The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-12-22

Appalachians and the Adirondacks have already been cared for.
 The bill for these reservations asks $1000,0O0 for the White Mountains and $2,OOO,OOO for the southern Appalachians. These would make small reservations, but they should be encouraged. 1 If these lands are bought they would be under the forest service of the de- partment of agriculture and will be handled by experienced business, men and cared for by technically trained men.
 The status of the bill now is this: It has passed the senate and has been fla vorably reported by the house commit- tee. We believe it will be passed If it is brought before the house. Speaker Cannon, however, is opposed to it, The influence of such organizations as this should be exerted to have it brought before the house.
 Resolutions urging the Connecticut representatives in congress to do all in their power to hasten the passage of the bill and its approval by the presi- dent were adopted by the chamber.
 Henry c. Rowe, as chairman of the harbor committee, read the following report:
 To the Chamber of Commerce of New
 Haven:
 ] At the last meeting of this chamber resolution was passed directing the committee on harbor to submit to the chamber at the next meeting a state- ment of what Improvements are, in our opinion, most needed for our navigable waters. In compliance with this reso- lutlon we respectfully report that the following Improvements are necessary for the accommodation of our com merce:
 First-The completion of the project originally recommended by Major Leach, and which has been finished with the exception of the item of dredg- ing channel 200 feet wide and twelve feet deep between the Ferry street and Grand avenue bridges. | Second-The deepening of the lower Quinnlpiac to depth of twenty feet at 1 low water.
 Third-The widening of both channels in Mill river to general width of 15O feet, and deepening the same to not less than fifteen feet at low water.
 Fourth--The widening of the main channel of the harbor opposite the docks at Tomlinson bridge, and from then southerly.
 Fiith--A survey by the United States engineers of all of our navigable waters with reference to the necessity for fu- ture Improvements
 We further recommend the comple- l tion of the breakwaters constituting a harbor of refuge in Long Island sound southerly from New Haven harbor This We desire, not as especially needed for the commerce of New Haven but for the benefit of all commerce passing | through Long Island sound which may require harbor of refuge. We are pleased to report that the im- provenent of the entrance to West riv- CT has been completed to the Kimberly avenue bridge, and that above this bridge the channel has been further improved by extensive dredging at the expense of some of our own citizens. We understand that it is proposed to ask the United States to reimburse these citizens for some part or all of their expenditure, and as this expendi- ture has resulted in a public improve ment we hope that such legislation may be secured.
 We recommend the passage of the following resolution:
 Resolved by the chamber of com merce of New Haven, That this cham Der approves the accompanying report of the committee on harbor, and re- quests the favorable consideration of Major Taylor, the United States en- gineer officer in charge of this district, of the improvements proposed, and that we urge the senators from Connecticut and our representatives in congress to lend their best efforts In procuring these needed Improvements.
 Lucien Sanderson spoke briefly on the dredging of West river and the making of land above the Kimberly avenue bridge by the deposits.