The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-02-13
keep UP FIGHT
FOR OHIO RIVER
TONNAGE FIGURES CONTAINED
IN ENGINEERS REPORT ARE
ANXlOUSLY AWAITED.
EXPECT DEVELOPMENTS
OF an interesting Nature, in Ohio Val,
ley Improvement Assoc iation's Ef.
fort to Secure Larger Ap.
proprlations,


Cincinnati Ohio Feb 12.--Deyelop
ments of d very interesting character
are expected in the near future in
! conno clion with the fight which the
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
! is making to gecure larger appro
priation for improvement Of the Ohio
River,
The correspondence made public on
day, which contained the keen
disappointment OF tbs association
over the small proportion OF the rivers
and harbors appropriation $1,000, 900
out of an sS0,0O0000 bill is said TO
be only forerunner ofother develop
ments which will follow An iaking
of these was the reference in the L
ter to the Withholding of he report
OF the Board Of Engineers which sur,
yeyed the Ohio under an act of con
gress to agcertain whether or not the
improvement is justifiable
This report was completed. but not
in time to be used by the Rivers and
Harbors Committee in connection
with the present bill The making Of
this survey included not only an act
ual measurement of the river but also
statiatics relative to the tonnage on
the Ohio. The Ohio Valley improve.
ment Association was invited by the
Board Of Engin ers 10 participate in
the work by lending assistance in the
gathering of statistics, which invita-
tion was accepted
Employed an Expert.
The association employed an expert
statistician who personally visited
every landing on both sides Of the
river from Pittsburg to Cairo, spend
ing nearly year in the owrk. The
instructions were to gather accurate
statisties, ~ the ssssnps seg with the es.
ception of Pittshnrg, Wheeling, Gin
and Louisville.
From what could be learned yester-
lay the report which was made by
his expert shows the total tonnage on
he river, except at the above four
lamed places, TO have been about S12,- /
900 600 tons. From what information |
S available as to the figures submitted |
" the Board of Engineers the total |
onnage they submit is said TO be in
he ne'ghborhood of t3,t00,000 tons.
As figures were gathered ON the ba-
is of organization Of shipment and
ounted only once. members of the
Association say it is
TRANCE that Pittsburg, the greatest
originating point, should be made TO
roduce so little. to say nothing of the
ther three cites, all ofw hich ship
lrgely big river According to their
alculations these four cities should
ave shown at a cons e9Vatiye esti-
rate at least 5.O00.0oo tons, which
'ould have brought -thq total tonnage
p to 17,oo0000. ,As it is. the showing
The Board of Engineers is said 20
ayeal that the Ohio Is not progress
lg. a.
Ohio is Turned Down. s.Q.tss IF 4
1t is said that the Ohio N4AcSsTm-
rovement Association .aho ''aDes not
'lish the treatment accorded the /
hio River on another ground. Two
ears age. when the association had =
) its guests Chairman Burton aud the ,
embfrs q the Rivers and Harbors {
ommittee on the trip from Pittsburg
Cairo Mr.. Burton expressed him
If as being in favor of the improve (
ent. but said that before congress +
'uld be moved to do ayuthing toward h
'aoting sdequate appropriations a i
lblic sentiment had to be created de. b
anding such appropriate ions The Of d
'ials of the association agreed and c
Ok the Initiative, calling the first v
invention Of what is now the aNtion. 10
Rivers and Harbors Congress. This
ngr1.s assembled h Washington. Il
th nearly 090 delegates. last De C
mbcr, and as a result Of tho action s
this body congress lcosened the s.
rse strings 50 that Chairman Burton a
ls enabled 10 report the iarges %
-crs and harbors appropriation in f
tory The Ohio asked for two q
ms. only one of which was allowed. 81
is whispered that the small appro- u
Iaiicn was bad faith on the part of
p Rivers and Harbors Committee in Q,
lrowing down the stanch ST sun tf
rters Of their work.