Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 April 1898 — BIG CANAL PLANNED. [ARTICLE]

BIG CANAL PLANNED.

Steps Taken to Construct a Great Water Power at Saalt Ste. Marie, Mich. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich... April 27. —The American Lake Superior Powder company is asking for bids for the construction of a water power canal at this place. The canal will be 1% miles long, 200 feet wide and 22 feet deep. The work is one of great magnitude, involving the expenditure of several millions of dollars. A lease for 20,000-horse power, to be ready in two years, has been made to the Lake Superior Carbine works. New York and Philadelphia capitalists are pushing the work.