Show i ii WATERWAY A A t i FACT UNDER jI GOV I LOWDEN f Illinois Executive Carries Project to Success After Others Other S Fail LINKS LINK'S LAKES LAKES' TO MiSSISSiPPI Improvement of Vat Vast Importance ta to toY t Q Mississippi Valle Valley Y and Northwest All All Bar Bars to Actual Construction Construction Con Removed On One of the outstanding achievement ens of Gov GO Frank 0 T Lou dens or r tm n In n Illinois was the thet pu through of th the t Illinois t waterways as pro pr j. j 1 5 oct t. t ct t which will co d t O IJ U and Dc I provide pro water writer connection e n ee 11 II the ft Great Lakes an and the he Mississippi r river Tho he project has Mias been under ion Ion for mitre than 20 O Y 1 alp d several tHe state administration i. i have ha aso struggled struggle n In vain with this important problem It Il remained for Governor n Lowden Cowdell to fn carry the great m e merit t through 11 10 II h to W success The rh last bar to 0 the rhe project IH rte re- f removed moved d 1 Urinary January n ry 1 t fj with the issuance l of or a aa permit h by the thu secretary of w nr the suite stale to pro proceed etl nt at t one once with the the- improvement nt The b hV he of or nC actual al construction work k kis 5 Is do to but tut a 1 mat matter er of a Il sl short ort time and completion of or- the h water link nta at tit last h become a i visible goal goul Tr dou dous benefits will twill he be realized b by nil rill lasses classes 5 of business interests interest In the Mississippi valley aHey as ns the re result of the opening of the lie w water tel route The waterway waler will be of or in immense mouse value to farmers of oC the great ping region of the en entire tire Mississippi HII valley e and mill the Go Governur k Low deu said Rid The Illinois project t will be In accord with the Improvement Improve e m went ment 11 l' l lot of ot the Mississippi Ohio and Missouri Mis Mis- Missouri lis- lis rivers rh by the federal government govern go ment for na i navigation be GOO coo feet lon long Ions feet wide lut t. t Jug Iny In fleets fleets of ot barges carrying to tons of freight the equivalent o of six to eight average a train loads Before tile the war and the Increase t of rail frel freight ht rates rales a ton of or freight was carried a thousand miles miles' h by water wa wit- tel tee us fiS cheaply as as' fifty miles by rail This Is a n fair indication of QC the benefit to he afforded the time public II by the work work- when it Is completed Its value Is Isnow Isnow isnow now enhanced b by the government go requirement re re- II of or interchange of freight by railroad at suitable water terminal r I points throughout the countr country The The waterway will follow tollow the I drainage canal from flom Chicago to Lockport Lockport Lock- Lock port from which the connection will vill IJ be made with the Illinois river at i Utica h by a barge large canal eight feet deep I which may later be tte deepened to H 14 I feet as conditions require In addi mIdi addition 1 lion ion to the great grent rent advantages to com coin commerce I merce neece water power potter valued at 3 approximately a year ear will hOllet bo developed devel- devel I II I I. I which will effect a savin saving of or approximately ap air I II I proximately tons of oC coal conI an an- I hc surveys surreys II e rs and engineering Work orl 1 for the improvement have been under I. I the lie direction of ot M. M G. G Barnes Barnes' who I during the Hoo Roosevelt evelt n administration i designed for 01 the the government the structure I tore ture of the c canal anaL Construction Construe I tion work worl will be supervised b by Frank Franki i I I. I J Bennett ennett director of the department depart depart- I ment went of public works and and William I. I L. L Sackett superintendent superintend I ent eat of the lie division ti of oC waterways These elg state that much of the preliminary work has already been ae ac Funds for carr carrying on oa the construction were provided pro through the action of ot the last legislature legislature legisla legisla- ture authorizing the issuance of 20 20 bonds hl which h have hate ht been en affirmed af af- affirmed firmed h by hya a a vote ote of the people r |