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~ Ohio River Improvements An Outline of the Work Which Has' Been Accomplished During the Past Year HARLES A. HINSCH, presc C dent of the Business Men's Club, of -Citiginnat; has_ re- ceived a report of. the improve- ments to the. Ohio river and its tributaries during the past year from a committee consisting of Edwin C. Gibbs,-.F. L. Garrison; R. Pe Guban, ©:: F.: Barrett and' I..P. Bean: ihe appropriations made by the last con- gress for improvemént of the Miss- issippi and its tributaries, direct and indirect, are as follows: The status of the work on the Ohio river to date is as follows: Dams 1-6 (inclusive).--Are located from Pittsburgh, Pa., to a point above Industry, Pa., are completed and in operation. Dam. No. 7.--Located at Industry, nearly completed. Pa:,. is Dam No. 8.--Located at East Liverpool, O.,° is completed and in commission. Dams Nos. 9 and 10.--Both located above Steubenville, O. No. 9 is nearly completed and No. 10.is in process of construction, rapid progress being made. Dams Nos. 11 and 12.--Located between Steubenville and Wheeling, W. Va. Dam No. 11 is completed and in commission, and Dam No. 12 is in process of construction. Dam. No. 13.--Located at Bellaire, O., is completed and in commission. : Dams Nos. 14 and 15.--The former is lo- cated just below Moundsville, W. Va., and the latter at New Martinsville, W. Va. Both of these dams are in process of construction. Dams Nos. 16 and. 17.--Located between Sistersville and Marietta, O. Contract for work on both these dams has been let and rapid work thereon is assured. : Dam No. 18.--Located just below Marietta, O., is completed and in commission. Dams Nos. 19, 20, 21 and 22.--Located be- tween Parkersburg and Ravenswood, W. Va. Both No. 19 and No. 20 are in progress of construction and the work on the former is largely advanced. Work on Dam No. 21 has not yet been commenced, but bids have been asked for the construction of Dam No. 22. Dams Nos. 23 and 24.--Located between Ravenswood, W. Va., and Pomeroy, O. Noth- ing done as yet on No. 23, but contract for the construction of No. 24, we understand, has been recently awarded. : Dam No. 25.--Located just above Point Pleasant, W. Va. No work has been done nor contract let for work on this dam. Dam. No. 26.--Located at Chambersburg, oO. The government is now repairing break on this dam which break occurred after com- pletion. Dam No. 27.--Located between Chambers- burg, O., and Huntington, W. Va. No work done as yet nor has contract for same been let. Dam No. 28.--Located at Huntington, W. Va. Is now under construction and _ rapid rogress is being made. : Da No. 50. Lubsted at Cattlesburg, Ky., is under construction and rapid progress 1s being made. in the work. Was estimated to be about 46 per cent completed Oct. 1, 1913. The masonry of the lock is now practically ccmpleted and work is in progress on navl- gable pass and guide walls; unless some un- foreseen delay occurs by reason of high water, this dam should be completed during the cal- endar year 1914. ; Dam No. 30.--Located between Ironton and Portsmouth, O. As yet no work done there nor has contract been let. Dam No. 31.--Located just below the mouth of the Scioto river; under contract; excava- tion work and masonry of lock now in _ prog- ress; estimated to be completed. in 1916 or 1917. Dams Nos. 32 and 33.--Located between Vanceburg, Ky., and Maysville, Ky. No work as yet and contracts not awarded. : Dam No. 34.--Located just below Augusta, Ky. No work done as yet and contracts not awarded. Dam No. 35.--Located near New Richmond, O. Bids for construction of this dam were opened Sept. 30, 1913, and approval of con- oe now pending; estimated completion in Dam No. 36.--Located just above the mouth of the Little Miami river. No work done and no contract let therefor. Dam No. *3/7.--Located "at about 12 miles below Cincinnati; was com- pleted in 1911, and has been in operation during the seasons of 1912 and 1913. Dam No. 38.--Located between Aurora and Rising Sun, Ind. No work done and no con- tract therefor: has as yet been let. Dam No. 39.--Located near Markland, Ind., above Vevay, Ind.; and below Warsaw, Ky. Specifications printed; work not yet adver- tised; estimated completion in 1918 or 1919. Dam No. 40.--Projected location - between Madison, Ind., and Carrollton, Ky. It is now proposed to eliminate this dam by raising the crest of Dam No. 41, at Louisville, Ky. Dam No, 41.--Located at Louisville, is com- pleted and in operation. Dam No. 42.--Located below New Albany, and just above-the mouth of. Salt river; no ee done and no contract therefor as yet els Dams Nos. 43 Fernbank, O., and 44.--Located above Leavenworth, Ind. No work as yet on either of these dams, although we understand the government is assembling its own laborers and materials, preparatory to commencing work on Dam No, 43. Dam No. 45.--Located just above Clover- port, Ky. No work done and no contract therefor as yet let. Dam No. 46.--Located just above Owens- boro, Ky. No work done and no contract therefor as yet let. Dam No. 47.--Located just above the mouth of Green river. No work done and no con- tract therefor as. yet let. Dam No. 48.--Located just below Hender- sen, Ky. Is now under construction. Dam No. 49.--lLocated below Mt. Vernon, Ind., and above the mouth of the Wabash river; no work has been done and no con- tract has as yet been let therefor. : Dam No. 50.--Located just above Caseyville, Ky. No work has been done and no contract has as yet been let therefor. ; Dam No. 51.--Located below Caseyville, Ky., and above the mouth of Cumberland river; no work has been done and no contract has 'as yet been let therefor. Dam No. 52.--Located above Paducah, Ky., and just above the mouth of the Tennessee river. No work has been done and no con- tract has as yet been let therefor. : Dam No. 53.--lLocated between Metropolis and Mound City, Ill. No work has been done and no contract has as yet been let therefor. Dam No. 54.--Located at Mound City, Ill. No work has been done and no contract has as yet been let therefor. At present no dams are proposed for elimination above Cincinnati; and no elimination of dams below Louis- ville as yet has been definitely agreed upon. -- The committee adds: "Our members will be interested to know that on the sixth instant, the Supreme court of Ohio finally decided that the Louisville & Nashville rail- road had not the right to build ele- vated tracks across our public land- ing, and this decision finally disposes of the long litigation in that case and preserves to Cincinnati the public landing which will be so much needed for terminal facilities when the im- provements of our river have been completed. "Those who carefully read this re- port will be impressed by the progress made to date in the improvement of the Ohio river, and it must be borne in mind that the entire system of locks and dams, from Pittsburgh to Cairo, must be completed before the stupendous benefits therefrom will be realized by the people of the Ohid and Mississippi valleys, as well as by our entire nation. bee "In the past, when the Ohio Valley Improvement Association and its stur- dy, staunch supporters were knocking at the doors of congress for recogni- tion, the admonition was--'Educate the people and tongress will gladly hear and heed whatever it feels is a popular demand.' All that now, how- ever, is a thing of the past. Both the people and congress have been edu- cated--appropriations have been made; a large portion of the work has been either completed or commenced, and uow our watch-cry is--'Let the whole work be completed at the earliest practical moment.' It is now a ques- tion of engineers' equipment and la-. bor. If upon completion of the Pan- ama, canal, the apparatus used in the construction of that canal (or such portion of the same as could be util: ized) were brought to the Ohio river, that surely would materially assist in completing the whole work at an early date. : a "Our cinb "has ~ for many years broadly and generously supported all movements that looked toward the improvement of the Ohio river, and we trust the day is not far distant when the work will all be done and those who have labored so long and so successfully in the cause may have the gratification of seeing the benefits showered upon all the people of this valley, to be derived from so grand a work." / ; The Ashton Valvé Co. Boston, Mass., announces that 'Charles W., Buckelew has been appointed mari- ager of the New York office, No.- 128 Liberty street, vice C. H. Buckelew, re- tired after 25 years of service. _ The annual meeting of the Institu- tion of Naval Architects will be held in the hall of the Royal Society 'of Arts, John street, Adelphi, London, on April 1, 2 and 3.-