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<br />26 :\lISHOUilI nI\"EIl, I,AXHAS CITY, KANS., TO FLORENCE, NEBR..
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<br />In short. tbe <:Ollllllel'('(' upou this rh'er ~an b.. built up only followlnJ.: ..h,,"-
<br />neI protection. null if the policy of the Govel'llllleut Is to withhold such pro-
<br />tectlou until commerce de\'elops It I~ equlvnleut to stating that this riveI' sh:dl
<br />hn\"e no commerce wlllltsoe\'er. '
<br />Sixth. The nn\'h:ntlou of the :\Ilssonrl HiveI' is allll nlways has been an ""ot
<br />of :\!Issol11'1 aull of alJ' Missouri River States. The uavll'(atlon of the rln'l' (un-
<br />der prOpel' chnnnel eOllllltlons) is an est"bllshed historlenl fnct. .
<br />The Plntt pllrch:lse of ]83(; was pl'im:lril~' Ituluced for tbe purpose of JII;1I"n.~
<br />possihle )Ii~Rollri Ui\"el' na\'j~ntlon north or Knnslls City. (" To receive- their
<br />sllpplieK nllll ship theil' productions within" moderate dlst:lnce from the !lome'
<br />of those Inhllbll:lllts," See letter of Sennt.or L. F. Linn to H. Ellsworth. 1 ~:l'),)
<br />Se\'entb. The GO\'eI'UllIent enn not In jllstlee reqlllre prh.ate persons to opel':I'O
<br />hO:lts ou the ~f1ssourl Rh'er :It n loss :IS a condition precedent to Goverllment
<br />protection of the cha IIlIel. '
<br />For these re:lsons we respectflllly nppeal from this report and request: . .
<br />(1) Thnt hesJde~ the cont.inll:ln('e of the illlpr(H'..ment below Knns:I,< 1:lt..
<br />st"IIS he tnken to llIake sl...h definite Improvements (uow un<ler consldpr"tion)
<br />In the upper rh'er liS will permit of the resllmptlon of Missouri Rh'er trlltlk..
<br />(2) Tbnt snch fllture .prol'(rall: J'e olltllned hy ~'our honornble body n~ w1l1
<br />Insllre finll) nnil complet.e pr;.tect.lon of the upper rl\'er for tr,,\IIe purpose' :lnd
<br />will permit of the "ppedy dc\'elopment of all Mlssourl River trll\lle.
<br />Yery tl'uly. ~'ollrs.
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<br />COMMF.RCE Cr.UB OF ST. JOSF.PH. ~Io"
<br />By, WM. E. SPBATT. Pr('..id('nl.
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<br />The BO.\Rn OF ENG1NFF.SS FOR TI"'ERB AND, H"RnoRs.
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<br />LETTER OF COMMERCI.\L CLUB OF OMAlIA.
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<br />OM.\II". :-;,,:m... June 22. 1M.>.
<br />GF"TLEM>:N: The Commercial Club of OmRhn ~Ishes respectfully to protest
<br />RJ!'ninst tllp 11Ilfil\"urnh]p I'eport Roubllllttf'd h~' LIeut. Col. Dp.l1l\:yne. R.uhlllilted
<br />May. 11)]5. on the survey of the Missouri River from Knnsns City. Knns.. to tbe
<br />IlOrthf'1'1l limits of Flon'IIC'f'. Xl'h!". In SllllpOl't of 0\11' ('olltpJlti(l1l that the sliney
<br />of thp. :\li~so1l1'1 HhT'1' fl'om KllH~n!'; f'.it~., Kalls.. to tilt' northern limit~ nf Flor.
<br />enc'p, :\phl".. sholl)!l he 1I1l0Pl'tilkpll. WP Tp.fer to:
<br />First. Tbe act of the Sixty-third Congress (H. R. 2018!l). known as the I'irer
<br />nnd h:ll'hCll" hill. .
<br />See'oml. The rl'port of thl' prl'llIllillnry ~nl'\"I'Y, of this .pl'oJect hy J.iPIlt. ('oJ.
<br />Hel'hprt Deakvnp. suhmltted :\[n". l!llr..
<br />TIlf' ~iXO.-tillftl ('Oll/!I"PRS :Il1tilOrizPll thf' pn~limil1i1I"Y ~11I'\.ey of the :\Ii.....:n\lrl
<br />Ri\"f'1" hptwPPIl Knnsas City nnn Flnt'Pllet'. Thpl"e I~ no jllstifkatton fOI' nny
<br />fis,<o(lImption tlwt C~nJ::l'f>R.M. ]llI\"jn~ t1irl?<'ted thp ~('(~retHr~. of \Vnr to eowlnl't this
<br />Sn1'\'ey. will fnll to provide the money needed to carry out river lInprO\'pll\Put.
<br />Falll1l'e of tbe last Congress to provide nil tbe money reeommeuded to l'"rry
<br />out eertnln otber rlver-[mprovement projects can not Justly be advanC'e<1 ;" :I
<br />renRon for nn nnfn\"orable report on a dll'l'erent proJect npon the f1nanrln~ of
<br />whlcb thl' next Con!';ress would be cnlled upon to determine.
<br />With Ihl' I'xC'l'ption of Its rl'C'ommenllntlon the C<nnmprclal Club of ()1l\;i1IR
<br />rel(nrds the report of Lieut. Col. Denkyne ns fnvornhle to the Rurvey of tbl.
<br />mtrlrlle strptch of I'in~... Thh~ report of preltminory exumitwtion 410PS not ~t:lte
<br />th"t thp 1"'''.1('('( is not fea.lhle from nn engln('erlng standpoint. does ""t ,t:lte
<br />thnt till' KhipJl"rs IrionI'( t.he rIver are Indll'l'erent In their "tt!tude towanl riror
<br />!rell(htinl'(. nutl (]"eR not'stnte that grent pro(ludh'(' section of this ",,"ntl')'
<br />Re1'\'pd hy this stretch of the ~[jssonrt. RIver would fnll to enJoy grent hl'llI'fit.
<br />from an Imprm'e.1 rh'er. mnkinl( river, freh,:htinl'( possible.
<br />The bnsls of tbe unfa\"ornble recommendation rests mainly upon un8ati~far-
<br />tOl'Y results .1nrllll'( t.he few yenrs time followinJ( expenditure on Impro\'l'"11'"IS
<br />along tbe Mls_ourl River between KanBBs City and the mouth nnd upon un>':ltiS-
<br />factory shipping on the MIssissippi Rh'el' between ,th(' mouth of tbe Ohl" :llId
<br />the month of the Mls80ur!.
<br />In nn.W"r to theRe nrguments we respectfnlly remind yonI' honornble h""rd
<br />thnt the operntlons on the lower Mlsllourl hnve beeu of bnt a few years' II"ra-
<br />tlon. thnt the fnllure to carry more freight by water has been due to a ~!'t'at
<br />extent. to Insu\llelent river Improvem..nt nnd fact that It takes some yen!" to
<br />populnrlze I'lver RhliJplng amon!; the shippers themselv..s. This yenr, for the
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