Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-19
river TRAFFIC MAY
RETURN To- ITS own
(By Associated PTess)f

ment of that fuel from the non
union fields of Kentucky the pos
sibilities OF a renewal of river
traffic naturally is receiving an
additional share OF consideration
at present.
Also it is worth mention that
even before the results OF the
doubie-barreled strike had
drought the matter of freight
movement and congestion to the
fore Frankfort and Louisville
parties were interested in the en-
llareement of an already establish
| ed river freight service.
Louisville is to be the site for
a proposed new terminal and the
proposition has so appealed to
Cincinnati river trade interests
that negotiations have been open
ed looking toward a $z'OOO'UoO
merger.
Already coal. lumber and crude
! oil. sand and gravel are beng
moved from Eastern Kentucky to
| down river points and it has been
pointed out that it would be pos
sible to transport these commod-
tiles as far east as Pittsburg and
in return freight cargoes OF iron
and steel down stream.
The Ohio and Mississippi to the
south once formed the great ar
/ erv through which freight NOV
ed from Kentucky to- the outside
world and the possibilities for
moving the "Black Patch" tobac-
co crop, practically all OF which
in the past has been shipped by
rail to New Orleans for. and
thence by ship to foreign ports
by water to the wharves OF the
Crescent City are being given
serious consideration-by growers
and members of farmers organl-
cations at this time.
Tn view of this interest ia river
traffic attention is being directed
to- present and contemplated l1n-
provement of the waterways.
Tn the Louisville district. which
covers the Ohio river from THIS
city to the mouth at Cairo, H..
w. H. McAlpine. head engineer.
has given the following sum-
mary:
Lock No. Al at Louisville; Loeb
and dam No. 43. next below Lou
isvil1e. and Lock and dam No. AZ
six miles below Henderson, COM
pieted.
Lock No. "A completed, work
on dam begun:
Work ON Lock and dam No. As
AT Addison, KY, which had been,
suspended due to lack Of avail
ahle funds to be applied to th'
project. has been resumed.
No other lock projects are nos
under consideration in the Louis
vile district. but a survey is +
ing made of the lower part of tn
river with a view to determin'
whether more favorable sites for
proposed projects may be found
already selected.
Work is being. done now on the
relocation of Lock No. 81, whicf
tentatively was allotted to a sit
between Srnihtland and Paducah
Advices from Paducah are that
two government dams in the
Cumberland river have reached
the final STAGES of construction. Z
A dam at Canton, in Trigg coun
ty, will be completed this year a.
an approximate cost OF $5O00O
At Eddyville, the second of tho
Cumberland river dams under vor
struction is being pushed to COM
pletion, after work reported tc
have cost nearly 100000, had to
be abandoned on account of faul-
tx foundations. This dam, it was
estimated. will cost approximate
1y S1,250,00o. |
A force of about $50 men is |
employed on each Of the Cum
berland river projects at present
According to the Paducah adj
vices, the Cumberland river dams
which are under the Nashville
Tenn, districts supervision, to-
gether with the proposed dam No.
81 in the Ohio river, will provide |
when co'npleted,> a sufficient !
depth in the river between Padu- !
cab and Nashville for year around |
operations of steamboats,.