Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-07 | Page 2 | Senate Group Studies Oregon River Project

SENATE GROUP STUDIES OREGON RIVER PROJECT Thomas Promises Careful Consideration of Columbia Columbia Columbia Colum Colum- bia Improvement J I IBy Hr fay u lat PORTLAND Ore re Sept 7 Careful Careful Care Care- ful and sympathetic consideration of data presented to a senate during a hearing here on improvement improvement im im- im provement of the Columbia and Snake rivers was promised by Senator John Thomas of Idaho Senator Thomas is chairman of the committee which held the hearing henring here Tuesday and today opens a similar hearing in Idaho Spokesmen for tor inland farmers particularly particularly par par- wheat growers told the committee of the desperate need for or lower freight rates which they said would be possible only through use of the rivers supplemented by trucks as feeders Some testified that upon lower freight rates depended their continuing in business Figures were cited to show the cost of moving a bushel of wheat from W Weiser iser Idaho Idalio to Portland is 18 cents while Canadian wheat moves across to the Atlantic seaboard for or 6 cents a bushel Other comparisons with transportation cost in the Mississippi valley were submitted John Withycombe wheat grower said growers have saved money by moving their wheat 72 miles by truck to The Dalles and shipping from Portland Portland Port Port- land by boat The subject of ot power development in the Columbia received much at at- Close cooperation among Oregon Washington and Idaho was considered as essential to develop meat ment R. R H. H Kipp executive ve secretary of the Columbia Valley association submitted submitted sub sub- a detailed report on traffic and power possibilities illustrating the report with a map The testimony will be submitted to the war war depa department