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Show CANALS OF THE FLMVRR rhey Will Be Large Enough Tor th B tiling of a Heavy Busily s. The history of the struggle beteea canals of small dimensions and of railroads rail-roads has been the same in all countries. The fight raged bitterly for a number of years, the canals acting on the defew ive, although thfty Jhad as allies th states under whose patronage they were built and operated The result has beel the same in all case the unconditional surrender of the canal to the railroads. This, however, Is not so much the fauft cf the system as of their management The railroads have great advantagei over canals. They are better able to abridge distances both by reason of sup rior speed and of facilities for overcoming overcom-ing elevations, spanning streams, fret from danger of destructive floods, and piercing through the highest mountains, but their great success is mainly due tc the ficc that they have kept pace with the progress of the world. Waterw ays built from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the first quarter of the nineteenth century were regarded ample to meet the requirements of trade at the time they were constructed, construct-ed, and there was in many instances ft progressive improvement in their dimensions dimen-sions and appurtenances. But while the Industrial, agricultural and commercial developments of the world have advanced ad-vanced to proportions not dreamed cf a century ago canals have remained stationary. sta-tionary. They are now obsolete and can no longer fulfill the requirements of cheap transportation in competition with railroads. Tho canals of thefutuva must have the dimensions and the facili. ties01 ripid transport to adapt them ta the new conditions of commerce. They must not be barge or boat canals, but ample waterways for the free passage of such ships as are now engaged in carrying carry-ing the world's trade Of such cauali we have now some important types in accessful operation, and others in proo-3s proo-3s of construction or in comjldtiop.. Chautano'-m |