Evening star., 1907-11-12
INLAND WATERWA
PROMINENT MEN ON CONFER
ENCE PROGRAM.

PHILADELPHIA. November 12-The
program for the Atlantic coast inland
waterways conference to be held in this
city November 10 aand 20 has been ar
ranged so far as the speakers are con-
cerned, with the exception of two or
three names. Those who will make ad-
dresses have been selected because of
their fitness, and the conference promises
to be most interesting. From what can
be gathered. it is absolutely certain that
the deliberations of the conference will
go to the root of the subject for which
the gathering had been called.
Among the delegates who have been
selected by Gov. Warfield of Maryland
to represent that state at the conference
is Gen Felix Agnus, who Is scheduled
for a speech. He has been assigned to
talk on The Chesapeake Bay and Its
Connection With the Delaware
Gen Agnus was chairman of the United
States commission to examine into and
report upon route connecting Maryland
with the ocean through a shorter and
more direct route.
The other members of the Maryland
delegation are as follows:
Gen. Francis f. Waters. DR.. D. II. Car
roll, Mr. Blanchard Randall. Mr.. Frank
j. La Motto Mr. Lynn r. Meekins. Rep
resentative Sydney E. Mudd, Mr.. Walter
Aucken. Mr.. Walter B. Brooks, jr.: Mr..
B. II. Griswold. Gen. Peter Leary, jr,
and Mr.. BushrOd NJ. Watts.
Program as Arranged.
The program is as follows:
Address of welcome, John Z. Reyburn,
mayor of Philadelphia.
Inland Waterways in the United
States" Francis G. Newlands, United
States senator, Nevada, vice president in
land waterways commission.
Inland Waterways Along the Allan
tic Coast" Charles Heber Clark, editor
and manufacturer, Philadelphia.
The Cut Through Cape Cod William
Barclay Parsons engineer in chief, New
York city.
Another Canal Across Cape Cod"
Lloyd E Chamberlain. Brockton, Mass.
Long Island Sound and the Northern
Approaches to New York. J. A. Goulden,
member of Congress, New York city.
New York Harbor It's Commercial
and Naval Significance and the Ap-
proaches from Raritan Bay" George e.
aldo, member of Congress. Brooklyn,
=. Y.
History and Commerce, Edward c.
Stokes. Governor of New jersey.
Engineering Features of Trans-New
Jersey Canal, Prof. Lewis NJ. Haupt
civil engineer, Phlladelphla.
The Delaware River from Trenton to
Philadelphia and from Philadelphia
South" Joel Cook. president Philadelphia
board OF trade and member Of Congress
elect.
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,
Its History and Commerce. Anthony
Higgins, former United States senator.
Wilmington, Del.
The Chesa peake Bay and Its Connec-
tiOn With the Delaware" Gen. Felix Ag-
nus. Baltimore. chairman United States
commission TO examine and report upon
a route.
Hampton ROADS and the Chesapeake
Approaches 10 Maryland Virginia and
North Carolina Hugh r. Garden, New
York city, formerly of South Carolina.
Behind Hatteras-the Norfolk Beaufort
Route" John II. Small, member of Con-
gress. North Carolina.
The Engineering outlook; Chesapeake
and Delaware and NorfolkBeaufort
Routes" Maj c. a. F. F!agler. l.. S. A..
Wilmington, Del. of the government
commission on surveys.
Looking South from Beaufort South
Carolina Georgia, Florida" Speaker not
announced