The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-02-28
DRAINAGE
CONVENTION
RESOLUTION COMMITTEE
HAS NOT REPORTED
Believed That the Reservoir PROPOSE
tion WIN Be Favored and That Con-
gress and the Canadian Government
viii Be Asked for Aid. %s

Grand Forks, Feb 28.--Up 10 a late.
hour this afternoon the resolution COM
f,littee of the drainage convention had
not reported. The committee is expect
ed to present the, report before night,
however, ana it is probable that the.
convention will be adjourned after a
night session. -
Ityis predicted that the resolution, COM
mittee will recommend that congress
be asked to appropriate 100000 for
reservoirs. The Canadian government
will probably be asked to appropriate
$75 900 to assist in the work. = s9lsS
/ 1t seems that the scheme OF PreSi-5
dent Cashel relative to small bitches
tile entire length of the valley will he
acceptable to most of the engineers. The
greatldebate has been relatiyeto the dams
or reservoirs on the Otter Tail river,
Lake Travers, Red Lake. the Penlblna
and Sheyenne rivers. 1t is estimated
that the cost of dams and reservoirs
large enough to prevent the overflow of
the Red river will be from $55o,ooo to
100000. The dams and reservoirs on
the Penlbina and Sheyenne rivers, st1f-
ficient to prevent their overflow and to
| help in reclaiming the low lands OF the
valley will be only $4,000 each; the
cost of the reservoir on the Red lake
willbe about $ISo 900, at Lake traverse
about $25o,ooo and on %Ottertail lake
about $2ooooo. The cost will be possi-
| bly, more than the amount of the Hans
brough appropriation of a million dol
tlars for this purpose
The engineers are inclined to favor
reservoirs rather than dams. While
1.-THE dams are much cheaper, they will
| not help in ;reclaiming the overhowed
streams along which they are placed,
while the reservoirs will not only assist
/ in handling the storm waters of the
valley but the streams on which they
lare located as we'll 1t is probable that
1 the convention will deal largely with
lthiss phase of the needs of the valley.
/ h The rneetiig was called to order by
Hon. J. L. Cashe1, Of Grafton, who ex-
ltended a brief but happy welcome to the
Iassembled delegates. He remarked
THAT the drainage problem we are un-
Idertaking is a large one and a difficult
lone and said he should not be sur
Iprised if in the future this meeting
4 should be looked back to as one oi
1.-THE most important ever held in the
VALLEY. Mr. Cashel called for 1iomina-
Itions for chairman.
Mayor Thomas Sharpe of Winnipeg
i was nominated and was then duly ell
Hected chairman by acclamation. In ac.
Icepting the chair the mayor expressed
1his appreciation OF the honor, and also
Ibis pleasure in again visiting Crane
4 Forks. He remarked that there is Z
growing feeling Of friendliness between
/ the two peoples separated by the i'm
laginary line called the i1iternationa
Iboundary, but which is becoming more
and more difficult to distinguish. Hi:
Iremarks, though brief, were happily ex
4 pressed and enthusiastically received.
! 81 Mayor Nye of Moorhead was elected
Il secretary Of the meeting.
Il On motion Of Senator Casliel tn
\ Following committee on resolution
| was named A. ii Fellows, Bismarck
Estate engineer; George Ralph
4 Crook kston, Minnesota, state engineer
4 10. II. Dancer, Winnipeg, and Prof w
81 r, Hoag, Minnesota university, and e
r. Atkinson Pembina, assistant stat
3engineer.
Prof. il. sE. Chandler Of the ariver
sity was invited to the privileges Of TIL
II floor as a delegate.
The programme for today was q
y follows:
10 a. fll.---