Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-04
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taken until &c BE- certain that they can
| Doe carried to completion within dcn-
/ mite and reasonable time. Planned and
/ orderly development ia essential to fln
| best use 90 every natural resource, and
/ to nome more than Co the best use NJ our
| inland waterways. ln The case of The
! waterways DO has been ueuIouously
lacking the interests of our rivers
have been iu fact overlooked. iu spite
of the immense sums spent upon them.
II is evident that their most urgent
need ls a farsichtcd and comprehensive
plan, dealing not with navigation alone.
nor with irrigation alone. hat consid.
oring our inland waterways as "a whole.
and with reference tO every use to
which they can hc put The central
motive Of such plan should De 10
get from The storams of the United
States not only tho fullest but also the
most permanent service they ore cap-
able % rendering Co the nation as a
whole
RAILROADS AND RIVERS.
The Industries developed under the
stimulus of the railroads are for the
most part permanent Industries ana
therefore they form the basis for future
dcvciclmout. But the railroads have
shown that they alone can not meet
the demands OF thc country for trans
pcrtatior. and where thia b. true the
rivers should begin 10 supplement the
railroads 20 The benefit of both. boy re-
ueyiug them of certain OF the loss
profitable classes Of freight The more
farsosiur railroad men, ] am glad t1
tell you. realize this fact, au- many
OF them have become earnest adNo-
Gates Of the Improvement of the Mis-
sissippi. so that DO may become "a sort
of inland seabolrd, extending from the
gulf far into the Interior. and ] hope
ultimately 90 tho Great Lakes An in-
Vcstigaton of the proposed lakes-to-
the-gulf deep waterway is now iu proc
rraes under ana appropriation or the
last Congress. We shall await rs re-
suits with the keanest interest The
decision is obviously OF capital import
ance 90 our internal development
ard scarcely less so in relation Co exc
tornal commerce.
INLAND NAVIGATION
This Is but one OF the many projects
which it is time 90 consider although "a
most Important one. Plans for tho
Improvement of our inland navigation
may fairly begin with our greatest
river and its chief tributaries, but they
can not end there. The lands which the
Columbia drains include vast area or
rich grain fields and fruit laads, much
Of which is not easily reached by
railways. The removal OF obstruc-
lions ln the Columbia and its CHIEF trib-
utaries would open To- navigation and
inexpensive freight transportation full
ly 1000 miles of channel. The Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers with
their tidal openings into San Francis
co bay are partly navigable now
Their navigation should be maintained
and improved, so as 10 open the mar
VelOus rich valley Of California 70
inexpensive traffic, ln order 70 facilitate
both rate regulation and the control
of the waters for other purposes. And
many other rivers OF the United states
demand Improvement, so as bsiber 20
meet the requirements Of iuCrtq sing
| production from the soil, increasing
manufacture, and rapidly growing
| population.
While thus the improvement OF In
land navigation is vital problem,
| there are other questions OF no less
| consequence connected with our wa'
| terways. one OF these relates 20 the
| purity of waters used for the supply
] Of towns and cities, 10 the prevention
l OF pollution by Misunderstanding and
I other Industries. and " the protection
| Of drainage araAs from soil wash
| through foresl covering or judiciOus
| cultivation. With our constantly in
| creasing population this question be-
| comes more and more pressing, because
/ the health and safety of great bodies
| Of citizens are directly involved.
IRRIGATION.
Another Important group Of ques-
| tions concerns the irrigation OF arid
| lands, the prevention of Hoods ana
the reclamation OF swamps. Already
many thousands of homes have been
established on the arid regions. and the
population and wealth OF II
states and territories have been large
~ Increase through irrigation. Yet
this means OF national development ia
| still in It's infancy, and IL win doubt
less long continue 20 multiply homes
| and increase the prOductivoness and
power Of the nation. The reclamation
OF overflow lands and marshes, both I'm
/ the interior and along tho coasts, has
already been carried ON with admirable
results. but On this field. too. scarcely
more than q good beginning has yet
! been made. sim another fundamont-
/ ully important question is that of wac
! ter power. Its significance in the tu-
3 ture development of our whole coun-
I try. and especially OF tho west is bat
| just beginning 90 be understood. Tho
] plan of tho city OF Los Angeles, Tor
/ example, to bring water for It's use a
] distance of nearly $50 perhaps
| the boldest project OF the kind In mod
I eru times promises not only to achieve
] its purpose hut u addition 20 pro-
/ duce "a water power sufficiently valu-
/ able tO pay large interest on the in
/ Nostmeut of over $4,000 0o0
UNUSED WATER.
Hitherto such opportunities for using
water Goo double purpose have not all
| ways been seized. Thus 90 has rec
Gently been shown that water enough
is flowing unused over government
| DAMS built to improve navigation, o.
produce many hundreds of thousands
OF horsepower no is computed that
| the annual value of the available hui
Z unused water power In the United
states exceeds the annual value of th.
! products uf all our mines. Further
more it is calculated that under iu