New Britain herald., 1929-02-16
HOOVER COMPLETES
 TOUR 0f SWAMPS
Everglades Inspection Trip Ends
 at Canal Point

Clewiston. Fla. Feb. 1s N- President Elect Hoover left here at s:30 a. m. today on the last lap of his inspection trip through the Ever glades which is to end at Canal Point before noon.
 From there he will 70 to Palm Beach for lunch and then return to his pre-inaugural vacation home on Belle Isle. Miami Beach.
 A heavy fog was over this section as the next president, Governor Carlton and 50 members of the party got under way in . motor cavalcade. Heavy going was in pros- pect over roads practically de. stroyed in the 1928 hurricane and flood.
 Hoover Is Impressed
 Mir. Hoover unquestionably was impressed by what he saw on the first day of his journey and Gov ernor Doyle F.. Carlton and mem. bcrs of his cabinet who are accom-. panying him are hopeful that he will be even more impressed today by the will with which the people of Clewistone and Canal Point are going about rebuilding after the catastfuphc they suffered six months ago.
 Before going into the last phase of his journey. the president-elect viewed actual pictures showing what happened in the 1923 hurricane around the southeastern shores of Lake Okeechobee and listened to an outline by Maj. Gen. Jadwin of the plan of flood relief which army en- gineers have recommended to con- gress.
 This plan. contemplatcs three phases-the building Of levce ''n the south side of the lake 31 feet high: drainage canals from the lake into the Caloosahatchee river, and the improvement of the Saint Lucie canal into the Atlantic near Palm Beach.
 There are some lesser features such as protection to the north from the flood waters of the kissimmee river with alevcc. The main levce would be built of solid rock taken out of the ground on the spot and would be Of sufficient estimated strength to hold against any pres sure of water that might come from the lake. General Jadwin called 1t- tention to the fact that the state al- ready had expended eighteen million dollars on canals for reclamation, irrigation and navigation.
 He added that this was the recom- mendation Of the engineers to con- press. Representative Frank R. Reid of Illinois, chairman of the house flood control committee who made an airplane flight over the Everglades with General Jadwin yesterday. said part of the cost of completing the work Florida has he- gun would have to be borne by the state or the local communities which would benefit. He estimated the cost of the south shore levee alone at 37.5O8,000 and the cost of the whole project at more than S1o.- 000,000.
 Would Change Name Representative Reid suggested that the name Everglades be changed. proposing that it be made the Hoover-Skipper Drainage Dis. trict in honor of the president-elect and the republican national commit teeman for Florida.
 After concluding his inspection trip today. the president-elect will go to Palm Beach, where Mrs. Hoover will join him to attend a luncheon at the Bath and Tennis club to be given in their honor by Mir. and Mrs. James Francis Burke of Pittsburgh.
 Mir. and Mrs. Hoover then will motor back to Belle Isle to prepare fer their departure for Washington now set for 10 .. m.. Monday. They win make the trip on special train, arriving at the national capi- tai about 2:30 p. m. Tuesday. with the exact hour dependent upon the number of gt tops that may be made