AMERICAN WATERWAYS.
GIGANTIC EXTENSION PROPOSED. A COSTLY SCHEME. United Press Association. Copyright " NEW YORK, Jan. 20. The United States Government are „ planning a gigantic extension ol the internal waterways system, costing one hundred millions sterling, spread over the next decade,, followed by an annual vote of ten. millions "for indefinite periods.' The undertaking .is /considered necessary because of the demands for transportation increasing quicker than the railways. It is proposed to link up the east and middle west by a circular waterway route 5000 miles long, tapping a dis&irict comprising 1,300,000 square ' milgii"
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2406, 22 January 1909, Page 5
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93AMERICAN WATERWAYS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2406, 22 January 1909, Page 5
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