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January 11, 1929 WILMETTE LIF .E 43 · ~ + No.8 of a Series on 'Metropolitan Chicago -showing why MetroPolitan Chicago has ewry Possibility of becoming the world's forefi\OSt metrope>lit4n unter-in population as wd.l as in trade im.Portanu- and that in e1 day relatiwly nte~T. Leading e~uthoritit.s prtditt fiftun million population for Mebope>tit4n Chialgo within e1 lifdim.t. · · METROPOLITAN CI-llCAGOWORLD'S LARGEST INLAND PORT II R TY YEARS AGO, Th~ barges will carry freight, at eco- . a group of engineers conceived he unique idea of turning a river around-of directly reversing the course of its orig· inal flow. And so the Drainage Canal, 38.6 miles in length, _ was built, causing the Chicago River to flow out of instead of into Lake Michigan. Today this remarkable achieve· ment, originally carried through primarily for sanitary purposes, forms an important link of the Lakes-to-Gulf Waterwa:·which,when completed, will unite ·Metropoli~an Chicago and the Gulf of Mexico by water. nomical water rates, from Metropolitan Chicago to New Orleans and points between, leading to increased commerce. Then too -Qnd e'Oen more important Metropolitan Chicago will compete advantageously for foreign trade. The farms and industries of the Middle West will gain· greater prosperity by virtue of thi~ allwater avenue of shipping to world markets. No insurmountable difficulty stands in the way of Metropolitan Chicago's some day hav. ing a second important water outlet to the sea by YJay of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. This contemplated route already of sufficient depth the greater part of the distance- unfolds the possibility of ocean vessels from London, Liverpool and other European ports steamlng directly into the docks of Metropolitan Chicago. But water transportation is only one of many factors linked with Chicago's m1raculous growth- only one of many reasons why Metropolitan Chicago bids fair to become the largest metropolitan center in the world. Other reasons are being told in other advertisements of this series. You will find them intensely interesting. . ,. Metropolitan Chicago, at the foot of Lake Michigan, is already the world's largest inland port in point of -ship-. ments and receipts. Metropolitan Chicago, 800 miles from the nearest ocean, ranks today as the eighth of all ports in shipping tonnage. The waterborne commerce handled each year in Metropolitan Chicago practically equals that which passes through the Panama Canal! Through the Lakes-to-Gulf Waterway we are soon to become a world port, with a direct water route to the nations of the world. It is expected that the project will be completed in 1931. This serw Oft Metropolitan Chicago, whtn compltttd, will be Lound in hooltltt fonrL Ad4rw Public &roiu Compcm, of Northern Illinois. 72 W. Adams St., Chicago, and ca copy will be TtsnVtd for ,au. Thtrt wiU be no chcaT&L PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Supplying Elutricit, a-nd Gas to 6,000 squaT£ miw, including the Metropolitan ATea into which Chicago is gTowing. ·Metropolitan Chice~eo includes the City of Chicago cand the hnitory within SO to 75 m.ilu of the Chice~go City Hcall.