INLAND WATERWAYS.
GREAT AMERICAN SCHEME. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Jannary 21, 8.54 a.m. NeW Yoijk, Jannary 20. Tha United States Government is planning a gigantic extension of the internal.waterways system costing’£loo, 000,000, * spread over the next decade, followed by ah annnai vote of £10,000,000 for an indefinite period. The undertaking is (? considered necessary "because the demands for transportation are 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 district comprising 1.800,000 square miles.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9351, 21 January 1909, Page 5
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91INLAND WATERWAYS. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9351, 21 January 1909, Page 5
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