Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-23
PRESIDENT NEARING
LOUISVILLE TO END
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ity of Its life and location. 1t has al
ways been hopeful, however, that there
would be better days by rebirth OF its
shipping prominence, and now that the
Army engineers have completed the
canalization Of the river aid boats can
be assured of nine feet of water through
out the full length Of the Ohio. the
people of Madison expect their town to
be one of the real beneficiaries It was
probably with this In mind, as well as
their pride In having the Chief Execu-
tive of the country visit their city. that
the populace did so nobly In their re-
ception today.
In Louisville Today.
It was shortly after 9 o'clock when
the Presidents fiotilla pulled away from
this old town and resumed its leisurely
Journey to Louisville, which place will
be reached between and o'clock this
afternoon and whence the President
will start back to Washington.
In the Presidents fiotilla are IL river
craft of different types and size. With
the Greenbrier bearing the President in
the lead, an impressive picture has been
presented as the long line Of boats
steamed slowly along.
Fifteen or twenty thousand people
packed the levee and streets leading to
the river as the procession left Cincin-
natl shortly after o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The occasion was made
thrilling with the blasting of steamer
i and other places along the water front.
This footing and blowing was kept up
by craft far down the river.
Speaker Longworth of Cincinnati and
Walter Brown, Postmaster General,
whose home is In Toledo, Ohio, joined
the presidential party ct Cincinnati.
The Speaker is in the river party but
for Washington.
4 This fiotilla Is a part of the weeks
celebration In the Ohio Valley section
of the completion of the last lock and
dam on this waterway. Some OF the
boats came all the way from Pittsburgh
to be In this big river parade, and with
the exception of the Presidents boat
and the two boatloads of newspaper
) men and photographers the remainder
of the vessels are carrying officers and
members Of the Ohio Valley Improve
ment Association, State and municipal
officers.
Reach First Lock.
The first of the waterway locks, No.
81, at Fernbank, Ohio, was reached two
hours after leaving Cincinnati. A large
crowd had assembled on the slopes of
the levee at this point to pay tribute
to the President and the others in the
large party. Mr.. and Mrs. Hoover, re-
CARELESS of a beating rain and a cold,
biting wind, stood out on deck near the
rail on the shore side throughout the
Is minutes required for the passing of
their boat through the lock.
The next lock was 20 miles farther
on, at Neville, KY, but, due to the high
water at the time, the fiotilla passed
right over the dams without requiring
the flooding of the locks. This was
the case also rs miles below, at Mark
land, the next lock point.
Just as 1t was growing dark the
Presidents attention was called to the
J old Harrison home, on the bluffs of the
! river near North Bend, Ind, where
President William Henry Harrison was
, born. President Hoover raised his hat
as respectful tribute as the spot was
, passed.
At Aurora, Ind, although 1t was
nearly dark and the rain was beating
down hard, several hundred persons
were on the levee to wave and cheer
and the whistles OF one of the industrial
j plants joined in the noise.
The Presidents little feet came to q
stop for the night at 10 o'clock, when
point about miles north of Madison
was reached. With the exception Of
the Greenbriar, all the boats moored
! on the levee. The Greenbriar anchored
) out in the channel. BY that time the
/ wind had developed into regular gale,
5 and the air was raw and cold. 1t was
| described as one of the toughest nights
on the river for long time.
Use Lighthouse Tender.
The Greenbriar is lighthouse tender
operating under the Department of
Commerce. 1t tends the lights on
the Monongahela. Allegheny, Ohio,
Kanawha, Tennessee. Cumberland and
about l25 feet long, drawing about 4
feet of water. 1t is a stern wheeler and
in general appearance resembles the old
river packets Of the showboat type
Capt. Lester Hill, an old river character
is in command. Lee Blag, for many
years a pilot on the Ohio, is at the
wheel. The Greenbriar is only -four
bow which permits it to navigate more
easily than the ordinary craft.
The Ohio deep waterway is the first
part completed of an inland waterway
4 to which the Fedora. Government SCI
: its hand a generation ago. With the
. ONO now ndVlRdDle throughout lCS
= length at all seasons. the work is to be
e rushed through on the Missouri, the
I Illinois and the Upper Mississippi, anc
I in few years. when this is finished, il
9 will be possible, according to the au'
t thorities, to make continuous shipment!
!. by water from Pittsburgh to the heac
= of navigation at such distant points q:
I Minneapolis and Chicago.
S The deepening of the Ohio was frs
y proposed in 1885, in order to clear thu
= way for the increasing volume Of com
e merce with the growing West. Before
o anything could be done with this idea
!, the railroads had overshadowed thu
Il rivers as arteries of transportation, anS
s half a century passed before the prof
= ect was revived. In 1885 the Fedora
: Government started the work in wha
is now referred to. as a piecemeal fash
ion by the construction Of dams upoI
the Ohio. and in 1890 the Government
embarked on the general program o
: improving and deepening the river.
r. The so locks and dams which wer
d necessary TO the establishment of tn
.e 9-foot channel, and the accompanying
J. dredging, have cost the Government
r, more than $125, 900, 900. This is one
l. eighth Of the cost of the Panama Canal
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