the chain of channels which
must eventually connect the metropo-
lis of the United States and tho me-
tropolis of the Dominion of Canada,
ana to hasten the date when this
great public Improvement will he
consummated.
The Trop Press comments on the
situation editorially as follows:
"The great project of connecting
Canada and the Atlantic at the New
! York harbor by a ship waterway by
! way of the st. Lawrence. Lake Cham
plain and the Hudson river is one of
tremendous Importance. and its prac-
ticahilty is so manifest that IT should
engage the hearticst co-orcrat,on on
the part of our con gressman. chamber
of commerce and business mon genor-
ally. 1t would mean enormous addi-
tional transportation through our
city, cheaper freights and lower cost
of living for our people and an init
macy Of tho commercial intcr-rela
lions between Canada and this conn
try that would enhance materially
the general prosperity of both. The
able article on this vital topic repro
duced from tho Burlington Free Press
should he read attentivcly 1t is Of
profound consequence to this entire
section If country. We believe this
deep waterway can be put through If
proper effort is put forth TO achieve
it. and at least it would be worth a
dozen times as much to Troy as the
Panama canal, or any other remote
enterprises"
That the representatives. in Con-
gress from the region tributary to a
! deep water route between Montreal
ana New York are gradually becoming
aroused to the necessity Of concerted
action in support of the project is in
dicated by the following announce
ment sent to the Troy Times by its
! Washington correspondent:
reaches the President it will contain
q paragraph providing for the deep
cnns of the Hudson river from TROY
to CoXsackio to depth Of twelve feet.
This is due to the efforts of Sen
ator Depew and Congressman Draper.
who have been pcrsistently active
with the Senate commerce committee
ever since the report Of Colonel Black
reached Congress.
THE committee has agreed to in
corporate the Dcpew amendment with
the bill, exactly as it was prepared
by the senator
This means that 1880. 600 will be
available for beginning the work on
| ''' ''''' ''.' "H"lo project IN
'"S o." eNP'""l'u'e OF ahout S9'-
| '''''''' "'l "' complete within four
years from that date
"'The board of engineers will be
ANY ~ enter I"t' contract or con-
| e'''''' ''' ''r entire WORK at once or
June o. ana the deep channel
| wa "'"''''SS De aNalIable to the
! 7'' ny t"e tline the state
'N''''"'S are perfected
senator bepow ana Congressman
''"Po' are JN'l'aht because the ac-
'''''' VI ''e senate committee is re-
sal '''' - S''"h" IN importance only
- '''e "o''"n Oh 'he voters OF the state
!" authorizing the canal improve
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| '"'''S anu representatives.
III congress from massachusetts and
oohhecticu' as well as vermont should
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