The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-12-04

Il appearing from the report Of a
| special board of officers of the dorps
of engineers, u. S. A., dated August
10, 1902 composed of Colonel G. ].
| Lydecker, Major Vim. L. Sibert and
Captain w. f. Craighill, that the
stage OF water formed by dams Nos.
2, ), 4, s, 9, and 7, now completed or
in process Of construction, can be in
creased from six to nine foot
depth by the expenditure of 1882 900:
lit is therefore hereby
Resolved That this association
urges congress to adopt the recon.
mendations OF said report. and to
make the necessary appropriation to
compass the changes.
Resolved: That the construction of
a dam at or near Henderson, KY. so,
as to make depth Of six feet of wa
ter on the mitrc sill of the lower dam
on Green river, at Spottsyille. Ky, is
necessary to make available the i'm
provement Of Green river already
completed; and as the results would
'lsa be to make a pool that would
aFo-d safe harbor and adequate wa.
Ter at all seasons for the large pop
ulation. and great commercial and
mennfacturing interests Of the cities
q Evansville and Henderson, we
therefore favor the project in advance
of general survey of the lower Ohio
Whereas: Experience has shown
that judicious dredging in time of low
water has proved extremely beneficial
to low water navigation, therefore, be
lit
Resolved: That we recommend a
liberal and timely use of dredges dur
ing the progress of the lock and dam
construction.
Resolved: That this ASSOCIATION
renews its protest against the main
tenance of the narrow channel spans
of such bridges across the Ohio river
as the Steubenville bridge of the
Pittsburg. Cincinnati, Chicago and ST.
Louis Railroad company, and bridges
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company at Bellair and Parkersburg.
Resolved: That we petition con.
| gress to enact such laws as will more
effectually control the rebuilding of
such bridges, to the end that in the
reconstructed bridges the obstructive
features may be eliminated.
| Resolved That this association re.
cognizes in Major w. l.. Sibert. Z. S.
engineer, in charge of the Allegheny
and Monongahela rivers. and the Ohio
river to the Pennsylvania state line.
an efficient, industrious and incor-
ruptible officer, to whose high char.
acter it desires to bear testimony in
eontFavention of certain recent at
tacks.
The following additional resolutions
were presented to the convention by
the committee on miscellaneous bus
mess, and adopted by unanimous
vote:
We view with alarm, the closing up
Of valuable wharfage of river towns
/
mend that the river towns be urged
to look to it and jealousy guard their
river approaches.
We recommend that all river towns
be made acquainted with their rights
and privileges under the law as to the
establishing of harbor lines in any To-
eality, as provided in the acts of CON
gress of September 1880. March 3.
1899. and other acts. the substance OF
which Is that whenever it is made
/ manifest to the secretary Of war that
the establishing of harbor lines Is
necessary for the projection and
preservation of the harbors or other
lnavigable waters of the United States
he shall cause such lines TO be estab
lished, beyond which it shall not be