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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11

vents sudden changes in tho channel and
makes it more stable. It has been dis
covered by sounding that the river for
hundreds of miles is fiat trough with
q rock bed, with from ten to twelve feet
of water above the rock at low water. 1t
is Of the utmost Importance to the i'm
trough exists, and at such depth. instead
Low Cost Of Haul.
cit is not necessary, however, to
wait for the completion Of the six-foot
channel before using the river. The
improvement is already advanced to
the point where high authority states
that for several months of the summer
10000 tons Of flour could be foated
on tow Of barges going 200 miles in
twenty-four hours, to New Orleans at
cost per ton mile of one-one-hundredth
the cost per ton mile by railroad toNew
York on the same export flour. This re-
suit is so striking that it invites ex-
animation and analysis. The figures
given are one-fortieth of l. mill per
ton mile by way Of river and 211a mills
per ton mile by way Of rail. This rail
road cost is divided into, say, one-ffth
for actual cost Of haul, and four
for maintenance, interest and dividends.
The river has no interest nor dividend
to pay and it belongs to the whole peo-
pie Of the United States.
AS to the practical benefit to the
middle west and the northwest and to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11

Minneapolis, the late f. H. Peavey COW
cred the situation when he once said to
me that the shipper of every pound of
produce was interested in water trans
portation to the ocean by which it was
borne to the worlds markets, because
lake and river carriage cheapened
freight rates and added that much to
the profit of the producer.
The Struggle for Water. Outlet.
"a look backward will help in un-
derstanding the present situation At
the end Of the civil war the middle west
had but small part Of it's present de-
velopment. It's only exit was east.
There were no railroads to the Pacific
Canada to the north was a wilderness
and the southern states to the south
were war-desolated region. The west
demanded cheaper freight rates to
world markets. In this effort for free
dom the great lakes route was i'm
proved, but the mighty burden of traf-
6c finally broke thru to the gulf and
today the nine gulf ports export one
third as much as the forty-si Atlantic
ports. The change is going on with
accelerating speed and with the i'm
provement Of the river must steadily
grow in gulf tonnage. @. J,
"Until recently Minneapolis has had
no interest in this movement to the
south. The time has come, however,
when it seems Of vital Importance to
gain this outlet to protect her export
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11
VAST EXPORT TRIBE
IS Oh VITAL. INTEREST
Anlbr0geme,f of Upper Mississippi Declared to
Mean Much to the Business Interests of Mn
ne0b0Hs-A. L. Croker of the Upper Missis-
sibbi Improvement Association Outlines the
Possibilities of Vateysyay to the Gulf. r.

canal, state canal, which is to pass
barges of 1000 tons burden. go
cat this date the Meeker island lock
and dam is practically finished and the
machinery is being removed to the sec
ond dam, near Fort Smelling. There
has been appropriated for these two
locks and dams about $1,500,000, which
covers the cost of the two except the
cost of the second lock and dam for tho
final year 8 work. These locks are de-
signed to accommodate vessels using
gineers are working. They are the
same in width and depth and seven feet
longer than the locks at Keokuk, Iowa.
Major Meigs, United States engineer,
stationed at Keokuk, in writing Of the
growth of lake vessels, and partlcu-
larly of their depth, says:
Possibilities of Barges.
There is no reason why such great
depth should be necessary on gentle
river like the Mississippi where unlimited
width is possible. The lake boats are
subject to rough water and large waves
and require structural depth and strength
that would be thrown away on the M1ssls-
sippi. The largest lake boats are not
over 1000 tons (this was written before
the present Great Lake boats were bullt),
while on a six-foot draught the locks
around the rapids at Keokuk are big
enough to take In barge of this size,
and there is no structural reason why
such barge should not be used. The fu-
ture of navigation on the Mississippi lies
In the use Of just such barges, made up
into lows of three or four barges ana
handled by a powerful tug.
'Such barges, however. will not be built
nor will the public be benefited by the
cheap rates they will make, and likewise
force on the railways, until the river is
improved so they can ply without fear OF
detention by shoal water When the river
improvements have advanced to that
stage, capital will be found ready to en-.
gage in river transportation as it has or
the lakes. In many ways the Mississippi
is an ideal river to improve. Its gentle
slope, about four feet to the mile, makes
a current easy to stem by boats and pre-
vent too rapid and violent scour. Its
small rise and fall, about twenty feet, as
against sixty to seventy on the Ohio, pre-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11
YALE REALTY GO.
200 South Fourth st.

&2O0-Nice level lots, Minnehaha car
line, at 28th st, convenient to Mil
/ Waukee shops and Steel company
& pla nts. IN .
$3OO-south front lots, University av
NE, 10th av, near I'd st car. line;
$5OO-Level lots, Garfield av, inside
ED st; full size; water and walk In
street; near good car line.
$775-Large level lot, Emerson. ~
near Goth av, sewer, water, walk In
street; cheapest thing north.
$14OO-Beautiful east front lot on
Humboldt av 8, near Franklin: 55x
135. Sewer, water and walk in the
street; about feet above grade;
it at the price.
WE OFFER FIVE bargains in Calhoun
Park lots in price from $525 to $500.
= Cheapest lots out there.
Why pay rent? Buy S0o7 Humboldt
av s, al modern Groom house. 5000
cash, $50 per month.
WHY go beyond Lake st to buy lot?
We offer at same prices lots on
Clinton at 9th st, with street inn
provements all In.
$495-For east front lot, 4ox124 TO
alley, Pleasant av, near Lake st;
sewer, water and walk.
Mt. Curve, the coming location;
Street improvements all in; great
&l5OO-LeveI east front lot, Nicollet.
inside 22d st; 4sx192; street inn
provements all in; great bargain.
$1O5O-Level east front 50-foot lot,
Irving av S, near 22d st.
1928 for 50-foot lot on AID st at
end of Lake Harriet car line, near
Sheridan av; a real bargain.
YALE REALTY GO.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11
"a MINNEAPOLIS has a vital in.
Iva ~ in tho in,nrouar,ort- Of

"a M INNEAPOLTS has a vital In
ME terest in the Improvement of
~ the upper Mississippi. When
the plans of the governme ut
engineers are carried out this
city will become the. shipping point, at
the head of navigation, for a vast ex-
port trade, going by way Of New Or
Jeans at a fraction Of the freight charge
now paid.
This is the text Of an interview Civ
en- The Journal today by A. L..
Crocker, member of the executive
committee of the Upper Mississippi
River Improvement association, who
Tor a number Of years has taken an
active interest in the movement for
the time has come for Minneapolis to
wake up to the Importance of this
movement and lend a hand in the move
ment for adequate government appro-
priations. Mr.. Croker said to T h e
ournal:
"No other city has greater interest
in the plans for deepening the channel
of the upper Mississippi than Mime
apolis, but during the two years that
campaign this city has taken no active
interest. The purpose of the association
is to unite the commercial and political
power of the five states-Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and Missouri
which border on the upper river, and
by this union Of forces secure for the
neglected upper river its proper share
in the appropriations from the federal
government to carry out the plans Of
the government engineers.
No Engineering Obstacles.
"These plans contemplate minimum
1ow-water depth of six feet. There is
no difference Of opinion as to the feas-
utility Of securing this depth, and by
the means now being used. 1t is merely
a question of cost. This is estimated
at $l500O,00O, spread over ten years
time and 700 or 800 miles Of river.
That amount is one-third of that now
being laid out for the Improvement Of
the Ohio river, about one-fourth that
spent in building eight or nine miles of
subway In New York, and about one
seventh that appropriated by the single
state Of New York to improve the Erie
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11

-four trade. Minneapolis has become
great manufacturing and distributing
center and should be the northern ter
minus and gateway for the navigation
OF the Mississippi river and one Of the
largest OF the many manufacturing
towns which are crowding the river
front from here to st. LOUISE
~ Water Power Projects. mi
I"While in Dubuque last fall at the
river convention two gentlemen whom 1
met showed me copy of bill they had
caused to be introduced at Washington
April 81, 1904. This bill has received
the Endorsement Of the United States en-
glneefs in charge at Rock Island, with
whom I talked at the time. It provides
that the United States government shall
permit these men to construct one lock
and dam at Keokuk which will do away
with the three locks and dams now used
there to get over the rapids. 1t will
greatly facilitate navigation which is
safeguarded, by government restrictions
and oversight and it gives deep water
navigation for forty miles to the north.
me n parties putting in the dam get from
$4,000 to 10000 water horsepower.
The. eminent engineer Of the Chicago
drainage canal, Lyman E. Cooley, says
these dams are perfectly feast BILE as far
as Minneapolis-that they will give a
channel for navigation of from nine to
twelve feet depth and afford great
:Taterpowers along the river. He says
below Chicago on the drainage canal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11
Industrial Opportunities IN Minneapolis

cities is upon waterways that have
been recognized by annual appropria-
tions, while 70 per cent is upon water
ways habitually navigated. There has
been a constant tendency and an In
creasing disposition, while our rail-
roads have grown, to locate by the
land traffic feed the waterside cities.
The building of the Panama canal is
already being felt in marked tendency
toward industrial and agricultural de-
velopment of the south and southwest.
With the completion of this canal, the
trend of transportation will change
more and more from the costly east and
west routes to the south. The great and
growing markets Of South America and
the Orient are to be reached from gulf
ports, and the Mississippi valley will be-
come the great funnel down which will
pour, even from the wheat fields of Can
ada, the products of the continent. The
return freight from New Orleans prom
Uses to be even larger than the south
bound, consisting at present of lumber,
sugar, rice, hemp, jute, sisal, cotton,
wagon and cooper stock.
Where Minneapolis Can Help.
ssLast year, for the first time in its
history, the river and harbor committees
of congress made an official inspection
4of, the upper river from st. Paul to st.
Louis. They were surprised at the pos
sibilities and expressed themselves as IN
favor Of the improvements. The cost
Of this excursion was borne by the Up-
per Mississippi River Improvement as
ISOLATION, to which st. Paul contributed
$500 and Minneapolis nothing. The as-l
ISOLATION needs money to hire a COM
plete clerical force to gather and spread
o1n oofi no1- Oh tor IN ho xUQv nf
ing and conventions. It is necessary to
press the claims of the upper river dur
ing the session OF congress, as IS done
by all other transportation interests
seeking government appropriations.
This has never been done for the upper
river. ~. ~ - = 800 p5ssi $500
Is Accusing Interest.
Mr.. Croker has been asked by the
directors Of this association to present
the facts to the mayor and city council,
and to- the business bodies, of the city,
also to secure the cooperation of the
governor and state legislature, with
the idea of making the strongest pos
sible showing at Washington. Accord
ing to the government engineers, four
times the amount that has been appro,,
the coming year on the upper river.
Other sections Of the river and the Ohio
river district are making their wants
known, and Minnesota and Minneapolis
must speak up if the proper share Of
expenditure comes in this direction.
| Mr.. Croker says he has already laid
the facts and possibilities of the move
ment before some Of the leading COM
mercial and financial men of the city,
and without exception has met with the
keenest interest. Wide-awake business
men are beginning to realize that things
are changing and that new traffic fu-
ture is opening for Minneapolis. Tho
manufacturing industries Of the city
must be stimulated by the cheap as
semblings of raw products, and by .
water outlet to. the sea. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11
EDMUND G. WALTON

Last week predicted increased sales for 1906, and
this prediction was promptly followed by fourteen
sales Of vacant lots Monday. # more people would
employ agent sell their properties and give him
selling price, there would be quicker sales, more
money in circulation and less grumbling. Send for
my new booklet called "Country Homes" Ittells Of
small farms from two to five acres in the immediate
vicinity Of Minneapolis Learn to grow onions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-11
150, 1000 water horsepower will be de-
veloped, involving $3.50, 100000 for per-
manent and manufacturing improve
ments- from $50, 900. to 100000

10000 water horsepower will be de-
veloped, involving $3.50, 100000 for per-
manent and manufacturing improve
ments-with from 100000 to 100000
people.
A high shipbuilding authority from
Cleveland told me that given the outlet
canal and the Mississippi river, and the
great lakes, yards would build ships for
the world. Further, the highest au-
thority on irrigation says that so 900, 900
people will dwell on the irrigated lands
Of the now arid west, with large de-
mands for manufactured goods, but
drawing them all from the east. In the
south, Of the vast areas formerly flood
fered in the last great flood, and two
great railroad systems have spent nearly
$9O,000,000 for fixed improvements in
these districts. The great river is
drawing Jthe population and manufae-
turing center of the country to its
banks. It is destined to be the balance
wheel for regulating the railroad freight
proved Mississippi will be like an ex-
| tension Of Lake Superior to the Allan
tic, and with the opening Of the Pana-
ma canal, navigation will extend from
Minneapolis to the Pacific ocean.
ODJ 6CGlOuS answered..
"The average Minneapolis business
man has looked upon Mississippi river
improvement as fad, and has consid
| cred the river obsolete as factor in
the city, business and development.
He asks: Why don It you use it more
now, and if you fix it what will you
haul on it7' In answer to that ! will
say that until within two years the
channel was so bad that no boats ran
regularly and no shipper would send
freight by such a precarious route.
With such channel capital would not
invest in boats. Poor as it is and only
just beginning to be used regularly from
st. Paul to ST.. Louis, the water borne
$1S,000,000, this mostly in the short
trades SO called, from town to town
near by. .-r .s.sn
| It is only within.th the last twenty-five
| years that the great advance in inter
nal navigation has taken place in the
world. Take France, for example. In
1875 it was seriously mooted by her
| Legislators to abandon the whole bust
ness as obsolete. The detached canals
and river improvements were OF such a
variety in size and style as to seem
| ING them awaySa commission was ap-
pointed which studied the subject three
wears and then secured the appropria-
fion Of $2OO,O00,0OO' for improvements.
| The result is that the inland water
traffic exceeds the maritime trade Of
France. It includes a class Of com
modities not usually carried by rail, and
the railroads have maintained their
normal growth.
Waterways Attract Population. =
tMajor Townsend, United States en-.
gineer, points out. that population CEN
ters about improved water courses.
portation performs service larger than
that done by the railroads, and that 80
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
CELEBRATION AT THE 500.
Fairbanks Attends Canals Fiftteth
 Opening Anniversary.

SAULT STE. MARIE. Mich. Aug. 2. The celebration of the fiftieth anni- versary of the opening of the first per manent ship canal on Ste. Marie's riv- CT took place here today.
 Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks was the chief speaker of the occasion. With the vice president was Governor Warner of Michigan, accompanied by his staff.
 On the arrival the vice presidents party was escorted to hotel by Colo mel Robert J. Bates of the Michigan national guard and a battalion. ofii- cials of the Canadian government came from Ottawa to participate. They were Rodolphe Lemieux, solici- tor general of Canada, and Raoul Dan- deron.
 The city is crowded with visitors 10 witness the celebration. The chief events for the two days are naval and military parades and this evening fire works illumination. in which the Ca nadian government will participate.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
TAFT PARTY'S TOUR
Secretary of War and Miss Roosevelt Feted In Japan.
GOVERNOR ENTERTAINS AT OSUWA.
Manch urin, With Tourists, Left Nagas saki Last Night For Manfla-Fire- works on Inland Sea at
 SimonOseki Strait.

. NAGASAKI, Aug o.-The steamer Manchuria, with the Taft party on board, sailed for Manila last night. Secretary Taft and Miss Alice Roose- welt attended an outdoor fete at Osuwa park here given by the governor. There was large concourse of Japanese and foreigners, and a hearty reception was given the visitors Miss Roosevelt was presented with 9 large bouquet by the Ladies' Patriotic society. Before the departure of the party Secretary Taft when interviewed said:
 We were wholly unprepared for the enthusiastic recepsion which we have had at the hands of the Japanese gov ernment and people. We feel, of course, thAt this is due to the kindly feeling of the emperor toward the American government and people. But we are assured from public manIfes- tations that the officials and popular wills are in accord
 During our visit to Tokyo grand en- tertainments were given in our honor and for our enjoyment, and to these our interesting visit to Kioto. the an cestral capital, where we saw evil dences of the wonderful genius and skill of Japanese artists and artisans, was a fitting climax
 During our stay we were accompa- nied by NJ. Nagasaki and his estimable wife and also the Count and Countess Terashim from Tokyo. who looked aft CT the interests of the entire party of eighty-three with the degree of fore sight. care and kindly patience that enabled them to carry through the long programme of functions during the trip of 300 miles from Tokyo to Kobe without hitch at any juncture.'
 The party has had fine trip through the inland sea. and there was demon stration of fireworks from launches and sampans when they reached the strait of Simonoseki.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
A,r.h,r r1l,. nt Coney I.r.na.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2.-Coney Island saw a real sirship flight and crooked It's neck for twenty minutes watching a pretty and skillful piece of aerial navigation. With the big dirigible balloon made famous by Baldwin as the California Arrow. Leo Stevens sailed all around over Brighton Beach. going ID as easily as bird and. after circling around two dozen times. com ing down like a feather. The beauty of the flight was the apparent ease with which the aeronsut did every thing he wanted to do. The Arrow an- svered her helm like a racing yacht
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
Watch for Friday Nights Adv.
SYSTEMATIC TORTURE.
W. H. Wilder, Held Captive In Chi,
 caEO, Found Demented.

caHO, FOuu0 Demente0.
 CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-Apparent evi dence that labor sluggers maintain iI Chicago place where systematic tor ture is meted to those who incur the displeasure of the sluggers has just come to light in the strange case of William H. Wilder.
 Wilder was formerly an army officer and at the time of the recent team sters' strike was claim agent for 8 Chicago Package Express company. He disappeared July 6, was held captive for three weeks and was then set al liberty half starved and so dazed that he has not been able to give coherent account of his captivity.
 He was found by friend wandering aimlessly about near the Union sta. tion and was taken to his home. Phy sicians pronounce his physical and mental condition such that he may no, recover. Much of the time he raves wildly and as though still under tor tlIre begs for mercy. Marks all over his body show that he had been bound with heavy cords. Over Sl00 he is known to have had on his person is gone.
 Wilder is an Englshman who saw service in the American army in Cuba and the Philippines and held com. mission as second lieutenant in the regular army. He is a bold. outspoken fellow of thirty seven who gloried in his physical ability to take care of him. self and defied pickets or sluggers tC intimidate him.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
c.ush, shark w,,h Casting Tackle

LONG BEACH. \. Y. Aug 2-J. W. Argenbreit holds the record for the lar gest fish caught this season. While casting with a sixteen ounce rod in the bay near inc Long Beach club he hook d a fish which nearly pulled him over board at its first rush. Mir. Argenbreit Is an experienced angler and began the regulation play to bring his catch alongside. bu, tO no avail His boat was towet about like toy. and every instant he expected pole or tackle would break. Al Esst the fish salkei close to the surface ant 51ce alongside was easily Eafred and provsi ss he a young shark weighing eizhSy-siSs bounds
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
KEEP AWAY FROM IsTHmus.
st Rome Warns Subjects
 to Give Panama Wide Berth.

Government st Rome Warns Subjects
 to Give Panama Wide Berth.
 ROME, Aug. 2.-Secret orders have just been issued by the Italian minis ter of foreign affairs to the Italian am bassador at Washington and to all the Italian consuls in the United States 10 discourage Italian laborers from ac- cepting employment in the Panama ca nal works
 Information has reached here that agencies are soon to be opened in ev- cry city of the United States for re cruiting Italian laborers to work on the canal. ss the American commission wishes 10 experiment with them In competition with Chinese and negro la borerS.
 Conditions on the is,hmus having been reported as very diseouraging and the pay allowed lsborers as unsatis- factory. the Italian officials feel called upon to prevent the sacrifice of many thousand Italian subjects.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
r,,,.,.p. Invaded wt,b arws.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. Aug. 2-Advices from Baton Rouge. the capital Of Lou isians. state that clash between the Mississippi and Louisiana authorities. over the quarantine situation is im- minent. Ii is said that Mississippi soldiers employed as quarantine eusrds have invaded Louisiana soil with arms. Dr. souchon. president of the Jouis- jana board of health. has asked Gov. ernor Blanchard to wire the proper authorities In Washington to inter. vene at once.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-02
rr.-,.e.s x.ws.rs x.. D..a.

SEwBTRG. V. Y- Aug 2]OWJX H. H. Chapman a retired bufnn9 man. died here last night. seed eaGkfyd two ysars. He vas s native ef New1 burg and was for many yean prsos< nenf b v1bGc He and fn varsoO cavfs' ecc9tieA He Id ben q neDDR e 0s ere oepartn0f for sfxsy4ouR yeafs and vss af sns tine chief es- oneer. Hs bed bssa an o61 FeiIUv shcs 1Sxz and Nsso shes losa