The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-11


Canal Plan Rejected.
AS to canalization, the Bixby board
says:
The board rejects as opposed to
all reason all appropriations requiring
the abandonment OF the already good
open river navigation or the substi-
tuition of a lateral canal for any part
of the river below Cairo"
Dredging and bank protection, with
the addition at certain localities of
contraction works as an auxiliary, is,
in the opinion Of the board. the
most practicable method. The esti-
mated cost Of this work above Cairo
is $24,600,000 and $1,500,000 per an
mum for maintenance, and below
Cairo $104, 100000 and not exceeding
$5,O00.000 per year for maintenance.
All the methods considered for se-
curing IA foot channel from st.
Louis to the mouth of the Mississippi,
except that of reservoirs, are thought
to be practicable, either singly, as
that Of dredging; combined, as those
OF regularization, canalization or lat
eral canals above Cairo.
Methods to obtain Channel.
To obtain and maintain Ia foot
channel. the seven following were
considered by the board
I. Dredging. Ten years to assem-
Bile plant and FIVE years to dredge.
Cost of dredges. operation and main
tenance, SIS, 100000.
2. Regularization Channel, 500
feet wide, st. Louis to Cairo only 15
years, but with dredging to aid partly
completed regulation work, seven
years. Cost, y53,216,4s0.
g. Canalization with movable dams
between st. Louis and Cairo only, ten
locks, each 6o0xsO feet in the clear:
lifts varying from So feet to is feeet,
an average Of 9.s7 feet. Cost, $2D,'
100000. Annual cost Of maintenance,
| $4,000
1 4. Canalization and fixed dams, be
tween ST. Louis and Cairo only. But
one locality was found where salts
A factory formation for masonary dams
exist, except at depths SO great a
s| to preclude economic construction.
S. Lateral canals, from terminus
of the proposed Alton-St. Louis cana
to Cairo only. Projects not worked
out in detail, costs having been con
sidered excessive. Cost, If construct
ed on the Illinois side, S102,0O0,000
Annual cost OF maintenance, 100000
Cost if constructed on the Illinois
side. except a short section on Mis-
souri, side, SIC, 900. Cost of com
bined canal and river route, $4,000,
900. Annual cost of maintenance
! $45o,0o0.
Combination Of Methods.
6. Reservoirs-to hold the water a
st. Louis at stage corresponding t.
a controlling depth of Ia feet theme,
to Cairo would require about ten times
j as much annual storage as has We
been found possible by construction o
reservoirs In the Mississippi rive
I basin from the Illinois river up.
i I. Combination of Methods--Tt
complete the existing project for
foot depth between st. Louis ant
i Cairo. secure the additional 6 feet b.
d dredging, and below aCiro to dredg'
as estimated above. With dequat
appropriations, the estimate of tim
of completion of Improvement by com
bined dredging and fixation OF bank
and channels is stated at approximate
Fl IL, aiphteen wears
COST Completing foot project be
tween st. Louis and Cairo $4,000
600. Dredging plant for use abov
Cairo $3,6o00oo. Contraction worl
below Cairo, $5,ooo,ooo Bank Drotee
ton work below Cairo, s90,00o,00C
Dredging plant for use below Cairo
$4,000, 900. Total, s12S,6o0,oOO.
Total cost of maintenance afte
cham ,,s and banks have been mad
permanent in location will reach az
prox' ately s6,5o0,oo0.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR
OBJECTS TO MASSACRE