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Show FROM THE OCEAN TO THE LAKES A ship canal that would connect the Atlanta ocean with the great lakes has often been suggcMHl, nnd doubtless doubt-less is one of the Kreat engineering feats of the future The difficulties are not so jrr1 0,8 ,'1OB0 encountered In constructing tho Panama canal The benefits that would accnio are Incal-enlable Incal-enlable Chicago and ecvoral other In-land In-land cltlos would virtually bj son ports. The advantages that would come to the Middle Went wohI I he immense, Senator Townsend of Washington haa ft resolmton directing direct-ing the Preildept to negotinio with Canada and Great Britain for a co- operath-e impro--nt''l of t w&t-t erwajfl in common between this country coun-try and Canada. This resolution has been reporied favorably t the senate. sen-ate. The ship canal would require dredg-ing dredg-ing in the St Lawrence river and a further development of the Welland canal, or perhaps a new ditch In the place of thlf one The com would be possibly as much as $200 noo.OOO; but it is said that this weight could he carried alone by the power development develop-ment that could be made alone; the way, Already boats of fourteen feet draft fake the proposed route, consequently con-sequently the engineering problems an- ca.-.ily 6ohcd Cansda Is considering a route through Georgian bay and the Ottawa Otta-wa river nnd another from I.alce Huron Hur-on to Ijxke Erie, thence through an enlarged Welland cdibI, or bi a ro Ito across to Lake Ontario and flnallv down the St Lawronce lo ahoui Og-denshurg, Og-denshurg, where a stretch would he taken by canal. Becaimo Csnadn is likely t., build thts canal. It is advl able for this country to Hhnre In Its ronst ruction In order that t could hnve greater leneflts from It nfier it l.i built Otherwise the OOUntry would be nt a decidod dliad vantage. Opposition to such a cam I would como from trancontlnoninl rnll-roalH rnll-roalH because of the effect It would have on rates. But the railroads would Hharr m ont uulh In thn general , increase in hit.lnesb Nevertheless the rales would have, to l rnvlsed tn conform con-form with r.Veu where lher Is va- er conivetltjon. Seaport cities would also object, hut they would also share I in the general benefits. Assuredly such a project will be accomplished sooner or later, and Chicago eveniual-1) eveniual-1) may be a bigger town than New 1 York. Anaconda Standard |
