Nicholas Wilcox Cundy

“ In the course of the season many vessels take their departure for the Baltic, and if the manufacturers are thrown out two or three days they are thrown out the whole winter, for the Baltic is frozen up, and they are frozen in; three or four days make all the alteration.
20. Do you often find that goods are stopped on the canal by its being frozen?
One night will stop them; they are also more liable to casualties; they are stopped in cleaning. ”

“ All dispatch and facility must of necessity benefit the port. Almost all the manufactures sent to Germany, the north of Europe, and Russia, must of necessity travel eastward, and every facility for bringing them to London would be a great advantage. ”

“ There are particular days for a vessel to sail, and whether the goods arrive or not we send our vessels away. I am owner of a great many.
8. You do not wait till the goods come? We make arrangements with the merchants for a particular day, and whether the goods arrive or not we go. ”