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Michigan Ship Canal

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Parent Issue
Day
13
Month
April
Year
1882
Copyright
Public Domain
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The congressional committee ou canals aud railroads, on the bill for making a survey oL routes for a ship canal acro3S Michigan, present a majority report through Mr. Lord, chairman, Mr. Townsend and Mr. Dwight alone dissenting. In behalf of the proposed canal, the majority urge that it would shorten the distance between Chicago and the lower lake ports 550 miles; prolong the season of navigation on the lakes at least 30 days ; save an average of two days' time on steam vessels, and much more on sailing vessels, equivalent to a saving of from 60 to 90 days of open navigation, and take one-half from the hazard of storms, by which, for the last 25 years, $100,000 worth of property has been annually lost. The measure is also urged by the consideration of our relations to Canada, as a part of Great Britain, and as affording faciltty and safety in thetransportation of gun-boats, men-of-war and heavy ordnance, such as cannot be done by railroad. The vast agricultural area of the northwest which would be tributary to the canal, urges the measure. lts united erop of cereals now is in excess of the whole erop of the United States 25 years ago. It creates a necessity f or almost uslimited transportation, and faster than facilities can be furnished, even thongh the railroads are enlarging their facilitie9. The measure is commended as a direct means of affording protection to American industry, and in a manner to facilĂ­tate cheap transportation and diminish its cost. It should be under the control of the guvernment, be exempt from the question of discrimi nating rates and other dtetracting questions of carriages. Controlled by such considerations, and entertaining such views, the committee report in favor of a f 10,000 appropriation for a survey. The father of S. P. Noros, Boston, has received a letter from his son dated Yakoutsk, Siberia, January 7. Noros was one of the men selected by Lieut. DeLong to go ahead for relief. In the letter he says : We traveled about two weeks short of food then the captain decided to send Kinderman and myself on ahead to look for assistance. We walked 120 miles without anything to eat. For six days we had not a mouthful of food. We were most starved when found by natives. The captain and 10 men, I fear, have died from starvation and cold. Mr. John R Cibson, of Hexam, England lately described how e succeeded in taking the photograph of a flash of lightning on last July 5. He used Swan's plates, backed witli red paper. The lens employed was a half-inch rapid symmetrical, with the largest 1 stop but one.

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Ann Arbor Democrat