War Department Appropriation Bill, 1923; Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Sixty-Seventh Cong

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922. Excerpt: ... MISSISSIPPI-WARRIOR LINE. The Mississippi River section is a very paying proposition. The line running from St. Louis to New Orleans is paying well. It is carrying an immense amount of freight. For the last three monthsJanuary, February, and March--it carried approximately 180,000 tons of freight on a revenue running up to nearly $200,000 a month Senator Fletcher. If this bill stays as it is, you will have only $30,000, which will cover your office expenses here? Colonel Ashburn. That is all. Senator Fletcher. You have nothing for operating the line? Colonel Ashburn. No; the Mississippi line can cany itself. Under the law we have to carry the AVarrior River service, too, and a line which runs from New Orleans to Mobile, which is the connecting line. Senator Lenroot. I should like to have you put the exact figures in the record. Colonel Ashburn. I have them here. Senator Lenroot. You do not need to do it now. Just put them into the record, so that we can have the details. Senator Jones of Washington. I should like to have now the aggregate of operating expenses and receipts. Colonel Ashburn. I have it all here. Senator Reed. Will you pardon me a minute? If you will just let the Colonel make his preliminary statement of what he wants. 1 am going to ask then that these figures be put in the record in regular order. Colonel Ashburn. I have them right here. I can give them to you at any time. Senator Reed. That is all right. Colonel Ashbdhn. The general proposition is that the law says that we shall operate the Mississippi and the Warrior sections. The President's orders are that we shall not create a deficit, and I think that is also the law. I am not certain as to that. We have asked for $300,000 for this reason: The AVarrior River is losing considerable mon...