Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-01-04
WOULD I I |! | DEF
The RED RIVER

New Survey-open River from Far.
go to Mouth construction Of Two
PANS Would Form Outlet to Hud-
ron Bay
Washington, D. G., Jan. - Hav-
ing in view the possibility Of creating
a2..ffoot channel in the Red River of
the North from Fargo to the Canadian
bol'ndar and the ultimate establish
ment % Of a through water route from
Fargo tosHudson Bay, Representative
H..H1T Helgesen will ask congress to
make lls new survey of the Red River
Of The North.
Mr. Helgesen declares that floods
can an be prevented and good navigable
depth maintained in the Red river by
the. e.construction of two or more dams,
the location of which will be deter
mined by the federal engineers. He
points out that the Canadian govern.
ment leet is already improving the river
north of the boundary up to its mouth
in Lake Winnipeg and that a through
route to Hudson bay is feasible by
| way Of the Nelson river, the northern
4 outlet Of Lake Winnipeg
t Mir. Helgesen only proposes at this
time. to have the army engineers make
the survey with the deep channel in
view. He is convinced that the sur
vey will demonstrate the correctness
of his theory that a channel Of at
least y feet can be secured all the
way from Fargo downward.
Heretofore, when examinations of
the. Red River have been made they
have been with view to the preven.
ton Of floods, under guise of, i'm
provement of navigation. The reports
] have been all adverse because of the
cost t -tltaett would be over
!. 8. iaased. With improvement Of nayi
cation as the principal object and thu
prevention of floods as secondar,
! consideration, Mr.. Helgesen believe!
!. that the army engineers will take
: different view and recommend i'm
! rrovement along the line he suggests
). Canada is Working
Persons who have never seen th
: Red River of the North have no ide
= What g pretentious stream it is,'' sal
:, Mr.. Helgesen, who is in correspond
: ence with North Dakotans who ar
! interested in this project. "The fac
= is that the Canadian government j
: improving this river as far as Winn
.. peg. My idea is that if Canada wi
= add one more lock and the Unite
= States will build three, the river ca
be made navigable for boats of col
- siderable draft as far as Fargo. l
= many places the natural banks of til
- river are very deep and it would be a
- easy matter to obtain the depth of ]
:. feet which the Canadians contemplat
- 'Over On the Canadian side tt
- plan is to put Winnipeg on the Sc
:. board by giving that city water ou
let to Hudson bay A harbor al
!, docks are being constructed at IL
=. mouth of the river. While the pre-
a. ent plan contemplates the use of rat
- er light draft vessels up to Winnipe
!, the depth of the channel doubtle
~ will be ultimately increased Ho,
!, ever, even with the necessity f
- transshipment at the mouth of Il
= river it is believed that the all wat
- route between Winnipeg and Liverpo
J. will prove far more satisfactory th,
~ the present rail route to New Yo
/, and thence by boat across the Alta
!. tic
q "The public generally do not reali
= that Hudson's bay is nearer to Live
" pool than is New York. This is Il
I. fact, however, and the Canadians ha,
= long ago been convinced Of the fe
- sibility Of putting Winnipeg on Il
. Atlantic seaboard.' am perfect