New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-02
IN THE INTEREST oFSTEAM NAVIGATION.
PERTINENT ADDRESSES AT THE ANNUAL MEET
ING OF THE NATIONAL BOARD.

PERTINENT ADDRESSES AT THE ANNUAL MEET
ING OF THE NATIONAL BOARD.
PIttsbIirg Oct. 1.-The eighteenth annual session
of the National Board Of steam Navigation opened
here this morning with siXty-four delegates present
from all parts of the country. The bOan VIII be
I'm session two days. President a. T. Cheney, IN MS
address, recommended the OF stern lights 1or san
ing vessels. the offering OF reward by the Govern
mcnt 10 the first crew 10 board and scuttle hoat-
ing wreck and referring TO the tunning of vessels
at fun speed IN a fog, said The travelling puDc
are much 10 blame for the risks that are TAKEN Inc
still continues for the fastest ship across tne
ocean. and that is crowded that can $40"
record one honr the fastest time In voyage OF 3ooo
miles. This craze vElll continue | suppose, uhtii
some day the whole world will be appalled, with an
ocean disaster when two ocean greyhounds come
together in fog al speed equang forty-hve mics
an hour, or a mile in one and half minutes, ana a
thousand lives pay the penalty OF suoh foolshhe's
General James 5. Negiey, Of New-YorK, addlesseu
the meeting i'm eloquent speech. In which he sam
There is an appropriateness In accepting Tie pre'eat
occasion make favorable mention Of the meeting OF INC
American International Congress in The city Of "ashhg'
ton A profound moral and politco' eminent IS ap-
parent in this exhibition Of goodwill and enterprise III
leads logically irrcsistiby higher enlshteheht
guided by the happest incentive Of social and commerce
intercourse It's influence Is equally benign upon Doh
the weak and the strong. The impulse springs from
desire for greater achievement With high sense OF GUY
To the principles OF selfgovernment Il Is step III
cadence with the triumphant march OF progress
Although s in the infancy their productive activity
and although the chief energies Of the people have not s
yet been eXhilaIated by the Introduction Of GIL oil INC
modern improvements manufacturing and transpoitsoh
nevertheless this mission embodes and chershes sym
pathy for the traditional idea OF solidarity with our cV7a-
ton. IT. commentaries epoch In the conhnerca'
history Of those countries 1t also represents the per-
sonaaon Of the progressive forces that shattered
the power CT a Spanish ollgarchy on this
Continent liberal government founded upon
its ruins must necessarily inherit some OF us
defects Prejudice superstition and fanauclsh persh
together before the breath OF steam ana eeetrely,
Isolation and a vast territory impose heroic task
unon tho parse population Of South aud Central America
in proyIdng for the Of ntercommuncauon' II ls'
therefore the gratifying 10 see how earnestly tneI
citizens are fitting themselves by education ana ahapaIo
[, the needs Of in developing Their grand IT,
sources Time will quickly svenge the errors OF the pas.
and open vide the opportunity for the OF
varied industries utilize their marvellous resources
therefore. be 10 49,
Resolved That che National Board OF Steam Navigation
in convention assembled do gladly welcome every
movement directed toward by the representatives. oil
other natonaes more especially those delegated from
our sister Republics the Congress Of All America ana
that we extend oar warmest fluctuations 70 the dis
ngulshed gentlemen who officially visiting our
country in the Of peace, unity and commerce.
with tho earnest hope that the seed Of patriotism ana
material advancement they are now sowing VIII specify
come 10 frultlon and produce golden shcavcs
Secretary Bryant offered a resolution asking that
the National Board cooperate with the steamboat
men with a view OF having them placed on the same
Interstate Commerce act. The resolution was referred
10 a committee who to confer with the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and ask that that rate clause
be enforced. The Board then adjourned until To-
morning.