Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-10-12

the completion of the Panama canal
will, in the language of the great Amer
lean navigator and naval commander,
Commodore Maury, carry the delta Of the
Mississippi across the continent, and
place one mouth Of that river in the
Pacific ocean, thus making "the great
est OF rivers tributary to the greatest
of oceans and it is also known that
to reap all the benefits and rich rewards
that will follow the completion OF the
lsthmiaE canal, we must provide direct,
safe AMI cheap transportation for the
natural and manufactured products OF
the Mississippi valley, by means OF
deep waterway of minimum depth of
Ii feet. extending from Lake Michigan
to the Mississippi, and then southwark
via that river to the Gulf of Mexico;
and
Whereas, the national government is
charged by our constitution and laws
with, and in pursuance thereof, has
properly assumed control and iurisdie-
ton of the rivers, harbors and water
ways of the country, and is therefore
committed to the duty OF their improve
ment and betterment by some compre-
hensiye and intelligent plan, which will
best conserve the interests OF the whole
people;
/. Resolved, that it is the sense of
this convention that the deepening OF
the waterways from the lakes to the
gulf is a public necessity, and that 1T
is national and imperative duty to
take definite and immediate action to
deepen said waterways to a depth OF IA
feet from the lakes to the Gulf of Mex
leo through the route already selected
by the army engineers, with all prac'
teal speed.
2. Resolved, that it is the intention
that this grand channel shall be a part
of great comprehensive system OF in
land waterways which shall include the
great tributaries OF the Mississippi river,
and the other meritorious waterways OF
the Mississippi valley.
3. Be it further resolved, that the
Lakes.to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Asso'
citation hereby extends to our co.lasor
ers in the great work OF inland water
ways improvements the Missouri Vat
ley Improvement Association; the upper
Mississippi Improvement Association
, the Interstate Mississippi River I'm
proyement and Levee Association; Tho
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
the Interstate Inland Waterways Asso
citation of Louisiana and Texas, and al
other kindred associations in this grea
valley, for their valuable assistance II
the past, and assure them OF our sym
. pathetic interest in the object OF thei
= efforts in the important work in whlel
;. they are respectively engaged, and o
a our most cordial and energetic cooper
, alton therein.
:. 5. Be it further resolved, that W
!, hereby tender the unanimous and rrC
= found thanks of this convention to tn
!. president for his mastery and foreetu
Z address, and for the great honor he ha
conferred upon us by his presence her
8 as our most distinguished guest.
l. G. Be it further resolved, that W
g hereby tender our cordial thanks to tn
# governors OF seventeen sovereign state
d and to the other distinguished state
: men and gentlemen who have honore
n It's by their presence; and we also than
4. the patriotic and public spirited peop
v Of the great and growing city of Men
K phis for their unyarying courtesy an
t. royal hospitality.
N 7. Be it further resolved, that Ho
n. William X. Kavanaugh, president OF Il
ID Lakes.to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway ASS
10 citation be and he is hereby request'
and empowered TO appoint. commits
1t composed of fifty members to presei
4. these resolutions to the next congre
IA of the United States, and also to II
n. all honorable and proper means as Z
n. representative of and in connection WI
this association, to induce congress
" act favorably thereon Mt its ne
il. session. and that the said president
nt this association be chairman of 50
al committee.
mn 8 BE it further resolved, that
heartily indorse the efforts of the Rive
and Harbors Congress of the Unit
States to secure an annual appropr
es- ton of not less than fifty millions
dollars for the improvement OF rive
m and harbors.
er- 0. Be it further resolved, that I
of thanks of this association be extend
as TO the Press Association. to the ney
ed papers of Memphis and the other gre
nd cities which have assisted in its wo'
lic The report was adopted and the C
nd vention adjourned to meet in Chca
ng in 1908.