Box 372
Contains 4 Results:
Saint Lawrence Seaway Project, 5 folders, 1939-1940
Files include: Anderson, Paul E. – Reports and Memoranda; Ballantine's Report [on Transportation by Waterway as Related to Competition with the Rail Carriers in the United States]; Commodity Studies, including livestock, potash, green coffee, grains, and rubber; Correspondence; and Department of Commerce Outline.
Saint Lawrence Seaway Project, 6 folders, 1921-1940
Files include: Digest of Hearings and Reports; Electric Generation Capacity, U.S.A.; Extent of Railway Operations; News clippings, including article from "The New Republic"; Notes and Outline; and Panama Canal Traffic effect upon Railroad Rates.
Saint Lawrence Waterway Project – Power Development, 1940
This file includes a Railway Labor Executives’ Policy statement, statement of the Baltimore Association of Commerce, and a paper about the “Effect of the Proposed Great Lakes-Saint Lawrence Deep Waterway on the Coal Industry.”
Saint Lawrence Seaway Project – Railroads, 1937-1940
The file includes articles by Lester Velie (“Lean Years for the Rails”), Harold D. Kootz (“The Railroad Crisis”), and one about new types of equipment; a speech by Harry S. Truman on railroad financing; a memorandum about railroads serving the Great Lakes ports; and a memorandum to Robertson about the position of Western railroad presidents concerning the waterway prior to 1933-1934.