The paper could scarcely have anticipated the impact of an international deal signed decades later, in 1905. “Car ferries” would be built, with related infrastructure, plus dredging of port channels to accommodate heavy loads, to directly link Rochester, with Cobourg in Ontario, Canada, to its north. The ferries would carry both freight-laden train cars and paying passengers.
Once there were more passengers, Cobourg’s already-established appeal as a tourist destination for Americans was increased. Before those good-news events occurred however, there was a curious international, marine incident at Charlotte’s port, earlier in 1905.
An International Outrage…