The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-15

tigate the Muscle ShoalS enterprises oA the government and the governments entire programme there and the whole Muscle Shoals case will be laid before these Cincinnati business men ana the friends of the Muscle Shoals develop ment in the Tennessee valley and else where are willing for MT. Longworths constituents in Cincinnati to pass upon
 what the friends of Muscle shoals de-
 clare to be absurd misrepresentatons
 of the facts at Muscle Shoals by Mr. Longworth.
 The convention at Chattanooga will consider and discuss plans to De adopted for a broad and comprehensive
 campaign and effort to secure appro- priations from Congress to jointly inn prove navigation and development of
 water powers in the navigable streams of Tennessee and Alabama.
 GOLTRA IS INVITED
 As an approach to a broad and com prehensive policy the Tennessee River | Improvement association has invited | Edward F. Goltra of St. Louis to ad- | dress the delegates attending the con | vention at a banquet to be given 10 | him and to Col Hugh L. Cooper Of
 New York, lately returned from France | Mir. Goltra. is the president Of the Mis- | sissippi Valley Iron company, and IS | prominently connected with business l enterprises in St. Louis and in the ] Mississippi valley, and is one of the [ commanding figures of the middle wes. He has lately become president
 of the Mississippi Valley Transporta- ] tion company, and as the head of this l company he has been selected by the l government to rehabilitate the river | commerce and shipping facilities on { the Mississippi river. Under his d1rec- i tion a fleet of steamers and barges U 1 operate on the Mississippi river anc ! trih ri iS , to cost more than $5,000,000. Naturally, 1 MT. Goltra's address at Chattanooga | next Saturday will not only be of in- l terest to delegates representing towns
 on the Tennessee river, but his lm- portant connection and influential po-
 sition as president of the Mississippi ! Valley Transportation company, and
 as the directing head of the new Mis- l sssippi River Transportation fleet 1 will make his address of geenral in- | terest to the delegates from Birming- ham representing the Warrior district
 and to Memphis delegates, and also to the delegates from Nashville represent
 ing the Cumberland, as well as to dele
 gations from points on the Coosa
 river.
 1 STRICTLY FOR BUSINESS
 The convention will assemble strictly
 ly for business. No Senators or Rep resentatives in Congress have been in vited A very full consideration will be given to the entire programme, present and future of the government at Muscle Shoals, and the convention will especially consider ways and means to secure the joint improvement of navigation and development of water powers in the rivers represented by the delegates attending the conven- tion.
 As q step in this direction, Col Hugh l.. Cooper, who is perhaps with out a peer as a hydroelectric engineer in the United States, and who has de- veloped water powers in South Amer ica. and who built the great Keokuk dam on the Mississippi river and Mo- Calls ferry dam in Pennsylvania, has been invited along with MT. Goltra s These two gentlemen will be the prin' cipal guests of the convention at 2 5 banquet given in Chattanooga to then next Saturday evening, and they VII \ address the delegates at this banquet. 3 With MT. Goltra speaking on rive shipping and commerce and Colonc 5 Cooper on hydroelectric developments a the delegations attending the banque H will. no doubt be highly entertained 1 Though it is the intention that strictl! business only will be discussed at tn Al convention and not politics whatever a still it will not be forgotten that MI Goltra is the state ot Missouris mem N Der of the national democratic commit A tee. an dhe is regarded as the hea and front of the democratic party | ! the state of Missouri, and he enjoy
 the confidence and highest respect 0
 the administration at Washington. MI Goltra is a personal and intimate frien
 oe the President, first forming an ac quaintanca and friendship with hir # at Princeton. Colonel Coopers pres " ence at the convention will have 2 !. unique and added interest because C
 the fact that he was selected and re
 called from France by the Secretar .4 of War to build cam No. at Musci
 Shoals. and very early after Colon,
 Cooper had stared 10 form an orgar H ization to bula the dam, General Pel N shng cabled for his return to Franc E and he went back to France upon Ger
 eral Pershings order and only very r'
 gently returned to New York from tr
 western front in Franc
 It is confidently expected that tf v convention will be attended by lare - delegations, especially from Birmins ham, Memphis and Chattanooga, ( we'll as other Alabama and Tenness' K towns and cities.
 The convention will assemble at
 o'clock and have practically an all da meeting.