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Show FOR DEEP WATERWAY, CHICAGO TO BUFFALO WASHINGTON. Fob. 11. A deep water channel from Chicago to Buffalo via tho Soo Is In contemplation. In a few days a measure will be Introduced in congress con-gress providing for the completo survev and perhaps for the construction of such a waterway. . That such a plan Is feasible is Indicated by tho fact that already there Is a Chl-cago-to-T3uffalo channel twenty-one feet deep. Contracts already havo boon let for tho construction of a lock at the Soo which will accommodate threo of the I largest vessels on the lakes at one time. The cost of tho project will-bo approximately approxi-mately $7,000,000. |