The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-10
BRAzOS IMPROVEMENT
CONVENTION IS TO 5E HELD AT
HOUSTON THIS WEEK.
Congressman Ball Submits Plan VI
Procedure to Raise the Neees-
sary Funds.

BRENNAN. Texas, November Snow that
the election IA over and the returns all 10,
and the result satisfactory, the people OF
the BRACES valley should turn their aten-
ton TO the proposed BraEos River improve
ment association, which has been called
10 meet In Houston, November ~
President Giddings requests every mem
her Of the executive committee OF that or
eanization 70 meet at the Rice hotei on
mat date at p m. and every one VINO
feels an interest In the Improvement OF the
Rroyos ia attend the meeting OF the asso-
citation that night
presiden, Giddlnes Is daily In receipt OF
letters showing the interest that Is peins
manifested in the meeting
CONGRESSMAN Ball writes as follows
Hon. u. G. Giddngs, Jr.. .Brenpap, IeNa az.
Houston, Texas, Noyembet t-pcaI ~
and Friend; ! viii Try to oe On th nitleu u M
tcrcstod In the work OF the Brazos RIVER
improvement association ! et1ethue , "a "a
initial meeting al NaFasota' WulCh lesu,, ~
In A call OF those interested in the matter
IT improying the BrnZos river ahd prevent
ing the disasters Occasioned by us lrs,lueht
ovcrhows, and the subsequent OIsAni1a., t "i
OF the Brazos River Improvement assoSla
ton. az which you are the president AZ
the initial meeting | gave ny views aui
subsequently communicated them IN VIII
enI assocIotion' I stated then, ana now
state that there Is no possible reason 70
believe that the Federal government W.,
undertake To- protect the BF92os Vaiey lIV ~
[ oyerhoNs or to aid In doing so, ana IN
support OF this positin discussed the
proposition at length . a., 49,,
Nowhere In the United states does the
I government spend one dollar for this char'
1 acter OF improvement upon rivers wnollS
/ within a State, notwithstanding many 81
| them are subject to overnoWs, ana mucn
| damage results therefrom. This Is true
! also OF every interstate river In the Umted
/ States with the single exception OF tne
/ were adopted as part of the plans for the
! general Improvement Of that river Went
/ into the subject more fully in my tormei
1 communication than ! can now as tS tne
( origin Of the Mississippi levees ana tht
Z reason for the government undertaking tht
work. II Is true, however the a. tIl l,.,, IN
/ ment has undertaken by cleaning the Cnah
| mel and removing the chstructions, VIII bt
Of considerable benefit IN enabling N,
| way the henefts Of navigation Will be bad
, and incidentally, some beneht ~ proNIunt
against overAows. ] beg to renew my sug
| gestion heretofore made:
That the legislature he asked 10 per
. nit the property owners along the BrAzos e
retain their taxes for q period OF wears q
be used IN protecting them from overhows
o That the constitutional amendment b.
/ submitted authorizing the formation OF
taxing districts where a special taX, car
be laid and expended to prevent oVcrhow'
by the best methods. ! would not conln'
il to levees alone
1 AS 10 your query in regard 10 the con
stitutcpnlity Of an appropriation oy 10,
State for the survey OF the Brazos rive
and it's principal tributaries With view
To determine the most feasible means o
disposing Of the food waters to proven
disastrous overhows, 1 beg to say that
have not had an opportunity to eXamin
ms f9rSSIu tls i've I nun an aninic
that would he Of any value.