THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt StJNDAT, JAyiTAItY 4, Urua.
BASKET BA L COMES ON NOW
C for the Seal Hot Game
Opened in Earnajt.
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CAL SCHEDULE IS A VERY GOOD ONE
M. C. A, Tna Ha Soma Imporltil
Hatches on Its Mat Already
u4 Will ttet Horn
Others.
New Year's day narks the beginning of
the basket ball season, and la college and
erymrvaslum circles generally everything
In the way of athletic contests Is now sub
ordinated to tbat game. For some weeks
past the construction of tha permanent
personnel of the different tea'ma baa been
la process by means of elimination, and
bow tha picked lucky onea ara far along
toward ths mastery if their own chosen
Intricacies of team play.
This sport seems to be growing steadily
each winter stason and H baa now ba
cons well known gains practically every
where In this country. Tha colleges have
doubtless been most prominent la bring
ing It strikingly before the public notice,
bat tha local gymnasium In the different
eltlea have aleo played a big part. It
waa only a few yeara ago that the word
basket ball arouaed Inquiries aa to Ita na
ture and prerogatives, but now every boy
knows the rules by heart.
Omaha la to have Ita good ahare of Im
portant baaket ball games thia winter.
The first team of tha Young Men'a Chris
tian assoclstton haa Ave contests arranged
for the home gymnasium, and will play
bout as maay abroad. In addition to
that Hat there are a good many minor
games arranged between the different
teams at the association, which will also
'offer keen sport, aa tha rivalry there Is
.vary keen.
Basket ball acbedulea are alow In mak
ing, so tbat not all the datea for tha
Omaha games are yet settled. The aport
la not yet developed to that degree where.
Ilka foot ball, datea can be nade a year or
two In advance and then rigidly adhered
to. Teama which plan trips do so always
mora or less tentatively, aa It is never
assured until after the aeaaon haa atarted
whether or not the Journeya can be taken
with financial aucceaa. It ia now almost
certain that January 20 next will open the
aeaaon of tha big games here with a eon
test between the association team and the
.Haskell Indians. Neat will be Kanssa
university on February , than the Unl
verslty of Nebraska and following that the
fiioux City team, the Topeka, Kan., team,
tha team of the Kanaaa City association
and another game with the Lincoln asso
ciation. Between these dates the local association
Diana to clay return gamea with each one
of these teams in turn, though It Is not
positively settled that they will Tlalt all
tha olacee. If carried out entire, tnie wm
make a very full and atrong echedule. and
even with a few gamea cut there wilt be
much good sport left.
The personnel of tha local first team la
almost tha same aa It waa last year. With
only one change In tha lineup, grand team
work la promised. Hanson will be back at
hi a old position of center. Tha Wlllard
brothers will be playing tha two guarda
with their old-time reliability and ateadl
Bess, C. Wlllard on tha left aide and O.
Wlllard oppoalte htm. Jardlne, laat year'a
captain, will again be at left forward and
It la aald that his game la fiercer and
faater than over. Oppoalte him 'will be
Ous Miller, tha new eapUln, and tha new
member on tha team. Tbeae men make a
very atrong- quartet and will doubtless
defend the laurela of tha association for
all there la In the game. The selection
of this team waa not' at all arbitrary
There were fifteen candldatea for tha honor
and all . good man- This wealth of atar
material gave the' beat aort of opportunity
to chooae a really atrong team and the
fact that ao many of laat year'a men were
picked Is due solely to their superiority.
Experience and team work told, but. each
one waa given a run tor his place by at
least two candldatea.
The ten left- over, meanwhile, gava an
opening for the formation of a aecond team
of very high grade; ao good, in fact, that
It la not to be called the aecond team,
Soma other name will be chosen. It haa
several gamea scheduled already with teama
that would hardly ba atrong enough to go
agalnat tha first team.
On tha whole, the team that will rep re
aent tha aasooiatlon this winter la a little
ahead of anything tha organisation hat been
able to boast - for soma yeara and great
hopes ara entertained of Ita record to ba
mada during tha aeaaon.
BOWLERS START ON SCHEDULE
flay Will Ba Resaiaad Monday After
Rest of Two Holi
day Weefta.
Monday night play will ba reaumed In tha
Omaha Bowling league after a respite of
two weeks. Tha rollers are all keen for tha
renewal and tha marked air of uneaslneas
and reatleaaness which haa beea prevalent
around the alleys during tha fortnight'
surcease will then disappear, Tha men
Largest Assortment
$5.00 to $100.00 -Cashorl Payments.
14,000 Records to select from.
We carry a complete stock of Edison and Columbia
Machines and Records.
Our facilities for showing records and filling mail
orders cannot be equaled in the west.
Call on us or write. Dealers wanted. Free concerti
all day and evening. Also Vehicles, Automobiles and
Hicycles.
H. E. Fredrickson
15th and Capitol Avenue. 'Phone 2161
whoee Interest center In the chunk of
lignum vltae do not eeera to relish a halt
midway in the progress of the lesgue play.
Sixty-three gamea are scheduled on the
year'a string for each team and of theae
thirty have been played. With thirty-three
more to go any team In the list haa a run
ning chance yet at first place. And tbat m
not the only desirable position, tor more
reasons thsn the mere standing. Tha league
has offered many good prises this season,
both for team and Individual work. Here
tofore tha winning teem bss received only
a trophy, but now there la cash money
added, and honors of the same nature go to
otbera of the ranking teama.
Tha first four teams In the Hat when the
i aeaaon closes on March 19 will get money
prises. To the leader goes tne trophy and
$50. Second place drawa 125. The third
team gets $15 and the fourth $10. Then the
team that rolls the highest three game's
total in a single night geta $10, and the
team tbat makes the highest single game
score a night geta $10.
Tbat makes seven prises for the teama,
and there are five Individual offerings as
well. The man with the hlgheat average
for the aesson gets $10, while the next best
average drawa It, and to tha third best aver
age goea $4. He who haa rolled the highest
single score for one game receives $10 and
the aame rum goea to the man rolling the
highest total score for three gamea in one
night. All this makes a nice little bunch
of prises which add to the seat of tha aport.
Boxers start their game
Good Match Fixed for Month Omaha
and Others la Pros
pect.
It Is now practically assured that about
January 15 tha local sports are to be
treated to as fierce a mill at fisticuffs aa
haa been seen In these parte for many i
day. Eddie Robinson, manager of Clar
ence English, says that the go arranged
between that boy and Kid Broad of Chi
cago la now cinched, and that it will be
pulled off In the old Red Light theater at
South Omaha, tha arena In which many a
fight, good, bad and indifferent, haa been
fought In recent yeara.
After ao long a stsgnant period at the
boxing game this la welcome news Indeed
to the devotee of the rope enclosed canvas,
Almost any old kind of a fight would ba a
Joy at this time, and the prospect of auch
a stem winder aa tha coming affair prom
ses to be Is putting the pug patrons on
their toes with expectation. It will be
man of undoubted prowess and estab
lished reputation against a youngster of
unusually good heart, great atrength and a
fierce and constant attack.
concerning Broad's fighting little need
be aald. He haa been holding his own
with the best of the featherweighte for
long enough to gain name and fame. But
English can atand a little touting, and ha
deserves It. First, he la an Omaha boy
and only a year ago or ao waa a local
amateur of the mat and ring. Early in
the wrestling game ba became a wonder at
his weight, but at that he always boxed
better than he wrestled. From the first
Eddie Roblnaon. had him in charge, and
aince English made hta first ring appear
ance in a four-round "kid" preliminary
last winter thirty-one fights have followed
no a targe proportion or these were
against good men, but ba It aaid to the
credit of tha young featherweight that he
has never known defeat nor a draw, has
never been knocked down, baa never, aa
far aa could ba teen, been dased, and has
never been made to falter or waver for a
moment. After having fougt-t and de
feated auch men aa Dick Oreen, Eddie
Bantry, Oscar Gardner and Billy Shannon,
Engiisa cannot be said to be untried, yet
in another aense all these victories came
ao easily that It cannot be aald that hia
mettle haa yet been thoroughly tested.
Not even Robinson himself will assert
that cleverness Is English's strong bold
Ho is not clever, but he la a fighter, and
la furthermore the most aggressive party
in a ring that one can Imagine. His styl
it to go after hia opponent from the first
gong and never atop till he haa got him.
He aeems to mind a punch not at all, and
withal has some terrible blows of his own
both while Inside and at longer range.
All In all, the go to come should be one
Interesting affair, and with the prellmln
arlea planned the evening will be locally a
memorable one. The men are to make 126
pounda and twenty rounds Is the limit set.
It Is probable tbat both will try to cut
that down all tbey possibly can.
The referee for thia fight haa not yet
been aelected, but an endeavor will be
made to aecure Patsy Magner of Yankton,
8. D. Magner la familiar with the game, be
cause he baa been actively mixed In It in hia
time. Moreover, he haa demonstrated on
other occasions that he knows hia business
aa a referee, and also tbat he doea It.
Two other Omaha fighters ara now lined
up for matchea which ara to occur In the
very near future. Billy Rhodes, tha popu
lar welterweight, haa finally agreed in hia
uaual reckless fashion to meet Tommy
Ryan, tha middleweight, at St. Louis before
Danny Daly'a new club. Thia looks like a
long ahot for Rhodea, but ha haa decided
to go In at catch weights, aa Ryan insisted,
and take hia chancea. These would seem to
ba about what a man stands with loaded
dice. This mill Is set for January It.
Spike Leroy, the boy who recently moved
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to St. Joseph from here, has arranged to
glvo Kid Broad a warming-up there for hia
fight with English here to follow. The date
aa now understood Is January t. The men
are signed for twenty rounds. There Is no
conceivable dope that would dare to
prophesy tbat Fplke will go more than two
or three of these save for sufferance. This
would seem to be a very unwise match for
tbe budding and ambitious St. Joseph club
to have made. On form Spike haa no show
with Broad, and about one more momentary
fight will end the game there. Tha local
sports were none too well suited with the
way In which Rhodes outclassed Marlon Mc
Intyre there on December 15, arid they are
crying for an even match now.
BASE BALL IN THE WINTER TIME
Peace Conference Falls Throngh Be
came the National Falls
to Make Good.
It'a all off.
Back to the woods for the gentle dove
ot peace, and on with the merry war of
the magnates. Ban Johnaon aaya there
will be no conference at Cincinnati tomor
row and no further negotiations for peace
from hia end ot the fight Ha Insisted
that the National conferees coma to the
meeting clothed with full power to act.
This was desired by President Herrmann
of the Cincinnati team, who la chairman
of the National committee, but the other
magnatea couldn't aee It that way. So
Mr. Johnson very naturally declines to
go Into a conference which can result In
nothing. This outcome will be learned with
regret by every lover of the game. All
had looked forward to Cincinnati with fond
hopea of peace, and the prospect waa most
encouraging. While the American league
had named Mr. Johnson as a committee of
one with full power to act, ha had asked
to come with him Messrs. Comlskey of
Chicago, Somera of Cleveland and Killlea
ot Boston, making a committee of four of
the brainiest men In base ball today. For
the National league the committee waa
made up of Messrs. Herrmann of Cin
cinnati, Hart of Chicago and Roblson of
St. Louis, three men In whom the base
ball world has confidence. It Is undoubt
edly due to the influence of tha Brush-Bllllngs-Rogsrs
faction that the meeting
baa failed. Just what these men can hope
to gain by a continuation of the fight it
not easily seen. In Boston and Philadel
phia the American haa the National
skinned forty ways, and Just aa aura aa
the American starta in at New York the
Brush-Freedman combination will ba put
to the bad. From a business standpoint
It looks aa if the National had made an
other of the blundera that haa marked Ita
every etep In dealing with the American
league. Ordinarily, when people can not
be reached In any other way, they can ba
reached through tha pocketbook, but la
thia case It la different. The National
league puree haa become flatter and flatter
each year alnce the war started, and atlll
tha magnatea refuse to make any move
that will check the drain. In the mean
time, public sympathy is with the Ameri
can. Mr. W. T. Van Brunt, who "strides a puny
world like a colossus," made a little ex
cursion from St. Joseph to Chicago the
other day, and at once the pipe wreathe
began to lake the form ot a Western
league team on Comlskey's White Stocking
park. Probably the next time Mr. Van
Brunt goea to New York we will hear of
the Western league invading Gotham. But
right here The Bee wants to enter a pro
test against the statement that cornea out
every time Van Brunt'a name la mentioned,
that be "financed" the Weatern league last
summer and mads it possible to fight tbe
American association. Aa a matter of fact,
the Western league needed no financing.
Mr., Van Brunt and Mr. Burns of Colorado
Springs promised that they Weald foot the
bills If the league failed to pay out. Aa
every team In the league except Kansas
City paid out, no bille were left over to
foot. And aa the expenses of tbe league
were met by the teams, there was no need
ot financial assistance from any aource.
Omaha and Denver paid the expenses of tbe
Western league last season by their mag
nlflcent support. More people paid their
way into one Sunday game at Omaha than
went through the pay gatea In any one
month at St. Joseph. This talk about W. T.
an Brunt "financing" the Western league
makea the real supporters of the game
tired. And then It doesn't give Tom Burns
show, either, and that'a wrong. Tom is
certainly entitled to something for the talk
he put up last summer. Meantime, tt'a up
to Omaha and Denver to turn out the
crowds sgain.
Suddenly the talk about the raids that
Joe Cantllllon waa making on the Cali
fornia league haa ceased. Here'a a tip on
those lada: An offer from an eaatern
magnate la a good thing to flaunt in the
faoe of a coast manager once In a while.
Some ot these times the coast managers
will get "wised up proper" and then some
alleged atara of the game In California
will have to work or walk.
Byron McKlbben will manage Tacoma
next summer. He will have Russ Hall
with him. There'a a mighty good pair gone
from the Weatern. McKlbben waa a good
manager and Hall waa the only real ball
player on the St. Joe team last aummer.
Big Bill. Wilson haa trapped Dave Calhoun
and Buck Thell for hia Peoria push, and
gtvea It out cold that he will be In the
money all tha way around the courae.
CURLERS MAY BUILD A RINK
Omahn Followers of the Roarln' Game
to Have Permanent
Tee.
A curling rink is planned for Omaha.
The Omaha Curling club contemplates
building such a place and will hold a meet
Ing Monday night at 1608 Howard atreet
to take Immediate atepa In the matter If Ita
feasibility becomes apparent at tbat time.
The rink wtll be built on aome location
close In down town, so that It will be
within easy reach ot the business men. The
dimensions ot the rinks will require a hous
Ing fully 166 feet long and forty feet wide.
Accommodations tor equipment and playing
toola and clothes would be arranged within.
The Curling club haa at present thirty
members, all actively interested in the
sport. The weather condition here have
alwaya made the matter of good lea very
uncertain, even with the coldest tempera
ture prevailing. The rink would obviate all
tbia, offering a perfect aheet of ice aa long
as the cold laated. It would also bring
tbe game within easy dlatsnce, ao that curl-
era could Indulge every day Instead of once
a week or fortnight. They would, further
more, be protected from the weather, which
la no amall Item.
Not much difficulty ia anticipated in mak
Ing the necessary arrangementa to defray
the expenses of constructing the rink house.
It Is planned to have two rlnka, each ot
which must ba five yarda by fifty. Tbe
place would be much on the aame plan aa a
bowling alley, with ice In place of polished
Boors.
Tha Curling club anticlpatea taking in
many new members If tha rink la coo
atructed, aa athletically Inclined men are
certain to become Interested In tbe game
when Indulgence Is mada ao easy and pleas
urable. At Minneapolia and fit. Paul curl
Ing rinks are suoceasf ully .conducted.
Thus far thia winter the curler a have la
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dulged but four tlmea In their favorite pas
time. Thanksgiving day was the first, then
early In December the second, while the
third and fourth occasions were Christmas
and New Year'a daya. It had been planned
to make tbe New Year'a event a big affair,
with tha Troup Point medal and Forgan'a
atlver cup as trophies. The ice was too bad
to allow of any auch championship con
tests, however, and the only curling done
that day was a match between rinka aklpped
by R. 8. Melvln and Jamas C. Lindsay.
After a very cloae game Melvln won by 4
points.
Most of tbe devotees of the game aeem
very enthusiastic about the covered rink
proposition. One of tha biggest advantages
next to that of good tee all tha time la that
It will make poaaible curling at night. With
good lighting the game la easily handled
after dark, and la as plaaaant aport aa
akatlng by moonlight. Thia will give men
more time for the game, aa In thia busy
country people do not have time enough In
daylight. In discussing thia point Mr.
Lindsay said:
"Of course, one would never expect to
aee any great proficiency at curling here.
People do not have time enough. Here men
work until 5 o'clock every day and till 6
on Saturdays. In Scotland aa soon aa curl
ing begins no man will work after 1 o'clock.
know an old cobbler whom I have aeen
leave hia ahop while in the midst of cob
bling a pair of ahoes for which a customer
waa waiting barefooted. Nor would he re
turn and complete the Job till darkness
stopped bis game with the "stanea." In
Canada, too, more time ia devoted to curl
ing, and In aome eaatern citiea in thia coun
try, but not out here."
SQUASH CLUB IS STILL ACTIVE
Towns; Men Who Began tha Apart
Keep It I'p with Great
Tint.
Laat winter a score or mora of tbe young
men of the upper ten organised a Squash
club in Omaha, aecured quarters, equip
ment, conveniences and then played the
game with persistence all during the cold
season. Thia winter finds the club experi
encing even more ot a revival than the
most, aanguine expected. A few short
months at thia fascinating Indoor game
was sufficient to. win permanent devoteea
among those Inclined to athletics of the
more strenuous sort, and aa a consequence
tha lite of tbe sport here aeems noW aa-
aured.
Tbe same quarters have been retained, on
the second floor ot the building at 10$ South
Fourteenth atreet, but they have been
further Improved. The building of a new
back wall, or face, la an important feature,
giving a mora solid playing front. The
vlsitora' gallery haa also been altered and
enlarged, ao that considerable gatherings
can now be accommodated at contests
perched up high above the arena out of
harm'a way. Ia membership there haa been
aome change, which on tha limited roll
makea quite a difference. Some of the
charter members have dropped out. The
purpose of the club Is not to let Its mem
bership exceed twenty-five men, ao there ia
no difficulty In keeping the lists full.
Two rising players ara found among tha
new recruits. They are W. T. Burna and
"Spike" Kennedy. Each haa caught the
tiang ot the play remarkably well In the
short time since the season began, and
either bids fair to give the older cracks
a run for honors before the winter closes.
The usual monthly tournamenta are being
adhered to again thia season. One i
held in November and another In December.
Sam Burna won both ot them, N. P. Dodge,
jr., being hia opponent In the final round
of the aecond affair. It waa discovered, In
both these contests, that the aame players
who led the game last wlntsr were again
tbe ones to stick up to tbs late rounda.
It grew to be a aafa bet aa to what four
would ba la the aemi-flnals. To avoid this
and to make competition keener It has been
decided to make the tournamenta handicap
affairs hereafter, for a time at least. This
will give the weaker playera an even chance
with the otbera. providing the handicapping
ia Judicious. It will enhance tha Interest
and make competition more arduous. In
the first tournament thia winter there were
twelve entries. Tha aecond drew sixteen
namea. It la expected that fully twenty
will participate In tha January affair, which
will begin aa soon aa the bonders ara well
over with.
Established 1823
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WORK ON MISSOURI RIVER
Coxmfcsion Makes Beport to Congress on
It Final Effort.
PERMANENT CHANNEL FOR THE BIG MUDDY
Morn Good Haa Been Accomplished
Already Tkrosfh the Policy ,
ot Protection of Banks
Adopted by Engineers.
The annual report of the Missouri River
commission for the fiscal year ending last
June baa Just come from the goverment
printing office and ia of mora than passing
Interest from the fact that the commission
saya that by reason ot the repeal of the
law creating tbe commission this Is tha
last annual report, and for thia reason,
probably, tbe commissioners give a short
resume ot the history of tbe commission
from its organisation, July 5, 1884, and a
brief outline of the policy ot the commis
sion since that time. On the latter point
It says:
The policy may be stated, in a few words,
to be a continuous, progressive control ot
the river, contracting It where necessary,
giving the channel proper direction and se
curely holding It In place. On that
part of the river in tne nrsi reacn, wnere
continuous work was done, under what la
called aystematlc Improvement, the results
reached were remaraauie. A continuous
channel of not less than elx feet depth at
low water was obtained In a stretcn or
about forty-five miles of river on what
was originally one of the worst parte of the
river, in tne vicinity oi tne moutn oi in.
Osage. In addition to thia forming of a
channel, much new land waa formed and
murh land protected from destruction by
the river. To Illustrate this, it may be
stated that In the distance ot only eighteen
miles in the vicinity of Jefferson City the
area of new land formed by the rectifica
tion works amounted to 5.BW acres, ana
fh arc nf lund nrnterted wan 12. acres
Computing this at a fair price of $60 per
acre, the sum of $l.0O0. or over 160,000
per mile of river, was added to the wealth
of the country aa Incidental to the im
provement of navigation.
Importance of the Work.
! hardlv a dojbt that eaual I
suits would be obtained on the whole river,
fmm ita mouth tc Sioux city, a aistance
of 8tH miles, under a thorough, systematic
Itr.nroVMment
The river flows along or inrougn seven
titM with a leneth of over 1.400 miles.
Bet wen Sioux City and Ita mouth, a dis
tance of 8U0 miles, It borders forty-six
counties. In theae forty-six counties the
population aggregates 1.473.670, and on Its
banks there are over mi ciuea ana towns.
Including one city of over leo.OOO, two of
over 100,(ioo, one of over BO.ono, four of over
niooo. 2tif.it). 110.000 and lft.OoO. respectively
three of more than 7,000 ana less man
10,000. five of more than 2.600 and less than
(.000. and twenty of more than 600 and
leaa man x.bui. it naa a volume oi now
ar all tlmea sufficient for channela of not
leas than five feet depth at bloua City, and
elht in ten feet at the mouth,
If the amount of Its exisUng commerce is
to be irsed aa the measure of its worthi
ness for Improvement, It might ao well, as
has been factloualy proposed, be wiped off
the map of internal Improvements. If
Ita capacity for Improvement and tha pos
lblllt
ies of Ita use aa a nignway lor cneap
transportation for a very laree section of
country and a numerous population be
considered, its worthiness takes high rank.
Pretest Against Policy.
Running through the entire report there
la a protest against tha policy pursued by
congress In ths matter of tha Improvement
of the river. In tbe opening paragraph the
commission saya: "Unfortunately for the
Improvement, the commission for the
greater part of tha time of Ita existence bss
not been permitted to carry out Ita policy,
except with auch limited amounta of the
yearly appropriations aa to render progress
exceedingly alow." And mora than once it
speaka In tha aame vein, particularly when
It -refers to congressional action which re
quired the commission to extend specific
sums from tbe annual appropriation for
work at certain polnta, far removed and en
tirely disconnected from the ayatematle
work of the oommlsalon referred to above.
Theae apeclflo expenditures, It admits, were
sometimes necessary, but ahould have been
provided for outside ot tha regular appro
prlatloo of the commission, becauaa the
scattering of tha work required an addl
tlonal expense In tha employment of super
intendents, clerks and operation ot dla
tlnct plants, which extra expense haa been
paid from the funda otherwlaa available for
systematic work. It cloaea Ita proteat
against the action of congress by aaytng:
Congress created the commission with tha
supposed purpose of making an extensive
and effective Improvement of the river.
The commission has carried out this pur
pose with seal and with fidelity to tha ex-
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That's All !
tent that was possible under congressional
restrictions, and a much greater develop
ment of the general Improvement of the
river would have been attained If the
money appropriated for the river could
have been expended for the purpose. As
congress has not deemed It advisable to
continue the work upon a scale and In a
manner to make an effective general Im
provement, there Is, of course, no longer
necessity for the existence of the commis
sion. Monte Final Recommendations.
Tbe commission recommends that a pro
vision be made for the operation of a snag
boat on the river, similar to the provisions
made for other . rivers, not to exceed the
sum of $85,000 per year, and In addition
aaya:
And the commission desires to state that
it makes no recommendation for any ap
propriation whatever other than for the
operation of snagboat, unless It can bs
made In a manner to permit or us applica
tion to a thorough systematic Improve
ment of the river. While If the syxtematlc
work referred to can be taken up it would
recommend the spproprlatlon of $1.000,ouo
a year for the work between Jefferson City
and the mouth ot tne river until tnat is
complete, at a coat estimated from $8,000,000
to $3,600,000, leaving the question or tne de
velopment of the river above Jefferson City
to future consideration.
Expenditures on All Work.
Accompanying tha report ia a statsment
ot the disbursements of the commission
from the time of ita organization, showing
that It haa expended on the Missouri river
since 1884, the sum of $7,168,248.68; on tha
Osage river, $361,032.31, and on tbe Gas
conade river, $26,138.11, making a grand
total of expendlturea for all purposes of
$7,689,687.81, and a balance on hand at the
cloae of tha year of $6,782.14.
In the description of works carried on at
the various polnta of tha river it shows
that ot tha aggregate aum mentioned 1404,
794.19 waa expended at Omaha and Council
Bluffs, $80,496.12 at Sioux City, $67,747.10 at
Nebraaka City, $104,998.06 at Rulo, $38.
669.98 at St. Joseph, while tha remainder
was expended at varloua polnta In tha atata
of Missouri, $2,609,700 having been ex
pended ' on the systematic development of
the "first reach," that part of the river
from the mouth to Jefferson City.
During the yesr 1901 669,669 tons of mer
chandise of all ktnda were carried on the
Missouri river, 72,839 tons on the Osage
river and 19.460 tona on tha Gasconade
river.
. Chicago Man Is Promoted.
rHIf!AOO Jan. X. Frank Hadlay. super
Intendent of the Northwestern Elevated
railroad, haa resigned to accept the office o;
general sunenmenaeni ot tne nerDorougn
Rapid Transit company, which has In
charge all of the New Tork aubways. He
will be sjeceeded here by E. C. Nohe, super
intendent of the engineering department of
the Chicago office of the Oeneral Electric
company. Mr. Hadley'a resignation will
take effect January 10. He has been con
nected with the elevated railway work In
Chicago for ten years.
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