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<br />MISSDURI RI\'ER, KAXSAS CITY, KANS., TO FLORENCE, NEBR. 17
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<br />has be'en satisfl\('tol'~' fol' lI:Il'i.~ntioll pnrpose.. :Il1tl we feel tbnt 3, feet would
<br />be :ImrIe, but tll:lt 3 feet 11Ii"llt ,,,. snllieil'nt. J n I'egnrd to the posstbility of de-
<br />relGpin" COlllllle"('e 011 the ri reI' ill it;; pl'e-.ent condition, we think that rtver
<br />~hip[.iug is [lOs"ible. providing the condition is what we think It to be. Our
<br />opinion in this re"ar<1 will depenll 'er~' nmcil upon tile findings of your pre-
<br />liUlinnrv eXHlIIinatioll :IlHl ~Iln'e\".
<br />/Jrc.l;c"l1t cummcn'c.-Tliel'e is no present commerce regularly between Omaha
<br />aritl Kansos City on the ~1issouri River.
<br />PI'Usj,vctive ('u,ulIIerce.--This has beeu ('o\'ered in the foregoing answers. The
<br />IU'tilllce freigilt is to be enrried to connect up wth the Kansas City burge lin€
<br />WI' nuderxt:l.ud to be numa 269 miles. Our own pInos regllrding commerce [Ire
<br />IlJade tal\ing Knn~:H; Citr's ~x[lerjence n~ a basis.
<br />Effect 'm -freight ratc...-Freigbt. rutes on the I'lrer would nnqnestionnbly be
<br />lo\\'el' lh"n ihe pl'es,'nt.. 1'llill'oad rates. Possibly the imprO\'ement on the ri\-er
<br />lIIi"ht. cnuse a l'ed'.1ctiou on roil rRtes. but it is goenernlly felt here thnt rh-er
<br />"al'i.~ntion must be undertnl,en as a Ill'ocUea' carrying proposition und not nS
<br />n Il1enns of securing lower rutes from railro:lI]s. We understand thut In a few
<br />iastanees local rntes from Knnsas Cit~- to othe,' ri'-er points farther down hu\'e
<br />been lowl>red_
<br />TCI'I!,;onl nod trun..fer f(/',ilitie,'.-The eit~- of Omaha owns two or three Btrips
<br />/If t:Tollnd on riH~r front. whieh woulll he lIntllilhle fol' terlllin:ll JlHl'pOse~. These
<br />'pa(,es on the ri\'er front are close to railroad trnckilge. anti trneks could easily
<br />he ];dtl to the water lnlHlill,L:'. 1I11llilll.l{ ~\\"it<:hillg e;I:-\;\" from all rO:Hls now killlini!
<br />illt" Omahn. In the en'llt of lIlunicipal t"l'lIlll1ul hpl'e. fudlities for transfer
<br />lIt rl't'i~ht fl'om wntf'1' III l':JiJ OJ' \'icP- H'r~n would he ('olltemplntccI. There
<br />;tr(\ Ilo trnl1sfer or tpl'llIilla~ t'ueiliti.."s now npernted h(?-l'e.
<br />.1I"at(T p()lf"cr.---:-"~:lt.el' llOwer is nut :I suh.1€'<:t to hI' cOIl~i(l(,l'f'll with ~[i~:-:olll'l
<br />HIW'I' illI]H'IH"PlIlf'llt In this Sf'(~tiOIl, flccordfng- to till' :Hl\'i('(' of. th(l!'l(' JH'~f" In
<br />PORition'to judge. The Platte. Elkhorn. OJ' Louplliye,'s might be well suit",l to
<br />thi. 1"'o.1e('(. hut not the ~liRsOllri.
<br />noods.-Thls locality sufl'ers very little from floods. The damage In tile Insl
<br />fel\' yen rs hns heen almost negligible. ,
<br />Lnnd rec1uillutlon.-It Is possible thnt river ImprO\'ement might ren<1er more
<br />\-nluallle some or tbe lowland nlong- the river which Is now not hul1t up hccnnsc
<br />"f the possible dnllg('r of floods. this lnn<1 heing "ery close to the wholes"]" nnd
<br />shipping district in OnwlJ:l it 1\'0ul,I he of ,",on'idemhl" ,'nlue. In't whnt It.s
<br />Inerense In vullle might HIWHlllt tn natl1l'i1I1~' (lepe1lfl~ upon tbe fIlHntlnt of IIn.
<br />pro\'('mel1t nn(\ protection Inl:,:lJt he :l('eOlllp1i~hetl hy work 011 the ri\'er.
<br />C'lo[)cration llY Iflcnl illtCfC.'t't.q.-It is quite impossihle to fOl"ecnst wbnt Ilssist.
<br />"n('e ,night he eXJlectPl! from I'tates. eltles. n",ocl"tions. or primte pnrtles re-
<br />gartling the cost of rlyer ImIH'O\'ement. in",much aB the "nlue of the rh-er Itself
<br />(Iepends so \Iluch upon t.ile showiu;! of the examination a'Hl surrey.
<br />Tile foregoIng answers co'-er in a genera! \yay the InformatIon thnt ~-ou seek
<br />nOlIeI' tbe hendlng of .. sped,,! features." In case t1lf> rl\'er shoul,! he dee]nred
<br />a stream adapteo to na,'lgation It Is "er~' liI,ell' thnt nrrangenlents will he made
<br />for RhipJlinl,: regulnrl~' betweeu KlInsas ('m~- and Omahll. In sueil e,-ent the
<br />fiehl,nlght be open I,) lieI\' in<lustr["s of .1Itl'erent. ehnl'acter an.! " dl\'PI',lon of
<br />some classes of freight from existing I'outes to the rh-er would naturnlly follow.
<br />Yours. '-ery tl'ul~-.
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<br />J.1~nt. Co!. IIERIlEHT !lL\KY".,.
<br />('fII"JI,q of EugitlecfR.
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<br />ROBT. H. :MANLEY. C"mlll;.~...ioncJ'.
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<br />LETTER OF CO~MEKCI^1. CLlTB OF OMAH.'.
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<br />OMA'B. :\mR.. JIOI/I0. If/15.
<br />DEAR i':1R: The 'eel'ptlll'Y of the Omllhn Gmlu J.:XChllll"~ Iws .Inst Iol'on!:ht In
<br />to me the rpl>OI't. of tlwt hotly for the Jlllst three yelll's. He i, :lI\xions that I
<br />"en,1 them to .\'ou. so thllt ~'ou nmy hll"e access to them III rOllll>illll!: ~'onr rellOrt.
<br />I 11m Reudiu!!: tilese I'pl,orts to you nnder sepnrnte c,,,-,"'. hut for fenr they
<br />IIIIl:ht he tlelll~-etl for n da~' III the mall I Include hel'e tI,e 1tl'IlIS ",illcil. I think,
<br />WlII be of 11fIrtknlnr Intel'"st to ~'ou.
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