The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-13

der the personal supervision of MT. Me- Calla, much of the credit for the suc- cessful manner in which 1t IS being con- ducted belongs to him. In addition to the Tuscaloosa offices MT McCalla has es- tablshed branch offices at Demopolis, where Junior Engineer o. B. Strehlow IS in charge The Demopolis office over sees the work on Locks 4. and 6.
 The inspection party left Tuscaloosa last Monday morning on the tow steam CT John Mills. Congressman Bankhead had previously visited the locks above Tuscaloosa and had looked over the new furnace of the Central Coal and Iron company which Is a few miles above Tuscaloosa.
 The pool between Lock 10 and Lock 9 is more than forty miles long. Very few 2 miles need be travelled down the Warrior before the tourist is convinced that if the river improvements do not appeal to people from the practical or business point of view, they will, at least, be struck by the artistic side.
 The Warrior river is fast becoming D very beautiful stream. The placing of locks raises the level of the water at least six feet along the route and all the ugly places are covered. The foliage at this season extends to the waters edge and the stream Is not the least bit stag nant.
 In the near future the river should be- come a great excursion resort. It is suf- ficiently large to accommodate excursion boats and such trips will probably become popular on the Warrior as they are on some streams in the north.
 The John Mills passed through Lock 3 shortly after o'clock Monday afternoon. This steam tow boat by the way be- longs to the government and Is the type of boat that the government will seek to introduce for all the traffic on the Warrior when the construction work is far enough advanced
 When the party reached Lock 8, car riages were brought into requisitlon as the river is not nayigabe below that point. Sixty-three miles were covered by the boat and the drive to Demopols was fifty miles more.
 From Lock to Lock 4 at Demopolis, locks were seen in all the stages of con- struction. Lock 9 Is finished and in oper- ation Lock is completed with the ex- ception of part of the dam. At Lock T. the lock itself Is just being built of con- crete, and at Locks 1. and the exca- vations are at various stages.
 Congressman Taylor.
 Congressman G. W. Taylor of the First district joined the party at Demopolis. which is his home and accompanied tha members to Lock on Wednesday.
 During the day the visitors also went through the plant of the Alabama Port land Cement company near Demopolis, and Congressman Bankhead, Capt Craig-, hill and Mir. McCalla drove back to Greensboro Wednesday afternoon.
 Arrangements are being made by Con- gressman Bankhead and Capt. Craighilr to take trip up the Tombigbee from Demopoiis some time next month They win probably go up as far as Columbus. Miss, in gasoline launch. Col. Bank head is eager 10 familiarize himself thoroughly with these rivers in order, that he may know from personal knowl- edge just what Is needed in each case
 He is confident that the minerar interests of inc state are not the onlvl ones thet will be benefited by slack wa-J ter navigation on the Warrior. The riv- CT flows through the center of the fa- nous black belt of Alabama. and alonr Its banks is some of the richest and most, productive soil in the south. The fields of grain that now flourish along the riveni are reminders that the agricultural inter- ests will also profit by cheap freighul rates at some future day. :.