Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-27
PROGRESS FOR
THE HARBORS
Wise Provision Made by
Congress for the Werk
Special by United Press Wire.

Washington, June 2i:-One OF
the wisest acts of Congress with re
lation to river and harbor improve
ments was that of June 10, 1902,
providing in the rivers and harbors
appropriation bill of that year for
the Board of Engineers for Rivers
and Harbors. The very terms Of the
act illuminate and support the pol
icy adopted by the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress, which was
organized a few years subsequently.
The third section of the 1902 rty-
ers and harbOrs bill provided that
there should be established in the
Office of the Chief of Engineers OF
the United States Army a board Of
five engineer officers, whose duties
should be fixed by the Chief Engi-
neer and to whom should be referred
for consideration and recommends
ton, in addition to other duties as
signed, as in the opinion of the chief
might be deemed advisable, all re-
ports on examinations and surveys
provided for by Congress, and all
projects or changes in projects for
river and harbor improvement, there
fore or thereafter to be provided for.
The board was to have in view the
amount and character of the com
merCe existing or reasonably pros
pective to be benefited by the i'm
provement: the cost of construction,
maintenance, etc. An important pro-
vision was that which gave discre-
ton for visits to localities by the
board or its members for personal ex-
animation of the public works pro-
ceedinp or in contamination through
survey, All IacIS anu arguments
going 10 the Doaru 0 heuIInS
given TO cltlzehs are REQUIRED by lhe
act 10 De 10 "IlOl.s w
mace d part OF Iae recoru9 oI Ihe VI
ace Oh Lhe CHIeI OF a
Iurther duty IMPOSED was nat LPon
the request o. tue CotuIHII>eo On
ers anu EaIpoIS Oh me rlous9 VI u
Cne committee on CoIH'eICe u lHo
senate report SuCuIu pe n@ue uIoG
any pLoJSCI aiIeduy Pto'Iueu Lol anu
Tor WhIen appropriations hdd pesn
made, ana 10 suggest what Moolhca-
lions might pc uesIraDIe.
me OhiceFS detained
GeheraI george ,. Uiliesple' Nnlel
OF Engineers, 10Y feIlFed, ImTl9ul-
ateIy upon the passage OF the ACT OF
I5O2, detailed the IoiIoWlhg omcers
VINO constituted the hrst board OF
Engineers Tor RIVERS ana
CoIoneI Alexander M~acNehzie' MAJOR
harry r HoGge' captains ChafIe5 a.
MchInstry, Ed"afd Burr ana VIII
IAN V. tucson
Inc poaru soon began 70 nave
hearings OF business men ana con
eressineh from locaIIILe5 Interested
IN proJects n from upe 70 llthe
since us creation nine years ago nave
made a ana personal visits TO
the sites OF the puoIie WORKS. Inc
Pufpos OF Ihls provision whose WIS
dom mas peen wei! recognized by the
TWO commlttees OF congress- 2aFlhg
10 zeal Win rivers ana ana
Dy the TWO committees OF congress
having TO deal with rivers ana mar
Dcfs ana by the ieadlhg OF
the natlon9I~clY1c organization de
Votea 70 tae cause was 10 meet con-
A-G--ar1f1e -clLlz9ns ana
tne reports q tne enslneerS 3S3iS1ed
70 uuIy at Ine places ~coIce.Heu ana
aIso 10 ascertain DIS 10 me ac'urtcy
aau Justice o IIe report oI me loOaI
oHt0sIS "ne6e uoupC was IaIS1I III
me minus oL d HI"JoIIIy u tuS HlGin-
peIs oL Tue Doaru IL soIleIILheS mas
nappeneu tnaI an oInceI Ious assign
ed 70 9uIy al d gwen sIatIon became
mpu "IID ~ nlpSIny win tne 5usl-
ness lrati OF the communities
InVoi'eu ana IN d way luehIlned Win
theIh III Tue proAoIioh OF Ihelr com
IneIcial aims anu tnaI II mlght oc-
cui OhdL MS report ulu not take uuly
hto co~hslqeraIIoh the general
scnelle VI river anu farDor I'M
pro'eIhent from a national STAND.
point. MAJ particular provision OF
me acL was exactly IN
WIN me poIIcy consistently o
yea by the National RIVERS and a
oorS congress Ior d Doafd ana com
preHehsI'e system OF river ana mar
DOT improvement embracing every
part OF the country
Inc DoaIu as at present constituted
CONSISTS ol CoIonel "tLItam l. RIOS
sen CoIoHe solomon w, hoessler'
L~leuISudnI NoIOn5I WAliam =:
MAJOR TgFOeEt Deakyhe ana
MAJOR TllIIam J. barueh' with Alex
anueT II. Meper aS secretary
fieiu Nunloer Oh hearings
0iuce MaICH T. the beginning OF
me present ~NougrSsS' Che a mas
nau d NUMBER oI hearings aIthough
eHe eAIIa session vi Congress Desln-
nIns maIcH 10, naS ltseII
TO tarlH n revenue raising ques-
'ions'
neoenI hearings nave peen had