Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-09-24

stream That tho latter so,,rc, of s,1p-
plv contrihutes WASH Quantities of seiI- I
n,ent Ia the rive, .,.,nnnt IL. ,lo,,hted |
Captain q. n. I.ukesh. t. s A. secre |
tary of tine Nississjppi river commits
sion. is authority fn.. ,ha statement
than th,, hank-catfinp an the Mississippi.
below Cairo IN approyinates nin,. I
acres per annum for each NILS of lis
course Nevertheless even assuming
that the banks of the river we're so pro- /
tected as to practically eliminate ero-
sion, ii is plain that if the Missouri Re-
manned unimprovell the great mass OF
silt received from ii annually would I
have to so somewhere in the Missis- /
sippi's channel. obviously. il could I
go nowhere else than To form within
the lines of bank protection. new bars
which as soon rs they attained solid |
ity would he subject to the same kind |
of cutting as the original banks had (
been, SO that eventually the sill, would /
be transported down the entire length |
of the river, forming new obstrlictiuns I
AL the way
1t is i'm view of these conditions that /
the statement is made that ire onlN- |
satisfa,.ro.v no1hod ~ eanI,,.,n,, a ,er-
,,.,,,.,,, n,,.,,, ,.,,,,,a, -, ~, Ia'...,, Me
sissippi is to improve the Missouri in
e On WIN IL. Setween lS1s and
i9V. congress appropriated TO improve
on s9z"?'ol9. whlch included the sums
necessary Tor operating shag boats- In
lile 81 me period There was aclually en-
pehIeu On lile mississippi Il SUM ol seo,-
'ou'olo. Such dlsprop"rtonate use OF
government funds on the two streams
cannot lead TO good results.
somewhat general impression seems
to prevail that the money expended
upon the MISSOURI has been used To
llltle purpose Nothing could be FUR
ther from the truth. 1T Is a fact that.
owing To the opportunities of certain
interests and certain localities of COM
mercial Importance. large Darts of the
several appropriations have been eN
pended on local works which have not
tended 10 greatly improve the naviga-
tion of the river as a whole. But even
these sums have not been wasted for
at the Isolated points where they We're
used the resulting works have. at amy
rate, accomplished the desired local re-
suits and eliminated many bad pieces of
river. while on the one stretch of chan
mel on which 1T was possible for the
officers of the engineer corps to begin
and prosecute u systematic general
pan the results have been emnently
satisfactory.
An+hor;-.a ~ A..
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oont,',,,;I,ts,a W. proJer[ leleilsu 10
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t,,a r.i,,, - 80. I'VE iiiii!,lh vi,
u.n,.,.imo M, s.,aas NJ i, .l,, alt.
h,,,'a,, ~ 20 ,onn I'M NJ anu
.,,ri 49, y, Iiie MIS-
M, tho ti,s, rn.,nh oy,an,;,,.. c,.. WIN ar.
,,,a,th 20 ma a1i,.,,.; from .ile
1a1 ,nilas Irn1ar ,ha . W., 'i,;'sN va
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,.n,i'' ''Du, ILL.,; ne WORK
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innrny.f st,e,ch af,, ~ -,
49,. ,;,,,s, ,si ~, -, ~, o't', 81,
dnnrenad Inn, '. ,. .g ,i,1ic. ol mi,s
rowed co efreciuailS ~ ,'iii, '''s,
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ONE az il,a ,,o,s, on ~, ..',1 ~.
/ - 49, D., y" tiiu ~
witbi,, he ,;,,it. h,,,i,, IN ~ NeamMsm
DAYS or ,i.,vi..,tin, ~, .'T.a,.,,.a ',f az.
hn.,t ~ ,.,..,.,. 10, ,,,i,' - H.
n,l -
ny. A1i.so,,,; ,.;,.,
| was 1iscmntiu,,aa II, roo I'D fn, co.
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! Nom oys,a,,t th3, ,.,.nn ,., iaat :,
we've ,nt.,.,,,t,n,,,I, n,,,,,i,,iaa ,,,,n,,
\ diffa,,.,,t ,,ortio,s nf i, a., I,,,. 4.
/ roo, sfoo ZOO ,,.., ,.,,,,,.,,, 60 ~,
4 Nissn,,; .,hoya sil.,,y ~, H. ~ ,,',
NJ, oon n,.,Ia o., - t.,,',n
4 on to M. ,,,o,,4h I.et,,saa, ,h..t IT,
nj ,,,,.b q 100 ~, I,',,s ,i,.1 s.'i,
r,.,..;w..d S5n'ono ~, ,,,,,,s,. ,.i,t.,, uot,
inc on thn d,,t,. I''., ,,,.,,,ian,, sso5
ma ~. ..,,i,,i,,,,. 49,, ,,t -
~, i, ~, ,,.,,i, ,t.,,.., .
ZOO maj Tho ln,,,,, ,,T,,, ti,,aiiv va
/ e,i,..a seno ooo .,,,d ,ln ,,,t,,n,. s1nn
ooo of ,b,.ea s,,,as II Nc fr1,,,d ,,a,.
,s,..,,,r ~ d,..ata SOFA 900 i, M
,,,.,ti,', ox,,a,,sne 10 ~, ,,t,al ,., /,
hn..ts fn, No sea.s,,,,s ,lI,ij,. ~ ,,,,,.I
I.of ~, b.,i.,,,,.,. ,,,s -, W. ,,,.,., ~ 80.
~. H.. ,,l,,,t. ,,i ,,,,,.,,,,s, ,',,, iii,s1
money i,;,ll bo,,n s,san1 IN M 49,, ' ;a,,f
t,ihi,.,, n,,,,il 49,, W.. ., ,,.l.,, ~,
,,fi,. en- ono ,,..t' ti,,,,l,, ,.,it,,i,i., "a,
aclual ;rnploycincst work, 50 insi,s.
iilicant 4 sum is nui adequate To eVef
Keep ia (eIair ille Hoiks alrcady built
and it is evident THAT so long a. sucl
= penurious policy IS adhered 10 The
river VIII pNly 70 from bed to worse
The officers of tho engineering corp.
are as sklful alld energetic rs am,
mon Of thtir profession ia thr Worlt
and they would be perfectly @ttlabl'
of curbing no MisSonri once for al
if they We're eiv'n the means fol car
irving out their projects. But they haze
lne.a.r yet been able 10 accomplish
lnranl s and they are helpless Withou
funds. Captain lI%ard III. schulz, th'
oiieei a present in charge of tie Mis-
souri. has stated that upon n rough
: estimate the river e;tn be improved t.
II permanent w5tei depth 81 ] = fee
from the mouth 70 Kansas 'itN TO
$50. 900 900 and TO the same depth from