The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-07
BANKHEAD WILL
 CET PROMOTION A|abamian Will Be Named for
 Important Committee BIG THING FOR ALABAMA 
The State Will Have Good Chance To Get What 1t Goes After-Favor- able Report Expected on
 Funds for Rivers.
BY WATTERsoN sTEALEY.

Washington, January 6.-(Special.)- )- will go on the Senate commerce com mittee to succeed the late Senator Mo Laurin of Mississippi. This is believed to have been definitely settled today. The fact that not all of the members of the Senate democratic steering com mlttee, which fills vacancies, are in the city is believed to be the only thing preventing definite announcement. Sew eral members of the steering committee who are in the city said today that they were for the Alabama senator and they did not believe there would be any objection to his designation
 The placing of Senator Bankhead on this committee will be big thing for Alabama. With a member of the dele- gation in the House on the rivers and harbors committee and one of tie states senators on a similar commit tee of the Senate it can be depended upon that Alabama, from the Tennes- see river to the gulf, will get every thing coming to it.
 Bills providing appropriations of s,,f ficient funds to continue Improvement of the Alabama and Coosa rivers to navigation from Rome to the gulf were introduced into the House today by representatives Craig and Burnett of Alabama, and Lee of Georgia and those representatives with delegations from both Alabama and Georgia, appeared before the rivers and harbors commit tee and made strong appeal for a favorable report ef s657,000, the amount required to complete lock ana dam 4, at Horseleg shoals and dam 5.
 The congressman as well as the busi- ness men representing the communities interested express a belief that tbei,. endeavors in behalf of the valleys a8 the Alabama and tine Coosa will be sue cessful.
 The appropriation is intended to con struct lock and dam at Horseleg Shoals. near Rome. complete lock and dam below Gadsden and to construct dam 5, which will carry navigation be- low the Southern and Seaboard rail- roads between Shelby, Talladega and St. Clair counties and make if con tinuous for 200 miles, from Rome to dam D.
 Representative Lee opened the argu ments before the committee and was fol- lowed by MT. King of Rome. Mir. Craig after MT. King, expressed the fact that he had double interest in Locks and 5. both of which are in his district They are situated between Shelby and Talla- dega counties. and the people of Selma. also in his district anticipate that the opening of the Coosa and the upper Ala bama will enable them to float heavy products to Selma for manufacture and afterwards to float the finished products to the gulf, for foreign shipment. The proposed improvements would push nav igation nearer the marble and gray ores Of Talladega, and the completion of Lock and Dam and Dam 5 would afford to Talladega direct railway connection with navigation at Pell City.
 MT. Craig hopes that. additionally. the appropriations provided in the similar bills introduced today, there will be an. other liberal allowance for maintenance of navigation upon the Alabama river
 After speeches by Capt. w. P. Lay and Mir Brown of Gadsden MT. Burnett closed the argument with a virile appeal Tho appropriations should be made, he said upon the basis of the guarantees of im- 1neHSe tOuidSe py ana miners, present and prospective. If rivers should be opened all the way to the gulf MT Burnett showed. the traffic in ce- ment, coal limestone, iron ore. marble pyrites and cauxite alone would be inn measurable.
 Under orders issued by the Postmaster General today the Birmingham postoffice is made a sub-agency for the distribu- tion of stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and postal cards to postmas- ters.
 The postoffice department has author ized one additional trip daily except Sun day on the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company from Birmingham to Ensley, beginning next Monday.
 Senators Johnston and Bankhead talked to the President today about the nomi- nation of W T. Swanson, as census su- pervisor of the Second Alabama district. MT. Swanson is declared to be non- resident of the district, and is opposed by Representative Dent. The President has referred the matter to Director Du- rand of the census bureau.