A railway is contemplated from Winnipeg to the Saskatchewan River, across
the Northwest Territory. A tunnel is to be cut under the Hudson River
at New York, and a tunnel under the St. Clair River, between Sarnia
and Port Huron, Mich. That the Panama and Nicaragua canals have been
projected and partially completed is known the world over. A tunnel is
to be made through the Atlas Mountains in Russia, and the great Northern
Railroad Company is to make one through the Rocky Mountains in Montana,
and another is to be cut through the Sierras from Truckee River, Nevada,
into California. There is to be a canal from Knoxville, Tenn., through
Alabama to the Gulf of Mexico, and one from Chicago to the Mississippi
River, which is to cost $25,000,000. A ship railway 60 miles long is
to be completed from Georgian Bay to Lake Ontario, connecting the
Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, costing $12,000,000. A canal
is contemplated from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico, and also a ship
railway around the Dalles of the Columbia River. There is to be a ship
canal across New Jersey to the Atlantic Ocean, 60 miles long, and a ship
railway to connect the Gulf of St Lawrence with the Bay of Fundy, 12
miles long, to cost $12,000,000. There are to be steam lines from Tampa,
Fla., to all parts of the West Indies, a longitudinal railway through the
axis of North and South America, from Chicago to the Argentine Republic;
steam lines from Vancouver in British Columbia, to Japan and Australia,
and steam lines from New York to the Carribbees and the Windward Islands.
There are to be steam lines from Scotland to the North Cape and the
Antarctic Ocean; stated voyages between Sitka, Alaska, and Point Barrow
in the Arctic Ocean, and steamboat navigation of all the great lakes and
rivers of Siberia, British America, and Central Africa. Ports of entry
are to be established in all countries to furnish terminal facilities for
these far reaching lines of transportation.
We are to have federation among the nations, as we now have it among the
States of the American Union. The social cohesion, once national, is to
be international. All are to think for each, and each is to think for
all. All are to work for each, and each is to work for all. All are to
plan for the good of each, and each is to plan for the good of all. Thus
the inequalities of life are to be reduced, and the littleness of life
is to be redressed.
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