The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-21

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Haglett, Lawrence p. Sands and Morris
Horkheimer last evening returned from
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nual meeting Of the Ohio Valley
Improvement Association. When seon
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thuslaStlc IN speaking OF the Warmth
OF the reception and entertainment thu
vIs,tora wera tha recInIents N at tha
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nuhus OF the Aehtucklahs' "HOse hOIeu
hospitality found on this occasion q
notable decentralization. During the
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Lles''ns 'ne'e Mus q Fepe''t'VA "a '''s
scene at the wheeling meeting Inst
year, when the delegates arose In their
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liberal contributions In support OF the
association.
C,tnc,npotI oorr,oI IN tho vr,za whom
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came 10 contestlhB LOT the next
meeting place OF the association. Pa
ducah wished to entertain the next
meeting. but, when Hon. j. H. Allen.
president OF the Cincinnati chamber OF
commerce, held forth the advantages of
the Queen City, and when Colonel q. p.
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Lengue, repeated the invitation. nothing
was left Paducah but to withdraw, and
Cincinnati was selected by reclamation.
The meeting Thursday was an inter-
estlng one, and closed the two days
session OF the association. A resolu-
tlon was adopted. which outlines the
work Of the association for the coming
year. The resolution asks Congress to
appropriate enough money to build
locks and dams to make the Ohio con-
tinuOusly navigable to Its mouth. States
and cities along the river are asked to
leEislate to reduce wharf charges.
The continuous contract system is In
dorsed. and Congress is asked to adopt
this system on locks and dams between
Pittsburgh anu Marietta not vet COM
tracted for. A protest is made against
the encroachments on the channel OF
the Ohio, and Congress Ii urged to pre-
vent them. Congress Is also urged to
make improvements in the Big Sandy
and Salt rivers. That body is also
urged to appropriate enough money~to
dig a channel thirty-hve feet deep
through the southwest pass Of the Mis-
slssIppI river from New Orleans to the
gulf. The resolutions commended the
action Of the Cincinnati chamber Of
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procure the construction OF a dam be-
low Cincinnati, and also commended
the COMMITTEES in securing the passage
of a Joint resolution in Congress 'au-
thoriZlng survey for dam.
The resolutions recommended the i'm
mediate construction Of a dam at, or
below, Cullum's Rifle, so as to give six
feet of water in the harbOr Mt Clncln.
matt, CoyinRton and Newport. 1t was
recommended that Congress apprO.
prla "a Si2, 600 to cut a straight entrance
to the Louisville and Portland Canal, II
was also recommended that SIT. 900 con-
tlnuous appropriation be set aside to
keep the channels In the Ohio River
clear.
Coptain Anderson took I'D the dis
puted question of the probable effect
which movable dams had on the health
of the community above. In Support OF
this he quoted as an example the DayIs
Island dam, seven miles below Pitts
burgh. This was, he said, the finest ex-
ample OF this kind of dam in the
country. The effect OF this dam. ns de-
termlned by experts, was TINT ire Sit
in the sewage dropped to the bottom
and caused no Injurious effects. and.
whenever the wickets were opened. this
silt was secured from the bottom Of the
river.
Mr.. Albert 8. RettinEer, OF Cincinnati.
presented the report OF the COMMITTEES
on membership. He set forth the need
for the dissemination Of Information In
regard to the true object and work al
the Ohio Valley Improvement AssocIa-
tlnn, and stated that II the work done
and projected was fully understood nv
Intelligent residents Of the cities, towns
and villages u the stntes already rep
resented In the association there wOuld
be no dlflculty in gaining largely In
creased membership 10 This end he
offered resolutions providing TINT n cir
cular be prepared md sent out Ia every
newspaper in each town along the Ohio
and tributary streams. which shoniI
give in detail the objects OF the asso-
citation md the work already ncrnm.
niIEhed and that the editors bs osItsd
10 publiRh this IN Whatever form thew
desired, that one man be appoIpted Il,
each town TO give information AZ tho
work Of the society and to secure new
members: that the owners and masters
~ stpnnnera no nsked To secure mem
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individuals ne asked TO contribute TO the
work OF the association.
Early in the day Colonel Berry and
Cpmlupdore lAIdley bnd a heated dis.
~, $685. q
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lucky river: ColoheI Berry nccusei
Commodore I4aidley OF being opposed to
nil Imnroyempnta. excpDt those which