Improve Canal

Article taken from The Delphos Daily Herald, December 2, 1897

To improve the the Canal the commission of the Ohio Legislature appointed to investigate the canals of the state will recommend that the Miami and Erie canal, which is in a fair state of preservation and is used for purposes of traffic to a considerable extent, be improved and put in shape for better transportation. The commission will recommend that the Ohio and Erie from Akron to Portsmouth be abandoned. The portion of the canal from Akron to Cleveland is the only portion that the commission will recommend for improvement and further use as a waterway.