The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-09
ARMY ENGINEERS
MAKING REPORTS
Sending In Estimates of Money
Needed to Garry On Water
ways Improvement.
MANY CONVENTIONS
One OF Most Important Will BE
Held i'll This City This
Month.
Special 10 The Timcs-Dispa tch. ]

Especial TO The Times Dispatc
Washington. october S.-rhe army
engineers charged with 'tne expendi-
tuse of money Tor waterway projects
for appropriations nesded to curry on
the work now under way throughout
the United States looking to the in
creased use OF water courses. In SO far
as their navigability is concerned.
These estimates VIII be gone over by
the board OF army officers. OF which
General w. Il. BiMby Is the head. and
in due season forwarded 10 Congress
by the Secretary of War. These esti-
mates necessarily Will be pruned In
order that the river and harbor appro-
priation bill. which undoubtedly Will
be enacted at the coming sessoin or
Congress. may be kept within the
thirty million mark. as wosd has gone
forth to the chairncn or committees
having appropriation bills in charge 10
cut appropriations to the bone
In anticipation Of river and harbor
bill at the coming session OF Congress.
g number of very important waterway
conventions interested In distinctive
projects, will be held during the inontb
OF October. commencing with the
Lakes 10 the Gulf Deep Waterway Az
ISOLATION. which will meet In Chicago
October IL to IL. The Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association. which con-
templates the building OF an inland
passage from Maine TO Florida, meets
IN Richmond October Is. 10 and 90.
aud which. according 10 it's president.
Hon j. Hampton Moore. member Of
Congress- from Pennsylvania. Will bring
together q larger number OF delegates
than have attended any OF the former
sessions of this organization Follow
- ~ N ssk,
mond convention comes the Upper Miss
sissippi River Improvement Assocla
ton. which holds its thirteenth con
ventIon at Alton. ILL.,, October 20 and
rs
Hon. Thomas wilkinson, president
OF the Upper Mississippi Association.
recently said that the economic value
of adequate and dependable waterways
was unquestioned The great COM
mercial cities of the world in all ages
have been located upon or had FREQ
merce," said Mr.. Wilkinson. "Tho
cities OF this country az the census
Will show. that are situated upon i'm
proved waterways have far outsrown
those cities not on waterways or those
cities on un!mproved waterways"
Every important railroad has its
terminals. for obvious reasons, on
navigable waterways or deep harbors.
The large and commercially importan
cities hsre grown and prospercd be-
cause OF cheap transportation secured
by water competition. Water trans
por,ation Is much cheaper than rain
Transportation, and rail- transportation
Is less where st comes In competition
with water transportation. Yet not
withstanding the Inference in his
favor. the shipper has not seemed 10
consider water transportation on the
river seriously because OF lack OF
thought and proper attention. Never
theless. through the educational infu-
ence of waterway associations. and
especially the National Rivers and
Ifarbors Association. presided over by
Hon. Joserih e, Ransdell, OF Louisiana.
an awakening is at hand all over the
country: activity IN waterways pro-
1ects-is remarked and a waterway era
Is upon US such was begun by Ger
many a generation ago"
November will also be marked by a
number OF waterway conventions. chief
of which In Importance probably will
he the Mississippi-t o-Atlant!c Inland
Waterway Association. which meets at
Montgomery. Ala, on the goth, 2ist
and ed of next month. and very ft-
tfngly will pave the way for the big
gest waterway convention of them ali
-the National Rivers and IIarbors
Congress-which meets In washington
December S. Z and S.