Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-07
THE nr,ssusc CONVENTION


THE ptrIssuac CONVENTION.
Annual 0sthersss of sha St-sss Savtg..
siss sS the u'sised xsat~s.
pittsburg, Sept. g. Mr.. Brown submitted
the report Of the committee on the proprie.y
Of removing the rocks and widening the
channel at I.oniAyille, Ky. Tie committee
consider it practicable aud in every way
advantageous TO marine interests.
Frequently on . run boats are detained
and II this improvement is made boat can
pass over the falls without the slightest delay.
Relation to the method 10 be pursued in
obtaining means 10 make their improve
ments, there is now in fund from receipts
Of tolls 1t the canal $4,000, a surplus not
in use, and he believed if General Watzel
is consulted advantage may be taken Of the
present low water TO secure improven ents
to the falls.
Capt. f. w. Gould said he hoped some
Of the delegates interested in the navigation
Of the Mississippi river would pre,ent plan
for the improvement Of that great high
way.
Capt. John T. Drove and General J. X.
Moorhead spoke ofthe success Of Lada ietty
system and the latter said he wanted the
system introduced up the Mississippi as far
as Cairo. He agreed with Capt. Gould in
the improvement of the Ohio and Mississ-
ippi rivers and their tributaries. by giving
uniform depth of water and offering more
speed and safety in transit through the
dangerous part Of the river between northern
and southern parts. The cost of these most
necessary Improvements can be estimated
and would not exceed $4,000.
Capt. Varble, of Louisville, stated that
the committee had draft prepared show
ing the improvement suggested to the falls.
He referred to the fact that pilots had at
their own expense widdened the channel to
As feet. 1t is proposed TO remove the side
ledges at the falls, thus widening the chan
mel 100 feet. giving greater depth also Of
2 feet. He also called attention to the fac,
that the Mississippi should be improved
from the mouth of the Missouri TO New
Orleans and ssid lie believed this could be
done easily by the jetty system.
At the annual meeting OF the executive
committee, Capt. Varble presented the fol
lowing. which was adopted:
Reso1.d, That 1t is the judgment Of thu
national board cf steam navigation that the
present charged for license to officers o
steam vessels are unfair and onerous, ant
that the executive committee be instructed
to use its best efforts for their reduction.
Mr.. RI. W. Hart, Of st. Lons, offered ,llt
following:
Rcsolred, That the lighthouse service. as
adopted upon our western rivers, is of in
dispcnsable service 10 the interests of navi
cation. and this convention earnestly rec
ommends that an appropriation to ,hi
branch Of the public service shall be pro
portioned TO each distric'.
Capt. II. II. Voolfolk offered resolution
for the appointment Of committee Of fiv
to take into consideration the question q
improving the Mississippi river from th
mouth Of the Missouri river to New o.
leans. 10 accordance with the suggestion 9
Capt. Gould. The resolution was adopte,
and the chairman appointed Capts. E. "
Gould, Jno. a. Bofinger, Jno. P. Kesin, 8
Louis. and Mr. Jones, Of Memphis, an
Geo. II. Kink, Of New Orleans
Adjourned