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id%" iand nmuck tc se 15Ita48 for tbw -k 1* mvw ccinpited Sembl -sv«p am< are b.eoimtng fa. ,LmOngsad roci loue but Britlslter wtounneathem tii e ever had la theli pa- m vn ac. cf hydrauie li pff b~y the. overn tem vessllp can bi vith the smre cas e BCel o f lieot Hoe.c j> marn faomous uiviUerait e ?a 15r l 88an civlandg eg1neig Vm 4 - s n J$77 receiv ipn the as P al land urv peoience89, n t minionmoundusuverin 8i * 1fr Roges entred teTrent g MS ien Ie assmiStnt engine 1 'c> op Gri and Truraiyolna8y. , an Et asistn andenginern the880y a tre construceton o!the Trent,,,,, * n1 became ssistnteinedin., L- othe maintentinef the Trent nR L. When the wo rk was begun n1%, eé lnut twards the finalconetn rv c anal, Mr. Rogers was appointe,, -engineer An, charge of the entr 1 During February, March, and Et 186 Engineer Rogers was commi, i- ed by the Canadian Gove=e S proceed; te Belgium, France, aDd eland- to examine and report onth ROCK CUTTING, TRRINr CANA, BrTWIMM KIRCflKD AMD VICTORIA I10k!>, IN ORTE VICTORIA canal aun rapldly ap the finances of the tention of Non. Mfr. Haggart te com- ,country would alleW. He was true te Plete, the, vonaet the earliest possible bis» word. A large aum vas put ln the moment.. eatimates the f61owoing yesr, snd With the completion o! the, t*od- ,work "as ai once commenced& visions now unde-r contract thec route The magnifient lock$s at penel on vill he open from Severn ET4dîe or) railsi Bucuiiorn, Levaglck, and Bur. Lake Couchiching to near Campbell- loisg-h,- and numerous dams vere. builitord n East Northumberland. WItb the, and comple ted about.the year 18m. exception of the helght ef land section. Meanirne5fr~ ~l~ ~ showu n tiese illustrations, thc wori; e oLondon, Unglabd, asneH11g1 Commissioner for Canada, and thc Trent canal lest a strong advocate n, the councls of the Government. The openlng up ot th* great CmnadiPu North.-we5 consequt>ltOn the oGri- strucetion of; the Cans.dI&n PaOifl rail- vsr, caused inte5t lauthc soheifle te> vane, and fer severuI yearsI t vas ut a standstAli. urlng thsat Period depu- . tatioàs from a&l sieng the route vist- ed 'Otawa to urge tic completiofl o1 the vork - but At vas flot tini the yeaiî 189 that t wva aain taken UP. ln 1892 Mai01 S"MHughes vas dcci- ed mneml>er et Parliament for Nlorths Vijctoria. Thse helght of land" tion of the canal coniiting BaiuBm lake ln ViOtorib. Oonty vitis Lake Slmece .9 An the elecioral district vlci ie relrsents. .major fHughes, vlWtb ,,IaracterWle i isur,' took 1UP the question, snd being. fortifted vitis dats by bis old persorlal frieud, BuPerinteiid * îng Engineer Rogers, brought the strong foutu ras of the sehemnete.the attention of the Hon. John EESSIrt, -Mllu;t eto Railways and Canals, AHR.OKN AE . ver quirk te note the advantages BATOR-HSICTORIAI, and drawýb&cks ln a sehense, Hon. Mfr. NRHVCOI *Charles Tupper'. Bart., vasa dirOthectSd tein sonai ebtain att rm&ovcPr tsevsas &kses by means o! dams and locks, and scia tie xamiatll ie w o tp lesd vu the ovei~r nîing of rapidi on the rivera the great p o *biIaà Mef1ti heic»aMe Manas. Mar~tiu rou the at epo*bUUol aOf edtht"e«" Midland on Georgian Bay the rolate Hme ths h pblel Mmm"tbt upenethe, Severn i r,4 ouchl- QevflUieI oold outtai5Y buAid tIt rve Haggset promPtiY sav ilat vilAi.t, - 0 oh* th tto Lrvi & trot* poit a -Umble té *0 o & '#S> CJrVW Pletion of tie vitvei* *7, wýNct1 àqàv» oes.wre ow-Baissaslake lasoui. tlut ho scame te the decision t& Ba"Mlake lastheie fer esat aga rWemtise eltire vork te aM tlwa suoeSfI eu. t Vlg the w&terof thtie llnish vitis thc e etpossible d41"7. U«r - m b rh bog Large sutfma ere placed ln tise "Ü-' siaim luxe. aa'imese«v'e, oaly a, matou, and suave sud- plans W5w prupared, fer contractai Â- ais» a- i'. Vil- diOtionklgutranteasoftieutniuet i e siisetseua*v- thse Oovcrnment, ecmceteCM Ise esire .,aue .SwgOS C% SISXe '. work s son -au possible, HOn. ISt. te"bmti r«M WM *ive. >fsggart determfneld te. Construe c t, t * iStU 5 B êW "hicgit2,*f land" section. fini, "4 ma" W be l« ea W M comu@rpietly vit Is t tise: parit 1,9W0 *Mot 1Vtb W&MUt U ?eloeboroWugh- nd i..keiald. -t 4e*4slted would bave te le 4006 two els. .Cousebleiig 1 Wu T>e advantages of tise Trent- canal are as follows p (a) The farmers, villager,'ind towns- people elong thc route vilI iiave .tie. advantages. ef vater rates. It now takes Se. te Se. to deliver a busisel et grainfroas tie lnîand points along thse canal to Montresl. 'roi tise minos fariner can send bis te Nev Totk or Mîotreal for from. Ilye té sMx cents. The. canal completed the, rates would be mdre favourale. (b) Tii, distance freinthé great Norui-West and thse West by vater' vouki b, shorieued64 ailes. Taklng sut Ste. marie as a commo»n starilasg point thse flowing are the, dlsbi"ae to lverie<>l (1) Via' . re canal Miles. Sault Ste. Marie to Bufalo, via Buffalo to Albany, viaBe an0 Mt Aubany to New -York,-"&ia, Baic river............. ....... 14 -New 'York to iclc........ u rotai, Saiit Ste. marie te Ltper- pool, via Erie cnl.... 3) -Via Welland canal Sault Ste. Marie ta Port Coîborne Port Coîborne in Montreal. .via Welland canal, Lake Ontario, 4- tnd St. Lawrencecaas...5 MOn trealt t ieo ol.....,9 Total, Sauli, Ste. Mari, to LAver- » Pool, via Welland Canal........83,24 (3) Via Trent canal gaisit Ste. Marie to Waubaushene 262 Waubauhne to Trenton....... i1 Trenton to Montreal, via Bay of Quinte and St. Lawrece canais 231 Motreal te Llvca'pol........,0 Total#, Saisît Ste. Marie to Lver- pool, via Trent caa-....,470j Thus thse differencen favour of thse Trent route over thc Welland ln 254 miles, and aver these En. and New York ln U7 miles. (c) .. hird greît, advantage ln ta- vour. of thc Trent. route las te Sein# sielicred. The-storms andi dangers ot lahes Huron, Erie, -andi Ontario are avoideti. Vessels vinI follov thse shel- tercd Gkergian Bay moute te tthe canal entrance ai Midiauti or Waubaushene, tisere transip to ca nal barges, viQ onward to Montreal, wili be continu- ously ln -sheltereti waters. 0f the, 197 miles froin Midlanti or 4-I of aétual canal cuttlng lems tian ten miles. The remainder will b. dcear, M8 open inland lake or river sailing. Thus delays from, fear of washIng ln the banks wili b, avoided. Iwo and ail giv, in bis t goas SGoverni r ple. wm. SCo of the a.As on0flis si rhetèvel iike d b: ntct. !,but hi rdng bu~ ay par years edwith Col mail: M4AJOR SAM. HUGHES, NI.P. and -tIme as under ordinary locksa itr takes to lockh.10 feet. The. six, o! locks is 184 by- -38 by 6 feet dcep on1 sAllis. It lé belng proposed, hgwever,î to make the deptis elght. feet on silîs ta, metctheic lare-aslfg requirements cf througb - trafic. L. B. Rogers,,Euq., c.Ec., o! Peter-,' boroisgh, supcnintendlng engineer of 1 tise. Trent .canal . va3 e4ucated .at j pecially ta enquire into the system hydraulic Ilift loks in use there. are ta be adopted on the Trent ca and irastead o! having a sries of> of, say, 10 feet each, each hydrar lit will be from 50 to îù feet. Chie! Engineer Rogers is sn oM late Col. Robert D. Rogers, f Pt broujh, who bravely led the bl e d for Brs. C ured ti MI thei route, Ite of Ir Bni rer kai irworl lin. o -r and hbora 'th VU * srs L f the1 --------------