Show SENATOR SQUIRE SPEAKS I Ho Sets Forth the Advantage to Be Derived from the Washington Canal WASHINGTON June 16When the report re-port of the conference committee on tho river and harbor bill was under consideration considera-tion in the Senate today Squire made a in favor of the forcible speech or appropriation appropria-tion of 3500000 to commence the work known as the Washington canal In Washington Wash-ington connecting Lakes Washington and Union with Puget sound Tho great benefit I would confer upon commerce was he said out of all proportion to the money to be expended This work would not only be of immense value to the great and rapidly growing city of Seattle but the state 0 Washington and tho entire Pacific coast and the national interests of the United States Squire spoke at length L and with great earnestness and held the I close attention of the Senate throughout |