The Washington herald., 1907-02-07
KILLS CHICAGo-sT. LOUIS PLAN
DaIzcIFs Ohio River Dam Project
Also Observation-Disclosures Upheld
nv Overwhelming Vote i'm Both
CaSes-Sharp Exchange Between
Him and DaIzeII-MinOr Changes.

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changes which he himself favored. Test
votes were taken on amendments TO
provide for the construction of dam No
in the Ohio River. below Pittsburg. and
ON the ST. Chicago channel project.
and i'm both cases Mr.. Burton was over
whelmingly sustained by the Committee
of the Whole.
The Ohio River dam amendment, pro-
posed by Mr. DalzeH. was defeated by a
vote of 100 to So after a sharp exchange
between its author and Mr.. Burton. Mr..
/ DalzeH advocated the project with great
warmth, pleading as he said, for fair
/ play in the consideration of projects for
/ the benefits of commerce.
/ Responding for the Committee on
Rivers and Harb0rs, Chairman Burton
said that in all the g3S miles beyond the
limits Of Pennsylvania there were only
/ five incomplete dams, while within that
state six dams have been completed.
Some advocates Of the proposed dam.
Mr. Burton said. owned some hundreds
/ Of thousands OF acres of land which would
/ be benefited by it, zone man said You
/ are Gripping industry remarked the
chairman. Gripping industry. when
with less than S95.C0o,o)0 year. the COM
r,itto. bae baan trying In provide for all
ss,ti,rs If The country, The absurditv
the brutal ignorance, to say because a
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we are Gripping industry.
IF there is one principle we should OBJ
/ serve in the Rivers and Harbors Commit
/ 'S'' "' ''i'''liN''' - '''i7- w Z" '''O
/ because OF cIdmor' not TO yield because
+ Of criticism, but 10 DO justice 10 the whole
country. I know very well several trust
maguates and others came down with
rho tbourh+ that they could overayve the
/ 9ft.or. s,,5 tIarrors -.o,,,,,ittoe,,
! Not True says DniEeIi.
! Il say that is not so; / deny It." inter
rlpted Mr.. DaIzeU
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Nli' l'''l@1i'L -.'1 Is pure ueiil1so5y'
MT buTlon-Ihe gentleman is going "a
little too lar. I can only tell what the in
|rant WIS bv the action They were a LITTLE
! moro 5ieaorrteorls f, fI7air words than any
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tee
/ Mr.. baize.l-Because the chairman as
sailed them as soon as they came in.
/ Mr. BurtCu-I did not assal them. Mr..
|C,bsirroa, 7 think tb. e,aptIer,ao from,
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80. IN, -
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the proposition / did not assam 'hen- j
am not that violent in my manner.
Laughter and applause followed this
statement
An .s,'g,,S''5 u.s','-s,5 sSueo u ~,
No, ~ r1Ii7ois rei.tiU,- - "a, me-
posed rourfaar-foot Waterway from II
/ Louis to Chicago IT provided an appro-
priati0u Of 10000 t. survey and begin
the work, limiting the total cost TO $31.-
epo."oo- AT the close OF the discussion the
amendment was IeJecteu-i' 10 40.
~ az "u' ~ ll'l ~, Ila "u,lioi an"
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venture vro~tb,, from, aysr,, r,oirt ~ ,.i.y,
Of the aid Of the Federal government
/ They met the suggestion of AIr Burton
as 10 the value of the water power re-
sultug from the construction of the
work estimated bv The governor of Hi
noiS 20 be 10000 yearly. By conceains
that the Federal government sbould own
the power. The fact that a water power
/ would result from the construction of a
/ waterway. i'm their opinion ought not 10
bee allowed 90 obstruct the promotion of
/ the project.
J Mr.. Snaup of Illinois. charged Mr. Rur-
ton with an attempt to prejudice his hear
ers against the project. He said that the
people of Chicago and the State of Illinois
should De allowed to receive the benefits
of the water power
p-+t,,rd. Al 60 HI
Alr. Bartholdt, OF Missouri, exhibiting a
roll. said be held list of the names of
a majority of the members of the House
who in various ways had expressed them
selves in favor of the waterway and no
sr,re,rs5 20 ttor, f., ba,.o tI., .,,,r,',l 80
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''--'- 81 anu '''--i S'i'i
"i.L'Is-
MT McGaVln. OF Illinois, caused a laugh
by asking TO have the names read
Mt Burton said il would be interesting
10 know how much of the agitation had
its origin in "A desire to construct a wa
terway, and how much in the desire 10 Sc
cure "a water power of 10000 horsepower.
After telling of other canals being built
by States which have not asked for Fed
eral aid, he said: See how easy it would
be to build to St. Louis and say then,
ON, we doh care about the rest OF II
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Uaz brt ryo baz-e eot o,,y y5atar r,or,,o-
So we would find out what it is going Ia
cost. and whether it should be under
taken IN its entirety, and we should,
lam; as Elaf ulahs Oh t,le puDhc treasury
g,,I Saci,5lIJ,- - -, l';c, - '.'l ~
be made Inv tho n9ssine, of mis- a,no,,i-
ment and the adoption of this water
way"