White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-01-11
SENATOR NEWLANDS
ADVOCATES WATER
WAY CONSTRUCTION

Senator Newlands addressed a
large number of the members of the
Commonwealth club at a luncheon
at the Palace in San Francisco, Tues
day night, on the development of the
internal waterways of the country
and particularly of California. The
subject had especial interest, owing
TO the fact that next week the State
Waterway congress is to convene in
San Francisco.
This serious consideration of the
development of the internal water
ways is probably the most important
subject before the people ct this
time" he said. I'VE are now COM
pleting the Panama canal. but that
is only a part of the waterways sys-
TEN that should exist in this country
and it will only serve its full purpose
when the rest of the work is done.
Senator Newlands said that in
some countries of Europe not only
We're the rivers eanalized but also
connected, so that one could go by
water from one part of the land to
another, and that the water fronts OF
the cities were made beautiful. In
this connection he said that the
work to be lone in California was not
alone in making the rivers navigable,
but that the harbor of San Francisco
should be made in its water front the
most perfect harbor in the world.
Mature has done much for this
city. No other city in the world is os
blessed in its natural conditions. but
the work that is TO be done is to
make the water front of San Francis
co perfect in its equipment and
beautiful in its aspect. With all the
engineering talent hat is congrega-
ted here l have no doubt that this
will be accomplished.
For a hundred years We have
been developing the rivers with a
view to making them waterways and
yet We have never constructed a
complete waterway. A waterway
should be built as a railroad is built
perfect in its equipment and ter
minals and in all the machinery that
belongs to transportation.
I'VE have been working in a de-
taehed way on the spoils system. and
the spoils system has broken down.
1t has proved as absurd as the spoils
system for the location and con-
struction of public buildings. A
large part of the work that has been
done on our rivers under the theory
of promoting navigation has been TO
protect private lands from inunda-
ton. We have had four departments
working disconnectedly the Army
engineers, the Geological suvey, the
forest service and the reclamation
service. These should be co%-ordinat-
ed under a waterways commission, of
which the secretaries of war, interior.
agriculture and commerce should be
members. The work of such a COM
mission should not only be in max
ing the rivers navigable, but also in
preventing water from being the
great destructive force that 1t is to-
dav. This commission should have
ia large fund at its disposal and the
work should be done continuously"
Senator Newlands then referred to
the fact that he had introduced a bin
in the United States senate calling
for $500, 900. 600 to be expended in
developing the waterways of the
country in annual appropriations of
$50. 900 900. OF this, he explained,
s6. 100000 would be for the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin.
''The time will come" he said,
when the surplus waters of the
north will be used on the lands of the
San Joaquin valley, and not one
drop OF water will flow into the bay
of San Francisco without having
served some definitely useful pur-
pose.
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