Evening star., 1932-07-18
WATERWAYS PACT
BETWEEN CANADA
AND j. 5. IS SIGNED
St. Lawrence SeaWay and
Power Project Is Officially
Approved.
REDEMPTION OF PROMISE
POINTED TO BY HOOVER
Treaty Subject to Ratification.
Ocean-Going Ships Would Be
Given Lake Passage.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The long awaited treaty between the
United States and Canada for the tre-
mencous ST. Lawrence seaway ana
power project was signed this morning
Coincident with this action by Sec
,etarv of State Stimson and Minister
Herridge of Canada, President Hoover
heralded the accomplishment IN
statement as the redemption OF q
promise which I made to the people Oh
the Midwest"
Subject to Ratification.
The agreement, which remains SUP
iect to legislative ratification IN potil
Countries, calls for splitting in hall the
estimated s543,OO0,000 cost for Il
foot waterway for a 180-mlle stretcn
frcm the sea to all Canadian ana
American points on the Great Lakes.
such a depth" wrote the President,
will admit practically 80 per cent o'
ocean shipping of the world to our lake
cities of New York, Ohio, Michlngan'
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin anu MILL
DISPOSAL of the 100000 horsepower
which is expected to be realized on the
American side of the international sec
tion is reserved for settlement by this
country. ~
In that connection, Mr.. Hoover re-
Gently informed his rival for the preSl-
dency in November-Gov. Franknn ";
Roosevelt cf New York-that Feoeral
authorities would confer with those Oh
the interested States to agree on de-
tails once the treaty is finally effected.
AS to diversion of water from Lake
Michigan upon the 9-foot waterway
from Chicago to the Mississippi, the
President was assured by the War De-
partment that the treaty PROVIDES sum-
GENTLY for maintenance OF that water
way.
IL Years in Controversy.
The treaty question has been hang
ing fire for ii years, and officials eS-
innate that once the agreement Is IN
complete effect it will take probably
10 years to construct the waterway.
During that time, Mr.. Hoover said
normal growth of traffic in the Nation
will far more than compensate Tor any
diversions from American railways ana
other American port facilities
The treaty was signed in brief cere-
mony at the State Department.
The Senate has directed that an IN
vestigation of the treaty be conducted
between now and the opening OF the
December session of Congress. But
Chairman Borah of the Foreign Rela-
tons Committee specifically stated TINS
vas not decided upon because any
suspicion attached to the treaty.
The document calls for two dams.
The upper one in the international sec
ton, according to recommendation OF
the Joint Board of Engineers, digest
OF which was released with the treaty,
will be at Chrysler Island with two
power houses, one on either side OF the
international boundary.
There will be a navigation canal and
lock on the Canadian side, opposite
Chrysler Island.
The lower dam is recommended to be
located at Barnhart Island, with two
power houses one on either side OF the
international boundary, with a canal
and two locks on the American side.
Cost Of Over S50O,000,000.
The Joint board of engineers esti-
mates that the entire waterway from
the Great Lakes to Montreal Will cost
a total of SAC, ,429000.
Of this amount it is estimated the
United States will spend S272, 2,453 900.
and that Canada will spend S27o,976.OOo,
A considerable portion of these sums
has already been expended by both
countries.
The treaty provides that the diver
sion of water from the Great Lakes by
the Chicago Drainage Canal shall con-
form to the quantity provided under
the United States Supreme Court deci-
sion of April 81, 1880. No further
diversion is to be authorized except by
authority of the International Joint
Commission on which Canada and the
United States are equally represented
Under article one of the treaty Can
ada agrees to build and maintain the
works in the Thousand Islands section
below Oak Point. and to construct,
maintain and operate side canal with
a lock opposite Chrysler Island and to
construct the works required for the
rehabilitation of the Canadian side
of the International boundary.
The United States agrees to build
maintain and operate the works in the
Thousand Islands section above Oak
Point; to construct and operate side
canal, with locks opposite Barnhart Is
land, and to construct works on the
United States side of the international
boundary.
The works in the Thousand Islands
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