New-York tribune., 1907-11-21
UNITE FOR WATERWAYS
Delegates from Fftee" Atta"t'c
CoGst States Organize.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov 2o-Representative men from
fifteen of the Atlantic coast states formed per-
manent organization to-day, under the name OF
tbe Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association. The
object is to bring about a system of waterways TO
permit the free movement Of traffic by 1nland
1aters between the various Atlantic seaboard
states from Maine 10 the Gulf OF Mexico.
This is the outcome OF the two days conference
held II, this city by delegates appointed by the
governors or trade bodies in the states Interested
in the Atlantic inland waterway project. The as
ruciation adopted resolutions declaring that all
canals should be free, and asking Congress TO take
isr the great project the ground that II Is De
manded by the commercial interests of thirty mill
ions Of people on the Atlantic seaboard
The speakers at the morning session Included
General Felix Agnus. Of Baltimore. who spoke on
The Chesapeake Bay and its connection with the
Delaware; Hugh r. Garden, of New York. formerly
Of So.rb Carolina who described conditions in
Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake approaches TO
Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina Congress-
man small, of North Carolina. who took Tor MS
subject Behind Hatteras-The Norfolk Beaufort
Route. and Major {. a. +. Flagler. L 5 A. on
The Engineering Outlook-Chesapeake ana Del@-
ware and Norfolk Beaufort Routes
Governor Stokes Of New Jersey addressed the
conference on the Delaware and Raritan Canal link
Of .he project. He said if the canal were taken
over and deepened. it would carry more COM
ruerce than any other canal on the continent He
declared that the construction of the 'Sault ste
Marie Canal, the building Of the Panama Canal
and the Improvement OF the IlAe NdIsi 94lO" ~
spirit Of the times and the project under discus
sion should not lag behind these other great en-
tcrprises
At tho afternoon session addresses were made by
Governor Woodruff of Connecticut Clifford Pm
chot. Of Washington. United States Forester and
John A Fox, OF Arkansas. director Of the national
rivers and harboTs congress, which Will meet IN
Wash ngton next month. Mr.. Pinchot said the eN-
ecutive branches of the federal government heart-
fly favored the movement and that it was ore
tho big things sure TO come along With the
scvelopment of other natural resources.
Among the resolutions adopted was the following
which may be said to be the platform OF the new
movement:
oPt66 oq ship Canals Il and deePfntng Of
rivers and approaches from NoTfolk Va , Soutn- n
Delaware Bay, and from the Delaware River TO the
approved by Congress the most practical, nav
ing due consideration for the cost and pronptness
laercia interests of 30OooOOc people on the seaboard
f5r Teinainder sii5 Of the American people.
Resolved. That in our judgment the construction
- nj II viii surely result both in stimulating
commerce ana in reducing the cost OF moving COM
Resolved That the canals shall be dug in any
case by the federal government-rst, because ne ne
government alone mas authority over t 4aTlgaIle h
free but chiefly because the enterprise planned in
for the whole nation in time of war.
Resolved, That the present Congress pe urged geo
10 take this great matter in hand al once ana
10 arrange for the practical starting OF the under
.aking at the earliest possible moment.
The following officers were elected:
President, Congressman ]. Hampton Moore, Phil
1delPha secretary and deaseLfr A9qlsea cr D.
sets, L. f. Chamberlain, Brockton; New York
Arthur Knox, New York City; New Jersey, VII
bur r Sadler. jr.. Trenton; Pennsylvania, Charles
Ieber Clark, Norristown; Delaware. Congress
man H r. Burton, I4ewes; Maryland, Reuben Eos
Ter. Baltimore; Virginia, Harvey NJ Dickson. Nor
folk: North Carolina. ! II. LIE Roy, Elizabeth
city; south Carolina, Mayor r. G. Rhett, Charles
ton: Florida. George T. Miles, Mount Rivers Del
ceates at large a. Y. Dawson Boston; John NJ.
Peters. New. York: L. B. Riley, Newark; F. r
ton. Del: Dr. David H. Carroll. Baltimore: J; r.
Hall, Norfolk; Va George l. Morton winning
Cooper, St. Augustine, Fla.
II was decided TO hold the next convention at
Baltimore. probably in the latter part Of Novem-
Der. 1905