Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-27
M'CAGUE TALKS
ON WATERWAYS
Says Those Interested Have Decided
to Work Together Instead of
Fighting Each other.
WATER ADVANTAGE IS GREAT


River navigation for Omaha is not
Joke. and the Julia and Ada Belle that
have been plying between Omaha and De
catur during the summer and fall are
the beginning Of a great fleet that will
one day carry csrgoes to and from
Omaha" said John L. McCague, presi-
dent OF the Commercial club and member
OF the Omaha Real Bsrate exchange, In
talk TO the exchange last Wednesday
en- waterways"
Mr.. McCague and ]. w Gamble were
Omaha delegates TO the National Rivers
and Harbors congress some weeks ago at
Washington. ID. c. Mr.. McCague re-
viewed the results OF that convention,
pointing out that the delegates had at
that time gone on record pledging them
selves to make the fight for the Develop
ment of waterways a nationwide fight
looking toward development of the latent
possibilities all over the country instead
OF lighting one another to pull appro-
priations one way or the other. He said
that the National Rivers and Harbors
congress was made up Of some OF the
biggest and ablest business men from all
sections OF the country and that he had
never heard go many talks full Of real
meat as he had at this convention.
Sends Strong Men.
Kansas CITY," he said, has always
sent its strongest men to these conven-
tons, and the result is that they have
accomplished things and have already
gone long way toward solving their
/ waterways problem locally"
! The speaker called attention 10 the fact
! that NH
vice presidents OF the congress. Mr.. Nc
oaSue himself was elected a member of
me board Of directors assigned to the
missouri river district, and added that
TINS was the first time in the history OF
ene RIVERS ard Harbers congress that
omaha had received any real recognition.
me plan as the congress mapped It out
Is 10 divide the country into eight or ten
sections. each with its own definite water
ways project TO Lave worked out One.
ne SAID IL the deepening of the Hudson
rom Poughkeepsie to Albany, another the
lntercostal development on the Delaware
ana the Chesapeake bay. another the de-
veiopment OF the Ohio river valley. an.
other the Mississippi valley, another the
missouri valley. Omaha to the Mississippi,
another the Columbia river developmen,
eho announcer the intercostai development
along California. Texas and New orleans
To Work Together.
We plan now to work for the develon-
ment OF these projects. each and all. In
STEAD OF trying to get the best OF one An
otner AND being accused of pulling for
the pork barrel" said the speaker.
me thing that makes Germany so
potent at this time" he continued. ia
that It has it's waterways SO developed
that all its chipping above mere parcels
Is done by waterways"
he pointed out that the next thing To
90 IN Omaha IL to get the water front
mere into the hands OF the municipaI,tv
10 that II will be available for doekase
when the river transportation develops.
ne said one Of the finest sights at New
Orleans is the fourteen miles OF dockare
there owned by the state and city.
Touching on the Panama canal and
what Il means to the river transportation.
he said III the canal is allowed TO work
out its destiny then 1t will be a great
thing for Omaha ana the upper rivers
but to get the benefit that is due us Prom,
this canal we must have the upper rivers
developed