Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-10

a. Iarse movement of grain and
Portland, which is an all-the-year-
around port, and the winter terminus
OF the Grand Trunk Railway. AT
rortland these commodities were
I,,ppeo og vessel to foreign ports
So,0o0.0e0 bushels of grain were
shipped from the port OF Portland. 1t
Is my understanding that the average
oi Such shipments is about IS. 600. 600
tals business is of importance to the
state of Maine, and particularly to
the port of Portland. Its loss. or any
considerable diminution. would vitality
ahsct the State of Maine.
To accommodate the traffic upon
me lakes to Buffalo and to Montreal
ana limited bv the fact that the art E
HGlal waterways and locks are limit
ca 70 depth of IA feet, there has been
huilt fleet of boats to move this
traffic. None Of these boats are of the
ocean gong type, and hence their &C
tFlties are entirely confined TO move
ments upon the lakes and artificial
waterways. The new proposition
under consideration is to deepen the
eklstng waterways and fashion new
or larger ones, so that as finally fash
Toned these waterways will accom-
modate vessels of 23;a foot draft, and
na 5he deepening OF such harbors as
need deepening, ocean-going vessels
may bring to, and take from. any of
these lake ports commodities coming
from foreign countries or destined for
foreign countries. Otherwise stated
u Is proposed that each one of the
lake ports shall in essence be an ocean
port. 50 far as accessibility of ocean
going vessels of the ordinary type is
concerned. and each such port, and its
contiguous territory. will be as fully
accessible 10 and from each foreign
port as though the particular place
were located upon the ocean
Space forbids my attempting to go
INTO the details of the proposed deep
mense project, involving 10 or more
years effort before 1t could be finally
completed, AMI will cost an esti-
mated amount of $3.50. 600 00O. which
amount. in the judgment of many who
were upon the recent trip. may well be
increased by $25,000,000 to $50 900, GOO
The engineers who have studied the
matter very early became impressed
with the belief that the saving upon
the increased water TRANSPORTATION
would not be sufficient to warrant the
Very large expenditure necessary
they therefore gave careful study to
the power possibilities involved in the
Waterways project. Again lack Of
with reference To the power PROPOSE
zion. Briefly and broadly stated. it is
practically demonstrated that in fash
loning the protested Waterways there
: SAii ~ u"NtiOIjtu dbbuI 4,ttN, uNU
horse power of energy. one-half OF
which would belong 10 the United
states and one-half to Canada. The
generating facilities would necessarily
he SO located as to be almost entirely
on canadian soil. if the present bound
airy between the two countries is
maintained. It is obvious that our
Government could not consent to d
very large investment in property To-
Gated upon canadian soil. and it is
- Isa.it l..
by treaty TO so change the boundary
between tn" two countries at the place
where the developments are TO be
made 50 as TO permit one-half of the
development to b" upon United States
soil and one-half on Canadian soil.
and thus entirely eliminate this objec-
ton.
OF Canada's 1000. 900 horse power Of
energy to be developed. the Dominion
sees no immediate use for more than
half of this amount. This means that
cur Government would he permitted
to lease upon long term 100000 OF
lilts horsepower for use in the United
States. and thiS<would give t6-S1 of
3.Oo0G0o horse power Tor our use.
Under the present development of the
art of Transmitting economically
hydro electric energy. the distance
which such energy may he transmit
miles In some of the literal ure
which has been circulated there is
talk Of transmitting this energy 400
10 10" ha'eS. M"fE muGl; OF TINS eX-
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course fact that electric energy has
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