The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-02-04
MARS
OUT FUTURE WORK
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. M. L. Hol-
man Of st. Louis, consulting engineer
Of the commission. who has charge
Of the technical work Of that body,
has a well-deined 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 for
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 i%ntelligently adjusted.
Personal investigation win 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 purer
supply and also to q supply which
will be adequate for future needs
The relation OF the disposal Of sew,
) & and garbage to the source Of
t water supply will also be thoroughly
, considered, as this bids fair to be
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
a view OF having the usual summer
engineering excursions turned into 9
source OF profit for both the students
and the state. These student parties
Y ordinarily spend from two weeks tC
a month in the hAl 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 nsvl
CATION, drainage and food control
The faculties Of the universities haVl
evinced a favorable attitude, AM
there is practically no doubt that tn
coming vacation period will see tn,
{ university students at work in thei
h home state instead of going beyonl
g the borders to find a favorable labc
ratory ground.
= Laws to Be codified,
The laws of the state concernin
the subjects Of the commissions il
vestigation, which have been gait
cred and lndexed by the commission
F are to be thoroughly codifed and r.
2 vised, that they may all be considere
0 when the time comes for the final dif
3 position Of these problems.
| The office Of the commission is &
q st. Louis at present, and it will pro-
ably be continued at that location, 9
q the work will be directed from this
point. The officers Of the commissio
are: W. X. Kavanaugh, st. Loui
I chairman; L. M. Jones, Kansas Cit
U vice chairman; M. L. Holman, S
3 Louis, consulting engineer; George
3 Logan, st. Louis, secretary
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