提出了通用电气orgian Bay Canal.

提出了通用电气orgian Bay Canal.

The Dominion government at Ottawa, Ont., has just received the report on the proposed shortened route from the Great lakes to the Atlantic by means of the proposed Georgian Bay canal. The plan is to use the French river from Georgian Bay, connecting it by canal with the Ottawa river and dredging that river to deep water at Montreal, thus making a 22-ft. short route waterway. The engineers report that such a water route could be constructed in ten years at a cost of about $100,000,000. The canal would be a little over 400 miles long from Georgian Bay to Montreal. It would take seventy hours to traverse it, which would give a route from one and three-fifths to two days shorter than any existing waterway from the lakes to the ocean. It is claimed that its carrying capacity would be immensely superior. The engineers make a statement, however, which makes it doubtful, if the canal will ever be constructed. They say: “Compared with the possible improved system of the St. Lawrence canals to a depth of 22 ft., assuming that the number of locks would be greatly reduced, probably no practical saving in time of transit could be claimed for the Georgian Bay canal route, the saving in distance being offset by the longer stretches of lake and wide river navigation which exist through the lake Eric and Ontario route, where high speed would be permissible.” It is hardly probable the government will bring in anv legislation this session bearing on the project, in view of the brief period between now and prorogation. It is thought to be more probable that a commission will be appointed to report on the cost of deepening the St. Lawrence and the Welland canal systems to 22 ft.

Former Fire Commissioner Benjamin W. Wells’ report of the Boston fire department for the year ending January 31, 1907, just issued, reports that during the year the number of small incendiary fires exceeded all previous records. The total number of still and belt alarms was 4,041. as against an average of 2,762 for the past ten years, and 826 more than in any previous year. The total loss during the year was not excessive, a fact due to the excellent service of the officers and men under Chief Mullen.