Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-04-05
NEEO OF SYSIEM
F0RTHE WATERWAY
PROJECTS
Senator Jones Tells Of Con-
illusions Reached After Long
Service on Rivers and Har-
bofS Committee,


Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journall
Washington D.. G., April >.
Senator Wesley l.. Jones of Washing
ton. was, for six years a member of
the committee on rivers and harbors
OF the house of representatives. leav
ing The lower Tor the upper body of
the national congress on March 4. at
the same time as Senator Theodor,
+. Burton. formerly chairman of that
committee and now chairman of the
waterways commission. created by the
river and harbor bill.
During his services on the rivers
and harbors committee Of the h0ust
Senator Jones gave a very great dea
Of Lis time to a first hand study o,
inland waterways of the United
states. It's canals and harbors and
with his intimate knowledge of the
needs Of the rivers and harbors OF
the Pacific northwest was one of thu
most Influential members of that very
important committee.
since his advent on the rivers ana
harbors committee. Mr.. Jones has
seen the policy of the committee
broaden and become more compre
henSive while the log-rolling tina
characterized waterway legislation o.
tho ,,dst has given way to a scientific
cxaeniration into the merits Of every
proposition of value with the rcsul,
that the days of the Pork Barrel
as former river and harbor bill's Were
called. have been wholly eliminated
ON the equation.
4.rrIf-. o1,1,p, - ,,pIfax. - cnfl G.pn
tor Jones. lis largely due to the WORT.
If the river and harbors committee
under the chairmansh.p of Mr.. Bun
ton. and to tlc national rivers an'
aurbors congress. which has contrib
utel largely to aWakenine the inter
est of the coQf Try in utilizing the nj
'~ii0n's JA~.afcrVaS rs, ~W2sile ii is tru
that personal interests nare occasion
ally projected themselves in the grea'
conventions which the national rivers
and harbors congress has held in tn
national capital in the main, thu
work of the congress has been of
lasting character and has done &
world of good toward crystalizini
sentiment for q comprehensive plal
OF waterway development.
1T must he recognized by evef9
thinking person tina piecc-meal al
propriations for improving. our riv
crs and harb0Rss are worse than use
less and Of late 1eff~s- 'rnt tendene5
has been to eliminate these appropri
atoms and substitute continuing con
tracts which has saved millions o
dollars as well as time in the Worl
of widening and deepening our river
ana harbors ana making them bette
conditioned to take care OF our grow
ing water-borne commerce,
"By the very nature of things ther'
are certain big waterway project
that must stand alone BY themselye
and for which privision should b
made for carly completion. If W
cannot take them all up we shout
iak, up as much as we can in ordc
,ha. the wen-cstablished proposition
for which complete .veys have
been made. MAY be wound up.
The Columbia river is one Of tn
rrta at propositions Will which we hav
to deal and it is exceedingly diff
cult. The mouth of the Columbt
must first be improved before "
can proceed to improve the river Il
self. over two and a half million
for improving the mouth have been
appropriated and il will probably tax
"a million and a half more to do wha
they want done. to have secured ;
temporary channel of 25 feet lror
lie mouth To Portland, a distance Q
about 100 miles.
THE next obstacle encountered on
the Columbia is at the Dallcs. a mil
lion dollars having been appropria
ted and now being expended undo
the continuing contract fc"ture il
deepening the river. When tn, worl
at the Dale is completed We viii
have navigation from the mouth t.
Lewiston. Idaho. on the snake river
and to Priest Rapids on the nlain Col
umbia. a distance of about 800
miles
Speaking of the newly created~wat
erWays commission which is made NJ
of senators and representatives, az
ia number) Senator Jones said: "
hope this commission will bring in {
plan for waterways Improvement tina
viii be both broad and comprehcn |
siye and that it VIII also report upon
the aggregate cost for development
So that tho American people MAJ
know exactly where they stand o.
this great question.
There ought also to be some de
fiuitc information as 10 tho beue.tt'
fhat are to accrue from water trans
rortation and the difference in cos
botween rail and water tonnage tina
vil not be open 10 constant ehal
lfuge
THE railroads. il ems to me
o.. ro.,rnfyg that WATERWAYS |