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<br />20 MIl:;SOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY, KANf;., TO FI.OIU'::<:L'I" NEBR.
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<br />tbere would be"110 transferriug. We would only sbip b~' water where there
<br />would be no nw terla] "a 1'11I to the l(oods.
<br />We have beeomc quite inte,'ested lu river nuvh.:atioll fro III the stn<ly of eX-
<br />haustive uses it Is mnde of In foreign (:Olllltl'ies, nllll \\"t' :-oillt:cl'e':r llope thnt
<br />~'Ol1r report will be Sl1~" that thc (;overnlllellt olll<:ials will "". the gl'""t ,,,,"OS-
<br />slt~. for river navigation In order to reach a complete Ileveloplllellt of tblS
<br />section of the country.
<br />Yours. truly.
<br />
<br />CA RPENTJ.:R P A l'ER Co..
<br />ARCllfE W. CA"PI:N'I":Jl. Treasurei'.
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<br />Lleut. Col. HEROERT DEAKYNE.
<br />COrl)S of I<Jngincers.
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<br />LETTER OF THE JERPE COMMISSION CO. (INC.).
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<br />OMAHA, NEBR., May 7, It! I:;.
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<br />DEAR SIR: We are very 1ll11ch Interested in Mlssollri River navll.';atlou, flllll
<br />wlsb to say t1H1t we :Ire very eager to see rivcr freighting \lI:Hle pos"ihle llY
<br />provIding nn adequnte river ebannel. .
<br />We ore sbipplnJ( a lot of ~oods to St. Loui" "1111 K:l1i":I. City, nnd can 1'"."llly
<br />see wb"re it would benefit onl' eom]l:lny, fl" well :I" tbe public at larl.';e.
<br />\Ve wi~11 to itllln'(>H~ npon )'011 the necessity fill' thi~. :11111 ll'usl" thlll ~'llll 1";111
<br />8(1oP It our w:!~. :lud re('ommellll It.
<br />Thl1llldn~ ;\'011 in nllY;llu'C'. WP remain.
<br />Y01ll's. respedfully.
<br />
<br />rrlJE JI::ItPE CO~IMIRSION ('I),.
<br />C. A. ~W^NHnN.
<br />
<br />LIeut. Co!. HERBERT DI':AKYN>:.
<br />CorT)S of En!Jincc,'s.
<br />
<br />. I':TTI':R OF rUKF.R MANUFACT1JH1NCl co.
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<br />OMAIIA. :"II':B".. MOil 7. Iflt,;.
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<br />])E.\H SIK: "'e rll'e :ltld~Pll tlint the pl'eltmlnnry eX:llllillUlioll lIIi1tle lJy ,\"lllIr
<br />engineer. of the Missouri River from Kansns CIty to l"lol'enl'e. Nehr.. IndlealeS
<br />fhe f(>n~i"i1it.Y. a~ lIll eugluccl'illg [u'oject, of the nwkillg of H Ch(lnIl~1 in tlli...;
<br />river for nnvil'::It1on purpo.eR
<br />A.. one of the whole.aie hou.e" 111111 "hlpp''''" III this territory. we ure ""ry
<br />RlIXlo\18 tbot this ]lI'opofoiltloll nUl)' he ('01H~lIlHlllntf!'lI.' It Is n mutter of Vllst illl'
<br />portflnep to the shlllpers "11I1 POIIRlIIIIl'rs ill 11 1:I1'ge territory tributary to ,he
<br />dlstrihuting centers nlonl.'; the I'h-el'. Thl'l'" I" :I "'''Rt alllonnt of freight whicb
<br />cOlIlII be 'hundled mueb more cheaply Into the"" dlRtrlbnl.lng point" by water
<br />route. A Inrge portIon of our business IR In pip... which Is prlnellmlly shipperl
<br />from Pittsburgh. or, If 1I0t shlppe(l f/'OlII I'lIt,hlll'l:h. Is ('II/Irgetj for 011 Ihe h:lsls
<br />of PlttsbllrJ(h freight. Thcl'e I" tlouhtles" 1101 II'S" tl1l1l1 ]0.000 tons of pipe
<br />balldled through Omaha annually. Ilnd this ulllloubtedly could be delivered here
<br />milch more cbe:lJ\ly by wat"I'. Ilown the Ohio :,"d III' the MI..ollrl. tllfin h~' tbe
<br />all-rn II route.
<br />It we ('"11 he of nn;\" n~~iRtllIlC(, to Y011 III g'1\.11Ig' yon flll"lllt'1' Intoflllotlun In
<br />re~al'll to "11lppllll: whldl "011 hI he halllll"II 10 1I1h-lInta!.';" h.\" wllter Into this
<br />mnrl",t we will be ,'ery I':la(] to do so.
<br />Hoping t.hnt YOII will fillll It pos"ible to urge the 11IIprovemeut of tblR "','deb
<br />of the river. we lire,
<br />Very truly, your..
<br />
<br />Lieut. Co!. IIEIIB":IJT \)>:AKYN':,
<br />Corps of ElIoineer~.
<br />
<br />HAl{ER MANUFACT\TRINa Co.,
<br />By II. J. HAI!.EY.
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