The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-13
Bitter Fight Follows.


Tie advocates OF river improvement
fought the paragraph bitterly. but the
Ohio Senator was I'm a position to force
Il down their threats.
The following projects were to be re-
examined with a view to obtaining re-
ports whether the adopted projects hall
be modified or the improvement a
G1-ei
Cooea River in Georgia and Alabama (;
srazos River, Texas. from Old WASH
.rg.on 20 Waco: Red River in Louis
lana, Arkansas. Texas and !:
ouachEa River in Arkansa and Louis
lana Arkansas River in Arkansas and
oklahoma Tennessee River In Ten
H.s,se. Alabama and Kentucky Fox
River in Wisconsin. and Missouri River
from Kansas city TO the mouth
IN addition to the adverse report on
the NJ Ssouri. the National Rivers and
Earhors Congress has heard that an
other local army engineer has reported
arsins: further expenditure on the Ar
kansas River. Neither of the reports
has been acted upon or made public at
ne War Department, but the text Of the
Missouri River report was printed In
Kansas City.
None OF the streams selected for re-
EXAMINATION are the small creeks at
which so much fun has been poked In
The pork barrel debates. Not even the
Trinity River OF Texas. which, one SEN
s,or said. is so dry that an interurban
traction company had asked for the
river as a roadbed. Is included. They
are all streams OF considerable length
IN which Il is possible TO maintain deep
channels after expensive improvements
Senator Burton condemned them on the
ground that there is no commerce, moi
promise Of any. TO warrant the expendi-
ture.
Cost Outweighs Results.
Il his report on the Missouri Col
neafgUr takes up this very point. Ht
comedies that no great engineering diff
toultys are presented. But he concludes
tina, $50. 600, 900, the cost of the com
p,cted project, IL a pretty heavy bill Il
give Kansas City lower freight rates
especially as we have an active Inter
state Commerce Commission to regulate
f'c.gh rates. His report points on
MT there are two railroads on tn
hanks - the Missouri and that they ar
carr. ug the present traffic, although
The r.yer is now navigable 10 Kansas
CIV wurh OF the time. For these rea
t.Hs ar recommends All abandonment o
IL" work except for annua s~nagging
h'1'Irh $1,000, 900 has already beel
spent m the improvements.
On The Coosa River nearly 49, 0 90
has been expended by the Government
Yet The report on the last river and har
Dor tIll showed that on one long sectio
Of n" river there is no at a
and t.at on another short section las
Year 'rtffc was only $4,000 tons, Sena
toy burton demonstrated that this wa
lear, all stone. being freighted 10 on
- ~" Government dams In process c
Construction.
uu he Brazos River II Is proposed
"1N, q four foot channel for ITO mile
above Old Washington at "A cost or W
sl'.'ou. Below Old Washington to n
mouth there liz a 245 mile stretch nav
sat'' o Improvement but pract
cal NOD commerce moves on H.
7, Red River project has bee
yer nod The most absurd improvement
~" r"i-rtaken by the Government {
a barge scale. Nearly $4,000. 600 nj
uc'r r."nt In isi2 the traffic was ~
Ft| '''s. OF which az. $40 tons were To-
n RATS which could nave noated In q
unifnpIpyed stream. Including the log