The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-24
> v1CKsBURG's CONVENTION.
Addresses in Favor of Continued I'm
prOvements Delivered.

Vicksburg. Miss Oct. 3.-At yesterday
evenings session of the river convention
Judge Taylor of Indiana, a member of the
Mississippi river commission delivered a
magnificent address favoring continued
and persistent river improvements.
Last night Engineer Cooley spoke on the
Chicago drainage and ship canal, and eX-
planned the magnitude and Importance of
that great work.
This morning Mr. Bravo of Pittsburg
advocated improvement of the Ohio and
its tributaries as an incident to the i'm
provement of the Mississippi.
He was followed by Capt Willard, who
set forth the work now being done on the
Yazoo river canal, which will give Vicks-
burg a permanent water front.
A stronge series of resolutions were
adopted, and the convention took recess.
The following is the report Of the com
mittee on resolutions:
First, Resolved, That the necessity for
the improvement of the great waterways
of the country with each year becomes
more urgent, and that in our judgment,
intense liberality should be manifested by
the congress of the United States in max
ing appropriations in this regard.
The Mississippi river and its magnificent
tributaries If generously treated, will not
only furnish in themselves useful facili-
ties for the great commerce of the states
lying between the Allegheny and Rocky
mountains, but will indirectly, by the com
petition they will provide; secure a great
reduction in the cost of transportation
ceived from the federal treasury, and ex-
press the hope that our necessities, which
constantly increase, may receive still
greater faVors at the hands of congress
We heartily commend the great work hith-
erto done by the Mississippi river commits
sion and express our confidence in their
wisdom and earnest labors in our behalf
and we can but express our qualification
at the fact that the experience of the
commission has demonstrated their wis
dom in adopting levees as part OF their
general plan of river improvement, and II
is a further cause of congratulation Of
the commission that the adoption of leVees
by il as an aid to channel improve
ment of the Mississippi valley. Relying
upon the protection thus afforded, the
building of railroads has brought into cul-
tiVation large areas of wild lands and great
growth in the villages and cities IN that
section.
We especially approve the system of
continuous appropriations adopted by con-
gress by which it has been demonstrate
ed that engineering works are accom-
plished not only more speedily, but with
an efficiency and economy as startling as
Second, Resolved, That while we are
more especially concerned in the improve
ment of the waterways of the great Mis-
sissippi valley, we are, at the same time
in full sympathy with the speedy and lib
eral development of such works as may
be necessary to accommodate the COM
merce of the great lakes, and to provide
sufficient harbOrs on our sea coast to meet
all demands that may be made upon them
We should rejoice to see this great nation
exercise such jurisdiction over all its
waterways as will tend to foster commerce
and enable its people to cheaply and east
ly interchange their products
A number of other resolutions follow
embracing the whole subject of national
system of waterways and commencing
the same to congress.