The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-11
Opposing Needs in Waterways
Project
Deep Waterways Scheme Attracts
Attention Of Thinkers From
All over the Country.
CoNGRESsMEN PREPARE PAPER

unite upon some form OF a pre.imi-
nary report to the president seems to
be more or less Of an embarrassing
obstacle now in the path of the mem
bcrs of the inland waterways commits
sion. Formal expressions from mem
beers thus far tend To- establish but
one thing. namely. variance Of views
and divergence of opinions as to wa
terways Of the country.
The inland waterways commission
was appointed by the president TO
give him expert advice. which was 10
form the basis for his recommended
tons in his annual message to the
siNtioth congress. From an authori
tatiye source 20 was learned today
that the members Of the commission
entertained views 90 divergent as to
threaten delay In the preparation Of
the report, which the president had
hoped would be filed In time for in
corporation In his next annual mes
sage. Ernest efforts. however viii
be made 10y the members OF the COM
mission during their forthcoming
trip down the Mississippi 20 Mem
phis 10 unite upon report
senator Bankhead Of A'abama
feels that the only thing the govern.
ment needs 10 do Is to build an ex-
tensiye system Of leyees. 30 that al.
streams will be confined within their
banks aud that nav. CATION. irrigation
and reforestration viii be solved
thereby Prof MCGEE. former chief
ethno,ogist OF the government. has
the most advanced ideas of any mem
her of the commission lie wants 10
bu'd a series OF dams along water
WAYS, which viii produce series Of
lakes or basins. through which the
sediment in the water will be rCmov-
ID By settling process
He goes on Co show that clear wa
ter would not break banks and hence
there would be no need for levees
that the volume Of water would be-
increased by the dams retardlng a..
and hence there would be plenty foi
irrigation and where there X p.enty
OF water It Is conducive 10 good for
est growth. Representative Burton
the chairman Of the commission and
AN admitted authority OF Internal ibn-
al repute on waterways. In what he
has prepared on the subject. deals
with the economic aud practical sides
Of the question. He Is represented as
pointing out that local states and
communities should cooperate with
the national government IN furnish.
ing the wherewithal for proposed i'm
provemcnts and II the expense Is thus
met, by inference is supposed. he
takes the view that an the other
problems of the inland WATERWAYS
Improvement will adjust themselves
as local conditions will demand.
So Tar as can be learned no mem
Der OF the commission has had the
tcmorIty 10 address himself to any
specific problem. such as the lakes
to'the-gulf deep waterway. but every
other member has carefully consider
ed the views OF his colleagues.
Senator Newlands. of Nevada. and
Director Newell of the reclamation
service. have prepared papers I'm
which they deal entirely with the re-
clamatlon service aud the use of wa
ter for irrigation Of arid lands. indl-
eating that this Is the one and only
problem TO be solved in connection
with inland waterways. Chief Fores-
ter clifford Pinchot. another member
of the commission. In his production.
seems to feel that II the government
engages in "reforestration' OF the
watersheds It viii solve all inland
waterway problems.
No change has been made IN the
agreed program for the visit Of the
president in Memphis during the ses
slOns of the inland WATERWAYS conyen-
iion. The president aud bis party will
join the Mississippi river commission
aud members of the inland water
ways commission at Keokuk la
Tuesday. October /, and will proceed
southwark during the afternoon of
that day. arriving in Memphis Fri.
day, october 4. at p. m The steam.
or commissioned to transport the Of
ficial party is the United States
steamboat Colonel Mackenzie, which
will be ordered back to st. Paul from
Memphis.
General A. Mackenzie, chief of en-
a.neers and president OF the Missls-
slppj river commission. speakine IN.