The Cairo bulletin., 1910-02-10
c 0 N C RE S MAY COOPERATE
WITH ILLINOIS IN CARRY
ING OUT BIG SCHEME.
ONE MILLION DOLLARS
TO be Initial Appropriation--Lih be raj
Sums Also Donated fer River
St. Louis TO Cairo and
Cairo South.

Washington, Feb. BY a vote of
Is to in the House Committee on
Rivers and Harbors today the Lakes
tothe-Gulf waterway project was Civ
en- recognition and there was written
into the bill. which will probably be
reported on THURSDAY, an initial ap-
Of $l,000,000 therefor. The
exact language of the section relating
TO this project is as follows
For the construction OF n waterway
from Lockport, H., by way OF the
Des PLANES and Illinois rivers to the
mouth of said Illinois river, $1,000, 900.
The secretary of war shall appoint
a board of five members to be com
posed of four engineer officers Of the
army and one civil engineer taken
from civil life. The president Of the
board Of five members authorized un-
der act Of March 2, 1907, to examine
the Mississippi river below St. Louis
and report to congress on the project
of 14foot channel, shall be president
of the board herein provided for.
Cooperate With Illinois.
The board shan, after full confer.
ence with the authorized agency OF
the State OF Illinois. submit a report
upon The extent to which the United
States may properly ooperate with
the State of Illinois in securing the
construction Of a yayigable waterway
IN conjunction with the development
of water power by sail state between
Lockport and Utica, for which the peo.
pie of the State of Illinois have au,
thorized their General Assembly to
appropriate s20000,000; the report
shall state the extent and character
of the cooperation recommended and
the conditions considered necessary
In connection Herewith to fully pro
tect the interests of the United
States. Should the board consider co
operation to be advisable the report
herein called for shall include plans
and estimates Of cost OF the work
recommended to be done by the Uni
ted States alone or In cooperation
with the State of Illinois, and until
these plans and estimates have been
submitted and project for the i'm
provement adopted by congress tht
appropriation Of $1,0O0,000 herein
made shall not be available for ex
penditure.
The board also shall consider and
report upon the Improvement of tht
Mississippi river, between the mouth
Of the Ohio river, by the construction
Of dam at or near Jefferson Bar
racks, and dam at or near Com
merce and the development of water
power incidentally created by sucI
dam
Reports Asked Next Fall
In the performance of its duties the
board may consider all reports here
toofre made; and the force, plant an,
records Of the Mississippi River Com
mission and the several engineer dis
tricts between Chicago and Cairo shai
be available for the use of the board
The members of the board herein
authorized shall be entitled to com
pensation at the rate Of $4,000 pc
annum. but the official salary OF an,
officer appointed on said boarf from
the Engineer Corps Of the army shal
be deducted from the compensation
provided for in this act For salaries
and expenses of said board, including
|all Necessary clerical and other per
sonal services, there Is hereby appro
prioted the sum Of $4,000,
rhe reports herein ta-ed for sha'
be submitted to the chief of engineers
not later than November /, 1910. re
viewed by the Board of Engineers fol
rivers and harbors and submitted tt
congress not later than the first Mon
day in December 1910
The plan, as will be noticed. is the
CONCLUDED on Sixth Page.)