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Inland Waterways push for Mississippi barge lines to St Paul
Government barge lines from St. Louis to New Orleans prove successful prompting Inland Waterways Corporation to expand efforts to create commercial lines from St. Louis to St. Paul and Minneapolis. With initial outlays and private funding, contracts, and terminal plans proceed as Major General T Q Ashburn endorses additional natural interchange points along the Mississippi and tributaries.
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International News Service
Washington
Mississippi
St. Louis
Missouri
Cairo
Illinois
New Orleans
Louisiana
Inland Waterways Corporation
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Upper Mississippi
Secretary of War
Sissippi Interests
Congress
Dubuque
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
T. Q. Ashburn
Clinton
Keithburg
Minneapolis and
Stillwater
St. Croix
State Penitentiary
Winona
Quincy
Thaois
Alton