The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-20
TME CAPE con CANAL.

one oil the most thoughtful and In
structive addresses to the Deeper
Waterways Convention was that of
Commodore J. w. Miller a Jersey man
by birth and q Cape Cod man by
reason of tho important service in
which he is now engaged-the building
OF the Cape Cod Canal. which runs
through Il short stretch of "the land
or the sacred Cod in which the Lodges
walk with God" Commodore Miller
was graduated from the United States
Naval Academy in 1867. served in the
United states Navy from 1863 to 1854.
was engaged In the earlier Isthmian
surveys, was connected with the coast
wise steamship service for twenty
years, and he talked yesterday to the
Convention in an informing way about
me necessity for an increasing cdu-
cation towards close, sympathetic
and Joint relationship between Govern
mental state and corporate interests
looking towards the DEVELOPMENT or
our waterways along our Atlantic
coast"
The Cape Cod Canal is not, in fac,
canal al all, but a channel built
through sandy isthmus for dis
lance of eight miles. 1t has no locks
little current and a depth of thirty feet
at nigh water. 1t Is deeper and broader
Than the Manchester, KEEL and the
original Suez canals, and from Sncn
water In Buzzards Bay to the end Of
the breakwater at its eastern end e.
| is thirteen miles long. 1t is tbn arst
deep sea channel built by private
capital and is being built because tho
men who arc putting their money il,
IL Know that it will pay. To-day o5.
100000 tons OF freight, OF which H.
oOo,o 900 tons are coal, in the safe car
rage OF which Virginia is directly
interested, are subjected to the
dangers of navigation of Cape cod
and 1t Is for tho protection of
thls immense business that the canal
is being constructed. This canal is tn
De ono Of the stretches In the intra
coastal waterway from New England
TO inc Gulf of Mexico, and, as Com
modore Miller said: Thine alonc' vii,
show how and under what conditions
inc numerous stretches of bay sound
and river shall nc connected and CHA,
proportion OF their Improvement shall
DC divided between corporation. state
and the Government This is oucs
tioh which our Association Will have
10 meet before the day arrives whom
The loss OF life off Hatteras and Cane
Coo can be reduced to n minimum AND
''"i' saieiy sail through inland
waters."
II was George Washington the vir-
shiian and the lrst of Americans. who
was the father OF canals in this conn.
! 'ry' and 1t was he who first conco,,,o<,
'he project OF building canal through
'"o cape Coo is'hmus for small yes
ESeis from Barnstabie to Buzzard's Raw.
Aee'hg sure that he could outsail tho
STOW SHIPS OF the enemy II means
were found through inland waters 70
! NeW York; and 1t was Washinrton
VINO insisted on the military necessity
VI inland routes. We may leave FOR
iu'ure settlement the question OF Gov.
eminent State and corporate oortro,
OF the Cape Coo Canal and. other l,,e
waterways; but there was ono thing in
COMMODORE Miller's paper which should
DC q" the deepest interest to those ,,ho
are promoting the deeper waterway.
movement and to the people of the
. country at large.
y Fno Cape Cod Canal has been half.