The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-10-24
I Or OHIO RIVER
IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION IN SESSION AT
LOUISVILLE ADOPTS STRONG
RESOLUTIONS.
"0N TO WASHINGTON"
To Secure Appropriation is Next
vement-Mayor Parsons Made
Secretary CT Resolutions
Committee.


Committee.
Mayor Parsons and President Z. A
Smith Of the Cairo Commercial cluD
returned last evening from Louisville
where they attended the meeting OF
the Ohio River Improvement Asso
citation as delegates from Cairo. The
ether Cairo delegates will be back
today. The gentlemen report having
/ had a good time it being one of the
most successful meetings held by tn >
association.
Cairo's mayor was complimented on
his address responding to the address
Of welcome, and was made secretary
| CT the committee on resolutions. The
mayor also was one of a party Of fit
teen who attended a luncheon given
by the president of the Louisville
Board of Trade, s. B. Nunemacher, il
the party being Congressman Rams
dell and S. B. Posey, of Louisiana, and
Col W. L. Sibert, of the Panama
Canal commission.
The association concluded its work
last evening by adopting the follow
ing.
Resolutions
"The delegates to the Fourteenth
Annual convention of the Ohio Va
ley improvement association, with a
full realization of the Importance of
the duties delegated to them, submit
the following facts for the consider
ation Of congress and of all the peo.
pie of our gFeat nation.
They represent directly the six
states bordering on the Ohio river,
namely. Pennsylvania, West Vir-
ginia, Ohio, Kentucky Indiana and
Illinois and the state bordering on
the tributaries of the Ohio-a river
system embracing 400 miles, with
a population of more than 100000
people interested directly in the
permanent improvement of the said
Ohio river
The resolutions then recite that
congress authorized the secretary of
war to appoint board Of engineers
to make a survey of the Ohio river,
with a view to creating a nayigable
depth Of six feet and of nine feet
that this board was created, made
such survey and its report was
referred to the Board of Engineers
of Rivers and Harbors for review.
This latter Board reported under
date Of Oct. is, 1907 recommending
that the Improvement as planned be
made cncIuding as follows:
The general government has ex-
pended large sums in improving the
of the Ohio. The utility
of these improvements is dependent
on the navigabil.ty of the main |
stream The proposed Improvement
Of the Ohio river VIII create a vast |
system of water communication pene-
trating ohe of the INST populous and |
prosperous sections Of the United |
States. Even in its unimproved con
Iition, the river has a marked effect i
on rail freight rates, the cheap rates |
quoted in the report as prevailing be
tween New Orleans and Louisville |
and Pittsburg. being d. |
rectly tpaceable to its influence. Its /
effect on rail freight rates will be
greatly increased If the proposed i'm
prcvements are carried out For /
these reasons. the Board is of the /
opinion that the Improvement Of the
Ohio river by locks and movable
Jams so as TO secure a depth Of 2
feet as recommended in the report
# the special board is worthy Of
beng undertaken by the United
States In making this recommenda
tion. the Eoard realizes that it Is
suggesting a plan for river improve
nent On a scale not hitherto attempt /
sd in this country. but it believes
hat there viii probably be in the
rear future a popular demand for the
Of several streams On
.uch a scale. On account Of the large
development Of fts
ihrres AMI its connection with the
over Mississippi nov maintained in
! naviEabie condition the Ohio river
s. IN the opinion Of the Boarl the |
ne river Of all theirs most likely 20
Justify such work Furthermore i
.hCuld b Noted that by authorizing
nc construction of the s-foot nsviga- !
ion of i locks al various parts Of
be irvef. congress has already prac-
icaiiy entered upon such a system of
Improvement.
lconciuded on Fourth Pagel