New Britain herald., 1928-02-23
'ALLING DEN0UNCES
 MASS. RIVER GRAB
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age flow from the three lowest days in 50 years.
 l He mentioned other streams in the same watershed which would be affected such as the Deerfield river, i the Miller river the North river, the !! West river and q number of others. l Speaking of the proposed tunnel to connect the Swift and Ware riy- CTS. he said this tunnel is planned to be 12 miles long and 13 feet in diameter and would carry 500 mill lions of gallons a day. By com parison. he said, New Britain uses seven millions q day, showing that Massachusetts is looking about 75 years into the future.
 He said the metropolitan district of Boston has four sources of water supply which are undeveloped. One of these is the Ipswich river and one is at Sudbury. These four sources, he figured, would provide about 15o million gallons day. He said the metropolitan district which comprises Boston and six or eight other cities, including Worcester, wants to hold this supply in reserve for the future.
 Connecticut Navigablc to HoIyOkc
 The war department, according to Judge Alling, says the Connecticut river has 8 navigable capacity as far as Holyoke. This means that if .,nr hn river may be opened to traffic that far north. He said the war depart ment has for years included in its budget provision for funds to make the river navigable as far as spring field.
 The Massachusetts rivers in ques- ton are tributaries of the Connec- ticut He explained that the Ware river and Swift river projects are tied up inseparably and that Massa- chusetts engineers have admitted that the taking Of the waters of the Ware river without those of the Swift river is an unfeasible project. The fundamental question in Con- necticut, according to the attorney general, is Connecticut's rights to the natural flow of the Connecticut river--uncontamina If what Massachusetts is contending for is upheld by the supreme court, it is conceivable that all streams can be stopped at the state line, whether they are streams we can see or are subterranean," he said.
 Effect On Public Health
 He said there also is the question of public health. The Connecticut river at the state line now is sat- urated with pollution and cannot stand any more without seriously imperilling the health of the people in the Connecticut valley.
 "We know the population of cities emptying their sewers into this river will increase with the years," he con- tinued. If in 75 years from now the war department says the Connecticut river is no longer navigable and Massachusetts takes all its water, what are we going to. do?
 "Connecticut claims that neither the war department nor congress has the right to grant permission to take water from any navigable stream and pour it into the Atlantic ocean. We claim the war depart ment exceeded its constitutional rights in granting the permit.
 "All they want in Massachusetts is a toe hold. If they once get in. then we might just as well say goodbye to all the water in the water shed.
 If the Ware river permit is main- tained, cities now depending on what water comes from that source, will have to look, I know not where"
 Among the guests present today was ClarHce F. Knox, state com-