The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 2, 1947, Page 8

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Salt, grain, gypsum, timber, oil and other Products: ~ MADRAS, | India. —(AP)—Uda- ing of ground for @ 360-mile-long ditch heralded: by some as a could be hauled in bulk by the mules tramping the towpaths between!ya Shanker, famous Indian clas- | a national life line and censured by others as a road to economic, Lake Erie.and the Hudson River. - ‘sical daneer, is planning a three | ruin. : 2 ? months’ tour 6f the United States | Out of that “Grand Erie Canal” grew a barge canal system! _ The towpaths and the old canal were shes however, with his, dance troupe hopeful for which New York state has paid close to $250,000,000 to date. | before the turn of the century and the railroads took over. that Hoiiywood will present Cargo tonnage moved through the canal has fallen off more, In 1803, the people of the state authorized a $101,000,000 ~ beer eeithy ET a eaold ale than 40 percent in the last 10 years, but canal officials say that, | bond issue to begin construction of the present channels, The iti hin 6 “copy of his wecently it not a boat were moving, the system would be worth its cont $7-lock barge canal system, which includes the Erie, Champ- completed motion picture, “Kal- in flood control. | 1 i and Cayuga-Seneca canals, 3 pena” (Marathi for “imagina- Whether Judge Joshua Hathaway, president of Rome in 1817, or; el oh bli s. was) opened 2 \0ay) Bi i ion in 1918. Much of the old canal has been utilized for tion”), which satirizes prejudices contractor John Richardson turned the first spadeful of earth for the | roadways. and conventions of wealthy In- Olid Evie Canal is a question argued occasionally. The controversy a dians. mild, however, compared to the battles—verbal ana. physical—tha This will be his second trip The system now has a minimum depth of 12 feet, compared to i the four feet of its predec tributed approximately | stretches between Wate {Ontario for larger boats. preceded and followed that ceremony 130 years ago. ‘to the United States. He danced there in 1937 after a tour of | Europe, returning to India where he organized an art and cultural center in Almora, in the United Provinees. TODAY IN HISTORY The Federal Government has con- ,000,000 for deepening to 14 feet the The bitter debate before the state legislature at Albany ‘ord on the Hudson and Oswego 6n Lake authorized construction of the 83-lock waterway has a coun- terpart in the current wrangle over the proposed St. Law- rence Seaway. One of the arguments in favor of the canal was that it would forestall routing of trade from the Great Lakes through the St. Lawrence River to a Canadian outlet. Today. the “canalers” and the railroad interests. long arch foes ,ere warring together against seaway proponents, be- cause both fear loss of trade. The Port of New York Authority, figuring that mainten- ance, operation and improvement of the system was costing the state approximately $4,000,000 annually, has agitated for ‘. federalization. Congress authorized federal acceptance of | FO cal cp crdecy the Erie and Oswego branches by the rivers and harbors bill Pendent adupied seen on ace of 1930, But the bill stipulated that they be operated “as [fi und signed August 2. barge canals only, and not as or with any intention to make , | 2862—Tlistoric Land Grant ap-! them ship canals or to hinder or delay the improvement of Jproved: “An Act donating land, the St. Lawrence Waterway.” No tne several States and Terri-! H Opponents of the original canal project cried: ‘A 3@0-mile canal? Impossible! Who could build it, who would pay for it?” i | tories ich may provide colleges | Gov. Dewitt Clinton’s “ditch” from Albany to Buffalo was dug, This stipulation aroused opposition and the state legislature de-; for the benefit of agricultural and| nonetheless, in eight years at a total cosi of jess than $8,000,000, and ‘cided not to open the way for wansfer. The Port Authority said séa-; pcan are H it more than paid for itself. By 1882, when tolls were abolished, the way advocates had inspired the provision as a guard against an all- | eee eee Se ' canal had’ dumped into New York's wil $42,600,000 more than had American route. tember. | been spent for construction, maintenance and improvement. i The system remains a barge waterway. Single motored barges! 1921—-By joint resolution, Con-; Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Buffalo, Rome and dozens of other average six days for the Troy to Buffalo passage but fleets of tugs tess deelares peace with Ger- | towns bloomed overnight. A cheap transportation route between craw! slower requiring about ten days for a tri ;Mmany.and Austria. . 4 ™ Z : nes jee 1932--Franklin D. Roosevelt; ie ccepts Democratic seins for President. | 1937—Amelia Earhart, a day} out ‘of New Gunca, radios she is; almost out of gas—tast heard of. 1942—-Russlan_ Sevastopol falls; jatter historic 245-day epic siege. 1943--Australian jungle troops, | fighting their way to the coast,}{ join Americans at Nassau Bay. | 1944—Americuns take Cecina near Leghorn, lialy. | 1946—Lieut. Gen. 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