The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1914. MAKING BERLIN A SEAPORT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 80, 25 July 1914, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1914. MAKING BERLIN A SEAPORT.

Germany proceeds steadily with the development of her canal system, and in the near future a number cf important extensions will be open for traffic. The Berlin-Oder Canal is a noteworthy engineering feat. It starts on the west side of Berlin and run* in a rough semi-circle to Oderbevg, where it falls into the river. It is about sixty miles long, and has cost something over £2,000,000 to build. It connects the capital of the Empire with the greatest Prussian port; it binds Berlin and Stettin. Berlin and the Oder have, of course, been united for some considerable time by the Finow Canal, but that waterway, with its score of old-fashioned locks and the fault of narrowness, has long been out of date. Tho new canal will carry cargo vessels of six hundred tons, and that vessels of such size will now go direct from Stettin to Berlin really means the opening of a new epoch in German internal traffic development. It makes Berlin virtually a seaport, and with her earnest desire to extend her trado and commerce in all directions this is a very important advance.