Salt Lake Telegram | 1904-04-04 | Page 7 | Improve the Canals |

Type	issue
Date	1904-04-04
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Article Title	Improve the Canals
Type	article
Date	1904-04-04
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	7
OCR Text	Show mPKOVE TUB CANALS. '''' " . " ' . " " . . . 'rBBjpBJ . ' A movement has been started in several sev-eral countries in Europe to Improve the t canals, which have been neglected ..through the influence of the railroads, .Just as they have in many American States. , .- . There are In France SMO miles of ca- ; nals. Belgium baa 1242 miles of canals and other waterways. In Holland the " canals are put to more general use than '.they are In other countries. 1 In England there are 3907 miles of ca-. ca-. . !nals, and it has haen pointed out that the railway companies own 1878 miles of these canals. The railroad companies : keep the canal rates so high that there is no competition between the canals In ny country that are not fifty years be- ; hind, the tiroes. " - -
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