354 I HE IRRIGATION AGE. 



at the head of the government work in Wyoming, having succeeded 

 Prof. El wood Mead in that position. 



The third day of the congress opened with addresses by Congress- 

 men Tawney, Heatwole, Stevens and Morris, of Minnesota, William- 

 son of Oregon, and J. M. Carey, of Wyoming. Speeches were also 

 made by Frank Trumbull, president of the Colorado and Southern 

 railway, and C. M. Hobbs, of the Denver and Rio Grande Company. 



After a fight lasting over four hours, the congress decided to 

 postpone for one year the matter of merging with the Trans-Missis- 

 sippi congress. 



The resolutions dealt with national irrigation only in a general 

 way. The president, secretary of agriculture, and secretary of the 

 interior, as well as members of congress, were thanked for their aid. 



It was decided that no one project should be recommended for 

 construction, as had been urged and hoped for by the delegations 

 from different points where government aid is of vital importance. 

 Resolutions regarding state laws were introduced and defeated. There 

 was adverse comment concerning the fact that so much time was 

 given to representatives of commercial bodies in preference to the 

 prominent irrigation engineers and experts, who, it was expected, 

 would deliver discourses on the subjects of importance to the irriga- 

 tion industry. 



This was said to be due in part to the active work of the commer- 

 cial contingent, headed by George H. Maxwell, who aimed to carry 

 the weight of both the irrigation congress and irrigation association 

 on his shoulders. Mr. Maxwell received censure from a large num- 

 ber of the delegates, who objected to his plan of engineering all 

 moves of the congress, regardless of the wishes of the majority. 

 The general impression is that the railways, in whose interest Mr. 

 Maxwell is supposed to act, would have achieved more substantial 

 support if their matters had been looked after by one who was in bet- 

 ter harmony with the convention. 



As stated by a prominent delegate, "the fact of the matter is that 

 the railway companies who have done so much for the western coun- 

 try, and who still stand ready to go on with the good work, are 

 greatly handicapped by this kind of representation." 



During the third day's session, Col. Thomas Holland, national colo- 

 nization secretary of the Salvation Army, read a paper by Commander 

 Booth-Tucker, on the subject of colonization. After referring to the 

 success of the efforts of the Salvation army in furnishing men with 

 the necessary capital and settling them as home owners upon the 

 land, the commander said the fact that the present irrigation con- 

 gress has included in its deliberations this great question of coloniza- 

 tion will undoubtedly place the subject in an entirely new light before 



