Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-14
macon Strong
FOR NAVIGATION
ARK ANSAS REPRESENTATIVE
SENTINEL IN WATCH TOWER.
Wants MORE RIVER TRAFFIC
Endorses Work of National Rivers and
llnrbOrs Congress Most
Strongly.


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oi Arkansas VINO recently introduced
delegation of his constituents 10 the
board Of engineers for Rivers ana
Iarhors. who came here 10 ask for
a reconsideration of the report ON the
survey Of the st Francis and Lang
uilc Rivers in Arkansas. although he
has earned reputation as a sentinel
on the watch tower AGAINST oxtrava-
gaucc in Government expenditures.
may nc REGARDED as a liberal in re-
spo.t TO Jealous care for internal Inn
provcmcnts. lie thoroughly endorses
the n0licv Of the National Rivers and
Ia.lors Congress for broad and
comprehcnsivc system OF river and
harbor hnproyomcnt as forgslghted
economy and especially commcnds
adherence To- tine policy of annual ap-
propriauons to maintain nation
wide system of Improvement as inn
pcrauvcy necessary TO prevent waste
of public moneys I'm the deterioration
of public works so often incident TO
Intermittent appropriations, the pre-
Valcntc Of which was one Of the
main provocations for the cnuani2a-
tion of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress.
eyes. sir" said Mr. Macon, 81 have
always been an ardent friend of in
ternal improvements. and I am fully
of our nayigable waters the obvious
ly wise course is the policy of a sim
gle comprchcnsive system of appro-
priations. Take the approximations
handled by the Mississippi River
Commission, for instance. They are
applied whore they are most needed
I'm preservation of the channel Of the
Father Of Waters" That kind Of
policy would he best for the porman-
ent care Of the national system OF
waterway improvements
The delegation which appeared
with Mr.. Cacon before the Board OF
engineers came to mako complaint
against a local engineers report on
the survey of the st, Francis and
l. .AiLNlllt RIVERS IN Arkansas, 1Qll-
orizod by the act Of 1910, with view
to securing year-round navigation.
They claimed that tho report of Cap
tain Clarke s. smith. engineer IN
charge showed to their knowledge his
information upon which he based his
conclusions with regard to the COM
merce of the two rivers was serious
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brought along with them numerous
affldavlts OF individuals. business
firms and transportation companies
Captain Smiths "meager lnforma-
ton" they aver was obtained 10y let
ters that were not from the best in
formed people The data with which
the Arkansas delegation was Aqu hped
showed that the commerce of the st.
Francis and LAnguille Rivers
amounted TO three times as much as
that of the Arkangas River upou.
which the government has spent over.
S2,OOO,OOO, a commerce greater than
on the White River. in Arkansas the
Ouachlta I'm Arkansas and Louisiana
and the Green River in Kentucky.
upon which larger sums had been cx-
pended, while but little over $780,
600 had been given to the St Francis
and LAnguille. The commerce on the
two rivers. 1t Is forcibly Indicated.
be immensely Increased by making
the rivers navigable the year round
the st. Francis to the mouth Of the
L'Angulle to Mariana.
The st. Francis Basin, through