Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-22
WEST HAS DEEP
INTEREST IN
WATERWAYS
SENATOR NEWLANDS
URGES UNITED ACTION
Senators Of Arid States Called
to Conference With Object of
Uniting on Program When
Problem Comes Up,
my Morning journal soeelal Leased wire,

/ my Morning Journal sneciaI Leased wirel
! Rene, Nevada. Oct 2l.--Senator
| Ncwlands has addressed a letter to'the
senator's from the arid and seml-arid
states calling their attention to the
| waterways movement for the Develop
mcnt Of navigation which is to be em-
! phasizod by tho presence of the pres
ident at the Deep Waterways eonven-
ton, at New Orleans. October so, aud
TO the importance Of the senators ana
! representatives from the arid and
scmi-ard states comforting together
in their region. He calls attention TO
! the Importance OF comprehensive
plans that win cover contomporaneous
development Of tho rivers in every
section OF the country and particularly
in the arid region whore the storage
! OF flood waters can be made use OF
| both for irrigation ana navigation Ia
| the maintenance OF Il steadier stream
flow. lie urges the creation OF wa
! tcrWaY fund OF $4,000 600 annually
and shows that Of this amount tho
| headwaters Of the navieable rivers In
tho arid region should receive about
| $1,000, 600 annually which, in addp,-
| ion the reclamation fund will take
care of unfinished as we'll as contem-
plated irrigation projects
This movement cnntcmplatcs a con-
| ference of senators and representa-
| tives from about fifteen states west
of the Missouri at the beginning of
tho next session of congress with q
View 10 making the arid region fac
tor in Waterways development.
In his letter tn the western senators
senator Newlands among other things
SAYS:
''rhe waterway question will come
up FOR action during the next spssion
and ! venture TO make q few suEges.
Atoms as "a the course 10 BE pursued
bv The senators from the arid and
seml-arid states In the interest of
their region,
IN tho first place VIC have from
these states nearly onc-third OF the
entire senate and we have the power,
if we net unltedly, 10 so shape action
MS Ia benefit the region we represent
whilst aiding IN the great movement
| FOR scientific and business like 90
| ution of the water transportation
question witch * go much discussed IN
! the Mississippi valley and on the At
lantlc coast
SIN the second place wc have been
trained 10y actual experience In lrriga-
ton legislation to take hold of the
business sldo of this question which
involves such an expert and business
organization Of the waterway service.
IAN the Pacific coast rivers have
their sources in tho mountain region
of the west. ana the large trtbutarNa
OF the Mississippi. namely, the MIS-
sonn. tlncluding It's tributaries) the
Piatte, the Arkansas and the Red.
nave their sources In the Rocky mouh-
tain region.
irrigation of arid lands is one OF
the great usos to which these waters
Of tho Pacific coast aud Rocky Noun
tain region are applied. The recla-
nation fund is not sufficient to push
reclamation work with the speed de-
sired. It Is important that in the for-
nation Of the new waterways fund.
the storage OF water upon the irriga-
tion of arid lands should bc entered
upon as an essential part Of the devc-
opment of streams for purposes Of
navigation.
"If We should organize the move
mont ln a. big way with full power to
ihp president 10 organize the inland
waterway service on the lines OF CO.
ordination aud cooperation suggest
cd and creating q FUND of S50.000.o0g
for thar purpose. It might s-
upportloned for the time being as fol-
lows.
"One-Gnh TOR the Atlantic water
ways including the coastal canals
necessary to connect the bays and
sounds.
"Ono-tenth for the rivers on the
gulf ana the inland coastal waterways
from the Mississippi river along the
auir ANA across Florida TO ths At
mntic
"One-tonth for sie Great Lakes.
"Onc-tifth for the main Mississippi
river including a connecting canal
with the Great Lakes
"uue-tonth for the eastern trihu-
t3ri,s ot the Mississippi
'One-tenth for the western tri6u-
taries of the Mississippi.
"Onc-tweutleth for the headwaters
and source streams Of the western
Of the Mississippi river IN
the arid and semi-arld region.
"One-tcnth Tor The Pacific coast
rivers
"Oue-rwenticth for the headWaters
ana source streams of the Pncltio
coast rivers IN the arid and semi-artd
region
Under this plan tho arid and semi
lrid region would receive about So
oOo. 600 annually from the waterway
fund for the storage and control OF its
waters above the amount now availo-
BILE from the reclamation fund.
If You think well of the matter We
ran. early IN the next session. bring
together the senators and representa-
lives from the arid and semi-arid re-
gion Tor conference Just as we did in