The Cairo bulletin., 1906-10-10
RASENOELL TOTELL
NEED Of WATER
WAYS
WILL SHOW WHY ARTERIES OF
COMMERCE SHOULD BE
IMPROVED.
MANY YEA S OF NEGLECT
Must Now BE Made Up Fof--Entire
Country is Awakening to Need
of Additional Water Supply
Banquet in Chicago.

Chicago oct 10 The development
Iof the water ways OF the United
state will be the chef topic f1r dis
cussion at the meeting Of the Western
. Society Of Civil Engineers Friday
IeycniIg when Hon Joseph S Rams
dell member Of the rivers and har
horg committee and chairman Of he
national riyors and hafhors congres
IwiIl be the que Of honor and VIII
4 deliver an address upon that subject
/ An interesting episode in come
4 tiun W th the meeting of The cng-
Inecr viii be a talk by The victorian en-.
gincer Charles r Harvey. who bull
the S o. locks in 1851 and has lived
to sce The commerce grow at that
point from 1000 to l4,o0o000 tons a
year
Congressman Ransdell, who passed
through Chicago yesterday en- route
for Minneapolis where he will attend
the meeting Of the Upper Mississippi
Improvement association today and
tomorrow, pckc enthusiastically of
the work 60 be done on the water.
ways Of this country
Says Waterways Are Necessity.
THE more ! travel about and am
confronted with actual conditions.
said he. the more convinced am
that The country's noxt duty lies In
protecting The producer manufacturer
and exporter from further govern
mental neglect of tho waterways and
harbars We have nocp SO busy Ia
tirall9itiHg tia country iyy raiiroasl
| building that we have overlooked 1ut
most vital natural resource. whi.h 4.
comprised In $4,000 miles Of natural
WATERWAYS and in the wonderful na.
tWal harhors of the coasts
u find the country responsive t.
the situation when il is presented, bur
too busy TO awaken TO the facts unlcs
brought TO their attention by those
who have studied every angle Of the
question, Chicago, doubt not. is thor.
oughly alive to the necessity Of a
sufficient appropriation each year by
cong css To make M for he neglect
.of the last fifty years
"A great deal of work has beer
done throughout this country this
year incc the organization of the ma
tional rivers and harbors congress.
and 10 some extent the people arc
aroused The congress viii hold its
next meeting IN Washington Dec 6
and T. and al that time new energy
will be infused into the waterways
movement"
Country is Awakening.
.Iohn@A Fox, a member Of the exc.
cutiy committee ~ The rivers and
barbOrs congress. who has been in
Chicago ,cyeral weeks in the inter
osts of the waterways development.
mid yesterday that more interest was
being shown in the subject than ever
before.
III speaks pretty well for the
waterman campaign said ne, when
meetings are now being hold an over
tho United Sta'cs 10 plan improve
mcnis of the rivers and harbors Fr
ides the meeting ar Minneap1ii-
which Congressman RausIeU viii 1t.
tend. there is "a meeting OF the oh Cd
Valley forces at Portsmouth. October
n and ~ to consider the develop .
muct of he Ohio river. one Of the .
gratesl historical gatherings ever
hold m the country NJ St Louis on 4
November 18th to plan for water
way from Lake Michihan to the Gulf 4
Of Mexico. and oH November p. the .
dwcilcrs nihc Missouri valley Will .
gather ST Kansas City to urge .
through the Trans Ni sssippi con +
rrcss. the Improvement Of the Mis-.
sauri river.
"As chairman of the executive COM
mittCD pf the national rivers and hsr
bors congress. Conelcs man Eansdel
knows more about fbe waterway suh.
.sct than auy other man iu fh.s conn
..y IIo has iu-t returned from fh4
Pacific coast whore every state ue-d
ns river and harbof improvement .
gave him great orat-on.
Banquet 20 Help water supply
Iu 0reir 10 disruss WHY'S and r=11-
NJ presenting Chic8E1- need az aH
unlimited water supply to tho inter
national wa'orwav commission which
viH visit The sanitary district October
If and u banquet win he given
next Tuesday evening At which The
lr0miu u7ut men and manu- fscturefs
IF he city Will ha present
This was decided yesterday after
loon at a meotlne fin resident Mc-
'armics's Office. s committee consist
ng of +. Il Head of fhs Commercial 6
Is s-Uciaiiun y. DoHnersterser. 81 fhc
tContlaued on raird PaEel lo