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<br />fi".L lillI.'. tile {(:lnSlIS City-~lis""url River Navlgotlon Co. has 'had more freight
<br />0[""0<1 it, tllon It h", heen enauled to hmulle with its present e<julpment. Tile
<br />Knll"" City-~IiB,onri Hiver :'\uvlgutlon Co. h:ls alwllYs been handicapped In
<br />tbat no portion of the ri\'er north of Kanslls Cit~. W:lS being navigated.
<br />The "11I:111 \'(,ltnne of freight on the ~I1ssis"iJllli between the mouth of lhe
<br />Ohio ond 1II0uth of the ~llssouri seems eertoln to be Inereosed, b~' reason of the
<br />act of the last IlIinol" Legislature, t1nundng a stretch of waterway from Locl,-
<br />IlOrt to Utl('a. allll tbereby nmklng possible u pruetleal Lukes-to-the-Gulf water
<br />routt,.
<br />Y,," are cNtaillly aware of the growing determination munlfested by mauy
<br />~11:.;sis:-;iprli HivPl' )loillts tl) rpvi\'p l"iVPI" freig:htin~ in ol't.lel' to cope with the rate
<br />'i1u"tion that results from the opening of the Punuma Canul.
<br />We ilelie\'e that chunnel Improvement on the Missouri should not be regurded
<br />aM a fillancial \'enture in which enough shipping shoulll he demanded within the
<br />first fl'w years to jllstlfy the (;overnment expenditure. The channel shouhl be
<br />i8\l'rol'l'd to enuhle the thousands of people in the country adJuceut to the ~lis-
<br />SOUI'I Hh'el' "to ,>x]lerienee the henefits t1wt come to communities by rea"On of
<br />the "pelling uf 1I I'heapel' means of trunsportatlon. \\,hpn a necessity"" obviolls
<br />:lnd so ~rn n:~ i:ol to be met hr the (jon~rllment. the r.eople so bt)uefitted should
<br />llot he forced to meet some arhitrary requIrement in the WO)' of freight volume
<br />'0 1'""l'e thcil' rlgl1t8 to the permanent henl'fits that come of the openinJ.; 10
<br />tl',,"1e uf the only Unlte,l flt.ates (lO\'ernmcnt-owned highways.
<br />Till' ~lis,;Qnrl River in its Ilresellt 1lI111eveloped state tloes ,('I'ere tlamage to
<br />prollCl'l~' nbutting the river. HiveI' ImpruI'ement liS s(lI,.!d,t for would not only
<br />proll"'l further Kerious dUffiage to [H'"pert.v. but wouid l'eelaim thol1sands of
<br />al'reK of \':Ill1ahll' Im,,1 olHl rel1l1el' UJ.;riCllltlll'c K:lfel' anti lII"I'e pl'Olll1ctlve In the
<br />sectiOIlS ,"1.101nlng tbe middle stretch of the stream.
<br />It wOllld he wore (,oll~istp.nt to compare tile co~t of rin~J' iIl11,.'o\"ement to the
<br />I'aille of redlllllled lalld thall to compllre tIlis cost to the 1'OII1111e of the t.mme-
<br />(hate rl'f~i;;ht 1II0\.t~IlI"lIt u~. water. \\'lw1) hOlh 111l1'l1(lSl'~ al't' ~cl'\"~d, hoth 1111-
<br />\"8nt;lgp~ :-IIIou111 lit} tH1H'1l il1to ~I('e{)ullt.
<br />'1'1I01l:-'ilIH1:-: IIf tOilS of rrp.i~llt :InnulIlly nwnit :In Impl'o\'t'll I'in'l' to make
<br />POS."iihle it shipllH'nl. by Willer from Omaha to 1'l1ll~n~ t.;it.y llllll ~t. Lnl1it'. Tlll~
<br />ljblpllwut l'Cllol't of g-rain fl'olll the Omaha 1I1Ol1'1\:t't ill lHl-t to ~t. l.olli~. :\Ii~~i:-:-
<br />Slppi Hi,'er pninl".' Mlssi~slpl'l V"lIey pollll" :lnd pXllOrt vIa GlIlf totllled
<br />1O.4Hl,GOO bllsbels.
<br />. ~illl.'p tile pil~:-;UJ!t' of the l"j\"pr llllt! lWl'hol' hill by ('on:;:I"P:-;!-O, the COIllHl(~rl'ial
<br />(llIh IIf ()III:1hll llilR "C1fl)lcrnt('il wit.lI the IlCOlllf' of I )pcutUl', ':\'ehr.. in RecurillJ;
<br />& puwt'l" boat :I1ul f)(1-loll hnl'~e, ",Dicit will he o)H.'raletl throughout the F;Ulnml'r,
<br />""'kill" weekly rOlllltl trips hetweell Det'utllr '11111 Oml\ba. The power boat :Iud
<br />bal'~t" in eburge of C"pt. W. II. Htel'ells. of Glasgow. Mo.. is \lOW in OlUuha,
<br />buvlng brought 10 tons of freigl1t from KRnsns City on the,stretch of Improl'e.1
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<br />Th,. .."pIn III risked his boal Rntl the shippers riske<1 Iheir freight in the
<br />!treteh nf riyer in order tbat tlIl,ir l'lIl'pose might be R("'lllllpllshe,l. The rel;ulof
<br />trips belwel'n Omuha "nil Decatnr will be undertal<en to meet" definite tlelllnntl.
<br />Tbhe il.."t trips ure 1I0t mallc with any intention of demonsll."ti'nJ: the lIa\'l~n-
<br />lilt)' of the river or of prol'ing the need for rll'er improvemellt. The idea \s to
<br />8erve the thonsnnds of people in this section by making possible llll'nns ot
<br />ebealK'l' freight hallllng. 'fllat this will entnll n eousidernble los" to those .11-
<br />rettl~' Interested is eertnin.
<br />The Commereinl Cluh of this e1tl' nnll the husine_s Illen of Decntnr :Ire
<br />finnncing the project. Tbe contlition' of Ihe rher hulltllcaps the transportation
<br />~f froi:.:ht. but the need of riveI' navigation is so aPP:lrent that citizens are wl1\-
<br />~g I" assume the burden in order thllt the popnlous section ndjoln[ng the river
<br />t IIve(>n Omaha an,l Decotur may profit by this ser\'iee. It Is our conviction
<br />hnl a few private citizens should not lieuI' Ihe expense of Renice to 1\ whole
<br />CQrnllllllllty. when rIver ImprO\"elllent nuancell by the Federal Government wonltl
<br />Ulnh nRvh(atlon self-suJlportin~. With on imprO\'ed rh'er cbnnnel b<:'twP.eu
<br />~allKaS Clt~. allll Florence this section of r\l'e,' cOllhl and wonhl he profitably
<br />nl'l:.;aletl.
<br />YOlll'~. l'{,F;J!C'dfnlly.
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<br />COM MERl').\L ('1.1.'6.01-' OMAHA,
<br />,JOliN L. MCCAOU>:. Prcsidcnt.
<br />Tbe HOAR!) OF ENGlNEF.RS FOR nll'f.RS AN!) HARRORS.
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