Show ENLARGE THE CANAL new york cities want a 1000 ton barge waterway new now york june 20 buffalo duffalo Is 1 cooperating with new york and all era of canal improvements to secure a 1000 ton barge waterway according to george 11 raymond secretary of the canal enlar enlargement gemelA committee ot of the buffalo merchants exchange who was in new now york city a vt day or two ago and conferred with local leaders of the canal campaign As s to the fact that buffalo indorsed endorsed Indor sed the proposition and endeavored to secure its passage by the legislature mr rayomnd sam sald that that action addon was taken only Us a matter of expediency and that buffalo did not abandon the fight for a larger larget improvement until it became erld evident ent the 1000 ton ion bargo barge scheme could not possibly be put through during g the last evasion mr air raymond said th that atthe the work now being done by buffalo was on the line of a campaign of education in favor of a barge waterway speaking of the tile proposition for a ship canal which is being b by the can canal at association of greater new york mr fr raymondl raymond expressed the opinion that such a waterway would be absolutely impracticable even should such a waterway be constructed ted he be eald cald it would be almost impossible to navigate large chips ships on it tor for with ck heavy beavy wied wind they could not hold their course coura e they would necessarily have to move at ol a reduced speed which would add to the cost of transportation such a canal he thought would oua cot not be used iby by ships but rather by barges say of 1000 tons capacity since the latter could be hauf bandied fied more easily and operated much more economically the proposed 1000 barge canal he said would meet all requirements |