Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1912 — CANADA'S GREATEST ENTERPRISE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CANADA'S GREATEST ENTERPRISE.

CANADIANS will spend $30,000,000 on the new Welland ship canal connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. This is the largest enterprise in Canada since the transcontinental railroad was Inaugurated. When the canal is enlarged it will have a depth of 22 feet, against 14 feet at present, and will enable the Canadians to meet the competition of the new Erie canal. When the Welland canal is deepened the rest of the St. Lawrence system to Montreal will be deepened at a cost of $75,000,000 to $100,000,000.