The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-03
WILL INSPECT THE ALABAMA Congressional Party to Go Over River. START TO BE MADE JULY 20 Chairman Burton and Committee
 Are Coming. Trip Will be Made by Early Stages From Montgomery to Mobile on the Steamboat City of Mo-
 bile.

Hon. Theodore E. Burton of the Cleve- land. Ohio, district, Chairman of the Rivers and Harbors Committee, will
 view the Alabama river from Mont
 gomery to Mobile on a trip beginning July 20.
 One of the items in the appropria- tions bill for rivers and harbors of the country which will go before the next Congress Is $500,000 for improving the Alabama river With the purpose of impressing the desirability of this im- proved navigation upon Chairman Bur ton and other Congressman. members of the Alabama River Improvement Committee have arranged the trip over the river and have secured the prom ise of MT. Burton and other Congress-
 men to come to Alabama on July goth. l Besides Chairman Burton it is al- most positive that Congressman Gros- venor of Ohio and Congressman Bish- op of Wisconsin. members of the com mittee, will be in the party and It IS quite probable that Congressman Bank head, the Alabama member of the com
 mittee. will take the trip. Congress- man Wiley of the Montgomery Dis- trict, author of the bill providing an appropriation of s500.000 for the river
 and one who has been influential in
 securing the visit to Alabama of the Congressman will also be in the party.
 The Alabama River Improvement Committee consists of prominent bus | mess men of Montgomery Selma and l Mobile. W. F. Vandiver of Montgom-
 cry Is chairman of the committee. The
 other Montgomery members are Major | W. W. Screws, Charles F. Moritz and ] Mayor w. M. Teague.
 Arrangements for Trip.
 MT. Vandiver yesterday expressed the 1 greatest qualification that the Con- | gressional party would come to Ala l bama to inspect the great river of the State He said he had been advised by 1 Congressman Wiley that Mir. Burton
 had promised to be in Montgomery July goth. He was sure that at least | two other members of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of Congress. Mes
 SITS. Grosvenor and Bishop, would ac-
 company Mir. Burton. They had prom | ised him, Mir. Vandlver said. that if Mir. Burton could find time this sum- mer to inspect the Alabama stream
 they would accompany him.
 While the plans for entertaining the Congressional party and giving them | opportunity to view the river have not been completed MT Vandiver said that no time or expense would be spared in putting every facility at their ser | vice He said Capt John Quill of Mo- bile, and Hon. Richard H. Clarke Of the Gulf City, formerly member or the Rivers and Harbors Committee. were much interested in the proposed
  company the party. In fact Captain Quill who has been many years a mas ter of steamboats on the Alabama river.
 may be in command of the boat which will bear the party This boat VIII
 be the City of Mobile
 ''The boat" said MT. vandiver, twill
 be placed at the disposal of Mir. Bur ton and his party. We cannot say how much time will be consumed In
 the trip as this will depend on the pleasure of the Congressman"
 It is probable that the City of Mo-
 bile, bearing the Congressional party, will steam down the river nt easy | stages wherever members of the party | may desire In addition to the Con- | gressmen. Mayor Teague and members
 of the committee, President A. G. l Forbes of the Montgomery Commercial l Club. and other interested men of l Montgomery. Selma and Mobile will be with the party.
 l If the inspection is completed when
 the boat reaches Mobile the Congress-
 men may go direct from the Gulf City | to their homes They may. however.
 return to Montgomery on the boat An interesting fact, as showing the rapid transit of this age, Is that Mr | Burton will make voyage across the l Atlantic before he visits Montgomery
 three weeks hence, to keep an appoint
 '''N Interview With Burton. Saturdays Washington Post said: | Representative Theodore F. Burton,
 of Ohio. chairman of the Committee on l Rivers and Harbors, said at the Arling-
 ton last night that there would be l large river and harbor bill at the next
 session of Congress He will leave in a few days for London. to attend the meeting of the Interparliamentary Union. to which he is a delegate on
 the part of the United States.
 1 1A but I should not think 1t would amount to as much as $75 100000" he con- tinued. q do not believe in taking up new projects of improvement until the ones we have already begun are com
 pleted. That is to say, where we have started contracts for $6'OOO'OoO or $S.00O. 900 project. and only small amount has been appropriated. we should see that the entire amount necessary Is provided for before we go on to start some other work. That is the general policy believe the Rivers and Harbors Committee should adopt.
 ""The Mississippi River will probably get Its usual $2.000,000, one-half of which is used for levee building. That was the amount that was decided upon by the committee in 1902. after very exhaustive study of the subject. Despite this, however, $1.000.0O0 addi- tional has since been given"
 Mir Burton was asked what part Of the country would enjoy the most re- markable development during the next generation. Tn my opinion, 1t will be the State of Texas" said he. T believe there will be a greater movement of population in that direction than to any other section of the United States because Texas has the greatest of nat ural resources which have not yet been developed, and Is an empire in itself Ii has great port at Galveston which many have told me will be greater than New Orleans. Ye: I believe the Cres- cent City will be the great metropolis of the Mississippi Valley. and perhops of the country. It will always be affected by the fear of yellow fever. but 1t will benefit by the growth of the trade of the valley with the bal ance of the world. The Panama Canal will benefit 1t to a large extent. though not to the extent expected"
 CongrNFsmen Wiley introduced a Dill at an early day in the 59th session of Congress appropriating $500.0O0 for improving the Alabama River from Montgomery to its mouth. The Mont eomery Congressman has labored with unfagglng zeal for this measure and 1t is gratifying to him to know that his efforts will bear good fruit for 4bis section of the State