Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-10-18


| When the committees, which had
worked 80 Vigorously aud onthusas-
Iucally thus lar, thought that they
Iwerc within sight of the coveted goal
Iit was found that the work proposed
could not bee done without the consent
| Iot the Federal Government and by
congressional action Then com
Imittcc Nas sent 10 Washington, "A bill
| Of consent was introduced IN congress
land the permit was granted with the
understanding that the work should
| be done under the direction of the
secrrtry of war This neccssltated
Ithut department suyey be made
land m SEQ doing the plans OF the local
engineer were elaborated upon, max
ing % project far more expensive th3n
thad been contemplated, II was oNl-
dent that more money would he need
ed for the work under the elaborated
surveys. aud the whole project was de-
,lNpr,d a stunning blow by the en-
! piuc,r who declared that the com
mcrgc would not justify the eNpendi-
Imc. Thucupon % proposition was
presented tu Uuugrcss whereby the
people ut Beaumont ana Orange obll-
gltcd Themselves TO pay unr-half of all
the expenses of the improvements out
lined I'm the report Of the engineer
Despite the splendid showing ut
commercial benefits and the immedl-
lately available tonnage of lumber, on
lriCc and iron ore, and the vast tom
mage possible To be attracted from
the great agricultural sections OF
ITcNlN uud adjoining states. the rivers
and hurbOrs committee of congress
declined to uyoTule the action of the
engineers Though several members
Iopculy expressed doubt of thIr ludg
tt. Ia 4R m m hl
mot bc induced to reject the report ana
recommend the appropriation,
Failing tu get favorable action IN
1.-The lower house, the Beaumonters,
acting through u committee of citi2cus
who spent several months In wash
nutOu uupculcd to the senate, ana
then. under the brilliant leadership
of senator Bailey, followed one OF the
} most notable fights ever made for a
waterway project Although he ala
.InOt gain an appropriation or induce
1.-The house ana senate 10 Ignore the
report of the engineers, he gained sub
atunual ground and prevented the
closing of the project on the adverse
report which would have had the et-
g feet of ruling the Beaumont project
"out ot court
g More than that and greater VIC
d itOr,. was gained when the rivers ana
iharhOre bill was made To provide for
% rciuvestigltiun of the project by a
/; special board of engineers. This
hoard recently held It's session ~
4, Ecaumont Intending to devote two
DAYS tu the Investigation. 'hc board
gave three days and a half to the
project Every opportunity and con-
o |yonicnce was offered them for evan
! nation and Investigation Special
e steamers were furnished TO take them
p through the canal and down the river,
- while government boats took them
. lOut through the iettics 10 the gult.
% THE members of the board made
I complete physical examination Of the
% lpvoloct In an of It's phases and then
a sat as court for the purpose OF
e. hclring evidence, The board as ap-
r. poiuted consisted of Col. Lansing H..
/ Beach Major e. s. Richie, Major G.
$ Mclndo, Major @, +. Howell and Mai
or Henry Jervey
For this session the Beaumont
{ Chamber Of Commerce had compiled
c Ian elaborate array Of statistics, based
9 upon the actual business of the I'M
l mediate district, showing a saving in
lcvrrv line Of industry represented
> there hy The completion of the work,
Supplementary to this was an array
of figures showing the possible busi-
ness as represented in the producing
area covered by the railroad lines con-
tcrng in Beaumont. II had been rep
. resented that this area WIS undeNel-
oped. and that the benefits to accrue
would not reach beyond a radius of
twenty five miles, but these figures so
carefully compiled were Il complete
rcbuttal. showing that within the area
4 properly tributary to Beaumont rs
ono.fourth of the population ana
wealth and nearly one-third pf the
agricultural production Of the state
: ur Texas, while more than one-hali OF
1.-THE workable minerals are encom-
passed In this area. II was a master
iy showing and convincing eVidenc-
, ling the benefit of organized work oi
q business organization. The prescn-
tation OF this evidence was maze by
George q. Anderson. while orange had
, a similar array of figures compiled by
4 its business league. showing the vol
b umc of traffic nov done by that city
: land the possibilities OF It's expansion,
which was presented hy j. \. Holland,
1.-The whole being summed up by Leon
Sonfleld Of Beaumont In which the
present and possible tonnage OF Beau
mont was most fprcibly presented.
Z Apbearlng before the board In behalf
of thc prOject Wls O. h. COlquitt, rail-
road commissioner ana Demu'IHu'
nominee for governor OF Texas VINO
i refuted that portion of the previous
lrcports which was based upon possible
future action Of the Texas Railroad
, Commission. and which had weighed
lad dtcrsely on the project. a. Graham
Elliott, representing the Texas Iron
A. Coal Co, also speaking Tor other
iron mining interests OF the state,
spoke In behalf OF the project, basing
! lhis argument upon the fact that the
! deepening of the canal would bring
the iron fields much nearer tideYater
and rive much better location for
terminals than any now afforded
SupplementinR this were the special
pleas of the shipping and manrfac-
,uring Interests Of Beaumont iuGiVi-
Cually, covering the full list Of indus
ries of this section,
The report of the engineers VIII OF
course. only be made known through
the war department. but Beaumont ~
very sangtine of success, 0hd wh1t-
ever success may be achieved is due
to the splendid team work, the organ
, iycd and connected effort possible
only through such agency IA The
IChamber Of Commerce, seeing az a
Icenter from which ull efforts iadiatel,
land of her patriotic people, ljC'ahlo in
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