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Ship Canal convention was held at Detroit. The Buffalo Board 1909 

 of Trade did not send delegates, but prepared instead an able erance 

 argument against the proposed construction. This argument, in 

 printed form, was laid before the convention. The Buffalo 

 Board, while expressing a deep interest in all feasible projects for 

 cheapening transportation, pronounced the Niagara Ship Canal 

 unnecessary and useless in the attainment of that object. It pro- 

 tested against any Federal appropriation therefor, holding that the 

 national finances did not warrant such an outlay, and — an even 

 stronger argument — that if built, the canal would benefit foreign 

 commerce at the expense of our own. It claimed that the true 

 solution of the question which the Detroit convention had under 

 discussion, was the improvement of the Erie Canal, and the 

 cheapening of transportation from the West by that route. 



The outcome of the convention, in view of the wide attention 

 which it attracted, and the heat which marked its deliberations, 

 suggests the "ridiculous mouse" of old /Esop. Resolutions 

 were adopted asking " Representatives in Congress to do all in 

 their power to procure an appropriation " to build the canal. 

 Nothing followed ; and although the Niagara Ship Canal scheme 

 is almost perennial in its cheerful reappearance, it is apparently as 

 far from realization as it was in 1871, 1863, or 1835. 



Symons, Thomas W. The United States government and the New 1909 

 York state canals. (Pub. Buff. hist. soc. 1909. 13:131-133.) s y mon » 



An account of federal action on a canal around Niagara Falls. 



1910 



FERNALD, FREDERICK ATHERTON. The index guide to Buffalo and 1902 

 Niagara Falls . . . Buffalo, N. Y.: F. A. Fernald. 1910. Fernald 



Arranged on the dictionary or encyclopedia plan. Excellent articles 

 on the Falls, the town and its industries, and all points of interest, scenic 

 and historical, with several views. 



1913 



CUMBERLAND, BARLOW. A century of sail and steam on the Niagara 1913 

 river. Toronto. 1913. Pp. 31-32; 99-101 ; 121 ; 169. Cumberland 



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