Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-08
] S. CONTROL
|OF WATERWAYS
IS ADVOCATED
and Harbors Con
! gress Make Reco1nmen-
j. dalton to Congress.

81 washington, Feb. S.-Federal sup
Esrvlslon of water transportation, en-
Rarged jurisdiction Of the interstate
commerce commission over water and
e'all rates. and the improvement Of all
e!avlgable streams upon which COM
s'nerce could be established. were re-
commended to congress yesterday in .
he National Rivers and Harbors con-
Il .;ress at the closing session Of ito
fourteenth annual meeting.
zoe convention declared 1t was the
y Imperative duty of congress to sys-
fsematize n improve the waterways
sss,a such a as to serve the pub
tsac interest. and that this duty could
',aot be escaped. 1t went on record.
'cwever, as endorsing improvement
~ only such streams as could be util-
ed Tor commerce. and rebuked those
Tho advocate appropriations for "Ul-
l; erior or secondary results"
I Appropriations of the public
sreyenues can only be justified upon
/ whence affording a reasonable assur-
snnce that channels so improved will
pc used for water transportation"
!, econdary result constitutes a suffic-
mt justification. Those who advo-
gate improved facilities Of navigation
\ nth the expectation only of reducing
n Competitive rates by rail are advocat-
q 1gspublic expenditures inconsistent
ssHith public duty or wise economies"
& Coordination of rail and water fat
d ilit.e7. and abolition of destructive
competitive warfare between the two
'ere favored and the congress x
q ressed it's unity and sympathy with
VI transportation by rail, highway and
4 ir." The advent of the %airplane. was
S'ailed as an important factor. in
Il transportation.
L Want Separate. Department.
/ A system of waterways that would
sTlost effectually serve the largest
4 reas of the country was advocated,
B nth preference given trunk or
I trough systems, particularly where
u hey intersect feeders or branch lines.
snnoVement without 'breaking bulk"
Free interchange of traffic to be
between points of origin and
estimation partly by rail and partly
Y water was declared to be essential.
wherever this was not effected vol
Sntarily, it should be compelled by
Naw, mandatory in its terms and UNI
''er competent supervision" said the
declaration.
The e recommended that
eaderal supervision be under a separ-
..tA department of transportation, or
-. bureau of the department Of COM
raerce. n that the extension of. the
Jurisdiction of the interstate COM
racrce commission embrace adjust
'nent of water and rail rates to en-
%ble BOAT lines to run at a fair profit
IN the same basis as competitive rail
Zines. -.
While no mention was made in the
declaration OF the Great Lakes to
he Sea-" proposal made by the Great
fakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater asso-
'iation representing the states contig-
Gus to the Great Lakes, it was un-
''erstood that the resolutions COM
'littee favored the project. 1t was
explained that the policy of the con-
';ress would not permit a specific en-
,lorsement of my particular project
us. against others.
After the adoption Of the declara-
lion, Senator Ransdell of Louisiana
was reelected president of the con
'sress,.f FOR. his thirteenth term.
At the morning session. Director
General of Railroads Hines and Zen
,tor Lewis of Illinois, addressed the
congress.
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