The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-26

the trip are a number of marine engin in control of waterways and several t Birmingham and the Birmingham dist
 The party is scheduled to leave Bir- n.ingham over the Frisco railway at clock this morning. At Cordova they will transfer to the. government boat Nugen. on which they will go to Tusca- loosa stopping on the way at a number of coal mines located along the river. They will arrive at Tuscaloosa, barring mishaps, about s o'clock tonight where the Birmingham men will leave the party and return Tome on the Alabama Great Southern train arriving here about Il O clock.
 In the party selected by M. J. Sanders, director general of the Mississippi-w War C. A. Tomlinson, assistant director gen eral of the United States railroad ad- ministrator, ip charge of inland water ways; Irwin Cox of Cox x Stevens marine engineers of New York; naval architects who designed the equipment for the Mis- sissippi river fleet; Col. J. c. Sanford, United States engineer in charge of the gulf division of waterways. Major Ferdyce, United States engineer engineer of terminal construction; r. H. Reed, United States engineer in charge at Mobile; Henry T. DeBardeeben, trans portation manager of the Warrior river; c. E. Mccormack, president of the Prat: Consolidated Coal company A. w. Carey, traffic manager of the Tennes- see Coal, Iron and Railroad company w. n. Nesbitt of the Warrant Warehouse company; Murray Brown of Goodail, Brown & Co.,; Charles T. Fairbairn. gen. Jro1 on Steel company; 0. l.. Bum, secretary manager of the Birmingham traffic pu- reau: Charles F. DeBardeleben, vice president of the Alabama Fuel and Iron company; Arthur C. Crowder. president of the Birmingham Chamber of Com merce, and Milton Fies, vice president and general manager of the DeBarceienen Coal company. who will join the party ae Cordova.
 TOMLINSON ARRIVES
 MT. Tomlinson arrived from Washing ton over the Alabama Great Southern at lt:25 o'clock last night, and MT Cox came n on the Southern railway DIT mipgham special at f:40. MT. Sanders, Colone, Sanford and Major Fordyce are scheduled to arrive on the Alabama Great Southern from New Orleans al o'49 o'clock this morning.
 The governments steamer Nugent was rendered by Colonel Sanford for the pur- pose of taking the party down the river. They will be met at Tuscaloosa py committee from the. Board of Trade or tl,at city and after reception the Bir- min cham members of the party Will tc- turn home, while the government otflclais will continue their journey on the Nu- gent leaving Tuscaloosa about midnight Nil Sanders and MT. Tomlinson Will re main with the party on the boat unui sometime tomorrow when they leave lol Mobile, where they are to be- the guests of the Chamber of Commerce and snip pers of that city on Monday afternoon. The other members of the party Will con tinue to Mobile on the Nugent
 The object of this trip IS to determine the character of craft suitable Tor oper- ating on the Warrior, MT Iomiiisoh having been designated by Director 'eh- eral McAdoo to come here and make personal inspection of the stream wlth th;s end in view. Major Fordyee VIII inspect locations for terminals anu oe eide tn. character of same
 WARRIOR SERVICE DELAYED
 The government took over the Warrior and the Mississippi rivers early in July, nlaced them under the control or the United States railroad administrator and shortly thereafter MT. sanders Was arpointed director general or the MISSES slppi- Warrior waterways. serVice "as inaugurated on the Mississippi several weeks ago, and only two or three uass ago contracts were awarded for equip- uent for that stream costing about S6,- .NNl,0 900.
 Tn the meantime the only thing done towards opening business on the Warrlor' so far as the public is advised, was tne taking over of the self-propeiled steei ba rges-six in number--of the Alabama rtaf inp ". and two tow boats and 21 barges owned Inv the Pratt Consolidated Coal com many and the DeBdrdeleben coal com panv. The boats and barges owned py inc DeRardeieDen company have been II operation recently under an agreement between the waterways sections ol tiie railroad administration and the DeBarde- leben company, without expense to the government. M
 There has been more or less talk about additional equipment, but no definite ac- tion taken. Local people interested In the Warrior unable to get anything defi- nite with respect to the inauguration ot a service on the stream, appealed 10 Sc ,ators Bankhead and Underwood and Representative Oliver to take the matter up with Director General McAdoo. Mir, McAdoo thereupon instructed MT. Tom liuson to make an inspection of the War rior and recommend the type or vessels suitable fer economical operation on the riS CT It is understood that when MT .romlnson reports his recommendations win be accepted and approved and con- tracts let for the building of such craft.
 DEOMOPOLIS ANSWERED
 The business men of Demopolis recent lv addressed a letter to MT. Sanders d slxing for information as to the proba- bility cf early service on the river MT. Sanders, under date of October g. re- plied as follows:
 New Orleans. October g, 19lS Mir. W. c. Mcclure, Chairman Good Roads, Riv- CT and Railroad Committee. Chamber of Commerce, Demopolis. Ala.-Dear Sir: [ am in receipt of your letter of the 21st inst.
 Tn the organization of a new service so comprehensive as that which is con- mitted to me on both the Mississippi and Warrior rivers. there is. Nof course. con- siderable pressure on all of our assis- tants. It happened that available craft