Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-20

and America are drawing nearer
to each other. The latest phase
OF this approaching nearness ID
foretold in a geographical sense
BY eir Edward Morris. premier Of New.
fou1dland. His scheme 10 geographi.
cal because no proposes to cut OF q
whole day in transit between the two
countries. The saving of day. ~
hours Of time. IL the Same thing -
takang up the United Kingdom BY it,
roots and planting It In the middle Of
the North Atlantic. at least . thousand
miles nearer Canada and the United
States.
6ir Edwards proposition would b
Interesting merely as theory. but tho
premier II in earnest about It He
proposes in brief to construct nrst .
seilway from Quebec to . point on
Cape Sir Charles across tho Strait Of
Belle Isle at its narrowest part oppo-
site Newfoundland. This railway will
connect with two steamers Of the Lust
tania and Mauretania type to run
between Cape Sir Charles and LIVER
V~OA' 40 oO0 0ABS6uC0 U0tW00A tklO
two points is only 1856 miles, running
between Ireland and Scotland and
through the Irish sea. There will be
. ferry across the straits to Newfound-
land.
This would be by far tho shortest
passage across the Atlantic, and with
steamers Of the Lusitania type the
voyage from land to land could be &C.
somplished with only three nights at
SEA-" said the Newfoundland premier.
The route would be open all the year
ENTHUSIASTICALLY drift and floating
Ice would be met with, but nothing
to obstruct properly built and equipped
steamers.
From Cape Sir Charles to Quebec
= about 1000 miles, and with line Of
standard gauge this could be covered
at sixty miles an hour, which means
that passengers could be landed In
lower Canada and In the United States
twenty-four hours earlier than by tho
Lusitania to New York today.
This can readily be seen when it is
explained that the ocean passage
would be 1900 miles shorter and that
tho 1000 miles will be covered on land
at sixty miles an hour. which is nearly
three times as fast as the Lusitania
and the Mauritania travel"
The Mauretania's best time Is about
thirty land miles an hour.
The period Of self-absorption Of
American capital in TRANSPORTATION
schemes Of a domestic nature still con-
tinuing. and his partial bridging Of the
North Atlantic having its terminals ~
spectively in the mother country and
her colony, It IL British capital. con-
sequently. which proposes to father
this project, which sounds and looks
no much like dream
But Sir Edward. who has never been
accused Of being q dreamer. said that
he had discussed the plan with a syn.
dictate Of British capitalists In New
York. There are In New York at the
present time" he said. "the represen-
tatives Of a large and influential Eng.
1ish syndicate who have acquired
rights to a railway running out Of Quo
bee and who have a charter to build
railway in the direction Of Cape Sir
Charles and Newfoundland. the width
Of the strait at that point being only
seven miles,"
So far as the steamers themselves
are concerned. marine experts say that
the only saving would lie in ono days
steaming coal. an economy Of $4,000
or $500 trip. The provisions saved
on a three-day trip would not b count
cd at all.
The cost Of running a great steam
ship such as the new White Star liner
Olympic. pictured above. is tremen-
dous. To bring the Olympic from
Southampton to New York and tie her
safely to her pier costs In the neigh
borhood Of 100000. This vast sum
10 made up principally by the pur-
chase Of coal. the wages Of the men on
board and the buying of food for the
passengers. The value of the coal
oonsumed-about 500 tons per day
was only trifie less than the cost of
the food eaten by the passengers. This
latter item was increased about SIC, 900
ON the return voyage because the first
and second cabins were filed when
the leviathan departed.
From q chief stewards viewpoint It