Ca.nals in England have long been regarded as the most hopeless enterprise afoot. They were thought to have been, killed by the railways, and they have crept on in the old way, with their barges drawn by horses, in their narrow channels. It is probable that within 18 months two leading English canals will pass into American hands, and will be run as the Erie system is run—by electric traction and. with wide channels.— Journal, New York.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 9400, 9 April 1902, Page 3
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