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CHICAGO, ILL.,, FEB. 22-Assuming
that the Great Lakes-st Lawrence
water way 70 the ocean viii be opened
in the near future, Col. w. v. Judson,
limited States District Engineer of the
Chicago district has issued a bulletin in
which he states that it does not require
a great stretch OF the imagination to
picture ocean vessels bound to and from
Chicago carrying passengers in large
numbers. as a matter Of economy in the
case Of immigrants and as a matter OF
economy. convenience and pleasure FOR
other passengers.
In this connection he conceives a
huge harbor on the lake shore, on the
south side OF this clty's present wharf. {
Col. Judson's statement says:
Port facilities to fulfill number OF
different functions are required at any
port Of first Importance. AT some great
ports, as New York, the primary fun
elton. Is one of transfer from rail to
vessel and vice versa.
"At the port OF Chicago the principal
existing port facilities may be classed
as Industrial The Chicago Industrial
and commercial district now has a
waterborne commerce of nearly 10000,
600 tons per annum Gas compared with
New York's 45,000,000 tons), the great
bulk OF which consists Of raw materials
of manufacture, to wit; ore and fiuxing
stone.
industrial port facilities exist where
large areas OF relatively cheap land are
provided with a reasonable amount Of
wharf front and rail connection. Along
Indiana Harbor Canal and Calumet
River. on the Lake front at Gary, In
diana Harbor, and Calumet Harbor, and
eventually In Calumet Lake, we have
wonderful opportunities for industrial
port development but a small fraction of
while hare now utilized, although the
resulting industrial district Is one of the
greatest In the world
Tor transfer harbor purposes invol-
Wing the shifting OF freights between
ocean vessels. lake vessels, barges, ligh-
ters warehouses and railway cars we
need, Of course, to plan port facilities
adapted to such transfer functions.
1T may be plainly understood from
what precedes that industrial port faci-
lilies and transfer port facilities are not
competitive in their natures, but sup
Elementary. For example, the value OF
an Industrial harbor at Lake Calumet
would be vastly enhanced by the pre-
sense, within easy Hghterage distance OF
transfer harbor from which Ship
ments could be made to all parts OF the
world and, similarly, value is added to
transfer harbor II materials for water
movement and export are produced in
large quantities within easy lighterage
distance.
When the Chicago district passess in
operation great transfer port facilities
where vessels will deliver cargoes from
all over the world and receive cargoes
similar destined, it Is readily to be seen
that the employment of lighters will be
upon large and increasing scale, con-
Meeting the transfer port facilities with
great and small Industrial plants and
with the warehouses of merchants To-
Gated all about the Chicago river. the
drainage canals Cloth Main and Sag)
Calumet river and Indiana Harbor Canal
all win take part.
Finally, IL does not require a great
stretch Of imagination to indicate that
ocean vessels bound to and from Chi
cago viii carry passengers in large
numbers as matter Of economy in the
case or immigrants and as a matter of
convenience, economy and pleasure for
other passengers who will wish TO see
the scenic beauties OF the Thousand Is
lands and avoid sea sickness and ex-
pense while proceeding between Europe
ana this general neghborhood | con-
eeive, therefore, that port facilities win
De required in Harbor District No. 3
upon the Lake Shore south of 10th
street where passenger vessels bound
20 or from the transfer harbor near the
state line viii touch in passing 10 take
on or let off passengers as Wen. perhaps.
as express and package freight"