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Excerpt from The Michigan and Erie Ship Canal, or Toledo, Fort Wayne and Chicago Deep Waterway: A Proposed Canal in Aid of National Commerce, a Link That Makes the Distance by Water From Chicago to New York the Same as the Distance by Rail
These two trunk lines are'of the first importance - should be considered first and built first. They are both used today for commerce, but in only a-very limited and ineffective way, and are wholly inadequate to the needs of the country. In their present condition neither of them is capable of carrying barges or ships of such size as are indispensable for the long haul at the cheapest possible rates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
