Report Of The Proceedings Of The National Rivers And Harbors Congress PDF Download

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Eleventh Convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress The 1914 Convention of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress - a full report of the proceedings of which will be found in the following pages - was the eleventh convention held by the organization since its formation in 1901, and the tenth since its reorganization in 1906. The first convention was called after a Rivers and Harbors Bill had been talked to death in the closing hours of a short session of Congress. The eleventh convention was held after a filibuster in the Senate had compelled the substitution of a lump-sum appropriation of $20,000,000 for a carefully prepared and thoroughly meritorious bill carrying a total of more than $53,000,000. The Convention of 1914 was held during a time of serious business depression due to the war in Europe. Added to this was the fact that the railroads of the country, without exception and for the first time, refused any reduction of rates, although low rates were granted to scores of other gatherings, many of which were smaller in size and less in importance than our annual convention. It is both significant and gratifying that even under such conditions nearly one thousand delegates were present, coming from 37 States, the District of Columbia and Canada, and representing 246 cities and 138 commercial organizations. Whenever the people of the United States shall realize that the complete development of all our resources and the attainment of the highest possible prosperity can be secured only through the improvement and utilization of our waterways and harbors, there is no question that the needed appropriations will be forthcoming. It is the work of this organization to create an intelligent, forceful, result-compelling public opinion on the waterway question through the presentation of facts and of arguments based thereon. It is believed that the present volume will be found a worthy contribution to that end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.