The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-10-29
ACTION
IS CERTAIN
SENTIMENT WILL FORCE CON.
GRESs TO DO SOMETHING.
Inland Waterways Commission Is Es.
poeted to Recommend Simultsne.
Gus Improvement Of the Mis-.
souri and Mississippi.

Kansas City, Oct. $50 rapidly
has the sentiment for river improve.
ment been aroused since the lakes.
to the gulf deep waterway conven.
ton at Memphis that the probability
OF waterway legislation at the com
ing session OF congress is rapidly
developing into certainty. The
strength OF the sentiment and the
breadth OF It is surprising even the
most enthusiastic deep waterway sup.
porters.
What that legislation may be 1t Is
impossible to forecast except in a gen
eral way, but whatever 1t may be II
will have mainly to do with the lakes.
to-the-gulf project. and, II the report
OF the inland waterways commission
is to be taken as basis for the leg.
islation the Missouri river Is sure to
come in for a large share of any APP
propriations that are made.
+. II. Newell, a member of the in.
land waterways commission. In a re.
cent statement, said that 1T is ap.
parent that any general or perna.
nent Improvement of the lower Mis-.
sissippi river can only be had after
the Missouri river has been perma
nently improved" Mr.. Newell is one
of the three men who will write the
commissions report and there is little
doubt that the report itself will con
tain an expression OF opinion similar
to that given in his statement.
The commission, will of course &c
into the general subject OF inland
waterway Improvement Its report
very likely, will contemplate net
work uniting the great lakes with
the Mississippi and its tributaries. a
connection between them and Hudson
bay, the Pacific and Atlantic coast
rivers and the Inner passage" from
Boston TO the mouth of the RiC
Grande river. This inner passage
would begin the canal through Cap,
Cod into Long Island sound, througt
Northern New Jersey from Raritor
| bay to the Delaware river. through
the Delaware bay. Chesapeake ca
nal into Chesapeake bay anC
thence south to Florida through
Chesapeake canal into Chesapeake bay
and thence south to Florida through
| the present inner passage. avoiding
the dangers OF Cape Hatteras. A ca
nal across Florida through the Su
vance river will connect the gull
inner passage with the Atlantic.
The hint contained In the state
ment OF Mr.. Newell has done ruch
| to line up the lakes. 1.-THE gulf pro
| jectors to favorable Consideration OF
the Missouri as part OF thei- scheme
They did not gracefully accept the
resolution forced upoL them at the
Memphis convention by the Kansas
| City delegation declaring not only
for the Improvement of the Mssissip
pi, but for all other streams tributary
TO 1t. and they were dlsopsed to &c
ahead In an attempt to eliminate al
the other streams from consideration
until the main artery has been taken
care of. A broader study of the stu
| alton, however, has convinced the
lakes.to the-guif projectors that they
were on the wrong course. The result
is. that while they are demanding
still that the main line be built first
they include the Missouri west tc
Kansas City as a part OF the main
| line"
Going TO congress on this basis
| they are almost sure TO get what
they ask for. whereas by insisting
upon the single improvement OF the
Illinois and Mississippi rivers they
would only precipitate a fight which
would delay everything.