Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-09-15
WATER Rates On
TULSA 5 FREIGHT
KIRKPATRICK WOULD PLACE A
BOAT IN OPERATION,
thinks PLAN feasible
Cites Kansas City for ENamp!c-r
waterways Education Needed
says MIR, Rooney.


vacation, is determined 10 see that
Tulsa gets water rates on freight
shipped into and out Of Tulsa. Mr.,
Kirkpatrick's plan is TO put boat In
commission on the Arkansas and run
it from this point to the Gulf Of
Mexico. lie is perfectly satisfied that
a good sized boat can be naylgatcd
on the Arkansas from Tulsa TO where
the river empties into the Mississippi,
and without much further delay.
IAN we would have 10 do to get
water freight rates. said Mr.. Kirk
patrick Yesterday lis to put a boat
in operation on the Arkansas River
from Tulsa. This can be done. The
river win be high enough from now
until spring to keep a boat running
regularly all that time
Mr. kirkpatrick cites Kansas city
as an instance of the result of demon
strating river navigation. Kansas CITY
pays several thousand dollars each
year to maintain a freight boat on
the Missouri River and as a result, the
shippers of the town receive a lower
IrelRht rare on the railroads than AT
almost any point similarly situated
III the country
h. >. r. Rooney Iulsa s most prom
lheht deep waterways agltator, Is con-
I"ent that Mr. klrhpatrlchs plan for
navigating the Arkansas can sue
cessiully De carried OUT
IN speahlns OF waterway ueNelop-
iHeNt yesterday MI Rooney salu'
we shaH not nave an ideal ma
uohal poncy IN the improvement OF
waterways uhtll the American people
shalI ne appropriately educated upon
Ills supJect ana wise puplc opinion
shall enforce its mandate upon the
congress. Much mas been done In TINS
llne OF education For about a de-
cade propaganda mas been waged'
the enect OF which is easily discern
lple' Ihe National Rivers and Har-
pors Congress has made large con-
trlhuuon In the way or lnculcating
wise policy various associations
. '' 'N'' -
sanlzed TO promote speciiic projects
ana at the same time they have di-
rected the attention of the public to
the necessity and wisdom OF improv-
ed waterways. The people are grad
ually learning that the problem is
not sectional but national, and that
the people of the interior, even when
distant from WatprWqNG rapaiNa "a N
Indirect advantage affording ample
compensation.
but the mere Improvement Of nat
ural waterways and the construction
of artificial waterways are not alone
sufficient They must be utilized,
One Of the necessary incidents in the
effective and economic use of water
ways Is the construction of proper
terminals. No wise manager Of a
railroad would think Of undertaking
the building up or taking care Of
the traffic upon his railroad without
providing adequate terminals Each
station must have its sidetracks, and
at every point where large traffic ex-
lists there must be a large area with
III lltA- VI N w u az M anu WIN bllltI
facilities of a modern railway ter
minal With waterways terminals
are equally important. Wherever
three Is a feeder for the water carrier
a proper terminal must be constructed
and the greater the traffic the more
complete and capacious must be the
water terminal. The main purpose
in view must be the transfer Of
freight between the water carrier and
the warehouse, or between the water
carrier and the railroad with the ut
most dispatch and the greatest econ
omy. A waterway is essentially in
complete without these water ter
minals.
"Who shall provide these water ter
minals? Waterways differ from rail-