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Missouri River Navigation Celebration Trip
| 题名： | Missouri River Navigation Celebration Trip |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CAPT. DAVID SMITH |
| 摘要： | As addressed in this column last week, big things were happening on the Missouri River in June of 1932. The much touted "6-foot channel" was nearly ready for traffic, and the Inland Waterways Corporation (IWC), the government-owned barge line, was ready to test the waters. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley had announced that an inspection trip would be made from St. Louis to Kansas City in order to gain a firsthand observation of the channel conditions. Secretary Hurley and Major General Thomas Q. Ashburn, the head of the IWC, would be on hand for the journey. The Annual Report of the Inland Waterways Corporation to the Secretary of Commerce for 1932 stated the following: "On June 21, an inspection trip of the Missouri River to Kansas City left St. Louis with the Secretary of War, the Hon. Patrick J. Hurley and Maj. Gen. T.Q. Ashburn on the steamer Mark Twain, with guests and newspaper representatives on the steamer General Ashburn. Each steamer had a barge in tow, and the trip was made by daylight with night stops at St. Charles, Herman [sic], Jefferson City, Boonville, Miami and Lexington, where celebrations were held commemorating this eventful trip. The river was practically bank-full at the time, and the trip was completed June 27, with an enthusiastic reception at Kansas City." |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | The Waterways Jouranl |
| 卷： | 136 |
| 期： | 23 |
| 页码： | 22,21 |
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