Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1916-01-19
.DRA|KACE CONGRESS
IS IN SESSION
Wants National Protection From
Floods and Means to Reclaim
Swamp Lands.

Cairo. ILL.,. Jan. ls.-The Nauohai
Drainage. Congress. advocating ma
tional legislation for flood protection
and reclamation of swamp and over
flowed lands. begins three-day con
yention at Carlo this afternoon. This
Is the sixth annual meeting OF the
congress since its organization In Chi
cago In December, 1911.
The president OF the congress- 4. j.
Watson OF Columbia. 5. C.. state com
missioner of agriculture. commerce
and industries. win be unable to at
tend. and the meeting will be presided
over BY the first vice president. Frank
II. knight OF Chicago. Edmund T.
Perkins OF Chicago. formerly OF tho
United states reclamation service, Is
chairman of the COMMITTEES ON ar
rangements.
The meeting this afternoon VIII
hear addresses OF welcome by Mayor
Wood. Vice President knight ana
Governor Edward +. Dunno of Him.
oils. Thomas II. Farmer OF Martin
Tenn. will then discuss How Can
the Mississippi River BE Improved to
Secure the Best Facilities for Com
merce and Drainage" Tonight there
will be smoker. preceded by two
Illustrated addresses. one on the work
of the Pittsburg Flood Commission by
+. X. More. engineer OF that commits
sion. and one on the Mississippi Riv
ar and its control. by J. X. Melton Of
Chicago. photographer for the Illinois
Central Railroad.
Thursday will be the big day OF th'
meeting. What Is expected to be th'
keynote OF the congress viii b
sounded by +. II. Newell, formerly
director OF the United SNtes reclama
ton service and now head of the civil
engineering department OF the univer
sity Of Illinois, in his address on red
eral Legislation"
THE Relation Of Drainage AM
Flood Control" will be the subject o
an address by Arthur l.. Webster. mt
nicipal engineer OF Wheaton. III. I'D
ward F.. Bohm OF Cleveland. membe
OF the Ohio State Legislature. viii
discuss the Ohio conservancy act an
state legislation. The LegislattN
Aspects OF Drainage" will be the sui
iect OF r. X. Ely. member OF the Nil
souri, state senate of Kenneth. Mo
and the Missouri River between kai
: sas City and 81. Louis will be descril
ed BY Clark y. Jacoby Of kansa
City. John T. Stewart. professor
agricultural engineering OF the Tn
yersity OF Minnesota. will deliver a
70 address on Farm Drainage" 5.
McCrory. chief OF the division
drainage investigation OF the feder'
department OF agriculture, will discus
the work OF his division and Paul
Brown. editor of the ST. Louis Repu
lie will conclude the morning sessio
AT the afternoon session 5.
Woodward. consulting engineer OF u
DAYTON flood commission, and W.
HIATT. professor OF civil engineering
Purdue University. Lafayette, WI
discuss flood protection. j. l.. Va
orrnum. professor OF civil engineeriE
of Washington University, ST. LOU
will speak OF the relation OF lar
drainage to the Improvement
rivers for navigation. X. u. DIV
Jr. of Cape Girardeau. Mo-. attorn'
for the Little River drainage distri'
will tell how to meet the organizati'
expenses of drainage district. Thu
day evening the illustrated lectur
will be repeated.
Nearly all OF the session Frid
morning will be devoted to the bu
ness affairs OF the congress and I
lowing adjournment at noon. the d
egates will be taken on an excursi
about the several drainage distric
along the Mississippi and Ohio rive