The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-12
Congressional Muscle Shoals Inspectors Taken Over Hale's Bar by Chatta- nooga Delegation
OBJECT LESSON IS SENT HOME AND
 VISITORS PLEASED
Hospitable Hosts Tender the Delegation Informal Din- ner and Take Them Over Famous Battlefield
Ky HUGH ". ronEnrs


 Chatfnnooga, May 11.--tspecinI., ], The Tennessee River Improvement as- socintion displayed today the ''metho,l ib It's madness.. In other words, tl,c representatives of the people of north Alabama presented to visiting members of Congress in Hnle's bnr an object lesson
 As is known. the association is in sisting that Congress harness the power wasted daily in Muscle Shoals Some years ago the Tennessee river in the environs of Chattanooga net only was permitted to expend its sn- e~gy in wastefulness but to imp sde navigation and progress as we'll
 But the government entered into a contract with individual citizens of Tennessee and these individuals in seven years and at an expense of sll,- 100000 completed llale's bar. As re- suit slack water is provided for nine miles above Chattanooga. making a pool 42 miles in extent and overconl- ing six miles of dangerous section. the Pot the Suck and the Skillet. for countless years terrors to navigation
 And the visiting members of Con gless were shown by this object lesson the Muscle Shoals of the future, it's dangers and hindrances eliminated, and it's latnet power harnessed to do the bidding of man.
 Lesson Strikes Home
 The visitors, accompanied by tram load of Alabamians, reached this cftS early this morning. 4 large deless ton of residents of Chstttanooga greet e5 the special at the station. The guests were transported in electric cars te the summit of Signal mountain ane there at the inn were given breakfasi and entertained far above the clouds From the inn the visitors were driveY 10 the river landing and there FIJI shoard the good ship '.Chattanooga Town the stream for 20 miles n, packet piled until the dam was reached And there the lesson struck home
 The members of Congress. few oi whom had previously seen this work the greatest vet completed in the Ten nessee, admitted their surprise, an, thrilled with pleasure in reveling il the accomplishment of daring ant scientific enterprise. They realized st he time of their thrill that what has been done for Chattanooga could b, cone for Sheffield, Florence and rrs eumbia, and, indirectly to the whcl1 f Alabama. that even as Hale's bal had induced the coming to the Tennes see city of innumerabie manufacturin. plants Muscle Shoals. chained, wouls make of north Alabama a verita bl, hive of industry
 Visit Famous Battlefield
 From the dam the party was let wiling captive to the battlefield 0 Clickamauga where in 1863 the soati and the north bathed the ground witt tiie blood of their boys. In the even1ns the members of Congress were guest Of honor at an informal dinner owe which, in the capacity of toastmastef Representative Moon of Tennessee pre- sided
 Tomorrow the journey of the visi tors will be extended to Knoxville near which Hartman creek and Cane. fork will be inspected From the lat ter site the party will divide, the rep rcsentatives of the government scat tering throughout the United State tn their respective homes and the Ala hamians turning southward with tn Warrior river as their next objects Ioint.
 As a result of the enterprise of tn Tennessee River Improvement assoc.a ton in bringing to Alabama .memttr OF the Senate committee on commerc and the House committee .ou ii ei and harbors, II is evident that Muscl thoals will soon be assailcd by ensi neering skill under the auspices of q enthusiastic government. that the wor begun in 1928 and abandoned for vari ous causes will be taken up again an carried within reasonable length ( sine to it's logical conclusion.