Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-11-16
WILL MAKE DETAILED STUDY OF
MANY PROBLEMS CONCERN.
ING WATERWAYS.
TO ESTIMATE SITE VALUES
Experts viii Be Sent to All Water
sites to Figure Out Horse
Power and Cost Of
Construction.

Anticipating favorable action by the
legislature on the water law and on
the appropriation for the waterway
commission, the officers of the com.
mission are already laying plans for
a broader investigation. NJ. L. Hol-
man of st. Louis, consulting engineer
of the commission, who has charge
of the technical work of that body
has a well-defined plan mapped out,
and the first work of the commission
will be to establish gauging stations
for the more important of those
streams in the state which are not
included in the United States gov
eminent neurological work.
These smaller streams, such as the
Current, MOreau, Lamine, Piney, Mer-
amec Black, st. Francois and many
others, are teeming with water power
possibilities. In order to aid in their
development accurate measurements
will be taken of the flow at many
stations, the readings being kept DUR
ing all times of the year. These fig,
ures will be in a short while very
valuable as a basis of engineering
computations and calculations fol
water power.
Exact Figures on Water Power.
In addition to determining the
stream flow of these future valua.
BILE" streams, the commission will
send a capable engineer to every
water power site of which favorable
| information has been obtained The
| horse power available, the cost nee.
| essary for development, and the de-
mand for power will be ascertained
and will be reported to state officials
in order that the necessary property
rights may be intelligently adjusted
Personal investigation will be made
by agents of the commission of the
sources of the community water sup
| ply, to the end that the commission
may assist municipalities 10 a pureI
! supply and also to n supply which
will be adequate iOr future needs
The relation of the disposal of sew
age and garbage to the source OF
water supply will also be thoroughly
considered, as this bids fair to be q
problem of the near future in larger
cities.
Students to Help.
Correspondence has been begun be
tween the officers of the commission
and the universities of the state with
view of having the usual summer
engineering excursions turned into {
source of profit for both the students
and the state. These student parties
ordinarily spend from two weeks tt
a month In the field each vacation
period, and the commission is de
sirous of having their efforts direct
ed to the investigation of some o
the states problems, such as navi
cation, drainage and flood control
The faculties of the universities havt
evinced favorable attitude, ant
there is practically no doubt that tn,
coming vacation period will see tn,
university students at work in thei
home state instead Of going beyont
the borders to find a favorable labo
ratory ground.
Laws to Be CodiHed.
The laws of the state concerning
the subjects of the commissions In
vestigatioB, which have been gath
cred and indexed by the commission
are to be thoroughly codified and re
vised, that they may all be considere,
when the time comes for the final dis
position of these problems.
The office of the commission is a
st. Louis at present, and it will prof.
ably be continued at that location, a
the work will be directed from tina
point. The officers of the. commission
are: w. X. Kavanaugh, st. Louis
chairman; L. M. Jones, Kansas City
vice chairman; M. l. Holman, 81
Louis, consulting engineer; George
Logan, st. Louis, secretary.