Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 5, 1892

Mr. Adee to Mr. Herbert.

Department of State,
Washington, August 29, 1892.

My Dear Mr. Herbert: I am greatly obliged to you for your informal note of the 26th instant, in relation to the rights of American tugs in the Welland, Canal; and I have sent to Mr. Foster, who has gone on leave, a copy as explaining the views of Mr. Mackenzie Bowell on the subject.

I am afraid that his contention that the pulling off by a tug of one of her own grounded boats is “wrecking” will not tend to remove the difficulty we have found in the way of issuing the President’s proclamation.

I will endeavor to procure for you, as soon as possible, the information you desire in regard to the traffic passing through the Sault Ste. Marie Canal.

Very faithfully yours,

Alvery A. Adee.