Show shortening THE TRANS ATLAN TIC PASSAGE A dispatch from quebec to the boa ton herald says the shortening of trans trana atlan lie IC ocean passage to a three days voyage Is the inducement now held out to the canadian government by the promoters of the now new labrador rail railway way sc henle fe the proposal involves the establishment of an ocean steamship port at port aarnham Mar nham which Is ia situated on od the st bt lewis inlet about 60 miles north of the straits of belle isle it Is claimed that the short crossing between port baraham and mil ford haven in wales could easily be made in 72 hours by the greyhounds grey hounds now running between new york and liverpool port aarnham is described as a magnificent harbor almost entirely land locked and open for HaVi navigation gation seven to eight months in the year it to is claimed by the author of the scheme that during the season of navigation almost all the mails mail between europe and america me as well as an the bulk of the passenger trade would follow the shortest existing route public interest in the he scheme has been awakened in canada by the publication of the report of a survey for a line of railway from quebec to Ls labrador brador which for its entire length I 1 is practically level the entire length of the route so explored is ie not more than miles and the work of con strutting ting og it need not occupy more mare than IS 18 months while its average cost a mile would be but little more than that of the canadian Paol pacific fic railway where it traverses the level plateau of the canadian northwest the company lor for which the survey has been made has been formed in london and includes a fair sprinkling of canadian politicians and the announcement is made that the company la is prepared to proceed with the undertaking provided canadians join them in their efforts to open a route which will revolutionize american trade and especially that of canada 22 the westward conned tiong of the projected line would be more easily controlled oled bythe by the northern pacific people than by anybody else also and railroad men are now baking asking if it in liswith with this koblect in view that mr Mo Naught of that corporation and his friend john C lilno eno and others connected with them have secured a con broling interest in charters and existing lines of railway running web westward tow towards ardethe the great lakes from a point on the line of the quebec and lake st john rall railway Way |