Download or read book Annual Report Upon the Improvement of the Ohio, Monongahela, and Wabash Rivers (Classic Reprint) written by W. E. Merrill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report Upon the Improvement of the Ohio, Monongahela, and Wabash Rivers For these reasons I cannot but think that the course of the coal-deal ers of Pittsburgh is unjustifiable and contrary to public policy. They condemn the whole project in advance, and refuse to consent to the con struction of even one dam, notwithstanding the great local advantages to be gained by it, and notwithstanding the fact that, in case of failure, the dam could be removed without either injury or delay to navigation. I am far from desiring to do anything that will injure the coal trade, and my record will show that I have worked faithfully to improve the river, and especially its upper portion, so that coal tows might run with more ease and safety but I recognize the fact that the shipment of coal is not the only nor even the chief commerce on the Ohio River, that, however valuable ln its effect on other industries, the total annual value of the coal that descends the Ohio is but about $6, 000, 000, as compared with a general river commerce of about 8200, Under these circumstances I think that the objection of the Pittsburgh coal shippers should be overruled, and that the construction of the Davis Island dam should be kept steadily in view, and that every proper ef fort should be made to secure the requisite authority from the State of Pennsylvania. 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.