The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-27
MIR. BANKHEAD TALKS
 OF ALABAMA WATERWAYS
Appropriations for Alabama Rivers and Harbors AlrThat Could Be Expected Delegation
 Worked in Perfect Harmony.

streams for improveinent in the coun try, and I have no doubt whatever Una In the near future S2b,000,0O0 or com merce annually will pass over this riv. CT. It will De one of the most potent factors in regulsting freight rates III
 Alabama.
 Coosa River Project.
 "In view of the fact that the m
 proyement of the Warrior ana Iehnes. ,.
 see rivers Is provided for It VIII nov
 be possible to take up and vigorousIy
 sa from Gadsden to Montgomery and
 it is reasonable to expect that every
 lock and dam above Wetumpka wni
 bo utilized in the development oI pJm CT for manufacturing purposes and that
 that portion of the state thfough,
 which the Cbosa runs will be the equal
 of any other section in commercial l
 bill coosa gets so0,00e for maintenance and a survey and estimate of cost TOT
 a lock and Aam at Horse Leg Shoais and a survey and estimate or cost TOT a dam at Lock Site Five below XIV erside. T regard this as. very import ant, since 1t takes up the work on the Coosa. which at one time seeHeu
 to have been inGefihitely postpohe.u.
 to Mir. W. F. Vandiver, of Montgoin- cry. for tho progress made in the de- velopment of the Alabama River. More is due to him than to any otner one
 sThe Chattahoochee River in Georgia and Aiabama from Columbus to its mouth gets s171.64s, including nt an unt recommendod by the engineers. MT. .Ciayton's district borders on the whole of the Chattahoocnee River navigaoie in Alabama. The city of Eufauia ana fitted by this Improvement sApaiachi- cola at its mouth Is we'll prpvided Tor.
 sarhe Coneciih River gets $31, 900. the amount estimated to complete the lm- proyeraent The Choctawhatchee gets $15, ,000 for continuing the work and T regard as vefy important the survey and estimate of cost for this stream from Newton in Dale county 10 lts channel by system of locks and dams the year round. This provision In the bill is in a large measure due to tne untiring. efforts of Mri Clayton; Wno sns, the case with sucn force as to convince the committee ot its importance. This stream runs through large portion or which is rapidiy developing but suffer- ing for want of some means 10 regu- late railroad-.rates ana II Is conndently believed that when this river. is im- proved the benefits will more than Jus"
 Tn.uroyement of Tombigbee.
 T have been greatly disappointed in not being able to induce the commit Tombigbee River from Demopolis to Coiumbus, Miss, put 1t was quite im- possible to overcome the adverse re- port of the engineers. The local en- gineer who made the survey, the Chief Of Engineers and the Board of Review all reported against the improvement. mainly, believe, on account Of the ex" pense incurred. Sa : 1T Should say that the splendid show ing for Alabama in this bill Is the re- suit of the united effort of each mem Der of the Alabama delegation. They have rendered valuable aid in present. ing the merits of each case. MT. Un- derwood has, rendered valuable aid in ardson has been untiring for the Ten- nessee, MT. Burnett. Mir. Bowie and MT. Hefiin for the Coosa and the Ala bama MT. Wiley worked both for the Alabama .lnd the Choctawhatchee and Mir. Taylor mas been invaluable to Mo-, bile and the Bigbee and the Warrior Improvements, All of them are enti- gatiQn in Congress has for the last ten years worked together more har- for the accomplishment of great purpose than have the members from Alabama in the work of securing for the improvement of her rivers and the harbor at Mobile.
 eff the woK is prosecuetd for the next ten years as vigorously as it has In the past ten years, you may expect to see every stream in Alabama, which Is navigable at all, open to commerce every day in the year. With this as an accom- lished fact, canal from the to the city of Birmingham and the Panama Canal completed; Alabama will have entered upon degree of prosperity and growth exceeding that Alfred J. Stofer.