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Show ' The Manchester canal was built at i 'oil ot ("S.000,000 to reduce freight c es for n distance ot 3S miles, and, He It did not provu a good Inter f bearing Investment on such a i gu expenditure, Ita Indirect and b ru pcrmnncnl benefits aro said to I ro warranted It lermuny ha 3,000 mile of canal. Mi fully maintained, beside 7,000 lie of other waterway. France. t! a an nreu less than wo would con f) ct a largo stnte, ha 3,000 mile of tl; nnd In the northern part, t ere tho cannl aro most numerous, t rallwavs nru more prosperous I sland, Germany, France. Holland e I Ilclgtum nro all contemplating a titer extension and Improvement ot 1 ir canal systems Century Maga-tx |