Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-22

was then building a steamboat at Du-
buque which would be 81 feet wide |
over all and 36G feet long. tThe boat |
was completed and passed down the |
river last summer.)
Size il Determined.
'The board, after this hearing, ar
rived at the conclusion that, the pro-
posed lock should be 400 feet long and
95 feet wide. This report was adopted
by the war department and accepted |
by the water power company. No
doubt the necessary funds will soon be |
raised to commence work thereon. !
When completed it will unquestionably |
ton on that stretch of the river.
Convention at st. LOUIS.
upon invitation extended at the
Minneapolis convention your associa-
ton was represented by good delega-
ton at the deep waterway convention
held at ST. Louis Nov. 1916, 1906. At
this convention, which was largely at
tended, the Lakes to the Gulf Deep
Waterway association was organized,
having for its object the promotion of
a IA feet deep waterway from Lake
Michigan via the Illinois drainage ca
nal and the Illinois river to the Missis-
sippi river, thence to the gulf. Your
association was also represented at the
meeting of the Mississippi con-
gress, held at Kansas City, Mo-, Nov.
1924, 1906, at which strong resolutions
were adopted, favoring Improvement of
our inland waterways.
At Washington.
Pursuant to a resolution adopted at
the Minneapolis convention, a commit
tee consisting of William A. Meese, NO,
line, chairman; Hon. b A. Hamill. Keo-
kuk, Iowa, and l.. A. Boswell of Quincy.
H., was appointed to represent your
association at the meeting of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors congress,
held at Washington, ID. c., Dec. 81, 1906.
Too much cannot be said in favor of
your hearty support of this magnificent
organization Its sole purpose is to Sc
cure from congress appropriations of
not less than $50,000,000 annually for
the improvement of rivers and harbors.
| 1t is the only source through which To-
| cal associations can hope TO secure ap-
preparations adequate to complete their
various projects. This association is a
member of the National Rivers and Har-
bors congress and should warmly sup
port it in the good work it is doing,
and this convention should provide for
a strong delegation to represent the as
ISOLATION at the next convention of the
National Rivers and HarDors congress
to be held at Washington, D. c., Dec.
ass, 1907.
| Committee to Washington.
| NOV, 90, 1906, the following commit
tee was appointed to go to Washington
in behalf of the work of the associa.
ton: William A. Meese. Moline, chair
man: Hon. John l. Martin. st. Louis
Hon. S. R. Van SAINT, Minneapolis: R
E; Osborne, La Crosse, and L. B. Bos
well. Quincy.
THE letterof appointment. addresse /
to the chairman, contained the follow
ing Instructions: 1t will be the duty OF
the committee to gather such facts, sta
tistics and data as may be required, ant
to present same and appear before the
committee on rivers and harborS OF
congress, and to do all things which
may or can be done to secure the order
ling by congress of the improvement OF
the upper Mississippi river and ample
appropriations therefor. Similar in
: lstructions We're presented to each mem
Der of the committee.
THE rivers and harbors act of Marcel
l3, 1905, provides, under head of i'm
proving Mississippi river between Mis-
: Isouriy river and ST Paul, that The sec
rotary of war may cause an estimate &
: be made of the cost of securing chan
mel six feet deep in that portion of the
| river above described
: Adopt Riches Estimate.
: Pursuant to that act and by depar;
lment letter of March IA, 1905, assignin,
the duty of preparing the required est
mate to Major C. S. Richie, corps of en-
gineers. U. S. Army, such an estimate
was prepared, and under date of DC,
1, 1906, was in the report of Major
S. Richie and Assistant Engineer C. "
Durham, submitted to and approved b
General Mackenzie, chief of engineers
and the secretary of war, who trans
mitted the report to the speaker of tn
Ihouse of representatives Dec. q. i190t
Jan. 3, 1907. it was referred to the con
Ilmittee on rivers and harbors and orde
ed to be printed. Through the Unfit
Hence of your committee and the assis
lance of loyal and devoted friends. i
both the house and the senate, congress
Hat its last session adopted the. repol
Ilsubmitted by Major Richie and ordere
1.-THE secretary of war to prosecute tn
llwOrk accordingly, for which the SUI
lof 100000 per year for four years wa
appropriated Thus the object for whic
this association was organized was a
! lcompfshed in so far as securing til
adoption of the six-foot channel is CO..
Ilcerned.
II while congress adopted this $2t
100000 project and estimate. it Apr
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