Marble Hill press., 1921-06-02

there ls 4.fa.rs lu ilr plan 90 sgag" y 'a" 80.
t,r,ff., which so+s beyond ss established en-
.lr,.r.H. lfrgrt,rI sr calls f"f rHusul'h"hH
'hsf are experimental ru1 regarding who's" W.
fiaafr ,ssf there .s any SERIOUS DOUBT. lhAi wv
af--rfHs u ftls Ervaf sur,r.aay hy tuualv raahi-
ilsI r.H,r auI tr-p-a,1 channel. Thereby 'N.
sbi.ns ds,l.ssa ship 60 Inaa az bla'h and got
lr.aa Htsu Reg lat,ars uurI sae reached hai''
rurs Ioulaa ~ Mar,-...,,. IS as certain ~ h'.HE
'aA,a ,a hand as lt Is that fhs Sun Nt rise a".S.
50 y asks WHY uuf in.lHFE
The protest j. al International one. Canada.
a. Ifs uuu exfsusr tH'ugf SnH"'Nl : r'.'h'
sra.ras tie WsUaaI raua' between laArs E'"
Eut Ontario .u oglrr fn give Hsrau.-'ns shl'
n.-,s, f9 tasr Ir, Tfrr.. tn t.s s.r.1.r~. ~
Duua#a H- FfsHHem broadly tsia-,s ITSELF I"
saHn.r..#s r,rta.u rapid. lying .H H" n''Tna'
rora. Ha.rr- ~ tHr -. Lawrence river between
laAs Ontario anI 49, Regis ani 'hru dealing 'h
a similar vay with .l, strt,h et ihr river 'A-
frul.n. fr.u ST. E,-.s Co Montreal lbr ''.'
fa1frH rrsf ~ f.r ufrr.a'IHuaI river Improvement
81. Nnuuu,u end ~ fae Canadian river $"N'''
uU The establishment ot power piahi s''s
would entail additional rNpruN'
An argument brought forward for the prul".'
Is ,hai Il saves dlstauee From Duluth through
the rctroit river by dryp-inu vessel the distance
Is g,J ul..cs.
Following Is en- extract froa aR official state.
mon, read into the Congressional Record by Rep
rr,rurutlyc John M nelson of Wisconsin,
with ouIy tvo barriers removed. even the
rr,.>sui depth " channels and harhors ot Il ie"t
Viii enable large numbers ~ occan vessels 10
steam directly la the ports ~ the Great Lakes.
IN. two barriers are the 81 Lawrence river rapids
and. -. Ntasara Fails The barrier ~ the Niagara
Faus Is already being overcome by the Canadians
,r fh. reconstructed Ncilanl eannl The differ
enc, O, lnke level viii be- overcome by seven locks
In the new Wellaud canal in a distance OF -
miles These lock chambers viii be loo feet
Long VI fc.t wide and will have lock slIls sunk
20 depth ot 20 feet. that will permit the passage
~ vessels u = feet draft when the channels are
,,,..t IN g1 feet From the WeIland canal TO
~. foot Of Lake ontario there ARE 100 miles Of
,r,{ght sailing and then open navigation In the
,,tta NJ Lawrence river. out Of the total OF lS2
r,ues ia Montreal there are 10 miles OF improved
channels With at present 40 miles OF canal. win
,hi. nrogecf with dams and six locks OF SS feet
{, length ~ feet IN breadth, and possible depth
~ sD feet with slack water midstream navigation
would reduce the totni caha' ahu '"Sh n"N'sa''"n
Tn ~ mites or less
srh, ur,posal is to build dams across the river
18th locks in the dams. Vessels navigating the
,ivcr will not pass through narrow canals around
tho rnpids as they do now In the present l4-tot
Canadian canals, but will sail ma)eStcally Gown
cha center OF the stream In slack water produced
,r the dams and pass from level TO level through
the LOCKS
assuming that an ocean vessel has passed
,hr,,,rh the Lakes to Superior DR. Duluth and has
loaded cargo OF western grain and Is sailing
cor Liverpool. the first leg of the Journey, the
,anpth of Lake superior will be SSs miles OF open
navigation Then comes the St Mary river, ~S
r,lcs long This is all open navigation. except SS
,,uas which IL improved river channel and u
na, a miles with one ockage Past this re.
s,rIcted channel the vessel will have 20 miles OF
free sailing through the deep water of Lake
Huron. II will then pass q miles of open naviga
,Ion and l3 miles OF restricted channel In the st
,1air river. l3n miles of open and 50 miles OF
restricted navigation in Lake st. Clair and z.
miles of open and miles of Improved navlgat'oi
In the Detroit river. Again u VIII nave tree nav