The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-15

provision was made by congress in
1909 during the second session of the
sixtieth congress.
4. The preliminary survey by the
army engineers and their assistants
to determine the most feasible route;
and to obtain informant on which
to base a report OF amount OF work
to be done and estimate OF probable
cost: also work in obtaining informa-
ton in regard to the value and prob
able amount of commerce that would
be handled thrugh the waterway if
the improvement were made and esti.
mated saving that would result from
such improvement II made.
). A favorable report from district
engineers, division engineers, the
army board of engineers and the chief
of the United States army engineers
in regular order.
6. An estimate Of cost called for.
and made, and an opportunity given if
desired for all interested parties to be
heard by the army board of engineers.
Z. A favorable report from the
army board, and later on from the
chief of engineers of the United States
army: an endorsement by the secre-
by him to the speaker of the house OF
representatives.
8. Then in regular order the re-
port must go to the printing Office. be
printed, and ordinarily in the course
of three or four weeks time after it
reaches the speaker of the house,
reaches the document room and gets
into the hands Of the house commit
tee on rivers and harbors, and OF
other members of congress.
9. Favorable action by the commit
! tee on rivers and harbcrs in the house
and by the committee on commerce
and labor in the senate.
| 10. Adoption of the project and
provision for commencement and COM
pletion by congress and approval by
the president.
! Now do not understand me to say
that all Of this has been done. 1 wish
it had, and believe it will be done and
all of this must be done, as you all
know, and Is necessary if We succeed
in this undertaking, and it does not
appear that there is. any more red
| tape connected with these proceed
ings than is necessary in the interest
OF good government; and on the other
hand it does not seem to be necessary
TO call attention to more of the details
connected with the carrying out of
this project to prove to any reason
able man that there are numerous
places where delays may occur, and
an unlimited number of timcA when
:delay IS possible at least, If hot de-
sirable.
If we fail to make the progress that
should be made. it may be due to op-
position, it may be caused by the
neglect of some one in the service of
| the government, it may result from
mistakes Of others. from accidents be-
yond our control. misunderstanding
or Indifference on the part of some
member or members Of congress to
the real interests and future welfare
of the country; but l do not believe
| that there is any good reason why we
should worry much over any of these
things.
If We have opposition We should
overcome it, and hope to meet it in
the open, although that Is almost too
much to expect.
No one should suspect that there
is danger from the engineers whose
ability, fairness and honesty can not
be questioned.
They will base their reports on
facts before them, and l believe are
as anxious to improve the waterways
of this country in the right way, as
the members of this association are
to see the work done, and whatever