. Canadian machinery and metalworking (January-June 1913). The Docks. The two miles of docks—twenty-threein all—are for the terminals of the• Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co. Thedry dock, to be operated by its build-ers, will be one of the largest in theworld, and there is also every possibil-ity of a steel shipbuilding plant beingestablished in the comparatively near facilities at St. John, using seven docks,each capable of accommodating two ves-sels. These have, however, been foundtoo small, and eleven more of like ca-pacity are being built by the Govern-ment for the use of that railroad. Ina
. Canadian machinery and metalworking (January-June 1913). The Docks. The two miles of docks—twenty-threein all—are for the terminals of the• Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Co. Thedry dock, to be operated by its build-ers, will be one of the largest in theworld, and there is also every possibil-ity of a steel shipbuilding plant beingestablished in the comparatively near facilities at St. John, using seven docks,each capable of accommodating two ves-sels. These have, however, been foundtoo small, and eleven more of like ca-pacity are being built by the Govern-ment for the use of that railroad. Inaddition, the Intercolonial Railway havetwo docks, and there are two more at thePettingill wharf, owned by the city. the farms right to the ships side; thenit will be at once seen that there are im-mense possibilities ahead for this pro-gressive port. Comparison of Distances. A comparison of distance of time andtransit between Liverpool and Chicagobv the New York and St. John routes. ST. JOHN. AS A DISTRIBUTING CENTRE. 18 CANADIAN MACHINERY Volume IX respectively, illustrates most emphatic-ally the favorable position of the actual distance from Liverpool viaSt. John to Chicago is 24 miles lessthan the distance via New York, whilein point of time consumed in transit ofgoods, the Canadian route has a muchgreater advantage. The shorter railwayhaul from New York to Chicago is join-ed to a longer ocean voyage from Liver-pool, and therefore slower time is madeon the New York route. Assumingsteamers and trains on the two routes tobe of the same relative speed, the route is decidedly the faster ofthe two. As to the Canadian trade, while , as compared with Halifax, hastwo hundred and fifty miles longer oceanvoyage from Liverpool, it has a shorterrailway haul of 356 miles by the Cana-dian Pacific Railway to Montreal, andwill be served by three competitive linesto that point, and four to the Pacificcoast. By actual experience, merchan-dise shi
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