The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-11
Plan Suggested and Urged by the
OWL Engineers Association.
They Want to Take Charge Of the
River and Harbor improvements,
And Ask That Appropriations Be
Sufficient to Complete Projects.
Gen. Catohings Interviewed, Talks Very
sensibly About the Matter and
Shows the Thing to be I'M
practicable at Present.
special Dispatch to The Appeal.

WASHINGTON, April lO.-A committee
representing the Association OF Engineer
ing Societies OF the United States, COM
posed OF l.. L. Cooley, Prof. ii. Ii. Holler
and Il. l.. Carthell. engineer for the late
prof Eads Nv p p;cc ~ C,ovolord and
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mr' hur,n' vi nrooN'yn' "pPea'eo pc'o'o
the senate committee on commerce To-Day
in behalf OF the pending bill 10 provide
for the establishment OF bureau of har.
nor and ya,eryavs Nessrs Cartbell and
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oVo,ey u'' ''o ''"S''s' i"oy ,o'on'"'o"u-
cd that bureau Oh harDor anu waterways,
10 be under the war department, shall be
created 10 be Differed by a corps to be
known as the oorns Of the United States
CIV, engiheefsi ,n"' II sn"ii nave c'iBc .,
all rlVer ana harDor works, the making oil
all surveys, estimates, ETC., with the super
vision of all crossings of nayigable water
wavs and sball have the core Of aud Ina re.
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'Pons'o'o 'oi "'i p"'"'s' "'''',No'y, e'0''
useu III nNer ana harDor WORK. III pro
vides for chief OF the corps, ono learned
and experienced in civil engineering. es.
ncciollv with rclerence IN borhor and
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waterway WINS WV ,o'"'Vu :" aSh'ns
ton; also iour associate chieis located
AZ washington. IL provides iurlher
ior engineers oil lower grades ana Tor
snbordinates and officials to the number oil
about 100, those oil the higher grades TO DC
appointed by the fresldeht ana confirmed
by lhc senate
lhe arguments To-Day were designed 10
SHOW that the proposed system would be
much more efficient and economical than
that now IN existence. Their plan con-
templates lump appropriations Tor river
and harbor Improvements, the bureau 10
nave charge oil the iund, anu 10 allot the
various works so rs to provide money sulil-
cient TO complete the work without inter-
ruption.
Messrs. Cafthell ana cooley maintained
mat the present system oil hpporuohinp
money ior rver AMI barDor Improvements
" very Imperfect, ihey saiu ,hht one o.
the INST essentials oil successful nver I'M
proVcmcht Is 10 master the sfesuni t
bring y under sublecuon, but under inc
present system oil making appropriation
IN drlpD'ets, u Is oilen imposslDie 70 10 SO
'lat tne WORK y c'rileu hs l,r ~ the money
WIN mloW anu theh stopped, anu uuilht
the deiay the current masters the Worh
ana Affects damage that involves large OK
pensc 10 repair that u the letty system
lad depended upon irregular hPpropra
IONS, ~ would nor nave pccn com,
pieled IN thousand years Mnu
Mr.. Cooley remarked that under ~,
ehlsung system no progress Deinp
lIlt Improvements VI Nilt NllNHlh'
,npIha L. - a. Az ben ,ho chonnol In sni'
Icc,ion The channel Is Stronger than m,
work n was stated that The loss In m,
nresent svstem ms comnarod with a NOR,
efficient one h about 30 per cent; tha
contractors in view OF the fact that the,
must whit for detailed APPROXIMATIONS
must be detained in the prosecution of IN,
work. and allow n very large margin iol
contingencies. that n Il were made a Ger
tainty that money would bo supplied 4,
prosecute the work 10 completion withou
any DELAY. the government could max,
contracts nj very much smaller figures thai
at present.
II was further argued that civil engineer
arr halter fitted 10 carry ON these work
,lian army engineer; that the education
Of the former better qualities them; tina
Al present The complete system and rule
Of ibe war DEPARTMENT military rules nm
applied 10 ali these works. In short, TN
gentlemen maintained that their idea Of
civil bureau with permission that arm,
engineers NAV enter the corps 10 leay
the army. however. after three years il
the corps' will afford a more simple, mon
efficient and more economical method a
river and harbor improvements.
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/ no doubt thai the river and harbor Inn