| Show I 1 WILL LOWER THE LAKES EFFECT or OF THE CHICAGO NAGE CANAL I 1 report of the army engineers efforts effort being made mad to prevent the completion ot of the canal washington aug 23 the report of 0 the board of army engineers appointed kd by tho the secretary of war to examine and report on the effect the chicago iSral naKe canal would have on tile the waters of lake michigan has hag been received ce I 1 ed at the war department it Is 1 it probable it n hilll not bo be made public until the return of secretary lamont lament who I 1 ii expect eI Sa saturday evening very little can be learned ax as to the contents orthe atthe report although it Is 11 understood it alatas anra that the canal probably pio bably would reduce the ilia ave average ratte level ot of lake I ahe about sit BI inches and possibly aulce huron the sa same file thre this lower level no doubt would be objectionable to the shipping intel eats but the lake has hag varied from one cause or another such as an lack ot of rainfall or unusual evaporation more than one foot in different year i and ships have been built with it view to accorn 0 r n i nio dating themselves to this tecc reduced u c e d leel lei el it Is IR understood that hat the pott tion iton taken by the board I 1 Is 6 that the former variations are such buch as n not e t to make mahe this reduction ot of mix I 1 inches h a of very great importance it Is therefore pru Pro baule batile that the of the canal will not br be topped by flit government though certalic restrictions may be determined ter mined upon so as not to create any great waste or of water I 1 iho ho ioard board of engineers con consisted bisted of col poe maj alai runner ruffner and maj alai mat mai shall col poe recently stated muted that the effect of tire the outflow out how of the lakes could not be accurately told but that thai the outflow through the canal might ie ic duce the take lencl front roni three to eight inches tile the present how flow through the st clair river to la about DIX cubic feet per er second and through niagara liver about cubic feet feel per second according to the best available data the drainage carial canal would carry orf off about cubic feet feel per second the mean annual fluctuation between high and low water in the lakes due to natural causes varies from lh 12 feet in lake superior to 17 7 in lake ontario maj ruffner tin h is alienated that the lower ink ing ot of the th lalie lake level would not exceed 8 of a foot the lake carriers Carr lera association u Is making every erfurt to the ithe s building of the canal and has got tile the operation cooperation co of the canadian engineer and canadian shipping interests in oil 0 gooing any steps that would result in lowring lovi the lake levels of course couise lake michigan hilch igan Is N wholly holly in the united states but it Is claimed that lake 11 huron U would be go governed arned by the level of alic bigan and that lial it 11 Is in a border like lake |
