European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In eau  die ipe cd borate k Wayme Lluc. Lota att in i Corn led Lor t they Long Inelow to or Bulon been  i bout Gen Day o to to wods neral sting hone Uejima to Kroon Del  Toad St the taper Lullie 10 Tohl reaction meter stairway with dams canal and lock sin Cope with the drop of 300 fact in Elevation Between Thio null and co.folen/. Tin1 Steps if Navy Siulc water Arr anywhere from seven in 1r Miles be tween the locks which form hip risers of the so Araso. Each of the locks incapable n raising or lowering two 1.5 10 inn barges it a  inure hum dams Ulm Lucks and Power plunk i were Iii Loveil in the Muse project. Some 2fl.ono separate land purchases were negotiated involving farms fat Luries. Vineyard s. Manor houses sports clubs via Gas. Parks breweries and Many other interests. Where dams backed up the River underground water tables Rose threat ening Village water supplies and Drain age systems. Sometimes these facilities had to l e rebuilt. House foundation had to be reinforced and Many a wine cellar had in be  fell the Impact too. Sometimes they were raised and in other places re routed because of inc change in water  then there were the fish to be considered. For every dam there had Tobe a fish and eel ladder built to make sure the Mosul s wealth of finny Foo continues to flourish. At a number of Points it would have been simpler to Cut a canal straight across a neck of land formed by a River Loop instead of following the water course but the International Mosel agreement signed by France Luxem Bourg and Germany oct. 27, 1950. Specified hat the famous landscape of the Mosel Valley should remain As far a possible unimpaired by the Canali Ulion. For this same reason you will find hat most of the locks arc Low and Incon  of the Mosel waterway was so vital to France that As part of the canal Deal she gave to German her i lits in Hie Saarland which she had held since world War ii in addition. Krance agreed to pay two thirds of the Catli Altim Cost which in lfl5r\\-m  in at $92.i million hut which my runs closer to s2i i million, shelled out a  for her share and wit Germany tucked up the Tali for the remainder. One Mosel Inck was already in opera Linn at  in fore the Unali action project was started and nine More have been built in i Cruny. Where three fourths of the development lies. Two locks were installed along the  Bouru Cic Many Border and Only two i France. Twelve hydroelectric plants will tap the Mosel for Power to he shared by the three  is not gain of course. To balance off the cheaper transportation for French and Luxembourg products the Rickman belgian and Luxembourg rail ways stand to lose freight Revenue and the belgian port of Antwerp is expected to Sec a drop in tonnage when the Mosel freight Way hits its  Ruhr steelmakers Are said to he on the unhappy Side Loo. They foresee that France will boost her sales in South Germany where she has already cornered a piece of the Market because of favourable lax Structure and Lowe prices and they also worry about Frances new Competition in the work Market because of the cheaper Mosel  of which country or which interests gain most financially there i general agreement that canal izing the Mosel is an undertaking of such Magni tude that it can serve As a precedent for other communal projects in the future. It appears to be a Strung Plank in the United  platform. France a , Huriy $200 million on in. 7 or . , of , in Moy to Toyom for  lh.1  Bock to . Romon Doy. 22, 1961 the Staps and St Page 13