The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-06
MOVING GRAIN OVER
WATER ROUTE IS
SOLUTION
Cheaper Rates on Shorter
Haul by Way Of the Red
River and Hudson Bay
MAYOR r. D. WAUGH
SEES IMPROVEMENT
Dominion Government Backs
Enterprise and Will As
sist in Movement
Y r. D. WAUGH
SEES ~ROVEM

Ia tIlG lliic IL Cunning when grain
from the vast fertile prairies OF the
American northwest will be shipped
by water from. Grand Forks. Fargo.
Wahpcton and other cities lying on
the Red River Of the North, is the be.
lief of Mayor II. d. Waugh OF Winni.
pes. and he expressed himself in no
uncertain manner on that point in an
address to the membership of the
Grand Forks Commercial club Tues
other valley city mayors. were the
guests Of honor.
Navigation of the Red river, Of Lake
Winnipeg and of the Nelson river. he
commended. was feasible, and he point
cd to the success already attained by
the Dominion of Canada government
In its improvement Of the Red river
north of Winnipeg, and which work
has resulted in making navigation
permanent for a distance of sixty
miles south of the locks.
The Shortest Route.
Figures submitted by Mayor Waugh
to show the difference in distance
from Grand Forks to Liverpool by
against tho New York route. 1t is
fully 1000 miles shorter, he said, to
ship grain by way of tho Hudson bay.
and instead of requiring six weeks in
which to make the shipments, he de-
clarcd it would require but two weeks.
Differences III latitude are responsible
for the shorter distance.
n present route Of grain from
Grand Forks to Duluth is 326 miles;
from Duluth to Buffalo is 9S5 miles;
from Buffalo to New York is 495 miles
and from New York to Liverpool is
1871 miles.
Taking the grain by way Of Hudson
bay, he allowed 500 miles as the dis
lance by water from Grand Forks to
Winnipeg: 500 miles from Winnipeg
to the head of Lake Winnipeg: $50
miles from the head of the lake to
Fort Nelson, m 2,926 miles from
Fort Nelson to Liverpool.
The actual difference in distance,
shown by those figures. is 1927 miles.
Government Backs 1t.
That the Canadian government rec
ognized the possibilities of water navi.
cation. the speaker felt certain. The
extensive work at St. Andrews. where
$500, 900 was spent, convinced him
that the government would continue
it's work and would ultimately provide
a direct water route from Winnipeg to
the bay.
With the American government i'm.
proving the Red river south Of the
boundary line. he also felt that the
government of Canada would con-
struct another dam south Of Winnipeg,
making navigation continuous for the
entire distance.
Reduction of freight rates would
come with such a waterway. and the
benefits to the Canadian northwest
and to the American northwest were
pointed out by Mr.. Waugh has been
very great under such conditions.
There Is no boundary line in this
question:" he declared.
Railroads Interested.
Railroads arc recognizing the i'm
portance of the Hudson bay route and
arc shaping their course in that direc-
ton. The question of ~navagibility in
Hudson Bay. Mr.. Waugh asserted, was
settled. and the grain could move for
a large part of the year, and the dam
ger from storing grain at Fort Nell
son, because of the colder climate. was
less.
There we're several other speakers
during the evening.
Mayor NJ. F. Murphy emphasized
the benefits that would be derived
through the establishment of perma-
nent navigation on the Red river.
Mayor Thomas Barry OF st. Boni1ce
made a brief talk in which he tender.
ed his own support to the movement.
Prof. E. F. Chandler discussed the
question or water now IN the river.
declaring that the flow of the water
must be more regular to bring about
the best results. Locks and dams in
the Red river. and a controlling dam
at Red Lake river, he declared, would
be needed.
D. NJ. O'Neill of Thief River Falls
discussed conditions on the Red Lake
river in that district. and he. too. de-
clared that there was need OF some
action.
Before adjournment was taken.
there was a rising vote Of thanks to
the visitors from outside the city who
had taken the time to visit Grand
Forks and confer relative to better
navigation conditions on the Red riv-
err. A committee consisting of Mayor
Murphy and Prof. Squires Of this city.
and Mayor Larson of Crookston. was
named to formulate a resolution and
send it to Washington. setting forth
the sense of the meeting with refer
ence to the attitude he national gov
eminent should take in granting aid
in improving conditions.
Dean V. P. Squires oficiated as
POSTMASTER during the evening.