Show lakil erie drying up sir J T had occasion to visit the inspectors office in the city hall and as one or two of the officials are like him fond of hunting the conversation naturally turned to that subject in of the state of the water in the marshes mr said that within a few years the level of lake erie had been reduced two feet mr expressed the opinion that the permanent lowering of the water level was due to the constant increase in the channel at niagara falls which permitted a greater volume of water to roll over the falls he was of the opinion that in order to preserve the proper stage of water in the harbors of the lake it would yet become necessary for engineers to raise the level of the niagara river inspector stated that it would be necessary to drop huge bowl ders into ahr stream in order to accomplish that result cleveland leader and herald |