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Waterways Works as Taft Weighs 30 Million Bill Word
The seventh annual Rivers and Harbors Congress meets at the New Willard in Washington to consider federal river and harbor improvements. President Taft is expected to indicate the total appropriation, with Gen. William H. Bixby and Rep. Ransdell among speakers. Ohio figures, governors, and notable guests from Canada and the Panama Canal Commission attend as debates focus on annual funding and national projects.
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Rivers and ‘Harbors
Congress
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
New Willard
Joseph E. Ransdel
Louisiana
Taft
House Rivers and Harbor
Friends
Corps of Engineers
Army
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
William H. Bixby
Kausdell
Bixby
Bih
Ohio
Mississippi
Detroit
Hudson
Delaware
Columbia Rivers
Chief of Engineers
Board of Engineers For
United States
Gen. Bixby
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Waterways Commission
Ramadell
Harmon
Judson Harmon
Cincinnati
Gov
Harbors
House of Representatives
Joseph E. Ransdell
National Wivers
Harbors Congress
J.A. Patton
Chattanooga
Tenn
Tennessee River Improvement Association
William L. Sibert
Panama Canal Commission
D. B., Skinner
Francisco
Cal
National Lumbermen Manufacturers’ Association
William BE. Borah
Idaho
Senate Committee On Commerce
Cel. Vance
W. FB. Rovers
Pittsburg
Albert Ettinger
Marne
Samuel H. Greene
D. C
Calvary Baptist Church
Washington, D. C
Susan Howard Taft
Don Francisco Leon de la Barra
Poat
Tre Pont
de Alva S. Alexander
IM. C
Uivers