Evening journal., 1907-11-18
DELEGATES FROM
SOUTH ON TRIP
In C. & D. CANAL
Continued from FIRST Page).


ed the delegates I'm the Glover Room
at the Bellevue -stratford Hotel Phil
adelphia Regular business viii be-
gin tomorrow morning, when the con-
ference win be called TO order. in the
Red Room of the hotel, at 10 o'clock,
by Congressman H. ii. Bingham,
Mayor Reyburn viii extend formal
welcome TO the visitors 1t has been
found necessary to limit each speaker
to 20 minutes. with a discussion OF ten
minutes duration to fellow each.
Senator Newiands VIII deliver the
first address on finland Waterways IN
the United states" lie IS very proud
of the fact that he. Senator from "thut
great maritime State of Nevada as
President Roosevelt iocularly referred
to him. should have been named on
the Inland Waterways Commission by
the President. and ne has made n
thorough and painstadng study Of the
question.
Many Notable Speakers.
other addresses of tomorrow morn
ine's session viii be- finland Water
ways Along the Atlantic Coast" hv
Charles Heher Clark. % this city; THE
Cut Through Cape Cod by William
Barclay Parsons OF New York city,
ana one of the foremost engineers Of
the country; Another Canal Across
Cape Cod" by Lloyd T.. Chamberlain,
Of Brockton, president of the Massh-
chusetts state Board of Trade: 'Long
Island Sound and the Northern APP
proaches 10 New York" by Congress
man Joseph A. Goulden, Of New York;
"The Hudson River Outlet from .he
Erie Canal 10 the Sea" by William ..
Jones, secretary Of the Chamber OF
Commerce, Albany n. "
Congressman J.. Van Nechten Olcott
of New York. will occupy the chair for
the afternoon session. which viii open
at 280 O'Clock. The speakers and their
/ subjects viii be: New York Harbor
Its Commercial and Naval Significance
/ ana the Approaches from Raritan
/ Bay" by Congressman George +. Wal
/ do, of New York; "The Delaware and
! Raritan Canal-Its History and Conn
merce." by Governor Edward c.
| Stokes, of New Jersey; Engineering
Features of Trans-New Jersey Ce-
nal" by Prof Lewis NJ Haupt, civil
/ engineer Of this city; "The Delaware
/ River from Trenton 10 Philadelphia
/ South" by Congressman-elect joe
/ Cook. president of the Philadelphia
Board OF Trade: THE Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal-Its History and Com
merce," by Senator Anthony Hig-
gins, OF Delaware.
Alfred O. Crozier of this city. viii
be one Of the speakers i'm the discus
sion to follow This viii conclude the
business for the day the evening beius
! given over to pleasure. Seats have
been reserved IN the Walnut Street
Theatre for the entire party. wher,
they viii be the guests of the Genera
Committee
Work For Second Day.
Wednesday, the second and last la!
Of the conference. viii be divided int
q further reading and discussion of pa
'pers and the transaction Of the rea
business Of the body. Congressmal
Henry c. Loudenslagsr Of New Jersey
win occupy the chair at the morning
session The topics discussed win h'
''rhe Chesapeake Bay and its Con
nectIon with the Delaware" by Gen
eral Felix Agnus. of Baltimore; Hamp
ton Roads and the Chesapeake ap
pNoaches to Maryland. Virginia an,
North Carolina" by Congressma.
Hugh r. Garden. of New York. form
erly Of South Carolina: Behind Has
teras-The Norfolk Beaufort Route,
by Congressman John II. Small o
North Cnrolina; "The Engineering
Outlook Chesapeake and Delawar
and Norfolk Beaufort Routes" b,
Major C.. A. r. Flagler, u. $. A., o
Wilmington. of tie Government Com
mission on Surveys; Looking Souu
from Beaufort" Colonel c. T. Good
year. o. Brunswick Ga; "Inlan
Waterways from TIE Florida View
point" by George e. Miles, of 81
Augustine. managing director of tn
. Florida Coast Line Canal and Trans
r portation Company.
After luncheon. Congressman Hiraf
r. Burton. of Delaware. will occup
the chair for the afternoon session
which win be devoted to receiving tn
, reports OF committees. the formatio
I Of = permanent organization, electio
z of officers and Of delegates 20 the Ma
Z tional Rivers ana Harhors Congress
: and the transaction If general busi
ness.
Notable Banquet Planned.
The banquet Wednesday nieht wi
be one OF the largest ever held in th
hotel. The tables viii be spread
the ballroom and covers viii be laid ic
about 500. New Jersey and Delawai
dining with Pennsylvania as host
Congressman J. Hamuton Moore WI
be toastmaster The speakers viii
7 Mayor Revburn, Governor Stuar
y Senators Newlands, Governor-ele'
e Fort. Of New Jersey; Governor Lea.
- Delaware; Senator Penrose. expos
y master General Charles Emory Smit
United States Forester Clifford PIN
= hot. Secretary w J. MCGEE, Of q
Inland Waterways Commission, ar
% George Alfred Townsend.