Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-05

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immense SUMS na'e 'lie.,os uee'l "p..i,
upon the Mlssissipl,i ~ .iie f. .,i
the nation yer -huci VI ~ ie M =.
ticall! unused ioi Noiii.:iei - ~ - 80
for TINS fact are many: one IS ,'ia. ny
work done by the Natlona! HoVcrhiileiit
at least has not been based upon Il uel-
mite and continuous plan. Appropriations
by Congress. lnsteau OF assuilnS, ing
steady progress anu tiilt!s 49, No..
OF eacn piece OF Mork iis !. W a., r'ii,
taken IL oeci. ,',,. ''' t,rr.chin.-
~ bay,e heen ,iiscn,Ir,rel and CONT
a,,ii, in axe,uIion has been made i'm
noesirlr II is altoecther unlikely that
LLat,.,,. ,..cultS will Ia. obtained 81, long -
-. .,hn1 il fnIlo,r.I of making martial
~. ' -, ;,,.,,,,,l,r intervals for
"PPi opi ,; 80, ,a ,,nJnrt,l;un
"oi NJ NV ,;, .ht ,h.,, I,n No. c,,,,j N
uhill IL - .'lt'i-i no Wv s, -; ,,t ,...,
10 coiiipittl"ii Mi'l.iil ueiiii.e ,, ~,
soii'inir my . ,,!i,I -, ~, La.l is,. of
Nt'"l h.ei.t - , i,,'.. ,i M. NOR.
every h|''i al 49, ,,, inlanI wntrr
ti'''it w ,h' ,s ~ th, ,v,terv,vs il
Ways III ''' EiH' - Wy tpa''',
mas pteii toiSiiN "ou'il ''''N , H.. ;'..,,'e,
such i"ItsiIht Haf' it't Mis- ~ ,..
OF our rivers nav ~" , ~ i.s ,,,i
looked, III spltc % t'ie i,''i.'.IV en-:
spent upon them. IL is eNlitFt t''t 'il'ii
most urgent need Is lafSlSht"d ana
| comprehensive plan, deaHhS NJ. WA
navigation alone, nor VIII lrrlSa,ion
alone, but considering our liil;lnu water
ways rs "hoie, anu WIN reie'tncy ~ -
every use to WHICH they can be put: me
central lnotNe ol SUCH 81 piuil si'o.i! o
to get from me streams OF w /. lii t,,,
states not ohly the lullest oul "ino ny
most permanent service theS are t'laoie'
or ren"erlhs 70 me ha,ion as q Hi,o's th
me 'Iiiust LIS . neN eiui"u ', ~ 80.
s,i.tuluS W ,a, ;iI,s,'ia" nI th.rarnr
PR, t,i ,, tGi. ,a.i ca, iuii,r n,y.lnn-
thtE w III ,ite ,'H i' 49, .I,,., M
lneht- ,'ut tie ram Jus nv Nv - .''., 81
theE alone can n"' ilIee. nv uea' a ~ ~
tlie cuuHtiH i'i li".oP'i '''i -
TINS Is true me rivers s"ouia "eIiil - -
supplement- Tie rallfo.tus' 10 Tue p.h-he
o. noun. ny renewing t'tih ~ t'it.'''i ~, ~
the less pfoi''aple classes oi ~ li'
more l;ifSetlnS raliioau itieii' l an SO.
10 teii you reali"e tihS it''' ''i'I ii,.lS
of them have become earnest ;'hv"ca'rS
| or the Improvement OF the MisSi AilIi' 50
| tn:tt IL may pecoie soit VI nli',lu So
| board. extending from the Gun Tar INTO
the interior anu nope uhtl1hatelE 70 'ie
| Great Lakes An lnVcsti%atloh OF the pro-
| posed Lakes-to-the-Gul deep waterway
is now In progress under an appfopfl;itul
of the last Congress. we SHAH AWAIT Us
| results with the keenest interest. Inc dc
| ciSiqn is obviously OF capital lnp"ftilhcc
| to our internal development ana scarcely
| less so in relation 10 external commences.
| This is but one OF the many projects
| which 1T is time to consider although Il
most important one Plans Tor the M
| pTOvement of our inland Navigation may
| fairly begin with our greatest river ana
| its chief tributaries but they can nnt
end there The lands which the Columbia
drains include vast area OF rlch gram
| fields and fruit lands. much of when IS
not e;islly reached by railways ne re-
n"val of obstructlons IN the Coiuinhla
| and Its cElef tilhutaileS would open 10
navigation and Inexpensive freight t-ams-
portatlon fully -ooo ml!es or channel. me
sacramento ana san Joaquin rivers WIN
| thtlr hdal openings INTO odh fFahslsto
w.
! CATION should ne maintained anu M
| proved. so as 10 open the inalNelo'lslN
| llcn NaiieH or taiiiorila 10 Inexpensive
| traflc IN order 10 1acliitale h"th rate
| regulation ana me cohtroi OF 'li' waters
| TOR other purposes. ANA MANY "ihrf nv
ers OF the lhltea states uelil'l no llmploEe-
| ihei,- 81 as pettei " ii,te. 'lit lei"lit-
mchls OF iEcreaSlllo prouuct'"n from wa
son. lnc!easin5 tlidIilila'tur'' anu lalld-
| ~ ro"ii,' Poplia.l"it' ~. .,
WINE mus me iilproNtHltht 81 li'iaiM
M lSati"i' - 81 Ni."i Pi''tNii' 'tt' q
other uuestlons OF no Tess consequence:
| toitl'tttu VIII uii ":.te' W "N > oie ~
ti'e>e ieis..cS ~ ~ p.t ivy ~ u" 80
lol ny Supl!y vi INNS am W., = ~ !ile
PREY 'i,t'Ii ~ po.lu'i'i ~ H:f'i.u N.ui iil1
anu oteltl iuustiies, 'l''' =" 'ile p'o.et
uoi ~ uiaillaS' il.ds il".ii soll WASH
t!il"uSli iuI.S WIS, toNeiiit9 ~ Iuii,louH 'ti-
.i'n,in ~ . va i ~
! pol,''lh'lon tnis uueS,i'h p'r.i.t" ll' '
anu iaore pressing, "t''ust tI.t H''ltH
'iii'' n''te.H W Ii'"t ''''ic' vi 'i'"'ii'
| "i. vi ny , - ., .
AH''l'l hlii' 'an. SiouP ~ ,d''tsli'HS
| concerns the iIiIaIioi 81 ara iaiiiS, tiIe
ihtN' i'li W i,uiH' anu ,n' i t.l''ii'',
u,'ii ~ S""iil's' ,>lit'hN many 'I'"H"ii'S
| on i'"ititS haNt nten esthpliSiieu on 'li',
| iili ,tSl.''iS' 'iu nv P'i'uidt"ni anu
wealth. Oh seventeen Hia''S "h'i ,tiilt"
RES nave neeh largely increased tffnush
iili-a'ioi ltl tiiiS means 81 la'lolihi g.
Nt,'Pihen. ~ syn III iS INFANCY aiiu ~
VIII uoup'ltSs l"iS continue t' multiply
i"iileS anu i,le"S' ne p'"iu,' iNtiltSS
az" poM'f ol ti't i'a.i',ii. ne lttit 'thlio
| ~ "teIluW idllus anu MARSHES no'il IN
me INFERIOR ana a'"hs thc t""SlS: ms
aife',dF beeh carried on WIN adlllfahit
more than u Sood h"3lnhln" mas Nrt h.th
mace. sun hfioli'er fundamentally mn
Hor'ahl question Is ihlt OF water power
us Sl"hlncance IN tile futlli" hcN 'iopn"nt
OF our Wil"it country. anu especially on
the west, Is nut JUST beginning I" ne
understood. IN" plan "f the city OF Los
Angeles, Tor example, To bring water for
perhaps the h"ldeSt project OF the KIND
In modern times promises not only to
achieve its purpose. but in addition to
produce n water power Siiffiti.ntN val
liable to ray large interest on the invest
n'ent Of ever S23."""W.
Hitherto such opportunities for using
water to double purpose have not always