Prompted by recommendations from the Kentucky River Navigation Convention in 1877, McCreary abandoned his typical fiscal conservatism and joined the calls for improvements along the river.
1877年のケンタッキー川航行性会議からの推奨に基づき、マクリアリーはその典型的な財政保守主義を捨てて、川の改良を望む側に加わった。