The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-18
OHIO RIVER IMPROVEMENT
SHOWS GREAT PROGRESS
Edison Brare. n Delegate To the Con-
sentiOn. Tells OF the Gigantic
Work which Il Being Done.

ls ffr E,lsgr cr Tie E-pulI.g
81. Louis. Get. l5.-Eut frW people. unless
they have closely followed the trend 0f az
fairs in the Ohio Valley during the last
few years are aware 81 the prOdigiOus
scheme 10 which the business men OF that
section. by means of untiriug application
and enthusiasm. have induced Congress
To- commit Itself for the Improvement Of
navigation in tho Ohio. The ninth annual
convention Of the Ohio Valley Improve
msnt Association. just closed at Evans
willie. brought ont clearly these facts. ac-
CumpliShsu and Ia contemplation
Flrst-CongrcsS has fully committed
Itself 20 ths -pollcy Of locking and dam
ming the Ohi1 ftSui f'itts6urg to Cairo. iy
making approprlaliOTiS from time tp tim-
Tor eight lochs and dams. II an 1pproNi-
mate cost Of tlO01A.lc1.
Second-The depth or water cgntrm-
plated in this scheme. originally i'rt as
a minimum. has now lsyn fixed by u,e
association. At feet, and this coming Nil,
ter legislation by Congress VIII l. st-h'-i
to change the depth IS provided Tor the
eight dams already appropriated ior- ~. IL.
engineers report that the cost OF thl~
change In the plans viii De comparatively
small ~ n aiil only h. necessary u
deepen the locks three feet NJ Davis
Island and Beaver. the two points AZ
which the improvements have been com
pletcti-iust below Pittshurg-
Third-It viii require thirty-srNen losHs 80,
~ the Big Miami, twenty miles below Clr-
ginnati. and 10 miles below fitt-nuIS x
From the mouth OF the Big Miami 10 CdirO
will require thlrty-eight locks and dams.
which includes. Of course; the Dig M 20
make a simple pool OF the lsill~ ol '4''
Fourth Including the yloOpoOoO approx
matel already granted BY Congress. iNe
cost Of the entire system 10 make nine
feet from Pittsburg 20 talrO IS hAuItI =!
s.. ~. .ss or 81. .0oOJr yet to BE- obtained
from the public treasury, To cover a Tcriol
not 10 exceed fourteen years -,
sat a. "A delegate IN TINS ENahsNtliy
convention Tor Two days ana H'ts 1 1lIi1Ls's
tn. settled PURPOSE TO succeed displayed Al
the six sessions held. The questions were
all uf detail Of ways and means. Tor pro
motion before Congress. The great prv)tct
itself was treated as a matter not ~
controversy. as q matter already settled.
This shows what nine years Of int"iil-
gent ,srHrt Will do toward putting through
a pI-af work Sf Internal Improvement IL
b. simply "a pr,G.iigiUl- conception. on
which sugl E,TugrgSS has hs-n silently. but
,.T,ctutITy made that its success seems
luu tn have. been already cinchrd OF s,t
least SEQ iar advanced that a backward
stsr will h.. comparatively easy TO combat.
There - an object lesson here Ia what
Colonel Vance au'i hiS associates have
done and ara doing for the ohiO Valleys
navigation Interests 70 ~ not unTrst-s.i-
would give fnt desired eight or ten feet
minimum between -. Louis ana Cairo a.
part Of the future great waterway from
tho Lakes 20 tn tult
Why do not our Mississippi Valley men
get e line on th.. work ut the Ohio River
L.,uplp ami fellow suit The river from -.
Louis 10 cairo can be locked and damned
like "A lT--Z". There arr no engineering
l-rlllem- that hHyc not already been met
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