Chicago, a history and forecast . tica must be improved, andthis can be done without difficulty within the necessarytime for the completion of the Lockport-Utica canaliza-tion. This work falls within the jurisdiction of theUnited States, and is still to be authorized by fact, the exact character of this part of the whole im-provements will somewhat depend upon the determina- 231 tion of the allowable outflow of water through the Chi-cago drainage channel. Chicago is therefore interestedin securing proper action by congress covering thesequestions. It is to be hoped that factional d
Chicago, a history and forecast . tica must be improved, andthis can be done without difficulty within the necessarytime for the completion of the Lockport-Utica canaliza-tion. This work falls within the jurisdiction of theUnited States, and is still to be authorized by fact, the exact character of this part of the whole im-provements will somewhat depend upon the determina- 231 tion of the allowable outflow of water through the Chi-cago drainage channel. Chicago is therefore interestedin securing proper action by congress covering thesequestions. It is to be hoped that factional diff^erencescan be buried and that all our citizens will work to-gether to this end. The money to be spent by the fed-eral government will be small compared with what thestate of Illinois has authorized in connection with theLockport-Utica work, a total of $20,000,000. There is every reason to expect that within seven years,and perhaps within five years, the Illinois barge canalwill be completed between Lockport and Utica, so that. Ore is now a large item in lake tonnage; the vessels are big and the unloading facilities have speed and gigantic grasp. This is the steamer Harvester unloading at South Chicago. Permission of International Harvester Company. barges carrying up to 1,000 tons and even more can rundirectly between Mississippi River points and is also to be hoped that the work already authorizedb)^ congress on the Mississippi, Ohio and Missouri Riverswill be completed without delay so that barge transpor-tation may become a reality. The Monongahela River,where the improvements were completed about twentyyears ago, has been and is used so satisfactorily that thepracticability of this type of transportation seems as-sured. Chicago Can Be a Seaport in Seven Years But the greater project, Chicagos new way to the sevenseas—when as an ocean port may she receive at her own 232 docks, direct from shipper, to market, the worlds rawand finished products and dispatch t
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