The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-26
TENNESSEE-TO-GULF CONVENTION NOV. F Senator Johnston Is Interested
 In Project SENATOR M0RGANS LETTER As Long Ago as 1903 the Late Senator Commented On the Feasibility of
 Connecting Alabama's
 Waterways. F
SENATOR MORGAN'S LETTER

The Tennessee to -thc-Gulf convention is to be held here on November F. and 1t is expected the interest aroused will give an impetus to the movement which will cause Congress to consider the mat ter favorably. All the members of Con- eress from Alabama and a number from Tennessee, Mississippi and Georgia have been invited to attend Senator Johnston has already accepted the invita- ton and stated that he would do all in his power to help the movement.
 Letter of invitation are also being sent by Secretary Babb to Governor Conner. and to Governor NJ R. Patterson and eX-Governor Bob Taylor of Tennessee A very large number of people interested m the canal project in addition to the leg islators are expected to attend.
 The following letter has been received by MT. Babb from Senator Johnston on the subject.
 MT J. B. Babb. Secretary. Commercial
 Club, Birmingham, Ala.
 Dear Sir--I have just received your in- vitaton to attend proposed meeting on the 18th, prox., to consider the improve ment of our waterways and harbor I have declined an invitation to attend the meeting of the Tennessee River ln- provement association on the 18th Of No vember at Knoxville so that l may Dc with you. Both conventions have my hearty sympathy and will receive any aid l can give them Yours truly.
 JOSEPH F. JOHN STON.s
 The following letter, from c. E. Hoge- boom of Huntsville, in which he inclosed letter written to him by the late Sen ator Morgan on the question of this waterway is interesting:
 To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 l note that the matter of canal from the Tennessee river is receiving attention at the hands of the press.
 l have been interested in such a pro- iect for several years. and hope that some interest can be aroused among the people in favor of the project. The need of such a connecting link is great and the Gun ;ersville-to-t thegulf Is practicable, and Birmingham can have a waterway to tho gulf at a nominal cost.
 l send you letter l received from Sen- ator Morgan in 1903, which gives his views on the matter
 Hoping that you will be able to get tho people interested in the canal from Gun tersville-to-theg gulf, I am. very truly yours, c. B. HOGEBOOM.
 w WdShlnBloui D t., mdy Is, ljUd. Mir. C. B. Hogeboom, Guntersville:
 Dear Slr-I have not said anything of late years about a waterway between the Tennessee river and the Alabama rivers. I have been recently speaking of the ex- tension of the Warrior river by canal through Birmingham to Swansea, on the Locust fork of this river. It is this, no doubt, that the papers are referring to. That waterway from some affluent of the Tennessee river to some affluent of the Coosa river Is practicable I have been long convinced The people in both re- gions should study this subject and pre- pare the facts for the information of the legislators.
 If such route Is feasible 1t will be- come the connecting link in the internal canal system of the United States be- tween the great lakes of the north and the Bay of Mobile. because it will be the cheapest line of transportation for heavy freights. This movement, If it is prac cticable, will be advanced or retarded by the interest the people take in it, and they much pioneer the enterprise or 1t will never be accomplished.
 I am glad that you are studying question that is so important to the future of the country, if it proves to be we'll founded by the locks to be run by en- gineers. Truly yours.
 JOHN T. MORGAN.