Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Arkansas River, Ark. And Okla: Letter From the Secretary of War, Transmitting, With a Letter From the Chief of Engineers, Report on Reexamination of Arkansas River, Ark. And Okla
The division engineer calls attention to the general decline of commerce on the western rivers, including the trunk streams, and recommends that, for the present, all improvement on the Arkansas be confined to snagging, which is warranted by the existing com merce. He believes that dredging would be a waste of public funds.
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