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 BOOKS 
 
 American academy of poHtical and social science. American 
 water\Yays. 
 Philadelphia: Amer'ican academy of political and social 
 science, 1908. Hi, (1), 299 pp. 8°. {Annals of the 
 American academy of political and social science, vol. 31, 
 no. 1, January, 1908.) 
 
 Contents. — (tur national inland waterways policy, by Presi- 
 dent Roosevelt, pp. 1-11; Present status of the Panama 
 project, by Henry L. Abbot, pp. 12-35; Legislative program 
 Congress should adopt for improvement of American water- 
 ways, by Joseph E. Ransdell, pp. 36-47 ; The use and develop- 
 ment of American waterways, by Francis G. Newlands, pp. 
 48-66; The Delaware river, by J. Hampton Moore, pp. 67-72; 
 Engineering features of Chesapeake and Delaware and Nor- 
 folk-Beaufort waterways, by C. A. F. Flagler, pp. 73-80; 
 Cape Cod canal, by William Barclay Parsons, pp. 81-91; 
 Atlantic coastwise canals : their history and present status, 
 by G. D. Luetscher, pp. 92-101 ; The anthracite-tidewater 
 canals, by Chester Lloyd Jones, pp. 102-116 ; The New York 
 canals, by John A. Fairlie, pp. 117-127 ; Transportation on the 
 Great Lakes, by Walter Thayer, pp. 128-138 ; The improve- 
 ment of the Ohio river, by John L. Vance, pp. 139-145 ; Mis- 
 sissippi improvements and traffic prospects, by R. B. Way, 
 pp. 146-163 ; Water power in the Mississippi Valley, by Cal- 
 vin O. Althouse, pp. 164-177; The improvement of the Mis- 
 souri river and its usefulness as a traffic route, by Lawrence 
 M. Jones, pp. 178-188 ; Columbia river improvement and 
 the Pacific Northwest, by Frederick G. Young, pp. 189- 
 202 ; Reclamation of arid west by federal government, by 
 Arthur P. Davis, pp. 20.3-218; The relation of forests to 
 stream control, by Gifford Pinchot, pp. 219-227; The inland 
 waterways of Great Britain and the plans under considera- 
 tion for their improvement, by Urquhart A. Forbes, pp. 228- 
 245 ; The present significance of German inland waterways, 
 by Walther Lotz, pp. 246-262. 
 
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 The Atlantic deeper waterways conference. Philadelphia^ 
 
 1907. Report of the proceedings. Nov. 18-20, 1907. 
 
 Published by the Atlantic deeper waterways association. 
 
 Compiled and edited by Addison B. Burk. 
 
 Philadelphia: The l)ook j^rint, January, 1908. 30 Jf pp. 
 
 Plate. 8°. 
 
 Contains the following addresses: 
 
 Inland waterways in the United States, by Francis G. New- 
 lands ; Inland waterways along the Atlantic coast, by Charles 
 Heber Clark; The cut through Cape Cod, by William Bar- 
 clay rarsons; Another canal across Cape Cod, by Loyed E. 
 Cliamberlain; Long Island Sound and the northern ap- 
 proaches to New York, by Joseph A. Goulden ; The Hudson 
 river outlet from the Erie canal to the sea, by William B. 
 Jones; New York harbor — its commercial and naval signifi- 
 cance and the apjiroaches from Raritan bay, by George E. 
 Waldo; The Delaware and Raritan canal — its history and 
 commerce, by Edward C. Stokes; Engineering features of a 
 Trans-New Jersej- canal, by Lewis M. Haupt; The Delaware 
 river from Trenton to Philadelphia, and from Philadelphia 
 south, bj' Joel Cook ; The Chesapeake and Delaware canal — 
 its history and commerce, by Anthony Iliggins ; The Chesa- 
 peake bay and its connection with the Delaware, by Felix 
 Angus ; Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake approaches to 
 Maryland, A'irginia and North Carolina, by Hugh R. Gar- 
 den ; Behind Hatteras — The Norfolk-Beaufort route, by John 
 H. Small ; The engineering outlook — Chesapeake and Dela- 
 ware and Norfolk-Beaufort route, by C. A. Flagler ; Looking 
 south from Beaufort, by C. P. Goodyear ; Inland waterways 
 from the Florida view-point, by George F. Miles. 
 
 Bates, Lindon "Wallace. The navigation interests of nations in 
 ports and waterways, and modern means for their im- 
 provement. 
 Paris: Impr. P. Dupont, 1900. 5!f pp. Plates. Plan. 4°. 
 {viiith Into'national congress on navigation. Paris 1900. 
 Third section.^ 
 
 Benyaurd, W. H. H. From Lake Michigan to the Mississippi 
 river. 
 Puhlished hy the Michigan and Mississippi canal commis- 
 sion, Davenport, Iowa. \n. fZ.] 15 pp. 8°. 
 
 Boston. Board of trade. Proceedings. Relative to a canal from 
 the lakes to the Mississippi, 
 Boston: Wright c& Potter, 1870. 36 pp. 8°. 
 
 British iron trade association. American industrial conditions 
 and competition ; reports of the commissioners appointed 
 by the British iron trade association, to enquire into the
 
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 iron, steel, and allied industries of the United States, Ed. 
 
 by J. Stephen Jeans. 
 
 London: The British iron trade association^ 1902. xxei^ 
 
 590 pp. Illustrations. Folded plates. Folded map. 8°. 
 
 " Transportation systems and conditions," pp. 74-112 : A. Rail- 
 road transportation ; B. American lake transportation ; C. 
 River transportation ; D. Canal transportati<jn ; E. Ocean 
 freiglits. 
 
 Brock, S. G. The commerce of the Great Lakes, the Mississippi 
 
 river and its tributaries. 
 
 Washington : Government printing office., 1892. (^) , m, Ixi., 
 
 96 pp. Folded map. 8°. (U. S. 52d Congress, 1st session. 
 
 House executive document no. 6, part 2.) 
 
 Forms part 2 of the U. S. Treasury department. Bureau of 
 statistics, Report on Commerce and navigation, 1891, 
 
 Brown, G. P. Drainage channel and waterway. A history of the 
 effort to secure an effective and harmless method for the 
 disposal of the sewage of the city of Chicago, and to create 
 a navigable channel between Lake Michigan and the Mis- 
 sissippi river. 
 Chicago: R. R. Donnelley cfe sons company., 189^. ix, (i), 
 480 pp. Plates. Diagrams. Maps. 8°. 
 
 Canada. Depart?nent of public works. Report of the chief engi- 
 neer of public works on the navigation of the river St. 
 Lawrence between Lake Ontario and Montreal. 
 Ottawa: P/inted by Maclean, Rogers & co., 1875. 110 pp. 
 8°. 
 
 Report of the Minister of public works on the 
 
 works under his control for the fiscal year ended Jinie 30, 
 1906, submitted in accordance with the provisions of 
 chapter 36, section 37, of the revised statutes of Canada. 
 Ottawa: Printed by S. E. Dawson, 1907. 8°. {/Sessional 
 paper, no. 19-1907.) 
 
 Return of the recent survey and report of the engi- 
 neers on the Ottawa ship canal. 
 
 Quebec: Printed by Thompson c& co., 1860. 56 pp. Folded 
 map. 8°. 
 Cover-title. 
 
 Department of railways and canals. Annual report for the 
 
 fiscal year from July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906. 
 Ottawa: Printed by S. E. Dawson, 1906. 8°. (^Sessional 
 paper no. 20-1907.) 
 
 The latest report received. The earlier reports are also in the 
 Library.
 
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 Canada. Parliament. Senate. Special committee on canal connect- 
 ing Lake Huron with the St. Lawrence. Keport, etc., of 
 the Special committee of the Senate of Canada upon the 
 feasibility and advantages of a waterway connecting Lake 
 Huron with the St. Lawrence via the Ottawa River— the 
 Montreal, Ottawa and Georgian Ba}^ canal. 
 Ottawa: Printed hy S. E. Dawson, 1898. 51 pp. and port- 
 folio of 3 folded maps. Jf°. {Canada. Parliament, 1898. 
 Senate. Journals. Appendix no. 4-) 
 Cover-title. 
 
 Royal co7nmission on transportation. Report of the Royal 
 
 commission on transportation, appointed 19th May, 1903. 
 [Ottawa, 1905']. 67 pp. 8°. {Supplemeiit to the Report 
 of the Minister of public works, 1905.) 
 
 " luvestigatiou of questions affecting the transportation of 
 Canadian products to the markets of the world through and 
 l)y Canadian ports." 
 
 Chandler, A\'illiam. Illustrated history of the St. Mary's Falls 
 shij) canal. The early history of the canal is taken from 
 Mr. William Chandler's report to Governor Charles M. 
 Crosswell, of Michigan, made in 1877. 
 Detroit: Chapman cfe Kihhy, 1893. {12) pp. Plates. 
 Folded taUe. Sq. 12°. 
 
 Chicago. Commission on the Chicago River. Report, submitted 
 December 11, 1899. 
 \CUcago, 1899 f\ 10 pp. TaUes. 8°. 
 
 Committee on statistics. The necessity of a ship-canal 
 
 between the East and the West. Report of the Com- 
 mittee on statistics for the city of Chicago, submitted to 
 the National convention assembled at Chicago, June 2, 
 1863. 
 Chicago: Tribune company'' s booh and job printing office, 
 1863. Jt5 pp. 8°. 
 
 Cincinnati. Committee of citizens on improvement of the Ohio 
 Rirer. Report of conunittee on the best mode of improv- 
 ing navigation, at the falls of the Ohio. 
 Cincinnati: Gazette company steam printing house, 1859. 
 50 pp. 8°. 
 
 " The Louisville and Portland canal company " : pp. 25-59. 
 
 Chamber of commerce and merchants'' exchange. Rej^ly of 
 
 the Chamber of commerce of Cincinnati, to the inquiries
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 7 
 
 made by S. B. W. McLean, esq,, collector of the port of 
 Cincinnati, on the subject of the improvement of the falls 
 of the Ohio River. 
 Cincinnati: G. W. Tag art cfe go., 1853. 20 pp. 8°. 
 
 Clements, Isaac. Transportation and improvements on the Mis- 
 sissippi Eiver. Speech in the House of Representatives, 
 Saturday, February 14, 1874. 
 [Washi7igton: Beardsley c& Snodgrass, 1874-] ^ pp- 8°. 
 
 Congressional convention, jSt. Louis, 1873. Proceedings of the 
 
 Congressional convention, held in the city of St. Louis, 
 
 on 13th, 14th and 15th days of May, 1873. Pub. by order 
 
 of executive committee. D. H. MacAdam, secretary. 
 
 St. Louis: Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, 1873. vii, 120 pp. 
 
 "The Congressional convention, the proceedings of which are 
 published in this volume, originated among the merchants of 
 the city of St. Louis, and was suggested by their practical 
 knowledge of the needs of the South and West, for improved 
 and extended lines of water transportation to the sea- 
 board. . . . 
 
 " The members of both Houses of Congress and the Governors 
 of the States were invited to form the convention." Intro- 
 duction. 
 
 Cooley, Charles Horton. The theory of transportation. 
 
 [^Baltimore'] : American economic association, 1894. 14^ PP- 
 8°. [Publications of the American econonnic association. 
 Monographs, i\ 9, no. 3.) 
 
 Cooley, Lyman Edgar. The lakes and gulf waterway, as related 
 to the Chicago sanitary problem. The general project of 
 a waterway from Lake Michigan to the Gulf of Mexico. 
 A i^reliminary report with appendices, maps and profiles. 
 Chicago: Press of J. W. Weston, [1891]. xv, 92, 34 pp- 
 Illustrations. Folded plates. Maps. 4°- 
 
 Statistics of marine commerce on the Great Lakes. 
 
 (In International deep waterwaj-s association. I'roceedings 
 of the first annual convention, Cleveland, Sept. 24—26, 1895, 
 pp. 338-342. Cleveland, 1895. 8°.) 
 
 Ultimate development of interior water transportation. 
 
 (In International deep waterways association. Troceedings of 
 the first annual convention, Cleveland, Sept. 24-26, 1895, pp. 
 305-310. Cleveland, 1895. 8°.)
 
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 Cowden, Jolm. Report on the gateway to the seas, made in Mem- 
 phis, June 21, 1876-July 21, 1877. 
 Memphis: Traeij d' co., [1877]. 23 pp. Folded map. 8°. 
 {Cojntnercial freedom for the Mississippi Valley., 2d 
 paper.) 
 
 Cram, Tliomas Jefferson. Memoir upon the northern interoceanic 
 route of commercial transit, between tide water of Puget 
 Sound of the Pacific, and tide water on the St. Lawrence 
 Gulf of the Atlantic Ocean. Written for and read before 
 the Board of trade, Detroit, Mich. 
 Detroit: Board of trade [1869?]. 35 pp. Folded map. 8°. 
 
 Davis, Charles E. L. B. St. Mary's Falls canal, Michigan. Sta- 
 tistical report of lake commerce passing through canal at 
 Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and Ontario, during season of 
 1905. 
 [n. p.] 1906. 22 pp. Plates. Folded map. 8°. 
 
 Deep waterways convention. Proceedings, Detroit, Mich., De- 
 cember 17 and 18, 1891. 
 [Detroit] : Detroit free press printing co., 1892. 95 pp. 8°, 
 (Lake transportation.) 
 
 Dixon, Frank Haigh. Water transportation: its economic impor- 
 tance. 
 
 (In St. Louis railway club. Official proceedings, vol, 10, 
 
 1905, pp. 8-33.) 
 •' Discusses the economic importance of water transportation 
 
 in the United States at the present time, under the heads 
 
 of ocean, lake, river, and canal transportation." Eng. 
 
 Index. Feb. 1906: 159. 
 
 Ely, Richard T. The taritf and trusts — Expenditures for internal 
 improvements. 
 
 {In Shaw, Albert, ed. The national revenues: a collection of 
 papers by American economists, pp. oG-67. Chicago, 
 
 1S8S. 32°.) 
 
 Fairchild, Lucius. Water communication between the Mississippi 
 and the Lakes. 
 Madison, ^Yis.: Wood d' Culver, 1870. 88 pp. 8°. 
 
 Flower, Frank Abial. Toronto deep waterways convention. Sep- 
 tember 17-20, 1894. Report by Frank A. Flower, dele- 
 gate from Superior, Wisconsin. 
 Superior, Wis.: Hallock-Harmon-Leader co., 1891^. 12 pp. 
 12\ 
 
 Cover-title.
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 9 
 
 Fox, S. Waters. Technical methods of river improvement as de- 
 veloped on the lower Missouri river, by the general gov- 
 ernment, from 1870-1003. 
 
 (]h American society of civil engineers. Proceedings, vol. 31, 
 Jan., 1905, pp. 37-83. Plates. Plans. New York, 1905. S°.) 
 
 Fox and Wisconsin improvement company. Report and ac- 
 companying documents. December, 1856. 
 Neiv York: Wm. 0. Bryant & co., 1857. 17, (1), scxiv pp. 
 Maps. !f°. 
 
 Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvement committee. Fox 
 and Wisconsin rivers improvement. Letter of the River 
 improvement committee in regard to the Fox and Wiscon- 
 sin rivers route between the Mississippi and the Lakes. 
 Green Bay: Robinson d: hrother, hook and joh printers, 
 1875. 15 pp. Map. 5°. 
 
 Fox and Wisconsin rivers improvement convention, Prairie 
 du Chien, ISGS. Water communication between the Mis- 
 sissippi and the lakes. Memorial to the Congress of the 
 United States on the improvement of the navigation of 
 the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, submitted by the canal 
 convention held at Prairie du Chien, in the state of Wis- 
 consin, Xovember 10, 1868, and the proceedings of the 
 convention. 
 Madison. Wis.: Atwood cfc Ruhlee, printers, 1869. 56 pp. 
 8°. 
 
 Water communication between the Mississippi and the 
 
 Lakes. Memorial to the Congress of the United States, 
 and the supplement, on the improvement of the naviga- 
 tion of the Wisconsin and Fox rivers submitted by the 
 canal conventions held at Prairie dii Chien . . . Wiscon- 
 sin, Nov. 10, 1868, and at Portage City, Oct. 20, 1869, and 
 the Proceedings of the conventions. 
 Madison, Wis.: Atwood cfi Culoer, hook and joh printers, 
 1870. 88 pp. Maps. 8°. 
 
 Francis, Charles. Comparative study of modern ship canals. 
 
 {In International deep waterways association. I'roceedings 
 of the first annnal convention, Cleveland, Soj^t. 24-26, 1805, 
 pp. 300-110. Cleveland, 1S!)5. S°.) 
 
 Great Britain. Royal (otnmission on canals and waterways. Re- 
 port [s] of the Royal commission appointed to enquire 
 into and to report on the canals and inland navigations of
 
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 the United Kingdom. Presented to both houses of Parlia- 
 ment by command of His IMajesty. 
 London: Printed for 11. M. Stationery of. hij Wyman (& 
 som, limited, 1906--1908. 3 vols. Folded maps. F°. 
 {Parliament. Sessional papers. Cd. 3183-3184, 3716- 
 3718.) 
 
 Lord Sbiittleworth, cliairmaii. 
 
 Contents. — Vol.1. (Part I.) First report of tlie Royal Com- 
 mission. (Part II.) Minutes of evidence and appendices 
 thereto . . . with indexes. Vol. II. (Part I.) Second re- 
 port of the Royal Commission. (Part II.) Ireland. 
 Minutes of evidence and appendices thereto . . . with 
 indexes. Vol. III. England and Wales, and Scotland. Min- 
 utes of evidence and appendices thereto accompanying the 
 second report (Vol. II, Part I) . . . with indexes. 
 
 Contains testimony regarding canals in Austria-Hungary, Bel- 
 gium, France, Germany, Holland, and the United States. 
 
 Great canals of the world. The Suez, Kaiser Wilhelm, Man- 
 chester, Canadian, St. Marys Falls, New York state, and 
 other canal systems of the world. 
 
 {In United States. Department of commerce and labor. 
 Monthly sunmiary of commerce and finance of the United 
 States, no. 7, series 1904-1905, Jan., 1905, pp. 2.373-245(5. 
 Washington, 1905. 4°.) 
 
 Harbor and river convention. Chicago, 18^7. Proceedings of 
 the Harbor and river convention, held at Chicago, July 5, 
 1847: together with full list of names of delegates in 
 attendance: letters read at the convention, and a detailed 
 aj^ioendix. Published by order of the convention. 
 Chicago: Printed hy R. L. Wilson, 181,!/. 79 pp. 12°. 
 
 Harcourt, Leveson Francis Vernon- Harbours and docks: their 
 physical features, history, construction, equipment, and 
 maintenance, with statistics as to their commercial devel- 
 opment. 
 Oxford: Clarendon press, 1885. 2 vols. Ilhistrations. 
 Plates. Diagrams. 8°. {Clarendon press series.) 
 Contents. — v. 1. Text. v. 2. Plates. 
 
 Rivers and canals; the flow, control, and improvement of 
 
 rivers and the design, construction, and development of 
 canals both for navigation and irrigation, Avith statistics 
 of the traffic on inland waterways. 2d ed., re-written and 
 enlarged. 
 Oxford: Clarendon press, 1896. 2 vols. Illustrations. 
 Plates. 8°.
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 11 
 
 Contents. — Vol. 1. Rivers : Physical characteristics ; Measure- 
 ment and formulae of discliarsro; Itej^ulation and canaliza- 
 tion of rivers; Dredjilng and excavating; Locks; and fixeil, 
 and draw-door weirs; Movable weirs; Prediction of floods; 
 and protection from inundations; Deltas of tideless rivers; 
 and improvement of their outlets ; Jetties and breakwaters 
 at the mouths of rivers ; Tidal flow in rivers ; and forms 
 of estuaries; Dredging in tidal rivers; Training works in 
 estuaries; Experimental investigations on training works 
 in estuaries. Vol. 2. Canals: Canal works; Canal locks; 
 Canal inclines and lifts ; Irrigation works ; Perennial irriga- 
 tion canals; Inland navigation; Forms of barges; methods 
 of traction ; and ship-canals instead of rivers ; Ship-canals 
 for ports; Interoceanic ship-canals. 
 
 Harvey, Mrs. Sarah Van Epps. Jubilee annals of the Lake Su- 
 perior ship canal; the world's greatest mechanical water- 
 way. 
 Cleveland : Press of the J. B. Savage company, 1906. 267, 
 (1) J) p. Illustrations. Plates. 8°. 
 
 Hulbert, Archer Butler. The great American canals. Y, 1-2. 
 
 Cleveland, 0.: The A. H. Clark company, 1901^. 2 vols. 
 
 Frontispieces. Plates. Folded maps. ^°. (Hi'^ Historic 
 
 highways of America, v. 13-14') 
 
 Contents. — v. 1. The Chesapeake and Ohio canal and the 
 Pennsylvania canal, v. 2. The Erie canal. 
 
 Humphreys, Andrew A., and Henry L. Abbot. Eeport upon the 
 physics and hydraulics of the Mississippi river: upon the 
 protection of the alluvial region against overflow; and 
 upon the deejjening of the mouths. Reprinted with addi- 
 tions. 
 Washington: Government printing of/ice, 1876. xxiii, (1), 
 691 pp. Folded plates. Folded maps. 4°. 
 
 Illinois. Special commission, Chicago drainage channel. Report 
 of the special commission appointed by John R. Tanner, 
 governor of Illinois, under section 27 of the "Act to cre- 
 ate sanitary districts." Approved May 29, 1889. 
 {Chicago: Cameron, Amherg & co.'], 1900. 131, (1) pp. 
 Plates. Plans. Tables. 8°. 
 
 Contains the report of D. Fitzgerald, the chief engineer of the 
 Chicago drainage channel, and the acts of the Illinois legis- 
 lature and of Congress relating to the same. 
 
 Illinois and Mississippi River and canal improvement commis- 
 sion. A national work. The all-water route from the 
 .upper Mississippi River to New York and the East. The
 
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 voice of boards of trade and state legislatures. Published 
 by the Illinois and Mississippi River and canal improve- 
 ment commission. 
 Woshhifffon, D. C, 1882. 12 ;;;;. Folded map. 8°. 
 
 Illinois river improvement convention. Waterway improve- 
 ment. A matter of great national importance. Proceed- 
 ings of the Illinois river improvement convention, held at 
 Peoria, Illinois, October 11 and 12, 1887. 
 Peoria, III. : National democrat frint, 1887. 1^7 pp. 8°. 
 
 International deep waterways association. Proceedings of the 
 first annual convention of the International deep water- 
 ways association, Cleveland, September 2-1, 25, 26, 1895: 
 with an appendix. Also a report of the proceedings of the 
 Toronto convention. 
 [Cleveland : W. M. Bayne printing co., 189-5.] Jf65 pp. 8°. 
 
 Contents. — The deep-water movement, 5-24; Proceedings of 
 the First annual convention, 25-324 ; The effect of deep 
 water between the Great Lal^es and the sea in develo])ing 
 iron and mineral resources, Charles R. Van Hise, 71-73 ; 
 Effect of deep water from the Great Lakes to the sea on 
 domestic iron mining, Martin Pattison, 74-7G; L^ltimate 
 efifect of deep water between the Great Lakes and the sea 
 on iron and steel manufacturing, Arthur J. Moxham, 77-80; 
 The necessities and advantages of a ship canal to the ocean, 
 Denison B. Smith, 81-88; Volume and Aalue of commerce 
 tributary to an enlarged waterway system, James Fisher, 
 89-99; Comparative study of modern ship canals, Charles 
 Francis, 100-110; Effect of deep water between the Great 
 Lakes and the sea upon railw\iy traffic and profits, Emory 
 R. Johnson, 112-117; Sectionalism and railways vs. deep 
 waterways, L. M. Haupt, 118-124; Regulation of lake levels 
 with reference to improving waterways, George Y. Wisner, 
 125-134; Regulating levels of the Great Lakes, Thomas T. 
 Johnson, 135-139 ; Discussion : W. Livingstone, 140-142 ; B. 
 A. Eckhart, 142-14G; L. E. Cooley, 147-150; Lake level 
 regulation is a depth-restorative, G. W. Blasdel, 152-153; 
 Ultimate effect of deep water from the Great Lakes to the 
 sea on our grain and flour business, L. R. Hurd, 155-159; 
 Cost, character and utility of existing Great Lakes, Cham- 
 plain and St. Lawrence improvements, Thomas C. Keefer, 
 1G1-I(j3; Memoranda respecting Canadian canals, George 
 Johnson, 1G4-175 ; Ls a type of vessel to navigate fresh and 
 salt water practical? Joseph R. Oldham, 176-180; Modern 
 methods of canal excavation, Isham Randolph, lSG-195 ; 
 Relation of glacial deposits to canal routes. G. Frederick 
 Wright, 19G-201 ; Ultimate effect of deep water between the 
 Great Lakes and the sea on dome.stic shipbuilding, George 
 Tunell, 203-21G; Effect of deep water between the Great 
 Lakes and the sea upon the export lumber and timber
 
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 trade. Richard It. Dobell, 217-218; A. L. Crocker, 21S-221; 
 Pueumatie and hydraulic locks, Chauncey N. Dutton', 222- 
 240; Eulargemeut of the Erie canal, Thomas P. Roberts, 
 241-246; The relation of the Lake Erie and Ohio river ship 
 canal to the coumierce of the Great Lakes and to the com- 
 merce of the proposed deep waterway to the Atlantic ocean, 
 Jolni E. Shaw, 2G0-264; New York and deep water to the 
 Gi-eat Lakes, Thomas Cnrtis Clarke, 2T.3-2S0; Basis for co- 
 operation between the United States and Canada in canal 
 constrnction and maintenance, Frank Abial Flower, 298-304 ; 
 Ultimate development of interior water transportation, 
 Lyman E. Cooley, 305-310; International deep-water legisla- 
 tion, 328-330; State deep-water legislation, 331-332; Statis- 
 tics of marine commerce on the Great Lakes, L. E. Coolej', 
 comp., 338-342; Effect of depth npon artificial waterways, 
 Thomas C. Clarke, 34.3-.345; Chauncey N. Dutton, 345-352; 
 Lake level effects on account of the sanitary canal of Chi- 
 cago, L. E. Cooley, 361-368; Thomas T. Johnston, 368-383; 
 An existing outlet to the sea, Alexander R. Smith, 384-389; 
 Toronto deep waterways convention. 300—149. 
 
 International waterways comniission. Deeper waterways from 
 the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Reports of the Canadian 
 members of the International Commission. Printed by 
 order of Parliament, 1897. 62 pp. Folded map. 8°. 
 {Canada. Sessional papers., vol. 32. 1898, Xo. 12.) 
 
 {U. S. and Canada). Progress report [of the American sec- 
 
 tion of the International waterways commission]. lst-2d, 
 Dec. 1. 1905, Dec. 1, 1906. 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1905-1906, 2 vols, 
 in 1. 8°. 
 
 Report upon the Chicago drainage canal by the Interna- 
 
 tional waterways commission. 
 Washington: Government pnnting office, 1907. (2), SJ/. pp. 
 8°. {War department document no. 293.) 
 
 Report upon the conditions existing at Sault Ste. Marie 
 
 with rules for the control of the same, recommended by 
 
 the International waterways commission. [May 3, 1906.] 
 
 {Buffalo, 1906.'] 20 pp. 8' 
 
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 Reports of the International waterways commission. Can- 
 adian section and American section. 1905. 
 
 {Ottawa, 1906.] 10 Jf pp. ^°. {Canada.- Department of 
 public works. Sujjplement to report 1905. International 
 waterways commission.)
 
 14 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 Contexts. — I'rofe'ress report of tlie Cauadian section, dated 
 December 24, 1005. together with appendices lettered A to Z 
 and Al, including correspondence and document relating to 
 the affairs of the Commission in addition to the following 
 reports: App. V. Notes on the retrocession of Niagara Falls, 
 by J. C. K. Laflamme; App. Z. Detailed relation of an inves- 
 tigating trip made by a subcommittee of the Commission, 
 composed of J. P. Mabee, George Clinton, and Thomas Cote 
 through the Great Lakes and rivers connecting the same; 
 App. Al. Interim report of the American section (progress 
 report dated December 1, 1905). 
 
 International waterways commission. Eeports of the Inter- 
 national waterATays commission, 190C. 
 Ottawa: PHnted hy S. E. Dawson, 1907. viii, 293 yp. 8°. 
 {Canada. Dejmrtment of 'public works, 1906, vol. 2. Ses- 
 sional paper, 1907, no. 19a.) 
 
 Contents. — 1. First progress report of the Cauadian members; 
 2. Second interim report of the Canadian section ; 3. Joint 
 report of the Commission on conditions at Niagara Falls, 
 with reconnnendatious ; 4. Joint report of the Commission 
 on conditions existing at Sault Ste. Marie, with rules for 
 the control of the same; 5. Joint report on the application 
 of the International Development Company for permission to 
 construct regulating works on the Richelieu river; 6. Joint 
 report of the Commission on the application of the Minne- 
 sota Canal and Power Company, of Duluth, Minn., for per- 
 mission to divert certain waters in the State of Minnesota 
 from the boundary waters between the United States and 
 Canada ; 7. Third report of the Canadian sectiou ; 8. Joint 
 report on the Chicago Drainage canal ; 9. Joint report of 
 the Commission on the location of the boundary line between 
 the United States and Canada through Lake Erie ; Ameri- 
 can section — Second progress report — December 1, 1906 ; 
 Report of the American section on the preservation of 
 Niagara Falls. 
 
 Reports upon the existing water-power situation at Niagara 
 
 Falls, so far as concerns the diversion of water on the 
 American side, by the American members of the Interna- 
 tional wateivs'ays commission and Captain Charles W. 
 Kiitz, corps of engineers, U. S. army. 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1906. 28 pp. 8°. 
 {War department, document no. 289. Office of the chief 
 of engineers.) 
 
 Second interim report of the Canadian section and first 
 
 joint report of the International waterways commission. 
 Ottaica, 1906. 16 pp. 8°. 
 
 Report of the Canadian section, dated April 25, 1906, and 
 report of the joint commission, dated May 3, 1906, relate 
 to regulating the uses of the waters of the Niagara River 
 and the preservation of the Falls.
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 15 
 
 Jeans, James Stephen. C-anada's resources and possibilities. With 
 special reference to the iron and allied industries, and the 
 increase of trade with the mother country. 
 London: Offices of the British iron trade association^ lOOJ^. 
 XV, 208 pp. Ilhtstrations. Maps. 8°. 
 
 Distribution and transport, i)p. 249-259. Contains : — Cana- 
 dian Waterways. Shipping and Sliipbuildinj?. 
 
 Johnson, Edwin Ferry. The navigation of the lakes and navi- 
 gable communications therefrom to the seaboard, and to 
 the Mississippi River, and relation of the former to the 
 lines of railway leading to the Pacific. 
 Hartford: Case, Lockwood <& company, 1800. 1^8 pp. 8°. 
 
 Johnson, Emory R. Effect of deep water between the Great Lakes 
 
 and the sea upon railway traffic and profits. 
 
 (In International deep waterways association. Proceedings 
 of tlie first annual couAention, Cleveland, Sept. 24-26, 1895, 
 pp. 112-117. Cleveland, 189.5. 8°.) 
 
 Inland waterways, their relation to transportation. 
 
 Philadelphia: American academy of political and social 
 
 science, 189S. 164 VV- ^° • {American academy of polit- 
 ical and, social science. Annals, supplement, September, 
 189S.) 
 
 Report on the industrial and commercial value of the Isth- 
 
 mian canal. 
 
 {In United States. Isthmian canal commission, Report, 1899- 
 1901, vol. 2, pp. 515-617. Washington, 1901-1902. 8°.) 
 
 Preface: Scope and method of the investigation ; The Isthmian 
 canal and the industries and trade of the southern states; 
 The canal and the industries and trade of the northeastern 
 section of the United States; The canal and the central 
 West; The canal and the Pacific coast states; The coal sup- 
 ply for the commerce and countries of the Pacific — the canal 
 and the coal trade of the United States; The Isthmian canal 
 and th(! iron and steel industries of the United States: The 
 canal and the ship-building and maritime interests of the 
 United States; Concerning the use of an Isthmian canal by 
 sailing vessels; The canal and the traffic of American rail- 
 ways; The ti'ade and industries of western South America 
 and the effect of the canal upon them ; .Tapan and the Isth- 
 mian canal ; China and the Isthmian canal ; The canal and 
 the industries and trade of Australasia ; The canal and the 
 Philippines and Hawaii ; The canal and Central America and 
 western Mexico; Comparison of distances by the Isthmian 
 canal and other routes; Cargo tonnage of the existing mari- 
 time commerce that might use an Isthmian canal, 1898-09; 
 Tonnage of the vessels employed in the commerce that would
 
 16 LIBRAKY OF CONGRESS 
 
 liave used an Isthmiau canal in 1S09; Traffic investigation by 
 the new Panama canal company — comparison of the results 
 of the three investigations; Growth of canal traffic, 1899 to 
 1014 and 1914 to 1924 ; The question of tolls. 
 
 Johnson, Emory Iv. Ocean and inland water transportation. 
 
 Xew York: D. Appleton and convpany^ 1906. xxii, 395 pp. 
 
 Illustrations. Folded map. Forms. 12°. {Appleton\3 
 
 business series.) 
 
 " References for further reading " at end of most of the 
 
 chapters. 
 " Canal, river, and lake transportation," pp. 321-385. 
 
 Johnson, George. Memoranda respecting- Canadian canals. 
 
 {In International deep waterways association. Pi'oceedings 
 of the first annual convention, Cleveland, Sept. 24-26, 1895, 
 pp. 104-175. Cleveland, 1S95. S°.) 
 
 Judson, AVilliam Pierson. History of the various projects, reports, 
 
 discussions and estimates for reaching the Great Lakes 
 
 from tidewater. 1TG8-1901. 
 
 [^Osicego., X. Y.^ 1901.'\ 22 pp. Folded map. S'^. {Oswego 
 
 historical society., Osivego.^ N. Y. Publication., no 2.) 
 
 Cover-title : History of the various projects, reports, discus- 
 sions and estimates of canal routes across the State of New^ 
 York. 
 
 Lake Ontario harbors for canal commerce. 
 
 [Oswego.^ J. Y., 1902.] 9 pp. Folded profile. 8°. {Ex- 
 tract from the Report of the state engineer and surveyor 
 of New York. 1902.) 
 
 Keefer, Thomas C. Cost, character and utility of existing Great 
 Lakes, Champlain and St. Lawrence improvements, 
 
 (In International deep waterways association. Proceedings 
 of the first animal convention, Cleveland, Sept, 24-26, 1895, 
 pp. 161-363. Cleveland, 1895. S°.) 
 
 Keep, C. H. The commerce and shipping of the Great Lakes. Spe- 
 cial report. 
 
 (In United States. Treasury department. Bureau of statis- 
 tics. Report on the internal commerce of the United States, 
 1891, pp. 1-63. 52d Congress, 1st session. House document 
 no. 6, part 2.) 
 
 Kelton, Dwight H. History of the Sault Ste. Marie canal. 
 
 Detroit, Mich.: [Detroit free press printing co.], 1888. 13, 
 {2) pp. 8°. 
 
 Kilbourn, John. Public documents concerning the Ohio canals, 
 which are to connect Lake Erie with the Ohio Kiver . . .
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 17 
 
 from their commencement down to the close of the session 
 of the Legishitnre of 1831-32. 
 Columlus: 7. A'. Whiting, 1832. (4), ^52, 28, (2) pp. 8°. 
 
 Kilbourn, John. Same. 
 
 ColumhuH: I. N. Whiting, 1832. {2), ^52, 28, 63, (2) pp. 
 
 8°. 
 
 Knapp, Martin A. Transportation and combination. 
 
 {In The American asssociatiou for the advancement of science, 
 rroceedings, vol. 55, 1905, pp. 459-409. Phihidelphia, 1906. 
 
 8°.) 
 
 Leverett, Frank. The water resources of Illinois. Extract from 
 the Seventeenth annual report of the [U. S. Geological] 
 survey, 1895-96. Part II — Economic geology and hydrog- 
 raphy. 
 Washington: Government pri^iting office, 1896. 156 pp. 
 Illustrations. Plates. Maps. 4°. 
 
 Contents. — General statement. — Physical features. — The rain- 
 fall. — The run -off. — Navigable waters. — Water power. — 
 Water supplies for cities and villages. — Water supplies for 
 rural districts. — Artesian wells. — Water analyses. — An ac- 
 count of the Paleozoic rocks explored by deep borings at 
 Rock Island, 111., and vicinity, by J. A. Udden. 
 
 Louisville and Cincinnati commercial conventions. Continu- 
 ous water-line communications between the Mississippi 
 and the Atlantic. Memorial of the Louisville and Cincin- 
 nati commercial conventions. 
 Riehmond : Clemmitt d: Jones, 1873. If.2 pp. 8°. 
 
 Mills & CO., Des Moines, pul. A great continental ns well as 
 national enterprise, continuous water and steam naviga- 
 tion, from the valley of the Mississippi to the Atlantic 
 Ocean. 
 Des Moines: Mills d- co., 1871. 20 pp. 8°. 
 
 Mississippi river commission. Reports, 1880-1907. 
 
 Printed in the Annual report of the Chief of Engineers, United 
 States army. 
 
 Mississippi River improvement convention. Dubuque, la., 
 1866. Proceedings of the Mississippi Iviver improvement 
 convention, held at Dubuque, Iowa, February 14th and 
 
 15th, 18GC). 
 Dubuque: Daily Times steam book press, 1866. 62 pp. 
 2 maps. 8°. 
 3200G— 08 2
 
 18 LIBEARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 Mississippi River improvement convention. St. Louis, 1867. 
 Proceedings of the Eiver improvement convention, held in 
 St. Louis, February 12 & 13, 1867. Published by order of 
 the Union, merchants' exchange of St. Louis. 
 St. Louis: G. Knapp <& co., 1867. 99 pp. including 
 tables. 8°. 
 
 St. Paul, Minn., 1877. A memorial to Congress to secure an 
 
 adequate appropriation for a prompt and thorough im- 
 provement of the Mississippi River, with an apj^endix by 
 Sylvester Waterhouse, of Washington university. 
 St. Louis: J. J. Daly & co., printers, 1877. {'2), 39 pp. 
 12°. 
 
 Cover-title: Give us an unobstructed Mississippi. 
 
 Quincy, III., 1879. Memorial of the Quincy River improve- 
 
 ment convention, October 15, 1879, to the Congress of the 
 United States, in regard to the improvement of the Mis- 
 sissippi River and its tributaries. 
 St. Louis: Glohe-democrat job pi'inting co., 1880. 13 pp. 8°. 
 Cover-title. 
 
 St. Louis, 1881. Official report of the proceedings of the 
 
 Mississippi River improvement convention held in Saint 
 Louis, Missouri, on October 26th, 27th, and 28th, 1881, 
 including letters from distinguished men throughout the 
 country, and press comments. Together with a memorial 
 to Congress j)repared by the committee of twenty-one, as 
 authorized by the convention. 
 Saint Louis: Great western printing coinpany, 1881. ^JfJf. 
 pp. 8°. 
 
 Washington, D. C, 188]^. Proceedings of the convention for 
 
 the improvement of the Mississippi River and its nav- 
 igable tributaries. Together with a brief memorial to 
 Congress, held at Washington, D. C, Feb. 5, 6, 7, 1884. 
 From the stenographer's verbatim report. 
 \}Y asldngton, 188J^.'\ {2), Hi, 100 pp, 8°, 
 
 Vichshurg, Miss., 1890. Proceedings of the Mississippi 
 
 River improvement and levee convention, held at Vicks- 
 burg. Miss., April 30th and ]\Iay 1st, 1890. 
 [Vicksburg, Miss., 1890.'] 18 pp. 8°. 
 
 Resolutions adopted by the inter-state Mississippi 
 
 River impro\ement and levee convention, held at Vicks-
 
 BOOKS EELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 19 
 
 burg. Miss., May 1st, 1S90. Accompanied by report of 
 coiiiinittee of United States and civil engineers. 
 [Vickshurg, Miss., 1890.] (4) pp. 4°. 
 Caption-title. 
 
 Missouri river commission. Reports, 1884-1902. 
 
 Printed in the Annual report of the Chief of Engineers, United 
 States army. 
 
 Missouri River improvement convention. Kansas City, Mo., 
 1885. Official report of the proceedings of the Missouri 
 River convention, held in Kansas City, Mo., December 29 
 and 30, 1885. 
 Kansas City: Lawton & Hay ens, 1885. 87 pp. 8°. 
 " Compiled by H. M. Kirkpatrick, secretary." 
 
 Montreal. Board of trade. Reports on the Ottawa and French 
 river navigation projects. Published by order of the 
 Board of trade of Montreal. 
 
 Montreal: Printed hy John Lovell, 1863. 56 pp. Folded 
 maps. 8°. 
 
 Morgan, George H. The commerce of the Mississippi. Special 
 report. 
 
 (In United States. Treasury department. Bureau of statis- 
 tics. Report on the internal commerce of the United 
 States, 1891, pp. 65-96. 52d Congress, 1st session. House 
 document no. 6, part 2.) 
 
 National board of trade. Inland water communication. Debate 
 
 on Erie canal enlargement. 
 
 (In its Proceedings of the fifth annual meeting, 1872, pp. 
 96-115. Boston, 1872. 8°.) 
 
 Report of Committee on transportation, & debate. 
 
 {In its Proceedings of the sixth annual meeting, 1873, pp. 
 102-104, 110-119, 140-186. Chicago, 1873. 8°.) 
 
 Report of Committee on internal water-ways. 
 
 (In its Proceedings of the thirty-first annual meeting, 1901, 
 pp. 256-276. Philadelphia, 1901. S°.) 
 
 Report of Committee on internal waterways. 
 
 (In its Proceedings of the thirty-third annual meeting, 1903, 
 pp. 154-183. Philadelphia, 1903. 8°.) 
 
 Report of Committee on improvement of internal waterways. 
 
 (In its Proceedings of the thirty-fifth annual meeting, 1905, 
 pp. 180-209. Philadelphia, 1905. 8°.)
 
 20 LIBE.^Y OF CONGRESS 
 
 National canal convention. ISlemorial to the President and Con- 
 gress of the United States. 
 Chicago: Tribune company, 1863. 2^ pp. 8°. 
 
 National rivers and harbors congress. Isf, BaJtifnore, 1901. 
 Keport of the proceedings of the National rivers and har- 
 bors congress, held at McCo}' hall, Johns Hopkins univer- 
 sity, Baltimore, :Md., October 8th and 9th, 1901. 
 Baltimore: Fleet, McGinley & CO. ,1901. 129 pp. 8°. 
 
 Contents, — Baltimore committees — Committees appointed by 
 the Congress — Proceedings — Addresses. 
 
 National ship-canal convention, Chicago, 1863. Proceedings 
 of the National ship-canal convention, held at the city 
 of Chicago, June 2 and 3, 1863. 
 Chicago: Trihune company's hook and job printing office, 
 1863. U8 pp. 8' 
 
 ?o 
 
 Tlie Necessity to commerce of cheap water communication, between 
 the West and the East. Addressed to the Farmers of 
 Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. 
 Toledo, Ohio, 1877. {15) pp. 8°. 
 Cover-title. 
 
 New York (State) Committee on canals, 1899-1900. Report of 
 
 the Committee on canals. 
 
 New York, 1900. {2), 231 pp. Folded plates. Folded 
 maps. Charts. 8°. 
 
 Report. Transmitted to the Legislature January 25, 1900. 
 
 Albany : J .B.Lyon, state printer, 1900. xxi,527 pp. Folded 
 
 plates. Folded maps. Charts. 8°. 
 
 " Minutes and correspondence of the Committee on canals " 
 
 . . . pp. 233-527. 
 Found also in the Assembly documents, 1900, no. 31. 
 
 North American canal company. The North American canal. 
 An adequate outlet for a continental commerce. 
 [n. p., n. d.'] IJ^ pp. 8°. 
 
 Northwestern waterways convention. Official report of the 
 ])roceedings of the river and harbor convention held in 
 Saint Paul, Minnesota on Sept. 3d and 4th 1885. 
 St. Paid: Pioneer press company, 1885. 191 pp. 8°. 
 
 Ohio state archaeological and historical society. History of 
 the Ohio canals, their construction, cost, use and partial 
 abandonment. Published by the Ohio state archaeological 
 and historical society.
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 21 
 
 Columbus, O.: Press of F. J. Ileer^ 1905. viii, 181 pp. 
 Folded tnaps. Diagrams. 8°. 
 
 " Prepared by Messrs. C. P. McClelland and C. C. Huntington, 
 two . . . graduates of the Ohio state university, working 
 under the direction of Prof. J. E. Hagerty." — Introductory 
 note. 
 
 Contents. — Introduction. — pt. I. History of the Ohio canals 
 [by C. C. Huntington] — pt. II. Financial management of the 
 canals [by C. P. McClelland]— pt. III. The value of the 
 canals to the state throughout their history [by C. C. Hunt- 
 ington ] — Append ix . 
 
 Ontario. Reports of the " Late house of assembly," " House of Com- 
 mons," and the " Legislative assembly " of Ontario, in 
 relation to the Huron & Ontario ship canal. 4th ed. 
 Toronto: Printed hy Hunter., Rose & company., 1871. 30, 
 (1) pp. 8^ 
 
 ?o 
 
 Owen, Douglas. Ports and docks; their history, worldng, and 
 national importance. 
 London: Methuen & co., 1904- {^), 179 pp. including dia- 
 grams. Frontispiece. Folded plans. 12°. {Books on 
 husiness. ) 
 
 Pittsburg. Chamber of commerce. Lake Erie and Ohio River ship 
 canal. Report of the provisional committee of the Cham- 
 ber of commerce of Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 \Baltimore., Press of the Friedenwald com,pany'\, 1897. 269 
 pp. IJlustrations. 3 folded maps. 8°. 
 
 Quinette de Rochemont, [Emile Theodore] baron, and H. Vetil- 
 lart. Les ports maritimes de I'Amerique du Nord sui" 
 I'Atlantique. 
 Paris: V^'^ C. Dunod, 1898-1904. 3 vols. Tables {partly 
 folded) 8° and portfolio of 48 plates. F°. 
 
 Contents.— I. Les ports canadiens. 1S98. — II. Regime admin- 
 istratif des voies navigables et des ports aux fitats-Unis. 
 1902.— III. Les ports des Etats-Unis. 1904. 
 
 Rafter, George W. Hydrology of the state of New York. 
 
 Albany: New York state education department, 1905. 902 
 pp. Illustrations. Plates. Maps {partly folded). 8°. 
 {New York state museum . . . Bulletin 85. Economic 
 geology 12.) 
 
 " List of works referred to ..." : pp. 875-88.3. 
 
 " This report is a revision of Water supply and irrigation pa- 
 pers of the United States Geological survey, nos. 24 and 25— 
 Water resources of the state of New York, published in 
 1899."— Hydrology of the state of Sew York, />. -J.
 
 22 LIBRAE Y OF CONGEESS 
 
 Ramsey, Alexander. Cheap transportation obtained hj improved 
 water-routes and railways. Speech in the United States 
 Senate, March 6, 1874. 
 Washington: Government printing office^ 1874. 9 pp. 12°. 
 
 Bansdell, Joseph Euo:ene. Duty of ffovernment to improve water- 
 ways and harbors. Address before the Mississippi Valley 
 Latin-American convention, New Orleans, La., April 7, 
 190G. 
 [New Orleans: 1906.] fd3, (1) pp. 8°. 
 
 Ringwalt, John Luther. Development of transportation systems 
 in the United States; comprising a comprehensive descrip- 
 tion of the leading features of advancement, from the 
 colonial era to the present time, in water channels, roads, 
 turnpikes, canals, railways, vessels, vehicles, cars and 
 locomotives. 
 Philadelphia: Published hy the author., Railway world 
 o-ffice, 1888. 398 pp. Plates. Portraits. Maps. Fac- 
 similes. Diagrams. 4°* 
 
 Kiver and harbor improvement convention, Tuscaloosa., Ala.., 
 1885. Memorial and proceedings of the Eiver and harbor 
 improvement convention. 
 Cincinnati: The Ohio Valley press., 1886. (6), 86 pp. Map. 
 8°. 
 
 River improvement. Mississippi Valley memorial. New Or- 
 leans, Keokuk and Louisville conventions. Reports and 
 resolutions. " Cheap transportation a public necessity." 
 Dubuque: Daily Herald steam p7'inting house., 1869. 3'2 
 pp. 8°. 
 
 Roosevelt, Theodore. Address of President Eoosevelt at Keokuk, 
 Iowa, October 1, 1907. 
 Washington: Govern'ment printing office., 1907. 58 pp. 8°. 
 
 Address of President Roosevelt at St. Louis, Missouri, Octo- 
 
 ber 2, 1907. 
 Washingto?i: Government printi?ig o;ffice, 1907. 50 pp. 8°. 
 
 Address of President Roosevelt to the Deep waterway con- 
 
 vention at Memphis, Tennessee, October 4, 1907. 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1907. (^), 71 pp. 
 8°. 
 
 Russell, Israel Cook. Rivers of North America ; a reading lesson 
 for students of geography and geology.
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 23 
 
 New York: G. P. Putnam's sons; London: J. Murray^ 1902. 
 {2),(€v, {4),S27 pp. Plates. Majhs. Tables. 8°. {The 
 science series, ed. hy J. M. Gattell and F. E. Beddard.) 
 
 St. Louis. Chamber of commerce. Proceedings of the St. Louis 
 chamber of commerce, in relation to the improvement of 
 the navigation of the Mississippi Eiver, and its principal 
 tributaries and the St. Louis harbor. AVith a statement 
 submitted by A. B. Chambers. 
 St. Louis: Chambers di Knapp, 184'2. 4 VP- including 
 tables. 12°. 
 
 Sanborn, John Bell. The story of the Fox- Wisconsin rivers im- 
 provement. 
 Madison: State historical society of Wisconsin, 1900. 186- 
 194 VV- ^°- {Wisco7isin. State historical society ^ Pro- 
 ceedings^ 1899. ) 
 
 Seddon, James A. St. i^ouis, a lake and gulf port. A deep water- 
 way joining the lake and gulf commerce. 
 \n. p.] 1904. 15 pp. 8°. _ 
 
 Semple, Ellen Churchill. American history and its geographic 
 conditions. 
 Boston and New York: Houghton, MiffJ.in and company, 
 1903. {8), 466 pp. Maps. 8°. 
 
 " The geography of the inland waterways," pp. 246-279 ; " The 
 geographical distribution of railroads," pp. 367-396. Com- 
 pares canal and railway transportation. 
 
 Sibert, William L. Artificial waterways in the L^nited States. 
 
 (In American society of civil engineers. Transactions, vol. 
 54, part F, 1905, pp. 255-284. New York, 1905. 8°.) 
 
 Smith, Joseph Russell. The organization of ocean commerce. 
 
 Philadelphia : Published for the University, 1905. viii, 155 
 pp. Folded map. Diagrams. 4° - {Publications of the 
 University of Pennsylvania. Series in political economy 
 and public law, no. 17.) 
 
 "Appendix A. Bibliographical note": pp. [149]-150. 
 
 " The probable effects of the Panama canal upon ocean trade 
 
 routes and coaling stations " : pp. [79]-101. 
 Contents. — Introduction, — pt. 1. Traffic. — pt, II. Routes and 
 
 shipping. — pt. III. Harbors and port facilities. — Conclusion.
 
 24 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 Southall, James C. Cheap transportation. Delivered before the 
 American cheap transportation association in Richmond, 
 Virginia, December 2nd, 1874. 
 Riclimond : Clemmitt <£' Jones^ 1875. 39 pp. 8° . 
 
 Taylor, Robert S. The improvement of the Mississippi River. An 
 address delivered at St. Louis, Mo., January 26, 1884. 
 St. Louis: R. P. Studley & co., 1884. 32 pj). 5°. 
 
 Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, and D. A. Watt. The improvement 
 of rivers. A treatise on the methods employed for im- 
 proving streams for open navigation, and for navigation 
 by means of locks and dams. 1st ed. 
 Xew York: J. Wiley and sons; London: Chapman & LLall., 
 limited., 1903. xiv, 356 pp. Plates. Map. Plans. Dia- 
 gram. F°. 
 
 Tompkins, P'rank H. Riparian lands of the ' Mississippi River, 
 past — present — prospective; being a collection of essays 
 and discussions of problems affecting the improvement of 
 navigation of the Mississippi River. 
 [Chicago: A. L.Swift &co.\, 1901. 216,225-640 pp. Illus- 
 trations. Plates. Portraits. Maps. F°. 
 
 Toronto deep waterways convention, Sept. 17-20^ 1894. [Pro- 
 ceedings of the] Toronto deep waterways convention. 
 September IT, 18, 19, and 20, 1894. 
 
 (In International deep waterways association. Proceedings 
 of the first annual convention, Cleveland, September 24-26, 
 1895, pp. 390-449. Cleveland, 1895. 8°.) 
 
 Trans-Mississippi commercial congress. 9th, Salt Lake City, 
 1897. Official proceedings of the ninth session of the 
 Trans-Mississippi commercial congress, held at Assembly 
 hall, Temple park. Salt Lake City, Utah, July 14, 15, 16, 
 and 17, 1897 . . . Compiled by Secretary W. H. Culmer. 
 Salt Lake City: Press of Trihune job printing co., [1897 f] 
 320 pp. 8°. 
 Cover-title. 
 
 Tunell, George G. Statistics of Lake commerce. A report made to 
 the Bureau of statistics. February 3, 1898. 106 pp. 8°. 
 (U. S. 55th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 
 277.) 
 
 Also printed without document number.
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 25 
 
 United States. JfOth Congress^ Ist session. Senate report no. 46, 
 pts. 1 and 2. Report of the Senate select committee on 
 interstate commerce. (With appendix.) 
 Washington: Government printing o^ce, 1886. 2 vols. 8°. 
 
 Presented by Mr. Cullom. 
 
 Contents. — Part 1 : The railroad system of the United States — 
 Its evolution and extent ; The internal commerce of the 
 United States; The power of Congress to regulate com- 
 merce — A review of the declarations of the United States 
 Supreme court on the subject ; The relations of the railroad 
 to the community and to the governmental authority ; The 
 various methods of railroad regulation ; The course of rail- 
 road legislation in England; Railroad legislation in the 
 United States ; Summary of the provisions of the state stat- 
 utes — The work of the State commissions ; The comparative 
 volume of state and interstate traffic — Returns from leading 
 railroads; Competition between waterways and railroads — 
 Water routes the most effective regulators of railroad 
 charges; The necessity of national regulation on interstate 
 commerce; The causes of complaint against the railroad 
 system ; Railroad rates — The principles upon which they 
 should be established, and the limitations within which dis- 
 crimination may be justifiable ; Publicity the best I'emedy for 
 imjust discrimination ; A national commission — Its estab- 
 lishment recommended for the enforcement of the legislation 
 proposed ; The committee's bill. Part 2 : Testimony. 
 
 • 59th Congress., 2d session. Debates on H. R. 24991, making 
 
 appropriations for the construction, repair, and preserva- 
 tion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for 
 other purposes. 
 
 {In Congressional record, 50th Congress, 2d session, vol. 41, 
 pts. 2-3, 5. Washington: 1907. 4°.) 
 
 Debates in the House, pt. 2, pp. 1998-1990 ; pt. 3, pp. 2027, 2030. 
 2031-2057, 2093, 2094, 2095-2136, 2164-2172, 2291-2304, 2304- 
 2325, 2362-236S, 2369-2371, 2391-2392, 2420-2428, 2428-2433, 
 2433-2434, 2439-2473. 
 
 Debated in the Senate, pt. 3, pp. 3439-3448. 
 
 Debates are also reported in pt. 5, Appendix, pp. 8, 15-18, 38- 
 44, 44-46, 47^9, 73-75. 
 
 The subject of tlie improvement of the Mississippi River was 
 discussed by Mr. Bartholdt, pt. 3, pp. 203.3-2040, 2386-2390 : 
 Mr Snapp, pp. 2041-2045, 2382 ; Mr. Coudrey, pp. 2048-2052, 
 2391 ; Mr. Rhodes, pp. 2055-2057 ; Mr. Clark, pp. 2094-2096 ; 
 Mr. Rodenberg, pp. 2090-2098; INIr. Rainey, pp. 2098-2106; 
 Mr. Crumpacker, pp. 2106-2108; Mr. :Madden. pp. 2108-2112, 
 2381; Mr. Shackleford, pp. 2112-2113; Mr. Graff, pp. 2113- 
 2118; Mr. Sheppard, pp. 2118-2125; Mr. Candler, pp. 2127- 
 2134; Mr. Garrett, pp. 2134-2136; Mr. Hepburn, pp. 2168-
 
 2(3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 2170; Mr. Davidson, pp. 2295-2301; Mr. Humphreys of Mis- 
 sissippi, pp. 2301-2304, 2384-2396 ; Mr. Lloyd, pp. 2306-2310, 
 23S1-23S2; Mr. Williams, pp. 2310-2311; Mr. Bankhead, pp. 
 2311; Mr. Lorimer, pp. 2376-2378, 2383; Mr. Burton, pp. 
 2379-2381, 2382, 2428-24.33; Mr. Smith of Illinois, pp. 2391- 
 2392, and Appendix, pp. 73-75; Mr. Ellis, pt. 3, pp. 2426- 
 2428, 2440; Mr. Kennedy of Nebraska, pp. 2441; Senator 
 McLaurin, pt. 4, pp. 3445-3448 ; Mr. Broussard, Appendix, pp. 
 38-11 ; Mr. Bennett, pp. 41^4 ; Mr. Bowers, iii). 44-40. 
 
 United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on commerce. Im- 
 provement of the Mississippi RiA-er. Report of the hearing 
 held February 3, 1904, embocl3^ing also report of a conven- 
 tion held October 27-28, 1903, at Xew Orleans. April 4, 
 1904. — Presented by Mr, Berrj^ and ordered to be printed, 
 [Washington^ Government printing office., 1904^.'] 116 ff. 
 8°. {58th Congress.^ 2d session. Senate document no. 
 
 n5.) 
 
 House. Committee on levees and improvement of 
 
 the Mississippi River. Improvement of the Mississippi 
 
 River. 
 
 [Waslvington., Government printing office., 187 8. '\ 12 pp. 
 
 Frontispiece. 8°. {4oth Congress., 2d session. House of 
 
 representatives. Report., no. 714.) 
 
 Caption title. 
 
 Report to accompany House bill. no. 4318. 
 
 Committee on rivers and harbors . Memo- 
 
 randa relating to appropriations and authorizations to be 
 included in River and harbor bill as decided upon by the 
 Committee January 23, 1907. <Comp, by James H. Cas- 
 sidy, clerk, and Joseph H. McGann, assistant clerk, > 
 [Washington: Government printing office, 1907.] 8 pp. 
 8°. 
 
 Caption title. 
 
 Board of engineers on deep waterways. Report of the 
 Board of engineers on deep waterways between the Great 
 Lakes and the Atlantic tide waters , . , Dec. 7, 1900. — 
 Referred to the Committee on rivers and harbors, 
 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1900. 2 vols. 
 Hlustrations. Plates. 4°. Atlas, I4I folded maps and 
 profiles. 4°. {U. S. 56th Congress, 2d session. House 
 document no. 149.)
 
 ^ 
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 27 
 
 United States. Census office. 11th census. Report on transporta- 
 tion business in the United States, at the Eleventh census : 
 1890. Part 2. Transportation by water. 
 Washington: Government printing office., 1891^. xiii, {!), 
 632 pp. Folded maps. ,^°. 
 
 Contents. — Trausportation on the Atlantic coast and Gulf 
 of Mexico ; Transix)rtation on tlio Pacific coast ; on the 
 Great Lakes; on Lalvo Chauiplaiu; on the rivers of the 
 Mississippi valley; on canals and canalized rivers; By 
 express companies. 
 
 Department of commerce and labor. Bureav of statistics. 
 
 Monthly summarj^ of commerce and finance of the 
 United States. < 
 Washington: Government printing office., 1907. Jf°. 
 
 Contains statistics of the •' Internal commerce of the United 
 States," including " Domestic commerce on the Great Lakes," 
 and " Commercial movements on rivers and canals." 
 
 This forms a regular feature of this publication. 
 
 Engineer department. Analytical and topical index to the 
 
 reports of the chief of engineers and the officers of the 
 
 Corps of engineers, United States army, upon works and 
 
 surveys for river and harbor improvement, 186G[-1892]. 
 
 Washington: Government printing office., 1881-1895. 3 vols. 
 
 and folded map (8 folded sheets in 1 vol.) . 8°. 
 
 Continued by the "Analytical and topical index to the reports 
 . . . 186G-inOO. AVashington, 1903." 
 
 Annual report of the Chief of engineers, United 
 
 States army, and of subordinate engineers upon the im 
 provement of rivers and harbors, and report of the Missis- 
 sippi river commission, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 
 1906. 
 Washington: Government printing office^ 1906. 2 vols. 8°. 
 ( U. S. o9th Congress., 2d session. Rouse document no. 22.) 
 
 Eeport upon survey, with plans and estimates of 
 
 cost, for a navigable waterway 14 feet deep from Lock- 
 port, 111., by way of Des Plaines and Illinois rivers, to the 
 mouth of said Illinois River, and thence by way of the 
 Mississippi River to St. Louis, Mo., and for a navigable 
 waterway of 7 and 8 feet depth, respectively, from the 
 head of navigation of Illinois River at Lasalle, 111., 
 through said river to OttaAva, 111., by the Mississippi 
 River commission, covering the section below the mouth
 
 28 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 of the Illinois River, and by a Board of officers of the 
 corps of eiicfineers. U. S. army, covering the section above 
 the mouth of the Illinois River. 
 Washhiffton : Goveimment printing office, 1905. 5JfIf. pp. 
 Plates. 17 maps. 8°. {o9th Congress, 1st session. 
 House document 263.) 
 
 V United States. Engineer department. Reports upon transportation 
 routes to the seaboard; being appendix cc of the Annual 
 report of the chief of engineers for 1875. 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1875. 2Jf6 pp. 
 including illustrations. Tables. 33 plates {including 
 maps, plans, diagrams). 8°. 
 
 Rivers and harbors. Letters from the secretary of 
 
 war to the House of representatives. 5Gth Congress, 2d 
 session, transmitting reports of examinations and surveys 
 of the Engineer department, U. S. army. Compilation 
 in 3 vols. 
 
 Washington: 1900 and 1901. 90 pamphlets in 3 vols. 
 Folded plates. Folded maps. Folded plans. 8°. {56th 
 Congress, 2d session. House documents.) 
 
 Compiled in the Division of documents. Library of Congress. 
 Each vol. has a typewritten title and an " Index " to the 
 entire compilation arranged alphabetically, by States. 
 
 Contents. — vol. 1. Doc. no. 66-78, 82-94. — vol. 2. Doc. no. 
 95-104, 111-11.5, 117-130.— vol. 3. Doc. no. 131-134, 1.39, 148, 
 150-153, 178-180, 201-202, 217-220, 227-228, 234-235, 261- 
 264, 274, 283, 207, 318, 355, 378, 450, 506. 
 
 Industrial commission. Report of the Industrial commis- 
 
 sion on transportation . . , including testimony ... re- 
 view and topical digest of evidence, and special reports on 
 railway legislation [by B. H. Mever] and taxation [by 
 Roswcll C. McCrea]. 
 Washington: Government printing) office, 1900-1901. 2 
 vols. Map. Facsimiles. Tables. Diagrams. 8°. {The 
 Commission'^s Reports, vol. iv, ix.) 
 
 Vol. 4. Lake transportation, pp. 100-107 of the Digest; Ocean 
 transportation, pp. 167-175. 
 
 For the testimony on these subjects see Index to testimony, 
 page 832. 
 
 Vol. 9. Freight rates to the Pacific Coast and sea competi- 
 tion, pp. cxvi-cxx of the Digest; Water transportation, pp. 
 clxxiv-clxxxiv ; Transportation ou the Mississippi and
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 29 
 
 tributary rivers, pp. clxxxiv-clxxxix ; Labor connected witli 
 water transportation, pp. cclxv-cclxxii. 
 For testimony on these snbjects see Index to testimony, page 
 1141. 
 
 United States. Treasury department. Statement of appropriations 
 
 and expenditures for public buildings, rivers and harbors, 
 
 forts, arsenals, armories, and other public works, from 
 
 March 4, 1789, to June 30, 1882. 
 
 Washington: Government printing office., 1882. GO If. pp. 
 
 Bureau of statistics. First annual report on the 
 
 internal commerce of the United States, by Josej^h Nimmo, 
 jr. For the year ending June 30, 187G. 
 
 Washington: Government printing office., 1877. 215., (<?), 
 
 «y, 257 pp. Folded maps. Folded charts. 8°. 
 
 Issued as "Part second of tlie annual rejKn-t of the Chief of 
 the Bureau of statistics on tlie conimeree and naA'igation 
 of the United States." Contains reports of investigations 
 of economy of transport by rail ; The competitive forces 
 which exert a controlling influence over the commerce 
 between the West and the seaboard with respect to the com- 
 mercial interests of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and 
 Baltimore; The regulation of the railroads by the state; The 
 regulation of rail rates through the competition of water- 
 lines; The regulation of railroads tlirough the competition 
 of one or more railroads owned and controlled by the na- 
 tional government or by cities or states; and The railroad 
 question in foreign countries. 
 
 Annual report. December 1, 1879. 
 
 Washington: Government printing office., 1879. xi, (1), 250 
 
 pp. Folded map. 8°. 
 
 Contains reports on The commerce of the cities of Saint Louis, 
 Louisville, and Cincinnati with the stares south of the Ohio 
 river and south of the state of Missouri : Comparative 
 growth of traffic on railroads and on the Erie canal in the 
 commerce between the west and the seaboard ; and The rela- 
 tions of the railroads to the public interests. 
 
 Same. July 1, 1881. 
 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1881. viii, 239 pp. 
 Folded maps. 8°. 
 
 Contains reports on Railroad confederations or pooling organi- 
 zations; Governmental regulations of railroads: The compe- 
 tition between water lines and railroads and the competition 
 of commercial forces; The commercial, industrial, and trans- 
 portation interests of Cincinnati, Chicago, Saint Louis, 
 Louisville, and Kansas City.
 
 30 LIBEAEY OF CONGRESS 
 
 Upper Mississippi river improvement association. Proceed- 
 ings, 1002, 1004. 
 Quincy, lU.: Volk, Jones (& McMein eo., [1902-1 00 4. -] 2 
 vols. 8°. 
 
 Proceedings. Convention held at Moline, Illinois, October 22 
 
 and 23, 1907. 
 [Quincy, Illinois: McMein printing company, 1907.1 ^^^ 
 pp. 8°. 
 
 Remarks of the various speakers. Convention held at Mo- 
 
 line, Illinois, October 22 and 23, 1007. 
 
 [Quiticy, Illinois: McMein printing company, 1907.1 92 pp. 
 
 8°. 
 
 Contains addresses by the following: 
 
 W. J. McGee; Thomas Wilkinson; A. J. Hopkins; Thomas 
 Hedge; George W. Prince; D. W. Hamilton; C. W. Hall; 
 A. F. Dawson; Alonzo Brysou; Our association, by Thomas 
 Wilkinson ; The outlook, by A. F. Dawson ; The deep water- 
 ways, by William Lorimer ; The United States Senate, by 
 A. J. Hopkins ; The improvement of our waterways a na- 
 tional problem, by Frank O. Lowden ; The value of water- 
 ways, by J. W. Murphy ; The future of our waterways sys- 
 tem, by Lyman E. Cooley ; Waterways of the Pacific coast, by 
 W. J. McGee. 
 
 Ward, Edward G. Internal commerce. 
 
 (In U. S. Department of commerce and labor. Monthly sum- 
 mary of commerce and finance of the United States, Novem- 
 ber, 1904, pp. 1663-1710. Washington, 1904. 4°.) 
 
 Ward, Elijah. Speeches on commercial, financial and other sub- 
 jects. 
 New York: G. IF. Garleton & co., 1877. 320 pp. Por- 
 trait. 8°. 
 
 Ship-canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; its 
 value to the commerce of the United States and other 
 nations. House of Representatives, February 15, 1859, pp. 
 11-33. 
 
 A free canal policy: the best guarantee for the preservation 
 and increase of our inland commerce, pp. 302-313. 
 
 Whitford, Xoble E. History of the canal system of the state of 
 New York together with brief histories of the canals of 
 the United States and Canada . . . Under the authority 
 of Henry A. Van Alstyne, state engineer and surveyor. 
 [Alba/iy: Brandow jninting company, 1906.] 2 vols. 
 Plates. Folded maps. Tables. Diagrams. 8°. {Sup-
 
 BOOKS RELATING TO DEEP WATERWAYS 31 
 
 plement to the Annual report of the state engineer and 
 surveyor of the state of New York for the fiscal year end- 
 ing September 30, 1905.) 
 
 'A,Bibliograpliy of New York canals and navigable waterways," 
 by Minnie M, Beal, vol. 2, pp. 1173-13GG. 
 
 " Biographies of engineers :" vol. 2, pp. 1145-1172. 
 
 " Great canals of the world. I'arts of a monograph . . . pub. 
 by the United States . . . Bureau of statistics:" vol. 2, pp. 
 1477-1511. 
 
 Williams, Charles G, Improvement of the Mississippi river. 
 Speech in the House of Representatives, February 18, 
 
 1875. 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1895. 9 pp. 8°. 
 
 Windoni, William. Cheap transportation. Speech in the Senate 
 of the United States, April 24, 1874. 
 W ashi7igton : Government printing office, 187 J^.. 52 pp. 8°. 
 
 Wooten, William Preston. The improvement of the Mississippi 
 river between St. Louis and Cairo. 
 Press of the Engineer school of application, Washington 
 Barracks, Washington, D. C. 1902. {2), 8 pp. 8°.
 
 DEEP WATERWAYS: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS 
 
 1887. The great water wny to connect Lake Michigan with the 
 
 Mississippi Eiver, and its influence on floods in the Illi- 
 nois River. Thomas T. Johnston. 
 Association of engineering societies. Journal., vol. 6 {May, 
 1887): 182-199. 
 
 1888. The waterway between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi 
 
 by way of the Illinois river. Robert E. McMath. 
 
 Association of engineering societies. Journal, vol. 7 {Aug.., 
 
 1888): 313-329. 
 
 Discussion before the Engineers' Club at St. Louis of the pro- 
 I)osed waterway from a St. Louis i)oint of view in respect 
 to its physical, sanitary, economical, and political conse- 
 quences. 
 
 1889. Levels of the lakes as affected by the proposed Lake Michi- 
 
 gan and Mississippi waterway. Read before the Western 
 society of engineers. September 5, 1888. George Y. Wis- 
 ner, and others. 
 Association of engineering societies. Journal.^ vol. 8 {Mar.., 
 1889): 123-151^. 
 
 Introductory : The proposed waterway ; Levels of the lakes, 
 by (ieorge Y. Wisner ; Discussion by L. E. Cooley, L. M. 
 Haupt, etc. 
 
 1892. Onr lake commerce and ways to the sea. Cushman K. 
 Davis. 
 
 Forum, vol. 12 [Feb., 1892) : 729-739. 
 
 1892. The water route from Chicago to the ocean. Charles C. 
 
 Rogers. 
 Scribner's magazine, vol. 11 {Mar., 1892) : 270-295. 
 
 1893. Inland transportation, F. A. Mahan. 
 
 American society of civil engineers. Transactions, vol. 29 
 {July, 1893) : 97-127. 
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 DEEP waterways: articles in periodicals 
 
 33 
 
 1893. The limits attainable in improving the navigability of 
 rivers by means of regulation. H. Engels. Translated 
 from the German by Kenneth Allen. 
 
 American society of civil engineers. Transactions, vol. £9, 
 (July, 1893) : 97-127. 
 
 1895. 
 
 1895. 
 
 1896. 
 
 Opening the Great Lakes to the sea. Carl Snyder. 
 Harper's weekly, vol. 39 {Sept. 21, 1895) : 900-901. 
 
 Ship canal projects. 
 
 Public opinion, vol. 19 {Nov. 7, 1895) : 580-582. 
 
 " Press comment on Cleveland waterways convention," 
 
 The present aspect of the Mississippi river navigation im- 
 provement. J. B. Johnson. 
 
 Engineering news, vol. 35, {Feb. 0, 1896) : 94-95. 
 Railroad gazette, vol. 28 {Feb. 7, 1896) : 87-88. 
 
 1896. The Mississippi river improvement. J. A. Ockerson. 
 
 Railroad gazette, vol. 28 {Feb. 28, 1896) : 139-llfi. 
 Engineenng news, vol. 35 {Mar. 5, 1896) : 154-155. 
 
 1897. Joining the Great Lakes to the sea. 
 
 Bradstreefs, vol. 25 {Jan. 23, 1897) : 55. 
 
 Editorial on the report of the Deep waterways commission. 
 
 1897. The report of the United States deep waterways commis- 
 sion. [Extracts.] 
 Engineering news, vol. 37 {Feb. 11, 1897) : 84-87. 
 
 1897. The deep waterways commission's report. 
 
 Engineering news, vol. 37 {Feb. 11, 1897) : 88-90. 
 
 1897. New York's canals. Campbell W.. Adams. 
 
 Seaboard, n. s. vol. 9 {Feb. 25, 1897) : 301, 305, 307; {Mar. 
 4, 1897) : 317, 323-325. 
 
 1897. The busiest canal in the world [Sault Ste. Marie]. Wil- 
 liam P. Kibbie. 
 Engineering magazine, vol. 13 {July, 1897) : 600-610. 
 
 1897. Inland navigation in the United States. Smith S. Leach. 
 Engineering news, vol. 38 {Aug. 19, 1897) : 117-118. 
 
 " Extracts from a paper presented to the Institute of Civil 
 Engineers. A brief summary of the extent of inland naviga- 
 tion in this country." 
 
 1897. New York's canals and commerce. Alexander R. Smith. 
 S-eaboard, n. s. vol. 9 {Aug. 26, 1897) : 721-723. 
 32006—08 3
 
 34 LIBKAEY OF CONGRESS 
 
 1897. From the Lakes to the sea: an account of the inventions 
 and the devices that have now rendered feasible a gi'eat 
 ship canal. Carl Snyder. 
 American monthly review of reviews^ vol. 16 {Nov.., 1897) : 
 563-678. 
 
 1897. Will a shiiD canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic pay? 
 Enginccrincj ?iews, vol. 38 {Nov. 11, 1897) : 316-3W. 
 
 1897. A ship canal from the Lakes to the sea. 
 
 Railroad gazette, vol. 29 {Nov. -5, 1897) : 777-778. 
 
 1897. The Lake Erie and Ohio river canal. 
 Engineering news, vol. 38 {Dec. 23, 1897) : 405-^06. 
 
 Review of the report of tlie provisional committee of the Pitts- 
 burg Chamber of commerce. 
 
 1898. The decaying commerce of New York and how to restore it. 
 
 Thomas C. Clarke. 
 Engineering news, vol. 39 {Mar. 31, 1898) : 202-203. 
 
 1898. The future of the Erie canal. Thomas W. Symons. 
 EngineeAng record, vol. 37 {Mar. 19, 1898) : 3JfO-3Jfl. 
 
 1898. The Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal. William Gilbert 
 
 IrAvin. 
 Scientific American, n. s. vol. 79 {Sept. 2Jf, 1898) : 195. 
 
 1899. Sault Ste. Marie canal. Some rare pictures of the old state 
 
 lock, with a historical resume of the development of the 
 canal. 
 Marine review, vol. 19 {Feh. 23, 1899) : 12-13. 
 
 1899. The economic relation of the proposed deep waterways to 
 the state of New York. George W. Rafter. 
 Technology quarterly, vol. 12 {Mar., 1899) : 1^3-50. 
 
 1899. Railway competition with canals in New York [Editorial]. 
 Engineering news, vol. 1^1 {May 11, 1899) : 300-302. 
 
 1899. Deep Avaterways for lake commerce. F. W. Fitzpatrick. 
 
 Self culture, vol. 9 {May, 1899) : 257-263. 
 
 1900. The NeAv York canals. John A. Fairlie. 
 
 Quarterly journal of economics, vol. H {Feh., 1900) : 212- 
 239. 
 
 1900. New York's canal problem. A discussion of the report of 
 the Advisory committee. William G. Raymond. 
 Railroad gazette, vol. 32 {Mar. 2, 1900) : 132-133; {Mar. 9, 
 1900) : 150-151.
 
 DEEP waterways: articles in periodicals 35 
 
 1900. Canals from the Great Lakes to the sea. Thomas W. 8y- 
 
 mons. 
 Forum, vol. 29 {Apr., 1000) : 203-216. 
 
 1901. Shall a canal be built from the lakes to the sea? William 
 
 G. Raymond. 
 Railroad gazette, vol. 33 {Feb. 15, 1901) : 105-106. 
 
 1901. American canal problems with special reference to the state 
 of New York. Robert E. Horton. 
 Marine engineering, vol. 6 {May, 1901) : 188-193. 
 
 1901. The Chicago river. Thomas T. Johnston. Discussion. 
 
 Isham Randolph. Notes on the Chicago river. Ernest L. 
 Cooley. 
 Western society of engineers. Journal, vol. 6 {Aug., 1901) : 
 
 321^-353. 
 
 1903. Improvement of the Black Warrior, Warrior and Tombig- 
 bee rivers in Alabama. R. G. McCalla, and others. 
 American society of civil engineers. Proceedings, vol. 28 
 {Apr., 1902): 337-390; {Sept., 1902): 650-669; {Oct., 
 1902) : 700-729; {Nov., 1902) : 777-791^. 
 
 1902. Full use of the rivers at Pittsburg and the removal of the 
 
 obstructions to such use. William L. Sibert. 
 Engineers society of western Pennsylvania. Proceedings, 
 vol. 18 {Oct., 1902) : 3^5-360. 
 
 1903. Pittsburgh: her waterways and her railways. Antes 
 
 Snyder. 
 Engineers society of western Pennsylvania. Proceedings, 
 vol. 19 {Pel., 19, 1903) : H-60. 
 
 1903. ''Improved waterway necessary for commercial outlet." 
 W. B. Rodgers. 
 Engineers society of western Pennsylvania. Proceedings, 
 vol. 19 {Feb. 19, 1903) : 61-83. 
 
 1903. Waterway improvement on the Ohio. William Gilbert 
 Irwin. 
 
 Scientific American, n. s. 89 {Aug. 15, 1903) : 117-118. 
 
 1903. Extension of federal jurisdiction over state canals. 
 
 American law review, vol. 37 {Nov.-Dec, 1903) : 911-916. 
 
 1904. The west's southern outlet to the world. 
 Commercial west, vol. 6 {Feh. 13, 190 J^) : 18.
 
 36 LIBKAKY OF CONGRESS 
 
 1904. Canal enlargement in New York State. John A. Fairlie. 
 
 Quarterly journal of economics^ vol. 18 {F eh. ,190 If) : 286- 
 292. 
 
 1904. New York's new canal system. Thomas W. Symons. 
 Marine i^eview, vol. 39 {Mar. 10, 1904) •' 16-17. 
 
 1904. The projected new barge canal of the State of New York. 
 
 Thomas W. Symons. 
 American geographical society. Bulletin, vol. 36 {May, 
 1904) : 257-264. 
 
 1905. The improvement of the Mississippi ri^-er between St. Louis 
 
 and Cairo. William P. "VVooten. 
 
 Engineering news, vol. 53 {Mar. 9, 1905) : 247-249. 
 
 1905. Xew York's hundred-million dollar canal. Earle Hooker 
 Eaton. 
 Harper's weekly, vol. 49 {Mar. 11, 1905) : 350-351. 
 
 1905. Canada's canal system. M. M. Wilner. 
 
 Amencan monthly review of reviews, vol. 32 {Aug., 1905) : 
 177-183. 
 
 1905. The urgent need of waterway legislation. Lewis M. Haupt. 
 North American review, vol. 181 {Sept., 1905) : 417-427. 
 
 1906. The country's duty as to waterways improvements. 
 Manufacturers'^ record, vol. 49 {Feh. 1, 1906) : 57-58. 
 
 1906. By canal from New York to Oregon. Alexander Hume 
 Ford. 
 
 PuUic opinion, vol. 40 {Feh. 10, 1906) : 165-168. 
 
 1906. The Erie canal and freight rebates. C. H. Quinn. 
 World to-day, vol. 10 {Feh.. 1906) : 164-170. 
 
 1906. Detroit river and " Soo " canals traffic. 
 
 Bradstreefs, vol. 34 {Mar. 17, 1906) : 164. 
 
 1906. The traffic on America's inland seas. 
 
 Dun's review, vol. 14 {Mar. 31, 1906) : II-I4. 
 
 1906. Waterways improvement: the liberal part to be played by 
 the general government. 
 Manufacturers' record, vol. 49 {Mar. 8, 1906) : 197. 
 
 1906. Bonds for waterways improvement. E. P. Wilson. 
 
 Manufacturers' record, vol. 49 {Mar. 22, 1906) : 250-251.
 
 DEEP waterways: articles in periodicals 37 
 
 1906. A barge canal between Pittsburg and Lake Erie. W. Frank 
 McClure. 
 World to-day, vol. 10 {Mar., 1906) : 323-324. 
 
 1906. The Cape Cod canal. Fergus Crane. 
 
 Eclectic magazine, vol. II^G (Apr., 1906) : 277-282. 
 
 1906. The pre-eminence of Pittsburgh in transportation (AVith 
 map). 
 Iron age, vol. 77 .{Apr. 19, 1906) : 1022-1023. 
 
 1906. Deep-water outlet for east Texas traffic. H. G. Spaulding. 
 Manufacturers' record, vol. Ifi {Apr. 19, 1906) : 376-377. 
 
 1906. To connect the Rio Grande and the Mississippi. Proposed 
 intercostal canal. C. S. E. Holland. 
 Manufacturers' record, vol. 49 {May 3, 1906): 431-432. 
 
 1906. The completing of the Mississippi. Aubrey FuUerton.* 
 World to-day, ^vol. 10 {May, 1906) : 494-498. 
 
 1906. Georgian bay canal. 
 
 Canada, vol. 2 {June 16, 1906) : 397. 
 
 1906. River and harbor appropriations. B. G. Hnmplireys. 
 
 Inter-nation, n. s. vol. 1 {June, 1906) : 86-95. 
 
 1906. The enlargement of the Erie canal. Day Allen Willey. 
 Scientific American, n. s. vol. 95 {July 21, 1906) : 4-^-46. 
 
 1906. The resuscitation of a river: how the Mississippi valley 
 states propose to regulate traffic rates. Richard Lloyd 
 Jones. 
 Collier's, vol. 37 {Aug. 18, 1906) : 18-19, 26. 
 
 1906. New York's barge canal. Day Allen Willey. 
 
 Moody''s magazine, vol. 2 {Aug., 1906) : 255-260. 
 
 1906. Fifty millions annuallj^ for waterways. Joseph E. Rans- 
 dell. 
 Manufacturers'^ record, vol. 50 {Oct. 25, 1906): 361. 
 
 1906. $50,000,000 annually for rivers and harbors [National rivers 
 and harbors congress, third convention]. 
 Manufacturers'' record, vol. 50 {Dec. 13, 1906) : 549-550. 
 
 1906. Waterway defenses of the Atlantic coast. William J. Roe. 
 
 Popular science monthly, vol. 69 {Dec, 1906) : 530-538. 
 
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 38 LIBRARY OF COls^GRESS 
 
 1906. Making the Ohio navigable. J. R. Schmidt. 
 Technical world magazine^ vol. 6 {Dec.^ 1906) : 387-390. 
 
 " Canalization of the Ohio river from Pittsburg to Cairo." 
 
 1907. Two history-making conventions: 1. The Lakes-to-the-Gulf 
 
 deep waterways association. Charles M. Harvey. 2. The 
 Trans-Mississippi commercial congress. W. E. Williams. 
 World to-day, vol U {Jan., 1907) : 39-U' 
 
 1907. Waterways in demand: Progress of Erie canal work: pros- 
 pective undertakings. 
 American monthly revieic of reviews, vol. 35 {Feb., 1907) : 
 Ilfl-U2. 
 
 1907. Waterways development. Joseph E. Ransdell. 
 
 Manufacturers' record, vol. 51 {Feb. 28, 1907) : 181. 
 
 1907. Onr great river: what it is and may be for commerce, agri- 
 culture, and sanitation: the largest inland project of our 
 time. W. J. McGee. 
 World's work, vol. 13 {Feb., 1907) : 8576-8581 
 
 1907. A ship canal across the United States. 
 
 World's work {London) vol. 9 {Feb., 1907): 23Jf. 
 
 1907. Waterways and railroads in the United States: on river 
 and harbor improvements: Ransdell on our waterways 
 progress : rivers and harbors : canals. 
 Manufacturer, vol. 20 {Mar. U 1907) : 7. 9-10, 11^-15. 
 
 1907. Protected waterway from Boston to the Gulf. John H. 
 Small. 
 Manufacturers' record, vol. 51 {Mar. 21, 1907) : 271-272. 
 
 1907. The transportation crisis. Lewis M. Haupt. 
 
 Manufacturers' record, vol 51 {Mar. 28-May 30, 1907) : 
 303-30^, 337-339, 369-370, }^06-.W7, ^33-Jf3^, ^517-518, 5.^5- 
 51^6, 587-589, 621-622. 
 
 1907. Proposed ship canal from Xew Orleans to Chicago. 
 World's work {London) vol. 9 {Mar., 1907) : ^7. 
 
 1907. Illinois' great waterway: interior waterways: the new com- 
 mission. 
 American monthly review of revieivs, vol. 35 {Apr., 1907) : 
 395-397. 
 
 1907. Travaux d'amelioration du Missouri. F. Marchais. 
 
 La Genie civil, vol. 50 {Apr. 6, 1907) : 385-388.
 
 DEEP WATERWAYS: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS 39 
 
 1907. The St. Lawrence route: the St. Lawrence ship canal. J. S. 
 M'Lean. 
 
 Railway age, vol. 1^3 (Apr. 6, 1907) : 563-565. 
 
 1907. To unite a hundred rivers. Frank A. Briggs. 
 
 Technical world magazine, vol. 7 (Apr., 1907): 121-128. 
 
 Regards the project to connect the Rio Grande with the 
 
 Mississippi. 
 
 1907. From New York to Boston by canal. Hugh C. Weir. 
 World to-day, vol. 12 {Apr., 1907): 370-37 If. 
 
 1907. Commerce on the Great Lakes. J. Oliver Curwood. 
 
 World's toork, vol. 13 {April, 1907) : 8785-8790. 
 Treats of the freight traffic with some statistics. 
 
 1907. Canal project for the central south. C. P. Goodyear. 
 
 Manufacturers'' record, vol. 51 {May 30, 1907) : 620-621. 
 
 1907. Report on Georgian bay canal. 
 
 Railway world, vol. 51 {May 17, 1907) : 4O8. 
 
 1907. Our inland waterways. 
 
 American monthly review of reviews, vol. 35 {June, 1907) : 
 61^8. 
 
 1907. Canada's big canal project: prospects of the Georgian bay 
 ship waterway. 
 Canada, vol. 6 {June 15, 1907) : 325-326. 
 
 1907. The Atlantic and great western canal. Lewis M. Haupt. 
 Manufacturers'' record, vol. 51 {June 6, 1907) : 651^.-655. 
 
 1907. Linking Lake Michigan to the Gulf. William Trowbridge 
 Larned. 
 Yan Norden magazine, vol. 2 {June, 1907) : 66-73. 
 
 1907. The waterways of America. Charles D. Stewart. 
 
 Century magazine, vol. 7^ {Aug., 1907) 528-542. 
 
 1907. Wholesale canal building. George Ethelbert AValsh. 
 Moody''s magazine, vol. 4 {Aug., 1907) : 219-225. 
 
 1907. Economy of water transportation. Franklin Wood. 
 Moody's magazine, vol. 4 {Aug., 1907) : 225-232. 
 
 1907. Recent legislation on the Mississippi river. Robert Marshall 
 , Brown. 
 Popular science monthly, vol. 71 {Aug., 1907) : 131-138.
 
 40 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 1907. The Lakes-to-gulf waterway: an undertaking to float the 
 conunerce of the West to the sea. Will Payne. 
 Saturday evening post, vol. 180 {Sept. 7, 1907) : S-J^, 2Jf, 25. 
 
 1907. Commercial importance of the sanitary canal and gulf 
 waterway. Hoyt King. 
 World to-day, vol 13 {Sept., 1907) : 897-901. 
 
 1907. The President's Mississippi journey. William Flewellyn 
 Saunders. 
 American monthly review of reviews, vol 36 {Oct., 1907): 
 ^56-JfGO. 
 
 1907. The revival of internal waterways in the United States. 
 George Ethelbert Walsh. 
 
 Cassier's magazine, vol. 32 {Oct., 1907) : 1^8-50 J^. 
 
 1907. The President sees the Mississippi : learning at first hand of 
 the dwindling traffic of our inland waterways. Frederick 
 Palmer. 
 Collier's, vol. JtO {Oct. 5, 1907) : 13-U. 
 
 1907. An address upon rivers and harbors: more or less academic 
 and technical. Theodore E. Burton, 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907) : 8. 
 
 1907. Commercial advantages deep waterways to Missouri. 
 Joseph W. Folk. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907) : 8. 
 
 1907. The complementary nature of water transportation as allied 
 to transportation by rail. J. T. Harahan. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907) : 8-9. 
 
 Railway age, vol. U {Oct. 11, 1907) : 502-503. 
 
 Railway world, vol. 51 {Oct. 11, 1907) : 855-856. 
 
 "Address before the Deep waterway convention at Memphis, 
 Oct. 4." 
 
 1907. Deep waterways. A. B. Cummins. 
 
 Comniercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907): 10. 
 
 1907. Mississippi and deep waterway. E. F. Noel. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907): 10. 
 
 1907. The necessity of united action by the friends of river im- 
 provement. Joseph E. Ransdell. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907): 2. 
 
 1907. President Kavanaugh delivers the annual address: Lakes- 
 to-the-gulf deep waterways convention. 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907) : 2.
 
 DEEP WATERWAYS: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS 41 
 
 1907. President's address. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 5, 1907) : J^. 
 
 1907. Arkansas and the deep waterway. Xenophen O. Pindall. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memp/m) , vol. 79 {Oct. G, 1907) : 2-3. 
 
 1907. Benefit of the deep waterways to the Northwest. John 
 Burke. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 0, 1907) : 3. 
 
 1907. Florida's interest in the deep waterway. Napoleon B. Bro- 
 ward. 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 6, 1007) : 3-4, 8. 
 
 1907. The importance to Wyoming of river navigation. Bryant 
 D. Brooks. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 0, 1907) : 8, 10. 
 
 1907. Inland waterways. Coe I. Crawford. 
 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis), vol. 79 {Oct. 6, 1907) : 10. 
 
 " Relation of South Dakota to transportation up the Missouri 
 and Mississippi." 
 
 1907. Ohio and Mississippi as transportation factors. John L. 
 Vance. 
 Commercial appeal {Memphis) , vol. 79 {Oct. 6, 1907) : 2. 
 
 1907. Down the Mississippi. William A. Rodenberg. 
 
 Independent, vol. 63 {Oct. 3, 1907) : 783-788. 
 
 1907. Water-power: by-product of navigation improvement. 
 Charles H. Baker. 
 
 Manufacturers'^ record, vol. 52 {Oct. 10, 1907) : 1^7-48. 
 
 " Illustrated in the plans for the development of the Tennessee 
 river-Muscle shoals situation." 
 
 1907. Mississippi valley waterways improvement. Albert Phenis. 
 Manufacturers'' record, vol. 52 {Oct. 10, 1907) : 49-50. 
 
 1907. The one means for improving waterways. John Glass. 
 
 Manufacturers^ record, vol. 52 {Oct. 17, 1907) : 40-50. 
 
 1907. Eoosevelt's speech: indorses deep waterways. 
 
 Memphis news scimitar, vol. 28 {Oct. 4-, 1907) : 8. 
 
 1907. Fourteen feet through the Valley. John Sharp AVilliams. 
 Memphis news scimitar, vol. 28 {Oct. 6, 1907) : 12-13. 
 
 1907. Railroad vs. water transportation. Colyer Meriwether. 
 Moody'' s magazine, vol. 4 {Oct., 1907) : 4k^-h¥)-
 
 42 LIBEAEY OF CONGKESS 
 
 1907. Biiiklino; a great industrial waterway [Cape Cod canal]. 
 Reed Carradine. 
 
 American industries^ vol. 6 {Nov. 15., 1907) : 9-12. 
 
 1907. The Atlantic inland waterway. George Byrne. 
 
 Manufacturers^ record, vol. 52 {Nov. llf., 1907) : 1^8. 
 
 1907. For a broad policy in waterways improvement. Joseph E. 
 Ransdell. 
 Manufacturers' record, vol. 52 {Nov. 28, 1907) : 1^7. 
 
 1907. The Cape Cod canal. Reed Carradine. 
 
 Van Norden magazine, vol. 2 {Nov., 1907) : 113-128. 
 
 1907. With Roosevelt on the Mississippi. Wilson H. Cotton. 
 World to-day, vol. 13 {Nov., 1907) : lOSIf-lOSS. 
 
 1907. The rediscovery of the Missouri. Walter Williams. 
 World to-day, vol. 13 {Nov., 1907) : 1125-1128. 
 
 1907. The future of our navigable waters. John L. Mathews. 
 Atlantic monthly, vol. 100 {Dec, 1907) : 721-728. 
 
 1907. $500,000,000 for river and harbor improvement. 
 
 Manufacturers'' record, vol. 52 {Dec. 5, 1907) : 59-61. 
 
 1907. National rivers and harbors congress. 
 
 Manufacturers'' record, vol. 52 {Dec. 12, 1907) : 1^5-1^6. 
 
 1907. Circumventing Cape Hatteras: an inland waterway from 
 
 Chesapeake Bay to Beaufort Inlet, N. C, which will bene- 
 fit the entire country. C. H. Claudy. 
 World to-day, vol. 13 {Dec, 1907) : 121^8-1251^. 
 
 1908. The new canal and old Cape Cod. Reed Carradine. 
 Harper's Weekly, vol. 52 {Jan. 11, 1908) : 16-17. 
 
 1908. Inland waterways. Herbert Quick. 
 
 Reader, vol. 11 {.Jan., 1908) : 119-131^. 
 
 1908. The romance of the Great lakes. J. O. Curwood. 
 Reader, vol. 11 {Jan., 1908) : 167-182. 
 
 1908. To link the Lakes with the sea. H. G. Hunting. 
 
 Technical world magazine, vol. 8 {Jan., 1908) : J^67-Ji75. 
 
 1908. Developing the nation's waterways. C. W. Asbury. 
 American industries, vol. 7 {Feb. 15, 1908) : lJf.-15.
 
 DEEP WATERWAYS: ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS 43 
 
 1908. A short cut to Boston [Cape Cod canal]. Charles Culver 
 Johnson. 
 Appleton^s magazine, vol. 11 {Feb., 1908) : 182-189. 
 
 1908. Some of the engineering problems involved in the construc- 
 tion of a deep waterway from the Great Lakes to the Gulf 
 of Mexico. J. A. Ockerson. 
 Association of engineering societies. Journal, vol. Jfi {Feb., 
 1908) : 110-127. 
 
 1908. The demand for waterway development. 
 
 Chautauquan, vol. Jf9 {Feb., 1908) : 306-307. 
 
 1908. From Lakes to Gulf. Charles Jewett Swift. 
 
 Manufacturers'' record, vol. 53 {Feb. 13, 1908) : 1^7. 
 
 " A suggested route by the Tennessee and Chattahoochee 
 rivers." 
 
 1908. The romance of the Great Lakes. 2. What the ships carry. 
 J. O. Curwood. 
 
 Reader, vol. 11 {Feb., 1908) : 233-2^5. 
 
 1908. Inland waterways. 2. Bringing the sea to the farms. Her- 
 bert Quick. 
 Reader, vol. 11 {Feb., 1908) : 263-277. 
 
 1908. Rebuilding a great canal [Erie]. Lindon Bates, jr. 
 
 Technical world magazine, ool. 8 {Feb., 1908) : 622-630. 
 
 1908. Handling the rivers of the nation. AVilliam Atherton 
 Dupuy. 
 World's work, vol. 15 {Mar., 1908) : 10011-10016. 
 
 1908. Inland waterways. 3. The railways and the waterways. 
 Herbert Quick. 
 Putnarri's monthly and the Reader, vol. S {Mar., 1908) : 703- 
 716. 
 
 1908. Our inland waterways. W. J. McGee. 
 
 Popular science monthly, col. 72 {Apr., 1908) : 289-303. 
 
 1908. Vast wealth for the state. Charles S. Deneen. 
 
 Technical world magazine, vol. 9 {Apr., 1908) : 121-129.
 
 UNITED STATES DOCUMENTS ON DEEP WATERWAYS 
 
 Note. — The heavy face numerals at the end of the titles are the serial num- 
 bers used in the check list of documents, published by the Superintendent of 
 documents. 
 
 1808. Roads and canals. Report of the Secretary of the treasury 
 [Albert Gallatin] communicated to the Senate, April 6, 
 
 1808. 
 
 10th Congress^ 1st session. 
 
 {In American state papers: Miscellaneous, vol. 1, pp. 724-921.) 
 
 Importance of Intei'nal improvements. Canals along the At- 
 lantic coast, between the Atlantic and western waters, be- 
 tween the Atlantic and the Great Lakes ; Reports on canals. 
 Letters of B. H. Latrobe and Robert Fulton. 
 
 Reprinted Jan. 15, 1816. 
 
 14th Congress, 1st session. Senate report no. 19. 
 
 1816. Report of the Secretary of the treasury [Albert Gallatin] 
 on the subject of Public roads and canals. [Apr. 12, 1808] 
 January 15, 1816. Printed by order of the Senate. 
 
 Washington: Printed hy William A. Davis, 1816. 129 pp. 
 
 8°. 
 IJfth Congress, 1st session. Senate report no. 19. 
 
 1819. Letter from the Secretary of war, transmitting topograph- 
 ical reports, made with a view to ascertain the practicabil- 
 ity of uniting the waters of Illinois river, with those of 
 Lake Michigan. Dec. 28, 1819. 10 pp. 8°. 
 Kith Congress, 1st session. Executive document no. 17. 32 
 
 1825. Canal from Lake Pontchartrain to the river Mississippi. 
 Report from the Select committee on roads and canals. 
 Feb. 4, 1825. 3 pp. 8°. 
 18th Congress, 2d session. Senate document no. 26. 109 
 
 1825. A report of the examination which has been made by the 
 Board of engineers, with a view to internal improvement, 
 etc. Feb. 14, 1825. Ill pp. 8°. 
 18th Congress, 2d session. Senate document no. 32. 109 
 
 44
 
 CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS ON DEEP WATERWAYS 
 
 45 
 
 1825. Same. 
 
 18th Congress^ 2d session. House document no. 83. 117 
 
 Report of S. Bernard and J. G. Totten on the several canal 
 routes examined in 1824. Cliesaiteake and Oliio; Ohio and 
 Erie; Ohio and Sehuyllvill ; Delaware and Raritan ; Barn- 
 stable and Hyannis harbor; Buzzard's Bay and Barnstable; 
 Taunton and Weymouth, pp. 13-69. 
 
 1825. Memorial of the le^jislature of the state of Oliio, in relation 
 to the connection of Lake Erie, with the Ohio river, by 
 means of canal navigation. Feb. 22, 1825. 6 pp. 8°. 
 18th Congress^ 2d session. Senate document no. 36. 110 
 
 1825. Memorial and resolution of the Legislature of Louisiana, 
 upon the subject of a canal from Lake Pontchartrain to 
 the river Mississippi. Jan. 21, 1825. 4 pp. 8°. 
 18th Congress.) 2d session. Executive document no. 57. 115 
 
 1825. Annual report of the president and directors of the Wash- 
 ington canal company. Feb. 24, 1825. 2 pp. 8°. 
 18th Congress.) 2d session. Executive papers no. 102. 118 
 
 1825. Report of the Select committee to whom was referred, on 
 the 3d ultimo, a memorial of the General Assembly of 
 Illinois, upon the subject of a canal communication be- 
 tween the Illinois river and Lake Michigan, accompanied 
 with a bill to aid the state of Illinois in the accomplish- 
 ment of the same. February 1, 1825. 6 pp. 8°. 
 18th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 53. 122 
 
 1825. Report of the select committee on the subject of aiding the 
 
 state of Indiana in opening a canal to connect the waters 
 of the Wabash river, with those of Lake Erie, accom- 
 panied by a bill to accomplish that object. Feb. 21, 1825. 
 4 pp. 8°. 
 18th Congress., 2d session. House report no. 78. 122 
 
 1826. Report from the select Committee on roads and canals on 
 
 the survey of a route for a canal between the Atlantic and 
 the Gulf of Mexico. Jan. 19, 1826. 14 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress., 1st session. Senate document no. 21. 126 
 
 Letter from Joseph M. White, pp. 2-13. 
 
 1826. Memorial of the General Assembly of the state of Illinois, 
 
 on the construction of a canal, to unite the waters of Lake 
 
 Michigan with the Illinois river. February 28. 1820. 
 
 '4 pp. 8°. 
 
 19th Congress., 1st session. Senate document no. 49. 126
 
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 1826. Report from the Select committee on roads and canals, on 
 the subject of providing for the surveys of canal routes, 
 in the state of Indiana, and of various routes for roads 
 and canals, in the state of Maine. April 19, 1826, 
 
 2 pp. 8°. 
 
 19th Congress^ 1st session. Senate document no. 81. 128 
 
 1826. Report of the engineer employed in exploring the country, 
 and running levels between the Deep creek and Castle- 
 man's summits, on the contemplated route of the Chesa- 
 peake and Ohio canal. Apr. 29, 1826. 12 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress.) 1st session. House document no. 169. 140 
 
 1826. Canal — Lake Michigan to Illinois river. Report from the 
 Committee on roads and canals. March 30, 1826. 5 
 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress.) 1st session. House report no. llf'T. 142 
 
 1826. Survey-canal route — Olean point to Erie canal. Report 
 
 from the Select committee on roads and canals. April 4, 
 1826. 4 pp. 8°. 
 
 19th Congress., 1st session. House report no. 151. 142 
 
 1826. Survey of canal routes — Mississippi and Louisiana. Report 
 from the Committee on roads and canals. Apr. 14, 1826. 
 4 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress.) 1st session. House report no. 162. 142 
 
 1826. Canal around the Muscle shoals. Report from the Commit- 
 tee on roads and canals. May 15, 1826. 2 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress.) 1st session. House report no. 215. 142 
 
 1826. Extension of Chesapeake and Ohio canal, from Pittsburgh 
 to Lake Erie. Report from the Committee on roads and 
 canals. May 16, 1826. 3 pp. 8°. 
 10th Congress^ 1st session. House report no. 216. 142 
 
 1826. Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Report from the Committee 
 on roads and canals. May 22, 1826. 122 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress^ 1st session. House report no. 228. 142 
 
 1826. Canal to connect lakes Champlain and Ontario. Report 
 from the Committee on roads and canals. May 22, 1826. 
 
 3 pp. 8°. 
 
 19th Congress., 1st session. House report no. 230. 142
 
 CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS ON DEEP WATERWAYS 
 
 47 
 
 1827. Memorial of the general assembl}^ of the state of Illinois, 
 
 asking for a grant of land to aid said state in opening a, 
 
 canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with the 
 
 Illinois river. Feb. 7, 1827. 4 pp. 8°. 
 
 19th Congress^ 2d session. Senate document no. J^6. 145 
 
 1827. Statement in relation to a canal from Lake Pontchartrain 
 to the Mississippi. Mar. 3, 1827. 18 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress., 2d session. House document no. 133. 154 
 
 1827. Inland channel from the Bay of St. Mary's to St. John's 
 
 river. Report from the Committee on roads and canals. 
 Feb. 3, 1827. 11 pp. 8°. 
 19th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 70. 159 
 
 1828. Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Estimate of the cost of making 
 
 a canal from Cumberland to Georgetown. Mar. 10, 1828. 
 99 pp. 8°. 
 20th Congress., 1st session. House document no. 192. 173 
 
 1828. A report, map, and estimate of the Chesapeake and Ohio 
 canal to Alexandria, in the District of Columbia. Apr. 
 21, 1828. 14 pp. 8°. 
 20th Congress., 1st session. House document no. 25^. 174 
 
 1828. Memorial of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal company. Dec 
 
 5, 1828. 32 pp. 8°. 
 20th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 12. 184 
 
 1828. Communication from the chief engineer, on the subject of a 
 
 communication between the HiAvassee and Conesauga 
 rivers, etc. Dec. 11, 1828. 10 pp. 8°. 
 20th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 15. 184 
 
 1829. Memorial of Amos Binney, et al. on the Chesapeake and 
 
 Ohio canal Feb. 9, 1829. 24 pp. 8°. 
 20th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 116. 186 
 
 1830. Letter from the president of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal 
 
 company, with proceedings of a meeting of that company, 
 to the Hon. E. F. Chambers, Chairman of the Conunittee 
 on the District of Columbia. May 24, 1830. .3 pp. 8°. 
 21st Congress, 1st session. Senate document no. 144- 193 
 
 1830. Two acts of the legislature of Virginia, respecting the 
 Chespeake and Ohio canal company. Mar. 9, 1830. 4 pp. 
 8°. 
 21st Congress, 1st session. House document no. 94. 198
 
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 1830. Chesapeake and Ohio canal west of the Alleghany. Report 
 from the Committee on internal improvements. Mar, 8, 
 
 1830. 2 pp. 8°. 
 
 21st Congress^ 1st session. House report no. 280. 200 
 
 1830. Canal — Lake Michigan to Illinois river. Illinois to relin- 
 quish land and issued scrip. Report from the Committee 
 on the public lands. April 22, 1830. 3 pp. 8°. 
 21st Congress^ 1st session. House report no. 377. 201 
 
 1830. Memorial of the president and directors of the Chesapeake 
 
 and Ohio canal companj^ May 24, 1830. 10 pp. 8°. 
 21st Congress., 2d session. House report no. 31. 210 
 
 1831. Alexandria canal. Report from the Committee on internal 
 
 improvements recommending a subscription from Con- 
 gress to aid in the construction of the said canal. Jan. 31, 
 
 1831. 22 pp. 8°. 
 
 21st Congress^ 1st session. House report no. 71. 210 
 
 1832. Report from the Secretary of war, relative to an examina- 
 
 tion Avith a view of connecting Lake Michigan with the 
 AYabash river, in Indiana. May 14, 1832. 19 pp. 8°. 
 22d Congress, 1st session. Senate document no. IJ^S. 214 
 
 1832. Canal — Lake Michigan and Illinois river. Letter from the 
 
 Secretary of war, transmitting a report of the route of a 
 
 canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those 
 
 of Illinois river. May 24, 1832. 7 pp. 8°. 
 
 22d. Congress.^ 1st session. House document no. 2Jf.5. 221 
 
 1832. Alexandria canal company. Report from the Committee on 
 
 internal improvements recommending subscription, on the 
 
 part of the United States, to the stock of the said canal. 
 
 Mar. 30, 1832. 34 pp. 8°. 
 
 22d Congress, 1st session. House report no. Jf.19. 226 
 
 1832. Canal — Lake Michigan and Illinois river. Report from the 
 Committee on internal improvements. April 13, 1832. 20 
 pp. 8°. 
 22d Congress, 1st session. House report no. ^1^6. 226 
 
 1834. Ship canal between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Petition 
 from inhabitants of New York, asking for an appropria- 
 tion to survey a route for a ship canal from Lake Erie to 
 Lake Ontario, and also to construct said canal. January 
 6, 1834. 5 pp. 8°. 
 23d Congress, 1st session. House document no. 3^. 254
 
 CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS ON DEEP WATERWAYS 
 
 49 
 
 1834. Canal — Michigan to Illinois river. Report from the Com- 
 mittee on roads and canals. June 25, 1834. 21 pp. 
 Folded map. 8°. 
 23d Congress, 1st session. House report no. 546. 263 
 
 1836. Canal — Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. Letter from the Secre- 
 
 tary of war, in relation to the construction of a canal 
 from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. April 14, 1836. 75 
 pp. Folded maps. 8°. 
 ^21^th Congress., 1st sessio7i. House document no. 214- 290 
 
 1837. Niagara ship canal. Report from the Committee on roads 
 
 and canals. February 14, 1837. 40 pp. 8°. 
 £4fh Congress, '2d session. House report no. 201. 305 
 
 On the " i-eport of the Secretary of war of the result of the 
 survey of the several routes of a ship canal round the falls 
 of Niagara to connect the navigable waters of the Lakes 
 Erie and Ontario." 
 
 1838. Ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. Report from the 
 
 Committee on roads and canals. January 25, 1838. 35 
 pp. 8°. 
 25th Congress, 2d session. House report no. 4^3. 334 
 
 1843. Communications and documents on the subject of a grant of 
 
 land to the state of Illinois, to aid in the completion of 
 
 the Illinois and Michigan canal. January 3, 1843. 14 
 
 pp. 8°. 
 
 27th Congress, 3d session. Senate doeuTnent no. 26. - 414 
 
 1845. Illinois and Michigan canal. Report from the Committee 
 on public lands, to whom Avas referred "A bill granting 
 an additional quantity of land to the State of Illinois, to 
 aid in the completion of the Illinois and Michigan canal." 
 January 17, 1845. 16 pp. 8°. 
 28th Congress, 2d session. Hotise report no. 4S. 468 
 
 1856. Canal to connect the Mississippi with the Gulf of Mexico. 
 Resolutions of the Legislature of ]\rississippi. relative to 
 a canal to connect the waters of the Mississippi river with 
 the Gulf of Mexico. April 2, 1856. 2 pp. 8°. 
 34th Congtxss, 1st session. House miscellaneous document 
 no. 79. 866 
 
 1858. Niagara ship canal. Report from the majority of the com- 
 mittee to whom was referred numerous memorials and 
 resolutions, asking for a grant of lands to aid in the con- 
 32006—08 4
 
 50 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 striiction of a ship canal around the falls of Niagara. 
 May 11, 1858. 12 pp. 8°. 
 35th Congress, 1st session. House veyort no. 374- 966 
 
 1862. Ship canal to connect Mississippi river and Lake Michigan. 
 
 Eeport from the Committee on military affairs. Feb- 
 ruary 20, 1862. 13 pp. 8°. 
 37 fh Congress, 2d session. House report no. 37. . 1144 
 
 1863. Letter of the Acting secretary of the interior, to Honorable 
 
 H. M. Rice, in relation to uniting the navigable waters of 
 the Mississippi river with the Red river of the North by 
 slack-water and canal navigation. January 5, 1863. 2 
 pp. 8°. 
 37th Congress, 3d session. Senate miscellaneous document 
 no. 8. 1150 
 
 1863. Niagara ship canal. Report from the Select committee, to 
 whom were referred all the papers and memorials in re- 
 lation to the construction of a ship canal around the Falls 
 of Niagara, upon the American side, to connect the navi- 
 gable Avaters of Lakes Erie and Ontario. March 3, 1863. 
 18 pp. 8°. 
 37th Congress, 3d session. House report no. 53. 1173 
 
 1863. Niagara ship canal. Report from the Committee on naval 
 
 affairs, to whom was referred the memorial of Horace H. 
 
 Day, for the construction of a ship canal around the Falls 
 
 of Niagara. March 3, 1863. 2 pp. 8°. 
 
 37th Congress, 3d session. House report no. 51^. 1173 
 
 1868. Niagara ship canal. Letter from the Secretary of war, 
 transmitting report by Colonel Blunt, on the surveys for 
 a ship canal to connect Lakes Erie and Ontario. March 
 3, 1868. 19 pp. 8°. 
 Ifith Congress, 2d session. House executive document no. 
 197. 1341 
 
 1870. Water communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. 
 Letter from the Governor of the state of Iowa, transmit- 
 ting a memorial of the state of Iowa in relation to water 
 communication between the Atlantic and Mississippi. 
 May 14, 18T0. 19 pp. 8°. 
 Ji-lst Congress, 2d session. House miscellaneous document 
 no. 136. 1433
 
 CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS ON DEEP WATERWAYS 
 
 51 
 
 1873. 
 
 1873. 
 
 1874. 
 
 1874. 
 
 1874. 
 
 1874. 
 
 1874. 
 
 Niagara ship-canal. Memorial and report of the executive 
 committee of the Detroit commercial convention, held at 
 the city of Detroit, Michigan, on the 13th day of Decem- 
 ber, 1871, in relation to the Niagara Falls ship-canal. 
 December 18, 1872. 73 pp. 8°. 
 
 42d Congress^ 3d session. 
 
 22. 
 
 House miscellaneous document no. 
 
 1571 
 
 Ship-canal. Report from the Committee on commerce on 
 sundry bills for the construction and improvement of 
 interior lines of navigation. February 13, 1873. 28 
 pp. 8°. 
 
 42d Congress.) 3d session. House report no. 76. 1576 
 
 Illinois and Michigan canal. Memorial of the legislature of 
 Illinois, in relation to the extension of the Illinois and 
 Michigan canal from the Illinois to the Mississippi river. 
 Feb. 20, 1874. 2 pp. 8°. 
 
 Ji3d Congress.) 1st session. House miscellaneous document 
 no. lJf5. 1619 
 
 Canal connecting the Mississippi river with the Gulf of 
 Mexico. Letter from the Secretar}^ of war, in relation to 
 a ship-canal to connect the Mississippi river with the 
 Gulf of Mexico. February 4, 1874. 92 pp. 8°. 
 
 JfSd Congress., 1st session. House executive document no. 
 113. 1607 
 
 Cheap transportation. Memorial of American cheap trans- 
 portation association. Feb. 21, 1874. 16 pp. 8°. 
 
 JjSd Congress., 1st session. House miscellaneous document 
 
 no.U7. 1619 
 
 "Argument and memorial in favor of a national system of 
 transportation by water as the cheapest and best means of 
 supplying the demands of the people," by B. W. Frobel. 
 
 Canal connecting the Mississippi river with the Gulf of 
 Mexico. Letter from the Secretary of war, in relation 
 to the ship-canal to connect the Mississippi river with 
 the Gulf of Mexico. April 15, 1874. 126 pp. 8°. 
 
 J^Sd Congress., 1st session. House executive document no. 
 220. 1614 
 
 Eock Island and Hennepin canal. Report from the Com- 
 mittee on railways and canals. June 10, 1874. 6 pp. 8°. 
 43 d' Congress., 1st session. House report no. 643. 1626
 
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 1876. Canal to connect the Wabash river and Lake Michigan. 
 Letter . . . transmitting a copy of the report of Maj. 
 G. L. Gillespie, on routes for a canal to connect Wabash 
 river and Lake Michigan. January 17, 1876. 11 pp. 8°. 
 l^lfth Congress^ 1st session. House executive docutnent no. 
 86. 1689 
 
 1876. Water communication between the Mississippi river and ki- 
 lantic ocean. Letter from the Secretary of Avar, trans- 
 mitting the report of the Chief of engineers on the prac- 
 ticability and cost of inland water communication be- 
 tween the Mississippi river and the Atlantic ocean, etc. 
 April 4, 1876. 37 pp. 8°. 
 JfJfth Congress.) 1st session. House executive document no. 
 157. 1689 
 
 1876. Report on the transportation route along the Wisconsin and 
 
 and Fox rivers, in the state of Wisconsin, between the 
 Mississippi river and Lake Michigan, by Gouverneur K. 
 Warren. 1876. 114 pp. Folded plates. 8°. 
 Jf.Ji.th Congress., 1st session. Senate executive document no. 
 28. 1664 
 
 1877. Letter from the Secretary of war, transmitting a copy of a 
 
 report of Lieut. Col. Q. A. Gillmore, Corps of engineers, 
 , on a water line of transportation from the mouth of Saint 
 Mary's river to the Gulf of Mexico. January 22, 1877. 
 26 pp. 8°. 
 Ji.Jfth Congress., 2d session. Senate executive document no. 
 22. 1719 
 
 1878. Improvement of the Mississippi river. Report from the 
 
 Committee on levees and improvement of the Missis- 
 sippi River. 1878. 12 pp. Folded map. 8°. 
 Jf5th Congress., 2d session. House report no. 71 J^. 1825 
 
 1878. Water transportation between Lakes Michigan and Erie. 
 
 Report from the Committee on railways and canals. 
 June 19, 1878. 1 page. 8°. 
 Jf5th Congress., 2d sessio7i. House report no. 1010. 1826 
 
 1879. Illinois river and Illinois and Michigan canal. Report of 
 
 G. J. Lydecker, Corps of Engineers. Feb. 12, 1879. 13 
 pp. 8°. 
 Jfdth Congress, 3d session. House executive document no. 81. 
 
 1858
 
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 1880. Letter from the Secretary of war, transmitting report of the 
 results of an examination made of the peninsula of Flor- 
 ida, Avith a view to the construction of a ship-canal from 
 Saint Mary's River to the Gulf of Mexico. April 22, 1880. 
 88 pp. Folded map. 8°. 
 Ji.6th Congress^ 2d 8ession. Senate executive document no. 
 15 J^. 1885 
 
 1880. "Water route between Lakes Michigan and Erie. Report 
 from the Committee on railways and canals. January 23, 
 
 1880. 2 pp. 8°. 
 J^Gth Congress^ 2d session. House report no. 155. 1934 
 
 1882. Improvement of the Mississippi river. Report from the 
 Committee on levees and improvements of the Mississippi 
 river. Mar. 24, 1882. 100 pp. Map. 8°. 
 Jf7fh Congress^ 1st session. House report no. 848. 2067 
 
 1882. Survey of a ship canal across the state of Michigan. Report 
 from the Committee on railways and canals. Mar. 29, 
 
 1882. 3 pp. 8°. 
 4'/fh Oong7'ess, 1st session. House report no. 879. 2067 
 
 1882. The Illinois and Mississippi canal. Report from the Com- 
 
 mittee on railways and canals. April 11, 1882. 9 pp. 8°. 
 47th Congress, 1st session. House report no. 1000. 2068 
 
 1883. Report, with accompanying map, of the Board of Engineer 
 
 officers constituted to consider and report the cost of con- 
 structing the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship canal. 
 Jan. 9, 1883. 23 pp. Folded map. 8=. 
 47th Congress, 2d session. Senate executive document no. 
 34. 2076 
 
 1883. Canal from Hennepin to the Mississippi river. Letter from 
 
 AV. H. H. Benyaurd, Corps of Engineers. Feb. 28, 1883. 
 11 pp. 8°. 
 47th Congress, 2d session. Senate executive document no. 
 78. 2076 
 
 1884. A communication from the governor of the state of Illinois 
 
 with a copy of an act of the general assembly of that 
 state, tendering to the Ignited States the cession of the 
 Illinois and Michigan canal, upon condition that it sliall 
 be enlarged and maintained as a national water-way for 
 commercial purposes. Jan. 8, 1884. 4.") pp. Folded 
 maps. 8°. 
 48th Congress, 1st session. Senate executive document no. 
 38. 2162 
 
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 1884. Report of the Select committee of the United States Senate 
 on the Mississippi river improvements. Jan. 15, 1884. 
 xxiii, 106 pp. Map. 8^. 
 l^Sth CongresH^ 1st session. Senate report no. 36. 2173 
 
 1884. Michigan and Mississippi canah Report from the Commit- 
 tee on railways and canals. Feb. 12, 1884. 2 pp. 8°. 
 JiSth Congress^ 1st session. House report no. 339. 2253 
 
 1884. Grant of the Illinois and Michigan canal. Report from the 
 Committee on railways and canals. April 12, 1884. 3 
 pp. 8°. 
 Ji8th Congress.) 1st sessio7i. House report no. 129 If. 2257 
 
 1886. Hennepin canal. Letter from the Secretary of war, trans- 
 mitting report from the chief of engineers of additional 
 surveys, by Maj. Thomas H. Handburg, of routes for 
 Hennepin canal. March 8, 1886. 48 pp. Folded 
 map. 8°. 
 49th Congress., 1st session. House executive document no. 
 117. 2398 
 
 1886. Illinois and Mississippi river canal. Report from the Com- 
 
 mittee on railways and canals. Feb. 17, 1886. 10 
 pp. 8°. 
 49th Congress., 1st session. House report no. 574. 2436 
 
 1887. Laws of the United States relating to the improvement of 
 
 rivers and harbors from August 11, 1790, to March 3, 
 1887, with a tabulated statement of appropriations and 
 allotments. Compiled in the Office of tlie Chief of en- 
 gineers, U. S. Army, under the direction of John G. 
 Parke. 
 
 Washington: Government printing o-ffice., 1887. 579 pp. 8°. 
 
 49th Congress, 2d session. Senate miscellaneous document 
 
 no. 91. 2451 
 
 1887. Michigan and Illinois canal. A report of the Board of En- 
 gineers upon the proposed acquisition, by the government, 
 of the Illinois and Michigan canal and construction of the 
 Hennepin canal. Jan. 11, 1887. 169 pp. Folded maps. 
 8°. 
 
 49th Congress., 2d session. House executive document no. 79. 
 
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 1890. Survey of water- waj'' from Lake INIichigan to the Illinois 
 
 river, Eeport of ^Y. L. Marshall, Corps of Engineers. 
 
 Mar. 11, 1890. 2 parts. Folded maps. Folded charts. 8°. 
 
 51st Congress, 1st session. House executive document 264, 
 
 pt. 1, 2. 2748 
 
 1890. Illinois and Mississippi canal. A preliminarj^ report upon 
 the location of the Illinois and Mississippi canal by AV. L. 
 Marshall, Corps of Engineers. April 9, 1890. 7 pp. 
 Folded charts. 8°. 
 61st Congress, 1st session. House executive document no. 
 316. 2750 
 
 1890. Illinois and Mississippi canal. Final report of W. L. Mar- 
 shall, Corps of Engineers. June 28, 1890. 21 pp. Folded 
 table. 8°. 
 51st Congress, 1st session. House executive document no. 
 429. 2752 
 
 1890. Ship canal around the Falls of Niagara. Report from the 
 Committee on railroads and canals. April 14, 1890. 35 
 pp. 8°. 
 51st Congress, 1st session. House report no. 1430. 2811 
 
 1892. Report on the internal commerce of the United States for 
 
 the year 1891. Part ii of Commerce and navigation. The 
 
 commerce of the Great Lakes, the Mississippi river and 
 
 its tributaries. S. G. Brock. 
 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1892. (2), Hi, Ixi, 
 
 96 pp. Folded map. 8°. 
 
 52d Congress, 1st session. House executive document no. 6, 
 
 part 2. 2948 
 
 Appendix no. 1. " The commerce and shipping of the Great 
 
 Lakes," Special report by C. H. Keep: 2. "The commerce 
 
 of the Mississippi," Special report by George H. Morgan. 
 
 1892. Ship canal from the Great Lakes to the navigable waters of 
 the Hudson river. Report from the Committee on rail- 
 ways and canals. April 8, 1892. 49 pp. 8°. 
 52d Congress, 1st session. House report no. 1023. 3045 
 
 Reprinted in full in House report no. 913, 53d Congress, 2d 
 session. 
 
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 1894. 
 
 1894. 
 
 1894. 
 
 1894. 
 
 1896. 
 
 1897. 
 
 1898. 
 
 1899. 
 
 Exposition of the advantages and value of a barge canal 
 connecting the waters of the Mississippi river, through 
 the state of Florida, with the waters of the Atlantic sea- 
 board, by Robert Gamble. March 13, 1894. 56 pp. 8°. 
 
 53d Congress^ 2d session. Senate miscellaneous document 
 no. 118. 3171 
 
 Canal connecting Lake Superior with the Mississippi river. 
 
 Eeport from the Committee on railways and canals. May 
 
 3, 1894. 5 pp. 8°. 
 53d Congress, 2d session. House report no. 830. 3271 
 
 Ship canal from the Great Lakes to the navigable waters of 
 the Hudson river. Report from the Committee on rail- 
 ways and canals. May 17, 1894, 50 pp. 8°. 
 
 53d Congress, 2d session. House report no. 913. 3271 
 
 Pp. 2-50 are a reprint of House report no. 1023, 52d Congress, 
 1st session. 
 
 Papers and maps to accompany memorial of Maj. Robert 
 Gamble, showing the advantages and value of a barge 
 canal connecting the waters of the Mississippi river and 
 A-tlantic seaboard. Dec. 20, 1894. 24 pp. Folded maps. 
 8°. 
 
 53d Congress, 3d session. Senate miscellaneous document 
 no. 37. 3281 
 
 Lake Superior and Mississippi canal. Report from Clinton 
 B. Sears, Corps of Engineers. Mar. 30, 1896. 65 pp. 
 Folded maps. Folded charts. 8°. 
 
 5Jfth Congress, 1st session. House document no. 330. 3428 
 
 Report of the United States deep waterways commission, 
 prepared at Detroit, Michigan, December 18-22, 1896, by 
 the commissioners, James B. Angell, John E. Russell, 
 Lyman E. Cooley. Jan. 18, 1897. 263 pp. Folded maps 
 and diagrams. 8°. 
 
 5^th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 192. 3527 
 
 Statistics of Lake commerce. Letter from the Secretary of 
 the treasury, transmitting a report made to the Bureau 
 of statistics by Mr. George G. Tunell, of Chicago, on lake 
 commerce. February 3, 1898. 106 pp. 8°. 
 
 55th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 277. 3679 
 
 Lake Superior-Mississippi river canal. Letter from the 
 
 Chief of Engineers. Dec. 7, 1899. 16 pp. 8°. 
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 1900. 
 
 1900. 
 
 1902. 
 
 1904. 
 
 1905. 
 
 1906. 
 
 Final report on survey of Upper Illinois and Lower Des 
 Plaines rivers, Illinois. Dec. G, 1900. 11 pp. Folded 
 charts. 8°. 
 
 56th Congress^ 2d session. House document no. 112. 4135 
 
 Report of the Board of engineers on deep waterways be- 
 tween the Great Lakes and the Atlantic tide waters . . . 
 Dec. 7, 1900. Referred to the Committee on rivers and 
 harbors and ordered to be printed. 
 
 Washington: Government printing office^ 19G0. 2 vols. 
 Illustrations. Plates. ^°. Atlas, 11^1 folded maps and 
 profiles. lt°. 
 
 56th Congress., 2d session. House document no. 11^9. 
 
 4145^147 
 The Illinois and Mississippi canal. Special report from 
 
 J. H. Willard, Corps of Engineers. Jan. 22, 1902. 5 pp. 
 
 8°. 
 57th Congress., 1st session. House document no. 297. 4337 
 
 Improvement of the Mississippi river. Report of the hear- 
 ing held February 3, 1904, embodying also report of a 
 convention held October 27-28, 1903, at New Orleans. 
 April 4, 1904. Presented by Mr. Berry and ordered to be 
 printed. 116 pp. 8°. 
 
 58th Congress, 2d session. Senate document no. 2Jf5. 4592 
 
 Report upon survey, with plans and estimates of cost, for a 
 navigable waterway 14 feet deep from Lockport, 111., 
 by way of Des Plaines and Illinois rivers, to the mouth 
 of said Illinois river, and thence by way of the ^Mississippi 
 river to St. Louis, Mo., and for a navigable waterway 
 of 7 and 8 feet depth, respectively, from tlie head of navi- 
 gation of Illinois river at Lasalle, III., through said river 
 to Ottawa, 111., by the Mississippi River commission, 
 covering the section below the mouth of the Inninois river, 
 and by a Board of officers of the corps of engineers, U. S. 
 army, covering the section above the mouth of the Illi- 
 nois river. 1905. 544 pp. Plates. 17 maps (IG folded). 
 8°. 
 
 59th Congress, 1st session. House document no. 263. 5023 
 
 Mississippi river improvements. House. Committee on 
 levees and improvements of the Mi.ssissippi river. [Hear- 
 ing. March 30, 190G.] 22 p. 8°. 
 
 Statement of Oswald H. Ernst, president of the Mississippi 
 river commission.
 
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 1906. Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal company. Report 
 from the Committee on commerce. March 23, 1906. 13 pp. 
 
 8°. 
 59th Congress^ 1st session. Senate report no. 1997. 4904 
 
 1906. Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal company. Report 
 from the Committee on railways and canals. February 
 15, 1906. 10 pp. 8°. 
 59th Congress., 1st session. House report no. 13^3. 4906 
 
 1906. Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal. Report from the 
 Committee of conference. June 27, 1906. 4 pp. 8°. 
 59th Congress, 1st session. House report no. 505ii. 4908 
 
 1906. Letter from the Secretary of war, transmitting letter from 
 the Acting chief of engineers, U. S. Army, with inclosures, 
 concerning the facts and data in the possession of the War 
 department relating to the construction of miles 19 to 23 
 of the Illinois and Mississippi canal (Eastern section), 
 etc. December 10, 1906. 5 pp. 8°. 
 59th Congress, 2cl session. Senate document no. 103. 5070 
 
 1906. Annual report of the Chief of engineers, United States 
 army, and of subordinate engineers upon the improve- 
 ment of rivers and harbors, and report of the Mississippi 
 river commission for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1906. 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1906. 2 vols. 8°. 
 59th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 22. 
 
 5144-5145 
 
 1906. Letter from the Secretary of war, transmitting, with a letter 
 
 from the Chief of engineers, report containing plan and 
 estimate for new lock for St. Marys Falls canal, Michigan. 
 December 20, 1906. 6 pp. Folded plans. 8°. 
 59th Congress, 2d session. House document no. 333. 5153 
 
 1907. Laws of the United States relating to the improvement of 
 
 rivers and harbors from August 11, 1790, to March 4, 
 1907. Compiled in the Office of the chief of engineers, 
 U. S. army. 
 Washington: Government printing office, 1907. 2 vols. 8°. 
 58th Congress, 3d session. House document Jf25. 
 
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 1907. 
 
 1907. 
 
 1907. 
 
 1907. 
 
 River and harbor bill. Report from the Committee on com- 
 merce. <To accompany H. R. 24991. > Feb. 16, 1907. 
 625 pp. 8°. 
 
 59th Congress^ 2d session. Senate report 669^. 5061 
 
 Mississippi River between Missouri River and St. Paul, 
 Minn. Letter from the Secretary of war, transmitting, 
 with a letter from the chief of engineers, report of esti- 
 mate for six-foot channel in the Mississippi River between 
 the Missouri River and St. Paul, Minn. Jan. 3, 1907. 
 18 pp. 8°. 
 
 69th Congress, 2d session. House document 34-1. 5153 
 
 Report by C. S. Riche, submitting the report and estimate by 
 C. W. Durliam, with indorsement by W. H. Bixby, division 
 engineer. 
 
 Interior waterway from the Rio Grande to the Mississippi. 
 Letter from the Secretary of war, transmitting, with a 
 letter from the chief of engineers, report of examination 
 of project for interior waterway from the Rio Grande to 
 the Mississippi. Feb. 1, 1907. 53 pp. Folded map. 
 Tables. 8°. 
 
 59th Congress, 2d session. House document 61fi. 5156 
 
 " Preliminary examination with plan and estimate of cost of 
 improvement of inhind waterway along the coast of Louis- 
 iana and Texas from the Mississippi River at Donaldson- 
 ville, La,, to Rio Grande," by Edgar Jadwin, pp. 3-2S. 
 
 Report of the Chief of the Engineer department, 1907. 
 Washington: Gooernment printing office, 1907. 862, 
 pp. 8°. {War department doc. 305.) 
 
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