The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-06
DEEP WATERWAYS
PEOPLE ACTIVE
NEWLANDS BILL BEING PUSHED
THRCUOH CONGRESS BY
LAkEs-To.GuLF PEOPLE.
WORK N THREE PLACES
Report From Board Of Survey to BE
Secured by october---Mississippl --
River Commissions RE-
guest to Congress.

guest to Congress.
Memphis, April 5.-The I4akes-to-tha
Gulf Waterways association Is work
ing to carry ont plans which, If sue
cessful. will cause work to begin cn
the deep waterway at three places at
cnce Here Is an outline of the work
the association Is doing this spring.
First. it Is working to get the New
lands bin passed In congress before
the summer adjournment. The New
lands bill is the bill introduced by
Senator Francis g. Newlands Of Ne
yada, who is a member of the Inland
Waterways commission, permanently
establishing the Inland Waterways
commission, which was appointed last
year by the Presid n at the request
Of the Lax ~ the-Gulf association,
giving e "a ,hority TO initiate and TO
car, uut plans Of river improvement
Upon approval by the President, and
placing In the hands OF the commits
sion fund OF 10000, 900 TO be spent
on this work II this bin Is passed
the direct result viii be that the In
land Waterways commission will start
work on the Mississippi river and It's
tributaries within the next year with
definite intention to make the deep
waterway, not opposing any other
plans which are going on, but supple.
menting them, the purpose OF the com.
mission being to push work 70 com
pletion. The bill provides that II at
any time the fund gets below 10000
600 1t Is to be Increased Immediately
to $50, ,000,0 900, with which II began.
The bill is now being moulded by the
lsenate committee on commerce, and
all of the board of governors and exc.
loutive committee of the Lakes-to'tne-
Gulf association are working with the
| senators of the several states, eN-
lplaining the provisions OF the bill 70
Them ana showing them how deeply it
| Is desired by the people of the MIS-
slssissippi valley.
Work in Congress.
The second piece of work being
| UOlt DN llt a25PNtNt
tion Is influencing congress to assent
| to the request OF the Mississippi River
commission, which has this month
asked that 1t should be authorized to
proceed with the work OF the deen
waterway from Cairo to New Orleans
along through Tennessee, Mississippi
and Louisiana The Mississippi River
commission has had charge of the
| lower river for many years and has
been working on the old plan of
9foot channel and protecting banks.
| II has considerable appropriation at
present, but not enough to dig the
deep waterway. The commission IN
its report. which has Just been sent
to the rivers and harbors committee.
through the secretary Of war, saws
that II has in its possession already
sufficient engineering data to enter
on the work of building deep water
way without waiting for further sur
yeys. and that it needs only the au-
thority of congress to proceed and an
additional appropriation Of 81 100000
Ito go ahead. The s-tothe1fGt
association Is urging the plan Of the
Mississippi River Commission, believ-
ine that together with the Inland
Waterway commission plans very
great work may be done on the deep
waterway within the next two years
II congress will only act
A third work that is being done by
the I.akes.tothe-Gulf association is 20
tgecure from the board OF survey, ap
pointed last year by congress 10 sur
| yey the deep waterway from ST. Louis
tc the gulf a partial report at least
by October. It is believed that the
board of survey especially since three
Of its members are members Of the
Mississippi River commission will be
able To report on that part of the river
between St Louis and Cairo by fall
and will recommend that the deep
waterway il feasible and estimate its
cost.
Campaign in Illinois.
Again. the Lakes-to-the-Gulf associa-
Ition is assisting actively IN the cam
paign In Illinois, where the people are
lheing asked TO vote for bond issue
Of 100000 600. $1,000 000 Of which Is
% he spent in building the deep water
lway from Lockport. where II ends
lrow. to ST. Louis.
II these nlans are all successful. aud
there is every reason to believe thar
lthev will be. work will be begun On
the deep waterway between Chicago
and st. Louis in at least three places
a. onee-between Chicago and -
lLouis. between St Louis and Cairo
land between Cairo and New Orleans,
land will be prosecuted vigorously
The work done by this association.
dominating IN the great Memphis con
vention last fall is known of all men
and It Is safe to say that the assoeia-
ltion has done more TO arouse the In
terest of the whole country and to