New-York tribune., 1907-04-28

Senator Warner Of Missouri. represents the
| section which was largely instrumental in the
| creation Of the commission and he, too Ike
1 Senator Newlands, has spent much time in
! studying the advantages and disadvantages OF
| transportation by water and by rail.
Former Representative Bankhead OF Alabama.
who retired from Congress this spring. after a
service Of twenty years. has for a long time
been the ranking member Of the minority OF the
House Committee on Rivers and HarbOrs. There
Is man in the South as we'll posted he
upon the needs and capabilities of the vast river
system Of the Atlantic and Gulf states.
Professor W McCee. the well known scien-
ttst of the Geological Survey and the Bureau OF
EthnOlOgv is now the director Of the proposed
ST Louis Museum. and has devoted much Of his
time 70 the study of stream management and TO
transportation problems He has written a vail
liable government work farm destruction IN
the South caused by the washing and cutting oc
the abandoned fields. and was the one to sug-
gest the simple method Of contour cultivation
by which much Of this land is now being re-
claimed
In the Presidents letter he said that any plan,
for utilizing the inland waterways, "a be feas-t
ible. should recognize the means for executinst
il already in existence both IN the War Del
partment. the Department Of Commerce. and
Labor and the Agricultural Department and n
the states. Brigadier General Alexander NIc-
KenZie represents the War Department.. He fE
at the head of the corps Of army enI.neeFs. and
as such is familiar with all sorts OF 0ugineernaa
works He has been intimately connected WITH
river and coast defences for period OF forty>
years and is a eminent IN hts professional
He is a native of Wisconsin and graduate Ot
West Point in 1866. Since that time he has been
constantly in charge of the river and haFhOr in-
provemeut works prosecuted by the army el-
gineers.
DR. F. II Newell the new head OF the recla-
nation service. is probably more closely in tOuca
with river conditions west OF this MississippL
where he began life mining engineer after
graduating from the Massachusetts Institute 0e
Technology. He has long Sesn active uerl-
her of the National Geographical Society and
the American Forestry Association He IA e
writer of note upon engineering and esDeciaAly1
upon matters of irrigation
Clifford Pinchot, chief forester. represents I'll
the refOreStTatiOn Of headwaterS renders hlrrr
valuable to the commission. The Office OF chfec
forester Is a comparatively new In the
United States- Germany and most OF the ENJroe
pean countries have had CHEZ fOreSterS for gene
erations. but II is pointed out that Chief For-
ester PinChOt will have charge Of more acres Ce
forest than probably all the fOresteTs Of Eurons
combined. The forest area under Mr.. Pinchota
and Germany. Mr. PinchOt is comparatively a
young man. and is of the Presidents close
associates. He Is a Yale graduate and hss
studied forestry in France, Germany. Switzer-A
land and Austria
Much of the work that is now being done IN
the utilization of stream power. the settling OF
water for manufacturing purposes and much OF
the work OF stream control Is being done by Dig
corporations over which Herbert Knox Smith,
Commissioner OF Corporations. has general sli-l
pervisiOn His knowledge OF this work caused
him 10 be appointed the commission. Mr.
Smith iS from Connecticut. having fOrunsrIv
ate and was some years ago active in local.
politics in that city and served IN the state Leg
iSlatuTe. Later he a member OF the United
States Commission appointed to investigate tho
Commissioner Of Corporations for the Depart-
ment of Commerce and Labor in 1903