Show TOE 1 SHIP 11 AD an oration lii by jode judge prendergast touching 11 bat mij yet bs be jan 3 judge richard prendergast in bis his address ail drees to dav davad As president preel ilent of the chicago ship canal trustees made some hota ble utterances after outlining the present situation odthe of the enterprise enter pride and suggesting an increased water power t that bat could be created at the western edge of the city on the Deo plains river making possible poe sible the construe tion there ot of perhaps the greatest mills on tho continent judge prendergast Jer gast said I the ithe general subject of euch such a waterway as it is the policy of the state of illinois to cooperate co operate in con strutting ting includes a branch which in the peaceful and profitable daya days of commercial industrial and agricultural activities ie is not borne in in mind ind by the masses of the people and yet let which ie Is important to all 11 61 df them I 1 refer to the restriction ol 01 our naval force on the great lakes by the treaty with great britain made when the territories tributary to them were a mighty wilderness now the lakes are bordered with legions of denee dense population and great cities are a alaj ll 11 along III their air shores shore a british canadian air authorities at the expenditure pt more than two twe hundred millions of dollars have constructed a series of waterways between the lakes and the atlantic seaboard after a resume of what he consi considers dors the tremendous probable commercial effects of the canal judge prend r east gast in conclusion bays says W 11 II marquette Marq nette joliet la salle and hen lion bepin ma male jo their weary marches s to reach the river of decoto they walked the way of destiny this valley region formerly a highway of water waters has become and must become more a highway of commerce |