The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1906-11-24
FROM LAKES TO GULF.
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Ransdell as be took his seat. A reso-
luton was offered by Col. John L.
Martin that the unqualified and hearty
thanks OF the convention be given the
speaker. 1t was carried with Whoop.
At the final session OF the conven-
tion the report of the committee on
permanent organization was read and
adopted, as follows
'sThe name of the association shall
be The Lakes to the Gulf Deep w ater-
ways Association.
1.-THE objects Of the association are
TO promote the building of deep water
ways By urging appropriations from
the national and state governments BY
showing the necessity of these projects;
to establish permanent headquar-
tiers; to urge upon all national, state
and congressional conventions, ire
spectiye Of party, the necessity Of deep
waterways; to establish permanent
bureau of publicity.
1.-THE members OF the association
shall be limited to residents of the
lake and Gulf states and all states in
the Mississippi valley.
"The delegates to the conventions
shall be selected as follows: One mem
Der appointed by the governor for each
congressional district. Appointments
by mayors: One delegatefor each city Of
1000 and less than $500 population;
two for $500 to 5000; three for 5000 to
10, 900; five for 10, 900 to 10000; ten for
10000 TO $4,000; twenty for $4,000 to
100000; thirty for 100000 to $50, 900;
fifty for $50, 900 or more. One dele
gate for each river Improvement and
commercial association and one addi-
tional delegate for each 100 members.
1.-THE officers shall consist of presi-
dent, five vice presidents, secretary,
Q treasurer and sergeant at arms; a
board Of governors comprising the
above officers and one member from
each congressional district, and an
executive committee to consist Of
eleven members, selected by the presi
dent from the board of governors. II
The following officers were elected:
President, W. K. Kavanaugh, ST.
Louis, Mo-; first vice president, Da-
vid T. Forgan, Chicago, ILL.,; second
vice president, NJ. ]. Sanders, New
Orleans, La; third vice president. S.
NJ. Nicely, Memphis, Tenn; fourth
vice president, ). L. Hebron, Green
vile, Miss; fifth vice president,
Green Quarles, Helena, Ark; secre-
tary, w. F. Saunders, st. Louis, Mo-;
treasurer, George Fl. Munroe, Joliet,
H.; sergeant at arms, Thomas B..
Hunter, Chicago, Ill.
Board of governors ohm NJ. Par
ker OF New Orleans, William Kava-
naugh of Little Rock, r. r. Bouland
of Peoria, James E. Smith OF St. Louis,
j. F. Buckner, Jr., OF Louisville,
Drew Musser of Little Falls, Mimi;
Thomas G. Wilkinson OF Burlington,
Ia; r. E. Osborne ola Crosse, Wis;
Charles Scott of Rosedale, Miss, and
r. S. Warren Of Memphis, Tenn.
The objects of the association and
the principles for which itstands are set
forth in the following address to the
Public,n prepared by the committee
on resolutions and unanimously
adopted by the conventions:
1.-THE time has arrived for a gener-
Gus expansion Of our national policy
towards all works of internal improve
ment which have heretofore occupied
such subordinate place in national
expenditures; especially in comparison
with the great sums that have been
in recent years for army
and navy purposes, which appropria-
tions have far exceeded the expendi-
lures for all other departments of our
"It is believed that when backed by
public sentiment the UNI
ted States congress can be induced to
embark upon a liberal policy for the
development of the nalwaterways
of the nation.
1.-THE proposed deep waterway is to |
axtend from the Chicago drainage ca
nal through the valleys of the Des
PLANES and Illinois rivers to the Mis-
sissippi river at Grafton, Ill, and |
hence down the Mississippi to ST. |
Louis, and is to have a minimum
1epth of fourteen feet throughout.
"We recommend for the purpose OF
Meeting the probable future needs 81
navigation that the minimum depth
over the mitre sills Of the locks should
5e twenty one feet in the initial con-
itruction.
THE excessive cost OF the project "a
hown by the original engineers esti-
mates was due mainly to the resistance
ii the prominent barrier between the
Great Lakes and the Mississippi val
ey. The chief obstacle 20 the prose
sutton of this project has been re-
moved by the drainage canal.
According to the estimates based
lpon recent surveys by the United
states engineers, the work remaining
o be done in order to complete the
leep waterway channel to ST. Louis
fill cost s31 600, 600 Pending the in
OF this work, it seems i'm
,ortant that the United States Should