Excerpt from Proceedings of the Deep Waterways Convention: Held at Toronto, September 17-20, 1894 That Whereas it is of the utmost importance to Toronto and the whole of the North west that the canals be deepened to admit of sea -going vessels coming to Toronto, and that the grain of the North west be carried from the Upper Lakes to tide water without breaking bulk be it resolved, that a convention be invited to meet in Toronto during the last week Of August next, to discuss the whole question of canal enlargements, and that the following be a Committee of this Council, viz.: Ald. Shaw, Lamb, Sheppard, Hewitt, Graham, Hallam, Dunn and the mover, to make the necessary arrangements and issue the invitations, and that the use of the Pavilion in the Horticultural Gardens be reserved during said Week for the use of the Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.