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handle is hein.usccsset/usconset30392 and id is 1 raw text is: 58TH CONGRESS, SENATE. DOCUMENT ~2d Session. jNo. 245. IMPROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. REPORT OF THE HEARING HELD FEBRUARY 3, 1904, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE IN RELATION TO THE IM- PROVEMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, EMBODYING ALSO REPORT OF A CONVENTION HELD OCTOBER 27-28, 1903, AT NEW ORLEANS, FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THAT SUBJECT. eAPRIL 4, 1904-Presented by Mr. BERRY and ordered to be printed. COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington, D. C., February 3, 1904. The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a. m. Present: Senators Frye (chairman), Nelson, Gallinger, Depew, Per- kins Foster of Washington, Quarles, Alger, Berry, Clay, Mallory, and IFoster of Louisiana. There were also present Hon. James P. Clarke, Senator from Arkansas, and Hon. Adolph Meyer, Representative from Louisiana; Capt. Patrick Henry, of Arkansas; Hon. W. W. Heard, governor of Louisiana; Mr. Murray Smith, of Mississippi; Mr. Leroy Percy, of Mississippi, and a large delegation, representing the Interstate Missis- sippi River Improvement and Levee Association; Mr. Alexander G. Cochran, of St. Louis, and Mr. John L. Vance, of Ohio. Capt. Patrick Henry, of Arkansas, who had in charge the arrange- ments for the hearing before the committee, introduced Hon. W. W. Heard, governor of Louisiana, chairman of the delegation representing the Interstate Mississippi River Improvement and Levee Association, who called upon Mr. Murray Smith, of Mississippi, to read the resolu- tions passed by the association, which are as follows: First. After years of actual observation and experience, and sup- ported by the opinions of all engineers, whether from the Engineer orps of the Army or from civil life, who have been directly connected with the work of levee construction, we desire to affirm that we have the most absolute confidence in the sufficiency of levees, when built according to correct standards, to protect the Mississippi Valley from overflow. In support of this declaration we beg leave to submit the following facts, which have been fully established: An elaborate and careful investigation made under the direction of the Mississippi River Com- mission, wholly disproves the notion, which still prevails to a consid- erable extent, that the immediate effect of levee construction is to S D-5-8-2-Vol 7-1

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