The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-03-07
AMERICAN MERCHANT MARINE
SHOULD REVIVE RIVER TRAFFIC.

Inadequate railroad facilities and
the enormous and growing demands
FOR transporfatlon has caused Con
gress Co give serious consideration
10 takius some step that viii revive
water transportation or the lower
reaches OF Che Miss.ss ppi This val
liable asset that has fallen 20 dis.
use u aay seems to he the one
solution o. the problem. business
interests a. Hickman and along the
line will naturally d. Interested IN
developments. Iu "a recent article on
this u.bject. a wen known marine en-
SINGER SAYS:
Cairo. situated at Tire junction Of
the Mississippi and Ohio valley. and
81 Louis az the mouth of the ILL
nol- and he Missouri are the logi-
cal northu termiui ~ an extensive
modern Mississippi river navigation
More than GOO miles from saaboard.
as the crow flies. only $50 mil from
Chicago. 10 would Dee declar.dly sea
board hy a stroke OF the pen simply
By practically applying tire water
rates effective between New or
leans and the Atlantic or Pacific
sea board % ST. Louis itself or what
would be the same. by the ship
lines partial absorption ~ the pres
emit proportional freight rate be-
tween s. Louis and New orleans on
all commodities delivered az Cairo.
-Four newly developed factors
make this possible The new def
nitely assured American Nero hant
marine. tle creation Or Ihe lnild
states shipping Board. the con inU-
81 and growing conees 'ion in Allan
fic seaports and tae gradual mod
ernizatlon OF the Mississippi river
floating equipment. An outlet 20 The
Gulf larhors must De arranged which
s. 90 once effective. which VII from
tle outset commander che freight
from large producine area without
great soliciting efforts. hy making
The new renting extremely attractive.
ana the Extraordinary cheapnoss a.
transp ortation on the lower Missis-
eippi offers such an opportunity.
The NAVIGATION of the lower MissisS
sippi developed properly. VIII repfe-
sent quite new and rnprecedenied
form of water transportation not
Transportation or frei-ht in bulk ike
ore and grain. as on the great
lakes, not q transportation - Duiid-
ing materials. fertilizer. rock and
humber. as on most canals but
long distance barging and hehtering
of al commodities similar % the bus
ine-s carried IN the port channeis OF
NeH YORK nar-or. comparable oNis
10 "a hundred track rii.'oia. 10 " rap
id ll-Lll "u''
points l'up Ii-''a "lA.~ '"Iii i"e
Ducts as wen as FA" mattel -'-i' - '-'-1
and refined Oh IN tank oarses' "a
short. all freieht Tor import ana eA-
Port and coast"ise trade. Grated ana
packed properly
DIE c'mp.ir son or -he
aiizea lower MlS5'a lppi WIN '"e
on'ii ilei7 eoNnec-ils -N9" 'eis
re" YORK Aar1or p no
non IN ei-ner ease me
i--'i.lles are 'o''l iio'l '-' = =
TERM -'-a INTO oaF=es' cue Dil-
lowed distance OF l"eh'y ana ioi
- miles 20 sAipslde. "NeIe '-ey are
unioaaed INTO lhe sNips- me term
nal haAdllng charge Is 'he s@iHe ID
ei-her case. ana the only uiii renee
is the increased Distance. Long as
fanccs are Tor The modern tr'iuspor-
tation expert almost welcome nm
derances; greater distances reduce
the cost per ton mile. permits the
Use OF larger equipment. a great
er flexibil.ty OF the movement. The
rctual tran suortation charge on the