To Link Great Lakes with At-antic: Huge Power Scheme as Well Washington, Jan. 3.
The Hoover Commission, appointed by President Coolidge to advise upon the development of a canal from the Great Lakes to the At-Jantic, has reported in favour of the St, Lawrence route as recommended by the Canadian-American joint board of Engineers.
The Commission cedares that the Jconstruction of a canal of sufficient Jdepth to admit ocean shipping from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes is Jan economic necessity for the middle-west.
The Commission prefers the St. Lawrence route in view of its advantages in cost and maintenance, and especially in view of the: Delief that the scheme will make: possible the largest hydro-elect development project in North America, providing a total of 5,000,- }000 horse-power of which about half ies in the upper along the International sections between the state of New York and Ontario—
Reuter.
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