WATER I'OWKKS ON MERSEY RIVER. X. 8. — YORSTON. 6(33 



Fact! I lies for 'fninsixtrl . 



One of the iiveatest ('(lusideratioiis witli tlie iiiamifacturer 

 of any kind of g-oods is tJie proxiniirv uf his fncrnrv to his 

 marker, and the cost of ii'ettinii- his jiroihict tvansporte*!. A 

 niannfacturer niav he siruate(l ;ir (piire a disranei' from where 

 his goods are sohl, a'nd vet, if he lias i^ood couinninieation and 

 cheap rates of freight he may !»e herter sirnated than if he 

 were ninch nearer his market h\ir had poorer transport facilities. 

 Xow I want to show that as regards the ])oW'ers of the Mersey 

 any mannfactnre can he readily marketed, amh in fact, I think 

 the sitnation could hardly he improved, and that it only re- 

 ojiires tbat the conditions heconie hetter known to lun-e it 

 i)rom])tlv taken advantaiie of. .Vs stated hefore, the. towns of 



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Liverpool and Milton are l»nt i?4 nules a])art. Liverpool is the 

 ship])ing })ort, while the hnlk of the manufacturing has always 

 heen done at Alilton. There has always heen a friendlv rivalry 

 hetweea these two places, hut to an out-idei- thev are all the 

 .-anie, a ])eople hnsy, iiidnstrions and enterprising to no common 

 degree. That the people of these places have ahvays had faith 

 in their towns, and in their ))ros|>ects. is evidenced hy the 

 nncomin(.»n nnnd)er of neat a. id pretty residences, and a 

 stranger to the place cannot hut he impressed with the care and 

 taste displayed in the arrangenieiit of the grounds and the 

 jilacing (d' heautiful shade trees. They ha\'e an air oi pros- 

 ]terity not ahvays worn hy towns of their -^izc The town of 

 Liver))ool has an excellent harhour opeiiinu- (nn into the 

 .Vtlantic, and has exce])ti<»iial advantages as a slii])])iiig port. 

 In the town there is an n]»-to-date machine sho]) and foundry, 

 and other factories. They have also a nuirine railwav o])erated 

 l)v electric |)ower su])|)lie(l hv the t(n\'n, and tin- i< the only 

 marine railway on the continent that is so operateih Siiij)- 

 hnildi'ng is carried on extensively in the town, and the products 

 of the ship-yards are in demand as heing the staunche-^t and 

 hest models of wooden ships ohtainable. 



