Evening star., 1921-07-10
ENGINEERS FAVOR
| LAKES WATERWAY
Commission Here to Get Re-
ports of u. S. and Ca
madam Surveys.
By the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Mich, July 9.-Report-
ing favorably on the feasibility OF
the proposed great lakes-St. Law
renee waterways project and esti-
mating the initial cost Of making the
route navigable to deep-seas vessels
at >$252,72s.20o. Col. w. P. Wooten.
United States Army engineer for the
Detroit district, and w. A. Bowden,
chief engineer Of the Canadian de-
partment Of railways and engineers,
have submitted their report to the
International joint commission at
Washington that is in charge Of the
project Col. Wooten made the report
public here.
The estimated cost is based on a
! with provision in the permanent i'm
/ provements for increasing the depth
to thirty feet, II desirable, at an ad-
ditlonal cost of S17.9S6.180.
| Maintenance would involve an an
maui cost of $2,562, 900, the engineers
estimate.
! Thirty-Three Miles Of Canals.
The improvement program recon-
! mended provides for a series of nine
locks, for 33 miles Of canals, 40h
| miles Of lake channel and iO8 miles
of river channel. The total fall from
Lake Ontario to Montreal is given as
220 feet.
The Recommendations provide for
development OF power plant with
| 1.464, 900 horsepower, through a great
dam at Long Sault rapids. near Og-
denburg. N. Y, this being about 40
per cent Of the potential power in the
St. lawrence river, according to the
| the problem. the report suggests de-
velopment of the full potential
power, estimated at 100000 horse
power, is not sound economic pro-
cedure because the market for such
an output does not now exist.
Engaged In Work 1s Months.
The engineers have been engaged
They divided their problem into five
separate divisions, each of which is
given individual treatment in the re-
port.
The first division, from Montreal to
Lake st. Louis. will require three locks
feet and up to nine feet. respectively.
and will involve ten miles of canal
and 1875 miles of lake navigation. Its
first cost would be $55,7S3 900, with
$12,944.000 additional for thirty-foot
channel. From Lake st. Louis to Lake
st. Francis, double twin locks and a
guard lock are called for, with a COM
bined lift of eighty-two feet, also fif-
teen miles of canal, with a first cost
of $36,590.000. and cost of $4,000
additional for thirty-foot channel.
Deeper Channel Cost @662, 600.
Preparing Lake St. Francis for
twenty-seven miles of navigation
would cost 1.15s.0OO. and the deeper
channel would involve $685., 900 more
The fourth division. from Lake st.
Francis to Chimney Point, near Og-
denburg, N. Y, calls for three locks
with a combined lift of eighty-seven
feet. and it Is recommended that the
power plant be established in this
division. with the main dam at Long
Sault rapids developing a head of sew
enty-four feet. There also would be
an emergency dam at Ogden island, to
be used entirely for regulatio and
additional lsafety. There would be
eight miles Of canals and forty-two
miles of river channel in this division.
From Chimney Point to Lake On
tario. 66.5 miles of river channel
could be prepared for an estimated
cost Of 100000.
The recommendations provide for
locks 824 by 80 feet. Canal bottoms
would be 200 feet wide, with a surface
width of about 800 feet, and open
channels would have bottom depth Of
at least $50 feet.