The Cairo bulletin., 1906-07-16
IMPROVEMENT OF
THE INLAND
WATERWAYS
is THE MISSION OF JOHN A. FOX,
WHO is IN MEMPHIS TO AD-
DRESS BUSs1ESs MEN.
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS
Have Already Been. Made BY Congress
far This Purpoae-Says Mem
phis is VtaIly Inter
ested in Move.

Memphis. Tenn. July 15. John A..
| Foy, assistant secretary Of the Ma
tional Rivers ana Harbor congress,
president of The ST francis River I'M
lproycment assoc alton ana president
of iAe Memphis Engineering society
arrived in the city yesterday from St
iIouls, where he has neen working in
the interest Of the congr ass.
Mr.. Fox viii address the business
men Of Memphis at the Bu mess
Mems dub Monday c>ernoon at 4
O'Clock. lie win talk to arouse enthu
sasm ii favor Of improved waterways
ana will cstahl sh a nucleus for the
formation Of a local organiza ion
Al Mr. Fox is very Interesting
speaker ana understands tine aabjoa
in hand as well as any engineer ia
the l'nitol states the.e viii be a
lIa.g, crowd On hand TO hear him
MIR. Fox b gan hi mi sion IN 81
I.ouis. His success IN taat IS was tn
donation ol over $1,000 for the pub
liclty fnrd wi j proal'aes Of an eaual
sum in tne fail The coagre has a
menbeaship in ST. Louis oi over @o5
business men, who nave agfcel 70 an
as G smont # $40 PER capita annual.
for the publicity bureau,
From Memphis Mr. Fox win go q
Little Rock. Ark. and address the
business organ zatio.s of that city,
/ Little Rock has a territory ihat needs
bcontide able Improvement From ldt.
ls;n nae ise @iF 40 ssssss
lha mil remain four cr iiy weeks. ne
wiz cndeav,c 90 raise IN that city
frcnf $4,000 10 100000 From Chi.aeo
a tin win BE- taken to So Paul and
Minneapolis and waen the work is
completed II thes ef les he Mt Visit
IPnl burg, Philadelphia and New fark
Nj sissippi ana other southern sfhfes
win then be visited Next fall a
saccial train of twelve eoat hes VIII
be run from the east through Okla
homa. Texas ana tha southwest M.
FIX will conduct he excursion and
tAe passengers will csnsi I 0f eastern
merchants who are interested In river
ana harboI improvements, as well as
ea.te and southern newspaper rep
res natives
West Should Receive Money.
Chairman Burton recently informed
Ms. Fox that s75,0]0.o0o would be ap-
propriated by the next congress for
river ana harbor imp.oybm bmea s. OF
this amount Sl555)OOO win so to
river, and harbcrs aad the balance to
the Atlantic selb ard and Pacific
caast Improvement leaving nothing
for western river imp ovement unless
/ The Eesie-n wal -says ASSOCIATIONS
ltaka more intesa IN he affair 500
This is what ! an working for
now. said Nr Fox 81 am cadeavor
ling To crate enthr iasm ald to or
ganize asso. iations all over tha coun
try in order to be able 90 have a
uong claim for a big portion OF thf
future appropriation We want 70 have
he waterways dcepencd, the iivers
improved ami dredgcd, AID riycg traf
ic revived
"A company IS nov being formed
at st.tLou,s." continued Mr.. FcoX.
with a'papual stock of sio0o.009, for
1.-The plrpo-e ct establishing a harg
Iine hc,aeen ST. Louis, NJ Mmpais and
New Orem and Kansas CITY IS or
ganizine d ssoo.n00 stock company to
pur in e line of ba. ges between Kan.
sas Cit. sad 81 Louis. Thi revival Of
river traHc will displace The old Mis-
lsissippb river eanboats famo3 in
\ American history. and we sae the day
when the dccbhand ana the stage
blank vii cease t. attract atieniicn
on the F'rber Of Wa;ers. and VIII only
lbe remelbered ,hroush tie river
hgmorist Mark Twain Sei ntiae
lmran. II loading and un'oaiiug The
Iharges vtl be employed. and 'he u.e
lof mach1nical dev CO. wtli settle the
Iexpensiy, pfoblem Of de khand wages
and ths toastcF~ aho has caused he
4 Mississippi steamboa, companiee so
much trouble, wiH Ore rciesaied 10 the
farm.
III puiic sc1timrn- can Ln arous u
TO pitch nic.ehy q streng orgariz1-
ltion can Do tati heA g. mas De
Ipsssibls Dat an appfaprIs on viii he
made that vil been -ihe work Of
deepening and improg 1E taa mighty
MI aissipni river and al ii triDu-
lfalirs. Once TIE work is started / am
.caufdeut Tho gppTopi .atiogs EiL cen
.tn-e to Dr. aie. r1tii fnailT no si'i