THE PANAMA CANAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 47, 25 October 1913, Page 4

THE PANAMA CANAL.

It is generally considered in Britain that the British Columbian ports will benefit more than any others on the

west coast of America from the opening of the Panama Canal, with the result that steps are being taken to carry oat a number of big narbour improvement schemes. When the waterway is available the distance by sea between Vancouver and the Mersey,

which is now 11,000 miles through tne Straits of Magellan, and over 1(5,000 miles via Suez, will be reduced to 8,800 miles. Recognising this advantage, the Government of the Province

has, it is said, a scheme under consideration with a view to the subsidising of a 'line of steamers from Liverpool which will provide special facilities for the emigration, traffic, while ,jt is, also understood that one of tne German companies plans the transport of steerage; passengers to Yancduve*,' Tacoma,; Seattle, and, San Francisco at the same .fares i whichi .afd now charged to New York, plus the cost of passing through the Canal. And it is very evident that, if British Columbia continues to make the.progress which has been shown in recent years, the influx of labour on a huge scale will be a vital necessity.