Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-23
commission MAPS
OUT FUTURE WORK
WILL MAKE DETAILED STUDY OF
MANY PROBLEMS CONCERN.
ING WATERWAYS.
TO ESTIMATE SITE VALUES
Experts Will 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-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-
aimee, 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 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 TO a purer
supply and also to a supply which
will be adequate for 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 a
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 a
source of profit for both the students
and the state. These student parties
ordinarily spend from two weeks to
a month In the field each vacation
period, and the commission is de.
Birous of having their efforts direct.
ed to the investigation of some OF
the states problems, such as navi-
cation, drainage and flood control
The faculties Of the universities have
evinced a favorable attitude, and
there is practically no doubt that the
coming vacation period will see the
university students at work in their
home state instead Of going beyond
the borders to find a favorable labo
ratory ground.
Laws to Be Codified.
The laws of the state concerning
the subjects Of the commissions in
vestigation, which have been gath
cred and indexed by the commission
are to be thoroughly codified and re
vised, that they may all be considered
when the time comes for the final dis,
position of these problems.
The office of the commission is al
st. Louis at present, and it will prob
ably be continued at that location, as
the work will be directed from that
point. The officers of the commission
are: w X. Kavanaugh, st, Louis,
chairman; L. M. Jones, Kansas City
vice chairman; M. L. Holman, st
Louis, consulting engineer; George B
Logan, st. Louis, secretary.