Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-10-22
Upper River Association Will
Ask $4,000, 900 From
Congress.
TO IMPROVE THE MISSISSIPPI
Dubuque the Next Meeting Place
Officers for Next Year.
Elected.


to congress was adopted asking for
an appropriation of $15.0O0,000 for the
permanent improvement of the river
from St. Paul to the mouth of the
Ohio, and the chairman was author
lied to appoint a committee of five
members to go to Washington and
Lay the matter before congress. Du-
buque was chosen as the next meet
ing place and the following officers
were elected:
President-Thomas Wilkinson, Bur
lington.
Secretary-Lewis Boswell. Quincy.
Treasurer-John b. Eckart, Gutten-
burg, Iowa.
The executive committee, which con-
tanned one member from each of the
cities represented at the meeting. in
cluded eN-Mayor B. f. Knox, of this
city, Capt. Lon Bryson, of Davenport.
and w. \. Meese, Of Moline L. NJ. Ma
gill, of Moline, was appointed dele
gate to the Levee. River and Harbor
Improvement association at New Or
leans next week
Banquet Last Evening.
Lahrmann's hall, Davenport, last ev-
ening was the scene of the one of the
largest banquets that has been held
in the city for long time, when the
Upper Mississippi Iiver Improvement
association sat down to dinner at 6
o'clock. Four long tables were set
for the guests, the one on the left be-
ing for the toastmaster and the
speakers of the evening. After the
supper cigars were passed around,
and the toasts responded to. w. C.
Bennett, Of Moline, was POSTMASTER.
Congressman Wade, Gen. Frank
Gainee, CT St. Louis, Hon. c. II. Will
hanson, of Quincy. ILL.,, and Maj. Espy,
of St. Paul, responded to toasts.
Congressman Wade's toast was:
The people of the upper Mississippi
valley are component parts Of the
United States, and entitled to the
equal recognition"
The second toast: The people of
the interior near the Mississippi val
ley are benefited in cheaper freight
rates by the improvement of river
navigation was responded to by Gen.
Frank Gainee, of St. Louis.
The third toast was responded to by
Hon. c. II. Williamson, of Quincy, ILL.,,
and he was followed by Maj. Espay,
If ST. Paul.
Addresses Yesterday Afternoon.
After the delegates had inspected
the LeClaire rapids of the river on
the steamer Mackenzie yesterday af-
ternoon they returned to Masonic
temple, and there held another ses-
sion, at which several addresses were
delivered. The trend of all the re
marks was in upholding the impor-
lance of the river as a regulator of
freight rates in the Mississippi valley
in addition to being an important
highway. The amount appropriated
by congress annually, it was pointed
out, is simply sufficient to keep the
| channel in it's present condition, and
there is not enough to enable the en-
gineers to make any Roadway toward
deepening it in the manner needed to
insure its greatest usefulness. 1t was
the unanimous sentiment that the
congressman from the Mississippi val
ley districts. should be held to work
for greater appropriations for the
work. Among the speakers were l..
p. Boswell, of Quincy, secretary of
the associa ton, Mr.. Logan, of Keo-
kuk. who is interested in the pro-
posed waterpower development at
that place, and Gov. Sam r. Van SAINT,
of Minnesota.
The Delegates.
The following delegates are in at
tendance:
Hamilton-C. V. Durant.
Keithsburg-L. ID. kirkpatrick, c. S.
Frick, H. NJ. OlcOtt.
William a. Meese. NJ. j. Nc
Entry. W. o. Bennett, F. II. Gleasing.
c. p. Skinner.
New Boston-D. r.. Prentiss, Frank
Ives, L. c. Hutchins.
Oquawka-G. F. William Frochlish,
A. NJ. Thornton, Martin Waller.
Quincy. B. Boswell. Charles H.
Williamson, c. r. Henderson, b. H.
Miller.
Rock Island-George Lamont, S. S.
Davis, i. S. McCabe, b. F. Knox. A. j.
Whitney, w c. Maucker. T. j. Medill,
NJ. L. Henderson. j. p. Pearson.
St Louis-Isaac NJ. Mason, Isaac p.
Lusk, Frank Gaiennie.
Burlington. w. Price. A. e. Davis,
n r. Derby, j. L. Kelly, Thomas Viii
llinson, w. w Kinnear. sou
LeClaire-E. j. Lancaster.
Davenport-W. A. Blair, John Nc
Caffrey, James Osborn, Capt. c. w.
Schricker.
Dubuque-Bart Z. Linehan.
Ft. Madison. b. Morrison, S. At
lee, Charles w. Finch
Green Bay-George w. Tucker, Joe
Fry.
Guttenberg-Su Sumner Miller, John
Eckhardt, G. NJ. Jacobs.
Keokuk-L. ~ Hamill, d. ]. Ayres.
w. j. Roberts, j. F. Dougherty, a. z.
tombstone, Thomas y. Craig, William
Logan.
Mcntrose--I II. stanwood.