Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1915 — Engineers to Recommend Construction of Waterway. [ARTICLE]

Engineers to Recommend Construction of Waterway.

Michigan City News. Although the engineers and surveyors working on the general report for the proposed Toledo, Fort Wayne and Chicago barge canal will not make public much of their findings, it is understood that the report will recommend a waterway to connect Lake Erie with Lake Michigan which will have a yearly carrying capacity of 40,000,000 tons. This information has reached local waterway enthusiasts from sources which are said to be authentic, although not coming from any of the officials now connected with the survey work. From what can be learned at present, the report, which Captain Watkins will submit to the board of army engineers this week or the first of next, will show the feasibility of a waterway connecting the head waters of Lake Erie with the head waters of Lake Michigan. This report will also show, it is' said, the solution of the water problem and the engineering practicability and feasibility of the great project. From the report of Captain Watkins, the board of army engineers will determine whether or not a final survey shall be ordered. The board will also name the route over which the canal will be built. If the canal is built with a 40,000,000 ton carrying capacity yearly, it wil lbe ample to care for all the traffic between New York and Chicago.