Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — To Drain a Sea. [ARTICLE]

To Drain a Sea.

The royal commission, presided over by M. Lely, Minister of the Waterstaat. which has long been studying the scheme for the draining and reclamation of the Zuyder Zee, has conc.uded its labors. Twenty-one members out of the twenty-six composing the commission i ec. minended that the projected work be carried out. - It is proposed to reclaim from the sea ab >ut -iaJ,OOD acres,, the value of which is estimated at !h!<5,0,)0,<J00 guilders. The cost of thi< immense work is computed at lK!),OOo,OGO guilders, or, with the accumulated expenditure, including measures of defense and the payment of compensation to the fishermen of the Zee. ai 315,000,000 guilders. The drainage is to be carried out by means ot a sen dike from Northern Holland into Friesland. The commission is unanimous in reopmmending that the work should bo executed by the state.—London Times.