A great enterprise — floating vessels around Niagara Falls.
--Horace H. Day, Esq., of New York, laid before the Transportation Committee of the Board of Trade, on the 26th instant, his plan for a ship canal, with double inclined planes, the vessel always floating in water around the Falls of Niagara, whereby it is possible to take a ship of the largest tonnage adapted to the lake trade, and in half an hour pas it on the other side of the falls with her cargo undisturbed. The vast importance of this great invention to the commerce and prosperity of the whole country, but more especially to the development of the boundless West, which is the true seat of empire on this continent and the granary of the world, cannot be over-estimated.Mr. Day explained his system with clearness and with convincing force. He has taken hold of the subject with all his energy, and will surely accomplish his purpose, for men who put their souls into great enterprises "know no such word as fall."
At the close of Mr. Day's exposition, a resolution was unanimously adopted thanking him for his able and interesting remarks, and declaring that the committee will give such consideration to the merits of the question as its great importance demands.--Boston Courier.
