The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-07-10
OBJECT LESSON
IN WATER WAYS
What Development of Ohio
Would DO
Benefit To This Section From Inn
pfovcmcnt of Channel In
Mighty River.
TONNAGE FOR ENGLISH STREAM

Washington. July 10.--An illustra-
lion OF what waterway development
win do for tho interior cities of the
United States, once the government
gets its proposed program under way,
Is found in the latest number OF
'Derrick's British Reports" the stand
ard authority ON trade statistics in
England Tho publication. copies of
which have found their way here. sets
forth the marvellous commercial rise
of Manchester since the opening of
the Manchester canal. Incidentally.
&c is shown that in one decade the
waterway has FAR more than paid for
itself. although the initial cost
reached the vast sum of $4,000. 900
Manchester lies SO miles from the
sea. on the banks of the lswell For
years the manufactures town was
forced to play second eddie to Liver
pool, which boosted splendid docks
that drew the trade of the whole
world. The citizens of Manchester
however, undertook a campaign TO in
duce the British government to canal
he the river and thus give her access
90 the sea.
The British authorities scoded at
the idea that the lrwell. an INSIGHT
cant stream. could be made an ave
|uuo OF connection. They smet eyory
petition With GOODNESS and derideG
The belief of the Manchester people
that the caualization of the river
would be OF benefit. not only TO Man
leicester but to an England. In the
carly stages of the fight the citizens
found The same apathy and lack of
general knowledge of the subject that
Obtained in this country when tho
national rivers and harbors congress
nrst took up and agitated the ques-
7 ton OF a well-defned program OF inn
Iprovements by this government.
Finally. however the Manchester
citizens won. The British govern
ment determined. in order 20 still the
agitation TO canalize the stream. FIJI
teen million pounds sterling. or about
$4,000 600 was expended and the
wisdom Of this investment was proved
almost with the opening Of the canal
in 1892 Prior 10 that time Man
chester exports were sent overland 20
Liverpool and transshipped. a SLOW
and expensive method that effectually
kept down the export business OF Man
chester IN 1885. three years after
the opening. the immediate effect of
waterway transportation was appar-
emit In increased trade In that year
the value of exports Of yarn and
cloth alone. had risen to S233,79G.-
100. while iu 1905, ten years later,
they had totalled S354.035,tGo Thus
I'm decade the canal so stimulated
trade as TO force an increase Of Sl20.-
- .s3S.370.
n ever has been the contention OF
1.-The national rivers and harbors con
Icress that Manchostor's experience
with waterway transportation will De
duplicated i'm this country, once a sys
.tematic and scientific development OF
Ithe rivers and harb0rs Is undertaken.
The prediction has been made, time
and again. that the immense tonnage
of Pittsburg the greatest OF any city
FIN the wor,d--would be vastly in
creased we're the Ohio river made
fully nayieable from the smoky city
TO It's confluence with the Mississippi
The towns lying along the stream
would be stimulated by this trathc
e and the new transportation opening
Afforded their factories, mines and
: farms.
u Evidence s. multiplying to prove
that the federal authorities are awak'
j. ering to the necessity Of adopting
vigorous policy with regard to river
and harbor development work Pres
5 ident Roosevelt gave the movement
.uowerful boost" when he named th'
Inland waterways commission, and
congress is expected TO frame another
= large appropriation bill at the cominl
n session. Only In this way can th'
81 work he prosecuted vigorously, TO
u niegardly appropriations. IL has beef
a found. are costly. \ little money
3 spread over number of project
u renders it impossible to complete IL
N its entirety any work, with the re
n suit that I'm complete contracts hav
3 been the order in the past. and iund
d have been expended that brough
N benefits to none.
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