The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-02-11
Arrangements Made for Trip to Warrior River and Then, Via Maxine, to
 Tuscaloosa
MUCH DEPENDS ON REPORT TO BE MADE
 ON THE BIG PROJECT
If Favorable It Will Mean the Building of Adequate Terminals Where Rail-
 roads Cross Stream

i Government experts who are tt make an investigation of the Warrior river looking to it's utilization for in creased freight traffic will reach Bir mingham Wednesday night.
 Senator J. H. Bankhead yesterday telegraphed to members of the loca committee to make all the necessary arrangements for their entertainment and this has been done.
 Charles B tecou, representing the United Str shipping board, will be in the rsrts sad A. J. Mason. another expert. will, ea4ne from Washington The war fepar tment will be repre- se1ilsE bE Maj. George Little, United sfsfes ~. s.giieer, located at Mobile
 Mr Ioatecou, who was on the Erie eanei when the local committee was reeeatly in Washington, received mo- giGe at that time that he would be expected to make the Warrior inves- tigation. Having some private busi- ness in Kansas City, his home, he went there and later proceeded to Mobile. He spent last Wednesday in Mobile and was in Birmingham for a short time last Thursday, at which time he saw George c. Crawford. president of the Tennessee company H. D. McCor- mack and one or two others from whom he got considerable preliminary information regarding the river and it's possibilities. Thursday evening he was called to Kansas City.
 PLANS FOR ENTERTAINMENT
 A local committee has been formed representing the commercial and in dustrial interests of the district and this committee will greet the visitors Wednesday night. Plans for the en- tertainment of the visiting party in clude a trip to the Frisco bridge on the Warrior. From there they will be taken down the river to the forks and up to Maxine, and from Maxine will proceed to Tuscaloosa.
 Senator Bankhead has let it be known that he considers the possibil- ities of this trip for Alabama and the Warrior as of the greatest importance, as 1t may mean recommendations for river development which will be more far-reaching than anything that has ever happened to the district.
 Information from Washington last night was to the effect that Senator Eankhead had been in conference dur ing the day with MT Mason. the gov erpment expert, and had already sup piled him with much of the prelirn mary data which will be of use to him and the others of the party in making their investigation.
 WILL BUILD TERMINALS
 It has already been pointed out iE these columns that if a favorable re- port Is made, terminal facilities will be installed at various points who're the railroads cross the river where m- coming and outgoing freight can Re transferred rapidly from boats to raA- road cars and vice versa.
 The plans for the utilization of thA river must be passed upon by threA son that the several experts are beihg sent to Alabama. The project will come under the railroad board, of which. Secretary McAdoo is head the shippinS board. of which MT Hurley is chairman; and the fuel adiiinistra- tion, of which Dr. Garfield is the rep Such expenditures as are necessary, however. will be made un- der the direction of MT. McAdoo of the railroad board and will be made an appropriation authorized by him.
 The experts who are coming this week will. therefore, assemble their data so that it can speedily be passed upon by these three branches of the government