The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-12-28
Lyman's Speech Outlined.

River before Sp Clal meeting OF
The Commercial Cub said the FIST
great tact III the open river situa
ton is the Cello Canal. At the
Dalles for - miles the Columbia is
.,nnavigable. The government Is
now at work BUILDING canal and
d system ot lock bat tue completion
of the work requires millions OF
money and years Of time. In the
int, rival r,ver transpor ,ation must
he develop d and ofga IL d to make
fullest use of this work when it is
done.
The state of Oregon has already
appropriated 100000 to purchase
rig ht- uf-way for the Cello Canal
and S16o, 900 for the construction
of the Canal.
Tue time is ripe and everything
is now ready for a determined ef-
fort to open the Columbia and
Snake river, to navigation.
Secretary Shaw has made recon-
me. dation to Congress that $780,
900 b. appropr lated fer the Cello
Canal and $4,000 for the jetty at
the mouth OF the Columbia Rep
resentative Burton of Ohio, the
chairman of the Rivers and Har-
bors Committee, is known to be
onl, luke warm in his attitude to-
Ward his great project of al Ope'
River as he like many other eastern
men, has little conception of The
population, resources, growth or
needs IF the gre at west.
The Second Great Fact n the
Open River is the Portage kai;ro d
and it's Steamboat connections.
The road was built by the State of
Oregon AID was mpeted in June
1905. But Ii tie was done i'll ship
ping in that year tor the reason
that low water on the Umatilia aud
Homlee Rapids made the passage
of boats over them exit emily hazard
ons and finally entirely prevented
passage. Another difficulty was
that of getting coal for the steamers
S i'll another is the fact that at Big
Eddy at the lower end of The Por-
tage road does not have favorab e
landings for the boats. Neverthe
less under the unfavorable condi-
tons about 90, 900 sacks of wheat
were carried to market and had the
river been properly opened $50, 900
sacks from the Eureka Flats could
have been secured by the boats
which also carried up river about
$40 tons of freight.
The transportation on the river
is constantly opposed by adverse
interests. The 0. X. & n are
strenuously opposing it with all
their power. This company pur-
chased the steamer Telephone and
tied 1t up to the dock rather than
let it carry freight on the lower
river. The people of Southern 0, e.
gon are beginning opposition on &C
count of taxes for a project OF
Ii tie direct interest to them, as they
view it
The Open River Transportation
Co. has had the greater part i'll the
steamboat business on the upper
river. The Norma, Columbia, Re-
lief, Mountain Gem are their boats
and new boat, the Joe Teal, is
under construction for them. All
thesv boats have been operated
above TIE Chas. H. S. encel has
hand ed he BIS ness below from
The Dal es 20 Portland. N xt sea
son Ibls company will have six
boats OF he river abovc Cello and
two below
Now he Third Fact is pres, up
On us, viz: that the small obst uc-
tons at Homl Rapid will great.
~ impede T csc obsti uctions
could be removed by the govern
ment at comparatively slight ex-
pense and every d liar so expended
will be returned MANIFOLD in bene-
fit to the people Ill tue immediate
future.