Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-09-27
WHAT IS WANTED
B. the Delegates to the Deep
Waterways Convention.
SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

Calls for a Great Enterprise in Engineer
ing-Twenty-One Feet Asked for in All
Channels Connecting the Great Lakes
and All Terminals To He Built with q
View to Twenty-Six Feet or More-Chi-
cagO's Canal.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 27.-After three
days meeting-during which the whole
subject of deep waterways from the north
west to the Atlantic, together with the
other subject of lake levels as influenced
by such works as the Chicago drainage
canal and otherwise were discussed from
all points of view-the deep waterways
convention has adopted resolutions .ex-
pressivc of "what it was here for" and
which are as follows: Recognizing the
supreme utility of deep waterways through
the great lakes and thence to the sea, and
reafiirming in full the platform adopted at
the organizing convention held in Toronto
association, in first convention assembled,
declares as follows.
Call for Twenty y-One Foot Channels.
"That the public welfare demands the
deepest practical channels between the
several lakes and the seaboard to enable
vessels of the most economical type to pass
between lake ports, or between the lakes
and the seaboard, or to foreign waters
without the necessity of transs shipment.
THAT the said requirements call for at
least depth of 81 feet in all channels and
the building of all terminal structures for
IL navigible depth of 26 feet or more, in Or
der that the water courses may be pro-
gressivcly and economically deepcned to
the ultimate necessities of traffic.
A Word for the Proposed Commission.
That the prompt action by the con-
grcss of the United States and the govern
ment Of the Dominion of Canada provid-
ing for Il joint commission to investigate
and report upon the establishment and
maintenance of deep water between the
great lakes and the sea conformably to the
resolution adopted at Toronto in 1894 is
"a matter for congratulation, and that in
view of the extended scope and great inn
| portancc of the subjects to bc examined
by the said commission this convention
| urges that the most liberal provision be
made for the necessary expenses.
That the broadening of the channels
through the connecting shallow between
Lakes Erie and Huron, and Lakes Huron
| and Superior, as recommended by Lake
! carriers, is urgently demanded by the in
tcrcsts of commerce, and is in line with
| the development of a great trunk water
route.
As to Levels of the Lakes.
''rhat the international interest i'm the
great fresh water seas of the American
continent and the ship routes joining them
| to the ocean is recognized, and that the
| use of their waters and the control of their
levels are proper subjects for international
| regulation. That the movement in the
state of New York towards lessening the
| cost of transportation to tide water by i'm.
proving the Erie canal which must have
| u permanent value, is noted with satisfac-
| ton by this convention. That with re-
spect to the several resolutions offered con-
| cerning local canal projects, all enterprises
| designed to extend marine commerce
| through lateral routes tributary to the
\ great lake system are to be encouraged.
| IndOrscs the international Court.
THAT this convention calls special and
renewed attention to the desirability of es-
tablishing permanent international
court as set forth in the organizing con-
vention at Toronto in 1891"