Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-10-25
SENATORS VISIT Us.
Distinguished Party Of Govern.
ment Representatives in
Rock island.
ARE LOOKING UP NAVIGATION,

On y Tour Oh imposition OF the Alx11seappi
and hissour, Rivers- May he Here
Another Dsy-Hospitsli,i,s Of the O,ty
vert,e.ti"n.
United States Senator'S ]. H. Berry
and j. H. Gailinger are at the Hnr-
per. They arrived this morning
from MIlr eapolis and will be joineo
this evening by Senator Kau.o Mel
son. They arc on tour Of inspection
OF the Mississippi and Missouri riv-
ers, with view to reporting to con-
gress the most feasible neanI OF i'm
proving the nv ga:ioa and commerce
OF these streams. An ARGUS repre-
sentative who CO led upon she ssna-
tors this morning, was oouIteously
received. Said Senator Berry IN
explanation OF the object OF the visit:
The senate e. its last session passed
a resolution directing that the COM
mit.ee on commerce Investigate var
ious questions connected with the
improvement Of navigation of tho
Mississippi ard Missouri rivers.
Pursuant to th.t ac!ion the commit
tee On commerce appointed a sub
committee to investigate snd report.
That subcommittee. in tho ORDER IN
which Is is named, il composed of,
Senator Nelson. of Minnesota,
chairman; Senator BleBride, OF
Oregon; Senator Elkins, OF West
Virginia, Senator Vest, OF Missouri,
Senator G.llinger, Of New H.np-
shire. Senator Berry, of Arkansas,
and Sonater Csfrey. OF Louisiana.
We have already visited the head
waters of the Mississippi, going from
st. Paul TO Duluth, md have thor
oughiy inspected she reservoir sys-
TEN there. We have some work to
do here and then will 60 on to Sioux
City and thence to St Louis. We
will be joined here tonight by Sena-
tor Nelson, and at st. Louis by Soma
tors Mcbride and Cafr-y. II
the yellow fever situation
does not prevent. we will ,as.
steamer at St. Louis abous Nov. 4
fer New Orleans and the Gulf Of Mex
leo.
The scops of the resolution under
which VIC are acting, is So broad that
we have mush to look into. We have
Investigated the causss of high water
and the efecs OF cutting on,
the timber in increasing ths
floods. We are anxious to de.srmin,
the feasibility OF building reservoirs
with view of !essening the flood al
high tide, and at the same time
whether q rerVoir system on the up
per Missouris may be used for irriga.
ton purporses. We are looking ia &C
the levse and outlet systems and the
effect OF dredging and the advansa
ges to commerce Of the development,
of the passes at the mouth Of ths
Missouri.
Senator Berry stated that he would
not know what the duties Of th,
committee would be- In Rock Island
until thu nrriva, OF Senator Nelson,
who Is chairman OF the committee, 20
night. There would be some testi
mony ID be taken and possibly som,
PREPARATIONS to b. made. Senate,
Berry said the commission had TO DR.
with shs natural water course, and
the Hennepin cana! would not com,
directly under It's miis,on, although
the senators were naturally inter
ested Ia Il.
Visted by Rock Island Ps.pIs.
Col. ". r King. in charge OF tn,
upper Mississippi improvement, Is
was one Of the tirss to call on I'll,
visitors. Mayor Mednl. Fo.tmaste
Thomas, Hon. Wil'.am McEnirv n,
other leading citizens also calles
and extended the hospitslities OF lii,
city TO the senators. Arrangement
were made for drive on the fs!ant
of Rock Island. this afternoon
Mayor smith, of Davenport. jnins,
in the trip to the arsenal.
Senators Berry aud Galliuger are
accompanied by Walker Mitchell. O
Missouri, assistant srgeant-at-arm,
of the United States Senate. and "
H. Higgins. stenographer and clsrl
Of the commission. Senator Berry il
the colleague Of Senator Jones. chair
man Of the democratic national cpm
mittee, and SeSstor G.llinser h,
coilesgus OF Senator Chandler, who
is equally prominent on the repub