. The sanitation of cities. atest projects ever proposed by the civilengineering profession. Of such canals, the New York Barge Canal isthe most important that has been realized incompleted form. That it is to be only the firstamong others as important is confidently antici-pated. Now that New York has opened this im-mense opportunity for reducing the cost of traf-fic, others will soon follow. The sanitation of cities situated on rivers thatcan be improved to afiord much larger volumesof water than at present, and on canals compar-able in size to the Chicago drainage canal can,by developing th
. The sanitation of cities. atest projects ever proposed by the civilengineering profession. Of such canals, the New York Barge Canal isthe most important that has been realized incompleted form. That it is to be only the firstamong others as important is confidently antici-pated. Now that New York has opened this im-mense opportunity for reducing the cost of traf-fic, others will soon follow. The sanitation of cities situated on rivers thatcan be improved to afiord much larger volumesof water than at present, and on canals compar-able in size to the Chicago drainage canal can,by developing their waterways and making exist-ing channels deeper and wider, save much of thecost required for sewage treatment plants. Themoney saved by thus avoiding the necessity forconstructing vast sprinkling filter beds, etc., canbe applied to improvements of a more desirableand profitable kind. The New York State Barge Canal, beginningat Buffalo, will carry an ever increasing stream ofcommerce to New York and Brooklyn, and this 107. io6 Maten\)a\>5 as a Sanitary fll>ca0urc The Great Lakes form a chain of inland seaswhich are paralleled by many of the great riversat approachable distances for connection bycanals. The development and regulation ofthese rivers, with canals passing from them tothe lakes, will afford the most splendid internalcommercial waterv/ays in the world, and one ofthe greatest projects ever proposed by the civilengineering profession. Of such canals, the Nev/ York Barge Canal isthe most important that has been realized incompleted form. That it is to be only the firstamong others as important is confidently antici-pated. Now that New York has opened this im-mense opportunity for reducing the cost of traf-fic, others will soon follow. The sanitation of cities situated on rivers thatcan be improved to afford much larger volumesof water than at present, and on canals compar-able in size to the Chicago drainage canal can,by developing their waterways and making exi
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