The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-17
people, but also to the wealth and pros-

people, put also to the wealth and proS- perity of our common country.
 Resolved, That experience has taught us that appropriations from the Govern ment acquired in small amounts for many different points along this waterway have resulted in but little practical ad- vantage to any portion of 1t, and that if the same amounts had been used at one place where most needed, much greater benefit would have been derived by the Government and the interests of our peo- pie; that we realize and appreciate the fact which events have demonstrated, that the work of removing Instructions to the navigation of the river should have been begun and completed from the mouth of the stream upward toward its source, and that the whole river must re- main to great extent unemployed, while tngress an egress to and from its unob- structed waters with connecting rivers is prevented by the existing barrier of the Colbert shoals; and that to secure the earliest removal of this obs sacle. we here by pledge our concentrated efforts in which we urge the earnest cooperation and assistance of the Senators and Rep resentatives In Congress from the States or Alabama. Georgia. Kentucky Missis- sippi. Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, to all of which this work will result in lasting bene fits to obtain by united vote, Influence and exertion. in It's accomplish ment.
 Resolved. That with the carving out of the project for overcoming such ob- struction at the Colbert Shoals, work on which is already considerably advanced, and with work of comparatvely small cost at what Is known as the mountain section of the river. uninterrupted naviga- ton Tor more than seven hundred miles on the Tennessee River can he secured during the whole year. and thereby a large section of the country receive an immense impetus to its trade. population and wealth
 Resolved, That the work already done at the Colbert Shoals, has been greatly retarded and has been much impaired in the unfinished state of It's construction by the inability to keep a trained force em- ployed and the increased cost of material through insufficient appropri iations; that the completion of this work at the Colbert Shoals Is the great and only atep required to make the whole river available for navigation. whereby water connection will be secured and maintained with the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico thus furnishing cheap and safe water transportation to a larger and more fertile and productive region of this country than could be done by the game means and expense, elsewhere in the United States.
 Resolved, That this Association eaFn- estly and urgently solicits from the Con- gress of the United States appropriation for this work on the Tennessee River to make full and uninterrupted naviga- tion available. and that enough be em- braced in a specific appropriation for the completion of the Colbert Shoals project, and that to this end 1t may be placed on the continuous contract system, so that the early and constant progress of the work and its completion may be assured.
 Resolved, That the president of this Association appoint committee of two members to present these resolutions. with suitable memorial and information to the Congress. or its proper committee. at such time as the representatives from the districts interested in the subject may arrange and to obtain favorable action therefrom in behalf of this measure.
 Resolved, That the following sppro- pritions from Congress for the river are solicited: At Colbert Shoals, s9s1. 900; Mountain section, aSo0.0os; afove Chatta- nooga, $65, 900; tributaries, $1oo.ooo; below Riverton, $25. 900.