The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-28
Presidents River Schedule Goes
TO Pieces: Other Vessels Can
not Keep Pace Set.
ENTERTAINMENT PLANS
MUCH DISARRANGED
Next Stop Oh Down-the-R River
Trip Will Be Eicksburg,
Thursday Night.

| Taft s river schedule went all 10 pieces
today, owing TO the inability oG the
vessels following his flagship the Olean
der, To maintain the designated speed
The president tried 10 remain with the
! fleet as far as possible, and delayed his
| arrival in Memphis three hours today
III ord,,r that the boat carving the
twenty-siX governors and the III con
grcssmen, as well as other vessels car
rying delegates to the waterway 5 con
ventIou in New Orleans, might land al
the same Time.
Leaving Memphis au hour and half
late this afternoon the Oleander had 20
press Forward ut top speed i'll order TO
reach here at y. M, TWO hours behind
the scheduled time
Vicksburg Next Stop,
Leaving here nearly three hours late
tonight the president will not reach
VickstsJrg until clock or later to-
morrow night, that being his next stop.
Even to mike that city at 6 r, N. the
president will have 10 leave the other
vessels behind
II has been intended that tho presi-
dent should be welcomed once moro TO
Arkansas by Governor Donaghey. but
the governor 5 boat was an hour behind
the president and the Introductory
speech was made by Mayor Martin,
MIR. Taft received n noisy welcome
in Mnnlphis. As his boat drew up 10
the lcvee. the place was black with
people The roofs of the tall buildings
fronting thc river also were crowded.
The delay Of the arrival caused much
confusion. however, and two of the
president s cabinet ministers came near
getting left on the return from tho au-
ditoriUm, the automobile plan having
gone all awry in the confusion Of so
manW distinguished guests landing in
the city at the same time.
Address at Vicksburg.
The president, in an address al Mem
phis, declared that such commercial ad
vantDges as the Mississippi river al,
ready afforded were not being oTasppd-
He siso pointed ont the hard work that
woulh have 10 be done TO start a system
of ccrrmcr@e, oven after the deep water
way IS secured.
Tie president is still very hoarsc and
it w;ls with great effort that he spoke,
IIcs referred TO the hotjlla iestingly
as y travelling show, booked for tull
performance, and regretted that one
part of the show was called npou to
fill lhe entire engagement, The trip
dent, has simply demonstrated the in
Adequacy Of present rIver traffic 10 com
pet6 with the railroads, and is good
for deep waterways.
Lesson to Be Learned
"iSomc will say he added. "that
the trip is merely a free .junkct; but
those who know, understand that thc
time of the men who are making the
trip is too valuable aud they could not
afford 10 spend it except To impress
upon the country what is one of the
most Important issues of the time
Congress has the power 10 improve
the rivcrways, They have spent much
but have not entered into gen
eral plans. We all realize that if We
do ;Inything effectively and economical
ly, h must he n general plan. If it is
proved practical, | pcilevc ii oUght 10
be done and done quickly We ought
to treat IT like we treated the Panama
cauml issue. bnt not i'll piccemeal
Let. us center on q general plan and Is
sue bonds
In opening the Y NJ. c. A. at Mem
phn5- the president used geld key,
WHICH he kept as n souvenir. lie men
tloned that he had ouce opened the
DOORS of a, y. NJ. c. A. building in
Shanghai, for China. The association,
he said, holds out useful hand 10
Young men from the country who move
10 cities, where they are exposed 10
temptations, while away from home in
huC{uces u