Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-04-03
DRN0S RIVER COM
M|TTEE TO MEET
Secretary Mcknight Advised Of I'm.
por,ant Meeting to Be Held In
Houston on April 6.

more Importance or farreaehing thar
that Of the BraEos River and Vale,
Improvement Association. AS al
Brazos County citizens will well re
member. this organization was formed
at Bryan oct. 1913 last year. the OBJ
jet OF same. as set forth being. THE
Prevention OF oyerflows and Promo
ton OF Navigation.
Colonel W. W. Seley OF Waco was
chosen president OF the association
and since that time has had printed
booklet containing full report oil
the proceedings OF this most import
ant meeting. as well as statistical data
, from various authorities. Colonel Seley
has always been an ardent advocate
and promoter OF Brazos navigation
and now that that work has reached
its present advanced stage. he is Civ
ing largely OF his time and means to
the furtherance OF the plan TO reclaim
the overflow districts OF the Brazos
The executive committee OF the asso.
citation formed at Bryan has also
worked industriously, as well as va
rious citizens in all the towns in the
territory affected, and the results
have been satisfactory.
As is well known now a Joint reso.
luton passed by congress in February
OF this year provided for the appoint.
ment OF committee on flood control.
whose duty 1t shall be to make exami.
nations and surveys OF the navigable
rivers OF Texas and streams tributary
thereto and report plans to prevent
floods from and conserve and pro.
mote navigation on the same"
This committee was duly appointed
and will this month make visit to
Texas TO begin their duties as sug
gested in the Joint resolution. The
committee consists OF fifteen mem.
bers, including Hon. jeff: McLemore
OF Houston, ongressman-at.large from
Texas, who will. as II were, chaperoue
the party through Texas. assisted, OF
course, by President Seley OF the
Brazos Valley Improvement Associa.
ton and interested parties from the
several towns along the BraEos River
course, when this streams condition is
taken up for consideration. II is safe
to say this congressional committee
viii meet hearty welcome from peo-
pie in this section when II arrives and
while no elaborate entertainment" is
looked for nor wanted. practical ways
will be devised for taking them in
charge and TO the overflow districts,
to the end that they be given a splen.
did opportunity to observe conditions
rs they really exist.
With an eye single to every detail
being arranged before the congress.
sional committee arrives, Chairman
Seley has, by wire and letter. called
a meeting Of the executive committee.
together with commercial club people.
interested citizens and railway repre-.
sentatiyes, this meeting to be held
In the Rice hotel at Houston. Thurs.
day of this week. beginning at 3 a. m.
A large attendance is expected. the
replies to Mr. Seley's call having al.
ready been numerous and affirma.
tive. Among those who have received
letters at Bryan are Messrs. Albert
w. Wilkerson, first vice president OF
the association; Senator ]. Il. Astin
and II. L. Mcknight, secretary of the
Bryan Commercial Club. Following
is the letter received by the latter
gentleman. and II fully explains itself,
though there will be another article
In tomorrow's Eagle along these lines.
containing information from President
W. W. Seley OF Waco. with whom an
Eagle representative had a conference
yesterday while In Waco:
Waco. Tex. April /. l9l6.-Hon. II.
l.. Mcknight Secretary Commercial
Club, Bryan. Tex.-Dear Mr.. Nc.
Knight: | have called a meeting OF
the executive committee Of the Brazos
River and Valley Improvement Asso.
citation to be held at 3 a. m. Thursday,
April @, at the Rice hotel. Houston, TO
arrange an itinerary for the congress
siOnal committee on flood prevention
that viii visit Texas this month and
TO provide ways and means for paying
the expenses OF the inspection. !
would be glad to have you attend this
meeting, as We will need your advice
as to what places to visit in your
county so as to show Just what the
loss from oyerflows has been in the
past. would be glad for you to be
prepared also to tell the committee
what facilities will be available In
your vicinity to take the congressional
committee to the places they should
see. At this meeting we win also ar.
range to finance this tour. as we have
been informed thai CON rress has mazda