The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-01-28
RAVE HOPES FOR
DEEPER CHANNEL.
Corps or ENGINEERS TO SOON
START SURVEYING THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
UNION OF TWO PROJECTS
For Improvement From Chicago TO-
St. Louis and From There to the
Gulf is Now Being consid.
cred In Washington.

! Washington. Ian. 27.-The riyegs
aud harbors bill reported out Of tlie
| committee today, but all iEs items,
! Including surveys, have heretofoic
been given.
Fer the pat two days the commit
tee has been considering the ltfoyt
project from the lakes 10 the gull.
the particular feature being The prop
osition for o survey OF the lower Ms
sissippi from st. Louis TO New Or
leans.
Conresman Humphreys from Ms
sisslppi. Judge Moon Of Tennessse.
Mr. Ransdell of Louisiana. all mem
Ocrs Of the COMMITTEES. arc earnestly
In fave of uniting the two projects
instead of treating them as separate
propositions, one from Chicago to 81.
Louis and one from New Orleans ~
St Louis, and making one continuous
plOJGtt ttOAI CiIAnEp w 80" oAfN0f-
This proposition. IL is said. was the
principal topic Of discussion before
the committee today. and IL Is nndar-
stood that the general features Of Mr..
Humphreys recommendation were
accepted.
May Oppose toint Scheme.
The board of engineers for rivers
and harbors has made an adyer r ~
nort on the project from Chicago to
st. Louls, aud Mr. Humphreys insists
that the probabilities are that simf-
larly unfayorablc report will be the
result Of the survey OF the lower
river if the two projec arc 70 be con
silered separately
There are many reasons" said Mr..
Humphreys today. why the board
might look uufavofably upon both
projects IL they are 10 be considered +
separately. while the same board
might, with perfect consistency.
heartily favor project which wesnid
combine the two, looking to a i4-foot
channel from the lakes to the gulf.
If Mr.. Humphreys Is successful in
his efforts to have the board OF engi-
neers, who are to make the survey.
con ider the lower Mississippi p.ciect
In connection with the proposed han
mel from ST. Louis 10 Chicago. so that
the real merits OF the lakes to the
gulf project will be considered. II Is
thought that Il will be a 1istiuct gain
for that great inland waterway.
Judge Moon of Tennessee. said to-
day that the effort to put the Chi
cago TO St Louis project on the Dend-
ing bill If succcesful. would be
serious and perhaps fatal blow 70
ID he project for completed channel
all the way TO New Orleans.
Engineers to Make Survey.
II was agreed that special boari
OF five cugireers shall be app9l3ted
to mako this survey. three 10 be taken
from the Mississippi river commis
sion and two from the engineering
ps Of the army. OF the thre- from
the Mississippi river commission. two
are 20 be civilian and one an army
engineer. II 4, understood that Judge
Taylor Of the Mississippi river com
mission will be one of the rosrd.
Congressmen are receiving tee
grams from commercial organizations
and prominent business men through
out the lower Mississippi valley nrg-
ing them 70 support tho Maiden
amendment. which seeks to have the
ChicagJ TO St Louis project aiop'ef
before any survey is made of the
lower river, but the prevailing Opt
ion Is that such a course would BE-
very unfortunate for the interests of
New Orleans Memphis and the en-
tire lower valley. whose welfare u is
claimed lie in the complete prot g
all the way from Chicago 10 the cah
n vas learned today that Chair
man Burton Of the rivers aud harbors
g c,mmittee has had several conad' n
tiai conferences concerning the bill
aboui IN be reporied. and That The
latter viii not sign the b-H n in the
opinion Of Mr. Burton. II has been In
posed upon in the way Of ameoi-
menfs
This fact VIII have the effect ef
some of those members 1
gho had hoped to get their particular
project put ONO the bill by amecd-
nent