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42 various parts of the United States, were opened to the national impor- tance of the project and favorable re- ports resulted--but not before every feature of the bill had been investi- gated and certain amendments made. Much discussion followed the intro- duction of the bill in the senate, but Tae Marine RevIEw with its large industrial centezs,. con- nected with Pittsburg and the Ohio river, by .a waterway--thereby~ ac- complishing at one stroke, by a ditch about 50 miles long, and..50. miles of canalized river, the union of | the greatest tonnage producing inland waters to be found, anywhere upon communication..between a countless number of cities, and the whole max- , ing possible a more rapid growth to many communities now lying. dor- mant. The Erie -canal, through the heart of New York state, will give connec- tion with New York City, the Well- Map Sho ees Froure Desronce, Ohio Fiver to Lake Erve from mottl of Beaver Fr 'ver /03 Ferver 28.5 niles. hoffe E£rve ond ¢ Ohio Fiver ene Corra/ miles, Pinshurg to moutl of Beaver CONTI CIUF 7. P- Roberrs Cle vela?3/f IN c Slo ie if GreeV*Ke r4 Nt RY a ¥ 5.49 ' & Ss l@S/oaror: E es | OuUNESTON esAron . oN g S New Castle N aK, erVence y cx "80M a oO. ¢ s Pe us, Se ; ees Sfol/s Saver ae 'Tochg : a" \ + a" \ . \ U oy" ' GeorgeM Lehman Consulrng Engineers Chief Ergrreer = £rnil Svensson ' ! @Lre- Meg vi//e ~<v ch er c DQ) ECL ty Frorvk/ C49 st Brey \ } * oh He AfHranning See/e of tiles Sa ees it finally passed with an overwhelm- ing majority. Congress having heretofore | ig- nored, 'or 'acted with indifference, became intensely interested and really observed for the first time, af- ter reviewing engineering and com- mercial reports bearing upon the sub- ject, what it means to producer and consumer of a large patt of this country by having the great lakes, the face of the globe, by the cheap- est form of transportation known to mankind. The notable result is the bringing together of the vast iron ore fields of Lake Superior, with the matchless coal deposits of the Pitts- burg district, which is at the same time: the iron and steel center of the world, with 5,000 workshops. Build- ing materials of various forms. will likewise be brought into cheaper and canal with the St. Lawrence river canals, and the Mississippi river with New Orleans and the Gulf, and finally by Panama a canal to the Pacific coast. Mr. John Dalzell, the bill in the sentatives, aptly who presented house of repre- remarked, "If you will glance a moment at. 'that portion of the map em- braces the great lakes, which the sources