Hearings of the International Joint Commission in re remedies for the pollution of boundary waters between the United States and Canada

by International Joint Commission

Mr. Tawney. Are there any small cities or towns?

Mr. Tate. Yes; there are several. There is Edwardsburg, or Cardinal.

Mr. Tawney. How near is the nearest one to Ogdensburg?

Mr. Tate. About 8 miles. That is on the Canadian side of the river. Then Waddington is 18 miles below. Morrisburg is nearly directly opposite Waddington. Cornwall is farther down, about 40 miles.

Mr. Powell. Mr. Tate, is Ogdensburg a difficult country in which to cut trenches?

Mr. Tate. Not generally speaking; no. It is clay and sand. Of course there are some streaks of hardpan here.

Mr. Powell. There is much rock?

Mr. Tate. Well, there is on the west side.

Mr. Powell. So it would be very expensive work to construct a series of intercepting sewers to connect all the existing sewers, would it not?

Mr. Tate. If we put in filtration plants, we would have to have two plants, one on each side of the river.