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- arus air 'as Importance of of Waterways ice er | Dealing with the Soo questida,!" lly} the Joint Commission reported 3 le, part as follows:-- . : nd Upon the organization of the In- |) ew 'ternational: Waterways. Commission 'AS it found the most pressing walter) be | poming within its jurisdiction was || On | the reguiation of the use by prh iy ck. yate corporations of the waters of w= St. Mary's Fiver in connection with) il the control of those waters for', ofthe protection of navigation at! 'or present and in the future. | 5 o> The extent of the commerce on ®t the Great Lakes is well Austra ted |" el py official statistics of the amount 'of freight which paseml ihe locks Strat Sault Ste. ddarle ing the sea- M- won of navightion of ¥1905, which -- it amounted to more than forty-four | "million net tons. To this should bo! mt added the local tonnage, wh 4 is. - ne considerable, and the large ° affic, : 8 | between ports on Lakes } higan he and Huron and the East, vbing At 4 total lake traffic of & en fifty and eixty million tons, 'The ]" let immense importance of transporta- te' ition by the Great Lakes, and the [2 consequent Decessity of protecting eC om facilitating it In the interest ter of the public, becomes apparent ele' when we consider that the ability et to transport by lake must have ck resulted, during the season of 1905, dl in saving many millione of dollars. So The average rate for transporta- ets stion of Lake Supérior freights in = 3905 was 8.00085 per ton-mile, the avhile fromr the bast information ers obtainable the transportation rate re by rail between Lake Superior ie points swims the Bast is mot. ine Stt than £004 per ton-mile.. The ton]! '* wile saving over railroad trans. tht portation was, therefore, at least - S000Ln. The average haut of: ihe lay: freight mentional was eight hun- Md dined thirty-three and three-tenths Uv- miles. The total number of tons of wt freight that passed the Sanit loeks |! ce. in 1905 was 14,270,650, and it fol- «kK Jlows that In this Fear there was "he av ageregate saving throngh lak: ihe> transportation on Lake Superiore n- through freight alone of approx- e mately #116 900,000. In other a words, by truveporting tie Lake Ie, Superior freight on the Great TT. Lakes $116,000,000 were saves! in 'AL. 2005, to the prodacers of raw ma- m- terinis, the manufacturer and the ri consumer, and the saving to) mn. mw. Jnetorers bas made it posaible hor il them to supply "the home marke¥< tts amd compete in those of foreten | ¢ Ihe oon tries, - _ The growth of comnheree upon mM the Great Lakes in the. past few EO years, aml ite prospective inomenar PF ineresse in the future, has eogvine. Ist oat the Commission that steps nhoulsd = be taken, got mefely (to preserve tt tie lake lewelay but to retain ab. solute control of all waters which we ga to risintain those sewels, aid Pel oof all dams which: may be usefal Pr. fr neceseary, at present or in of the fature: to inercnss AAVigen tien . facilities. 'The Comrnl<sian ia here. "fore, decidedly of the optnibn that DY | the , foreroments of the United Of sintes and Canada shoakt act" in " univen oom eontrolling abeolutely, wel ney, an ali.stiversions at Sault Ste Marie, fo that the Waters of 'the river mnoy be aratlable at any time when oomted fer noatigation. in The ineresee in the size oof ves. he sels navigating the lakes tina ben, 5 "rapid. To 1880) fake weeecle peael). I AM et a length of S00) feet, in oispa s 8 4000 feet. In P02 S000 feet, and a) ae vense)t we) feet in lenatts wat tar c) get in serviow «nring TMI In 1908) ¢ th there wwe re only forty loots in the @ he Lake Superior tfade, with a capa. g uf city oof 8.000 tons Of more, while ¢ th ne additional reeeele will te in ' oF commiseion during 1806, none of. 4. whieh will have ao earte Capacity ¢ af lees than S000 tens, The com. fp 1h. Wired CATE capachty>of thea a2 ¢ of new bont< will be about TAS O00 1 tone for a single trip atl they SF will eonstitute an Mellition oof! Nf pbertt [OO per cent. te the carrying! he capeechiy oof the fleet engaged It the transportation of ore from ¢ Take Puperigr. Ves The quantity of freight peseing ta r em ane from Lake Sa per hor has. in double trio in the peat thirteen r rt yenre, it being $4,070,000 tone te (O00 abet four timex what tt in was ip POR The value of the ear. | = nel goes queding the Sault eanal@ in) - THOS was S47A HIRE, irom, im. a clading ore amd manufactured iron! te cometituting OF per cent. ef thie a & aloe, and cereale C8 per cent. | * Tie development of the power of ow. the Ft Mars's raphis has heen 'a, Probeted and carried on hy. prac. tteally tro interesta--the "Qaneler- Denbar and allied intereete® and ig The Lake Soperior Corporation with 6. Vite evberilinate companies, The Laka fie Swpertor Power (,, and The 'Lich. be itan Take Swpertior Powrr (hp ne, Tt te apparent that the aetmal mf preeent nee of water for. power ty purpeere ie nearly equal toa the 25] Amount of flew obetroetel by the te| works of all the power a Ps ne | ment eompaniee conekieret a felentt. and tt be cleat that the ~) amennt of water required for tho; te \ptopees! additions = to preeent © a. | power derelopmenta ie so great sa 0 to call for complete control af. tl! o- -- er = _- ee ee of ~ s4eUee whe ' 4