Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-30
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carries from discharging their freight
direct to railroad lines, the cost Of
the intermediate transfer must be
borne by the shipper, who must pay
for having the freight carried from
toe warf to the railroad shipping point.
This proposition is elementary.
Il believe therefore, that we should
have a report made to congress by the
secretary of war (and the present
River and Harbor bill, now in confer
ence, provides that this report shall
be made) as to the existence and es-
Establishment of both private and public
terminal and transfer facilities, With
an opinion as to their adequacy and
efficiency.
THE provision in the bill further
requires that if there should be NO
public terminals, or if they are made
quate lin number, the secretary Shall
submit an opinion in general terms as
to the necessity number, and approp-
lGate location of such proposed ter
mina!s, and also their necessary rela-
tio1 to the development of commerce.
Such report is of the utmost i'm
portance lin connect! Jon with the i'm
provement of our waterways and har-
bors. Docking and warehouse faclli-
ties should be, ample and should be
accessible to the public, at reasonable
and equal rates to everyone. Above
all, there should be no monopoly en-
joyed by any private organization over
such facilities. The inevitable result
of such monopoly is to benefit the
concern THAT has such a monopoly to
the detriment of the great shipping
public.
Before any river or harbor us i'm
proved by public funds, the municipal
ity should be required to give absolute
assurance that adequate arrangements
have been made for proper wharfage
bacilities for the handling of passen-
gers and the shipment of freight. The
government cannot have this assur-
ance until we have report upon the
whole situation, such as the secretary
of war, Through competent engineers,
is required to make under the present
River and Harbor bill.
I'VE propose if possible ITO have the
war department. report also as to the
development and utliZa'tion of water
power for Industrial and commercial
purposes, as we'll as upon such other
subjects aus may be properly connected
with such project.
THE two committees of the house
and senate are coming more and more
to realize the vast improvement that
has been made in recent years i'm the
river and harbor appropriations. The
public generally faces the matter of
large appropriations for waterways
with confidence that the money will
be expended for public good, and not
for the benefit of some particular Sec
tion of the country. 1t seems to me
THAT this confidence will be Increased
by the inauguration of this PLAN of
having estimates made by the secre-
tary of war for improving wharfage
and dockage facilities It can result
lin nothing but great general good.
I'm THE investigation and study of
given only to their bearing on the inn
provements of navigation, to the pos
sibility of their being coordinated in
a logical and proper manner with i'm
provements for navigation to lesson
the cost of such improvements, and
to compensate the government for ex-
pemditures made in the interest of
navigation and ITO their relation to the
development and regulation of COM
MERGE. I hope that the conference
Commute will give it's approval to this
provision in the bill. We have pre-
Vided further THAT the investigation
proposed may upon review by the
proper authorities be extended to any
work. of improvement now under way
Also it may be applied to any locality.
the examination and survey of which
has heretofore been, or may hereafter
be, authorized by congress.
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