South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-25
EYENTFUL YEAR
: FOR WATER WAYS
IN THIS COUNTRY
Various Associations Through.
out Nation Continue Con-
structive Program.


CINCINNATI. July 24-This Il an
sventful year for waterways The
Mississippi Valley association and
other organizations have recently
held notable meetings for the i'm
urovement OF uavigabie rivers There
ere % be public hearings al Pitts
burg on Septemb Der 20 and at Toledo
on September % for the proposed
barge canal connecting the Great
lakes and naviEable rivers
From July % 20 % the Tidewater
congress met at Detroit at which adj
= dresses were made by the governors
81 Michigan. Wisconsin, Minnesota.
Iowa, Indiana and the Dakotas.
= nlted States Senators Townsend
Mccormick Lenroot and Poindex-
Ter. members Of congress. heads OF
commercial bodies and industries.
Harry II. Merrick. president OF the
Great Lakes Trust company. the
chicago chamber OF commerce and
the Mississippi Valley association.
Maj. Gen. Lansing TT. Beach. chief
Gf engineers L. s. A, Herbert Hoo
Yer and others IN favor OF the i'm
provCment or the st. Lawrence river.
so ocean vessels can reach the Great
Lakes. This outlet to the Atlantic
would make seapOrts out OF all
points on the lake sho~es.
tBnc Route Assured.
Much has been said about through
shipments by water from "the Gulf
10 the Sea" One route is already as
sured as soon as the improvem ent OF
The Illinois river Is completed be
tween the Chicago Drainage canal
and the Mississippi It's eastern out
let - through the Erie canal and the
Hudson. the same as for the pro-
Toscd barge canal from Toledo 20
Cincinnati and Chicago. The outlet
south OF Cincinnati would BE- over
The Ohio river 10 Cairo and thence
20 New Orleans the same as the one
through the Chicago Drainage canal
end the Illinois river.
Both Of these routes would also
connect directly through Lake
Erie with the St. Lawrence outlet
20 the Atlantic. In addressing the
Tidewatcr congress at Detroit on
Thursday. July %, Mr. Albert Krell.
president OF the Central Inland Wa
terways association. called attention
90 the relation that the barge canal
through western Ohio and Northern
Indiana would have TO the proposed
tidewater connection between the
ocean and the Great Lakes as fol
lows
Purpose OF Association.
1.-THE purpose OF the Central Wa
terWays association. which have
the honor to represent. is to connect
the naviga BILE rivers with the Great
Lakes by barge canals ard thus form
a complete inland waterway system
one which would provide for
through shipments by water from
the Gulf 20 the sea do away with
the trouble over Joint rates when the
haui Is part by rail and part by
water. settles the question Of freight
rates. relieve the existing congestion
and solve the transportation Irob-
lem for the future.
When the Improvement OF the
Mississippi river is completed il is
proposed TO connect IL with Lake
Michigan through the improved Hi
nois river and the Chicago Drainage
canal. In like manner we want the
improved Ohio river connected from
Cincinnati with Lake Erie and then
the two lakes connected with a short
line between Toledo and Chicago
This inland system would be more
than a network OF diverging feeders
for the St Lawrence outlet II
would be an extension OF the Great
I.akes-St Lawrence tidewater route
throughout the vast empire between
s1he AlleEheuies and the Rockies
Plan Expansion.
Waterways have disintreEated
because they were dismem bered.
Heretofore the packets and barges
OF such transportation lines were
merely local for traffic along their
respective rivers and did not CON
meet for through shipments as did
the railways. The present Llan
would make them national or
through routes from the Gulf TO the
Lake. and thence to the sea either
via the 81. Lawrence or the Hudson
II involves an expansion OF the so
called American Mediterranean be
yond the shores OF our group OF the
Great Lakes
Manufacturing Is not done on
water. but on land. Some OF the
greatest manufacturing centers
such as Pittsburg, Young stown. Gin
cinnati DAYTON. Fl. Wayne and