Warren sheaf., 1920-03-24
COMMERCE. w.. JBS
ANNUAL BANQUET
Instructive ADDRESS by Hon. Chas. r.
Craig, Of Duluth, Arouses Interest in
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Pro
iect.


Craig, Of Duluth. Arouses Interest in
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Pro
ject.
Delicious Menu and Impromptu Toasts
Make Occasion One Long to
Be Remembered.
The Fourteenth annual banquet of
the Warren Commercial Club was held
at Hotel Warren and, like all previous
affairs OF the kind in the history Of the
Club. 1t was pronounced success and
served to foster and promote the right
community spirit, civic pride, and a
better understanding of some of the
great public questions and movements
Tor the upbuilding of the city and coun-
ty, the state and the nation.
Unlike all previous banquets of the
Club and contrary to the custom at
banquets generally the principal ad-
dress was delivered before the feasting
began. This was made necessary be-
cause the Club, as pleasing innova-
tiOn, had secured an outside speaker,
and he had to leave on the nine o'clock
flyer. The gentleman whom the Club
had invited to visit our city and to
speak on this OCCASION. was the Hon.
Chas. P. Craig, Of Duluth, Vice Presi-
dent of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Tide Water Association. Mr.. Craig was
introduced by President Lamberson of
the Commercial Club and for an hour
and half he elucidated and explained
the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence river pro-
ject and it's Importance to the North
west. When he had finished his speech
every single member of the Club was
perfectly satisfied that the feast of
mind had come first. Mr. Craig has
studied this great national and inter-
national project from all angles, is
brim full of the subject, so to speak,
and he had no trouble to convince his
listeners that the enterprise is feasible
land an economic necessity. ..-
At the outset of his speech Mr. Craig
complimented the people of Warren for
their public spirit. enterprise and civic
pride, Of which there was evidence on
every hand He mentioned especially
our large and we'll kept stores. All
this shows intelligent leadership and
cooperation in city planning and
desire to be of service to- the people in
it's trade territory. The thought upper
most in our minds should be, not how:
much we can get Of the community, but
rather how we may be able to serve
.5,est the eozaI lfyes:
If Warren PAYS strict attention TO ser
vice, it wifi: extend its radius Of in
+ huence q hundred per cent and he pre-
dicted that, in a few years our: p0pu1la
ton would be quite few times larger
Sc %o1n 6
The Great Lakes-St.: Lawrence river
project aims to bring the Atlantic sea5
board to the middle Of the continenlt.,., &,
thus making the five great inland 1akes s
virtually an arnlyof the sea and per-
forming for american commerce the
same service that the Medeterranean
does for Europe. There are only three
great physical obstacles or barriers to
overcome inaorder that large ocean YES,
sells may come through to Duluth or
other lake ports. The first barrier is
the 500 rapids, with fall of 20 feet,
between Lake Superior and Lake
Huron This barrier has already been
overcome by the construction Of the
500 canal, having 25-fOOt channel and
capable of enlargement to 80 feet. The
second barrier is the crossing Of the
barrier at Niagara with fall of 1926
feet. This barrier also is, now over
come by the new and nearly completed
Willard canal, between Lake Erie and
Lake Ontario, constructed by the Can
adian government, with 25 foot chan
mel easily deepened to 80 feet. The
third barrier is the st. Lawrence river
rapids between Lake Ontario and Mon
treal, q distance Of $50 miles, of which
80 miles is clear sailing; the fall to be
overcome is 221 feet 1t is this section
that iInpedes traffic from the Great
west to the sea. For q distance Of 115
miles from It's source in Lake Ontario,
the st. Lawrence forms the boundary
betWeen the United States and Canada,
RS miles of which distance is clear sail
iilEEana ~ miles that must be made
S: . ~ "A He either by damming- reaches
3 n - TfYer Of by building canals
= 80 &c, tie total fall being 92
4aef this part Of the river Is a1m- In
Y,tarnSSf 1nal tel, both ayoVernnents
q saarsEs ~ nera ate % make this improve
menf .fhe est tiinated cost OF which u
= 99Knl0nOO: The all Canadian section
~. ~ SiYe to deep water at MONTREAL
saa63k hadles, 46 miles Of which 1s clear
s ) III md 221a miles, with .1al OF
139. must be improved, the estlmated
::dsoef for tllis section being $65,OOV'OUoV,
fDf 4 * foot channel The total COST
81 imnf ny y1enenfS for both sections o1
q the river is estimated at $1OO,OOO,OO, y :
2 - fhan orle.third the cost OF the
Pannma canal but with vastly greatel
zeconomic benefits to the people OF ~
NoFfhnest. The hyde electric energy
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