| Show to link north and black seas plan to cut steamship waterway that would be great help to commerce ACROSS EUROPE BY WATER germani Ger marty mari it Is considering project of connecting up the rhine and the danube for ocean going vessels vessel washington D C W no links tile hie mississippi ant and ill the sits ills rivers scars cars to conie come may lind find us regarding the lie danube unit tile athine in the same way may is the comment of I a national geographic society bulletin upon the reports of of it 11 iian I ian to cut I 1 via waterway front from the brili sea ea to tile the block sea ica 1 As for it va ua across europe such a waterway already exists bodagh travelers through a small section of it might have to resort to very small craft information about tin tile condition of the llie canali canalized zed portion of this trans european witter water route la 14 not readily available since tile the linking of the rhine nit mid the danube occurs in Ger new conceptions of europe tile the very fact that vie classify clarify tiie the legend laden rhine in ili one mental mental pigeonhole and the romantic castled castle i danube in ili another makes tile ln an of a water waterway may across europe come upon us fill the impact of a fresh idea just juit as war brought about political changes in europe so pence peace Is bringing economic chias clun chI gS hence if germany carries out the project site Is considering we will have to think 0 a europe cut through with a water route just as we me have learned to think of a europe with fill turkey at almost gowl gon a poland with mith it a boundary and the new dew names of czechoslovakia and jugo slavia conspicuous upon its map A present water route across europe and others are possible alth very cry short portages por lies along the rhine to mainz up the rhines Ill iines tributary main to bamberg thence through the regnitz into tile lie ludmir canal to tile lie which empties into the danube danabe at Kelli clin elin where two rivers are linked in your minds eye even wit without holit it a map you can recall amo focal points of this route frankfort on the slain maln find Rat isbon or regensburg on ohp danube vessels of more than JINX 1000 tong can go up rp the rhine and maln to frankfort and vessels and 1000 tons can go up tip the lie danube as fur far us ug Rad shon Kelli clin the danube thi J of the small sin river canul link will the athine Is only 12 nilles miles southwest meRt of Rati floon the improvement of the danube to t Kel helin would mould olter offer no grout great above frankfort to weasels between find lu tons van can traverse alie e main the trouble with this roule even with channels diep edlough enoi iRli it t mrry carry larger from to Is ig the extremely cou course rae the liliane little and the danube froin frankfort tile route forms borins on nn almost perfect vi iti anit tiff then trails off like a 1 I cureless careless through nuremberg to A projected shortening of if this lila route po pats odrig aln he flUence of tile the and the main continuing up tip tle like rhine to into the and into the rd canal front from iha P print to connect watt the dalluge near Of lingen of if the he project for this depp deep vion europe would amale tile he rivine route one of tile most commercial bagh aleh 1 fly of the m orld ranking lit in economic importance fill the an and suez canals nod and in extent mith the lie channel and tile hie nail gable length of tile the amazon the binch to north sea en trip would lie n journey of nearly 2200 the flie high v m liter ater no ignation head of the missouri in alontoga SIon Alon tana tona ta is miles from the gulf of title ocean going goine steamers sten mers may ascend tile the amazon for miles nille sv |
