The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-18
Big Waterway
 Treaty Signed
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the giant project. Roosevelt recent ly asked for a conference with President Hoover on the subject but MT Hoover rejected the pro- posal.
 Roosevelt Is interested in the power phases of the pact, oppos- ing any arrangement that would enable large public utility corpora tions to gain control of the power output.
 The senate. and the Canadian parliament must approve the treaty before 1t becomes effective.
 The project calls for the con- struction of a seaway 27 feet deep to connect the Atlantic ocean through the Great Lakes and the St Lawrence river with the vast grain and oil producing sections of the American and Canadian mid west.
 Under the treaty the two gov ernments will spend $543,429,O0O in completing the waterway. It's total cost, including past work, is unofficially estimated at $800,000,- 900.
 Two large dams, capable of de-, yeloping 1,100,00O horsepower to light farms and cities and turn the wheels of hundreds of factories, are envisaged in the project.
 Under the treaty both countries are left free to deal with political subdivisions, such as New York. state and Ontario, as to allocation, distribution, sale and like matters involved in the power phases of the project.
 Obviously joyful at the compile ton of the long and delicate task, Secretary Stimson and Minister Herridge smiled as they signed the treaty in the historic diplomatic room of the state department. They were fianked on either side by as- sistants who have toi1ed during re- cent months to remove the many political and technical obstacles to the treaty. Among these assistants were John Hickerson, of he Can- adian section of the state depart ment; Assistant Secretary of State Rogers, and Hume Wrong, of the Canadian legation.
 A battery of photogra phers pre- served a visual record of the sign- ing.
 The actual text of the treaty, several thousand words in length, contains 10 articles and a number of technical addenda..
 The first article provides that Canada shall construct and operate the seaway works in the Thousand Islands section of the St Lawrence river below Oak Point. It also agrees to operate and maintain Q side canal with locks. opposite Crysler Island and to construct works required for rehabilitation on the Canadian side of the inter- national boundary.
 The United States in Article H agrees to construct and operate the seaway works in the Thousand Islands section above Oak Point. It also undertakes to construct and operate side canal with locks op- posite Barnhart Island and to construct rehabilitation works on the American side.
 Article III provides that the two governments shall establish 8 tenn porary St Lawrence international rapids section of the river, not in- cluding those specified in the first two articles. The United States agrees to provide the funds for this work.
 The American section is to be built by American labor and ma terial and the Canadian section by Canadian material and men. if possible.
 Article W divides equally be, tween the two countries the water used for hydro-e electric develop ment in the international sections. Agreement to maintain the Great Lakes water level established by the ..upreme court decree of April 2I. 1880. is embodied in Asficle
 As a safeguard the United states reserved a right, in an emergency, to increase the permitted dlver- sion. If Canada shall object, the matter will be submitted to arbi- tration.
 The statement contains a letter from General Douglas MacArthur, chief of etaft of the army, declar- ing that the lake level established in the treaty will provide sufilcient water for maintenance of the pine- foot channel from Chicago to the
 Under Article TX both oountsies undertake not to divert any water from the Great Lakes system or the international section of the St Lawrence except that specified in Article VIII.
 The cost of the entire waterway from the Great Fakes to Montreal is estimated s54os4ep,ooo, Of which e27e. e.4Bo.o0o 10 alIooated Co the United states and es7o.p7e,ooo te Canada.
 Some of tho work Included ln lhe estimate has been done. ft ss estimated that the United States il the future will Do fesuired Co spend esB7.oaa.0 .0b0.
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