The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-20
WILL COME MONDAY
DEFINITE TINE OF MR.. BURT0N's
ARRIVAL.
(hairnsnn of Committee Will Go from
Train TO Steamboat-Colonei
Bankhead Urges More Time
for Alabama waterways.

Chairman Theodore E. Burton Of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee OF Con-
eress will reach Montgomery at y
o'clock next Monday morning and Will
leave, at once by steamboat for selma
for the purpose Of inspecting the Ala
bama River with view TO enoorsihs
or rejecting the proposition pendih :
Eefore Congress for an appropriation OF
$4,000 for improving lie stream AND
making IL navigabie ell of the year.
Major william L. Campbell, Chief
Clerk in the Montgomery office OF the
United states Engineer, returned yes
terday from Mobile, where he lett
hartman Burton Tuesday night Ma
jor Campbell travelled with the Con-
,, gressional party from Columbus. ga
to Mobile. Congressman Adamson OIL
Georgia and Congressman Clayton OF
Alabama were IN the party as fnr as
Carrabelle. Fla, from which point>they
| went to Tallahassee. Fla, and took
trains for their respective homes.
| Speaking of the trip down the Chat
tahoochee River from Columbus, Major
Campbell said yesterday that Mr.. Bur-
ton was given opportunity to SEQ the
Cbattahoochee, the Flint and the Apa-
lechicola Rivers although the party
| only went up into Flint River short
distance at night. From Apalatchicola
4
| end out into Pensacola Bay by tug
! boat. Then a special train took Mr.
Burton to Mobile. which city he reached
at s o'clock tuesday night Yester
| day morning he left Mobile with a
committee OF prominent citixens for
i Pascagoula and Gulfport, viewing Mo-
bile bay as he went.
From Gulfport, Mr.. Burton will go 70
New Orleans and thence to Bayou
/ In xxrill he
latter place to New Orleans and will
leave there Sunday night for Mont
gomery.
| Mr.. Burton is travelling fast sal 1
Major Campbell, "as he Is In a hurry
He will want to take the steamboat
from the train as soon as he reaches
Montgomery, and 1t will probably be
arranged to serve breakfast for him on
the boat He wants to get to SELMA In
time TO see Senator Pettus ana catch
/ the p. m. train for the East: No
one is travelling with him but his Sec
| rotary"
| A telegram was yesterday sent to Mr.
Burton by Col. ]. II. Bankhead, mem
her of his committee, urging him IN
take time to visit other streams Ia
Alabama and saying that the people
| would be greatly disappointed IL he
| failed to do So The telegram was
1 Sent from oOloHet EodHhnedu dt
Fayette and was as follows:
"Fayette Ala, Sept 10.
| Hon. r. E. Burton. Gulfport, Miss:
| Alabama is greatly interested In
your visit. Your published program Is
very disappointing. Can't you go on
the Bigbee at Demopolis. three hours
| {, ON Selma? million and a half Is
being expended there. a work which
you have never seen. The Coosa River
expects a visit. Sheffield and Colbert
Shoals will be greatly disappointed IL
you do not go there.
u. H. Bankhedd"
Chairman w. F. Vandiver of the Ala
/ bama River Improvement COMMITTEES
said yesterday that Colonel Bankhead
had advised him that he would join Mr.
Purton in Montgomery and would GO
down the river with him to Selma Tha
lparty will probably travel on the Gov
lernment steamer Twining. although th'
Mills will also be here at that time
1.-The latter is much the faster boat
Much disappointment was expressed
yesterday by Chairman Yandiver, Pres
lident A. @. Forbes II the Commercial
lClub and others that, owing to tn
hurry OF Mr.. Burton, the Montgomer.
lpeopie would not have opportunity t
lrrovide any entertainment for him.