The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-11-08

| to P"nIldQeipHld Oh q CudI Itlcu SCSnAA-
| boat through the Delaware and Rarl-
| tan canal and down the Delaware
river. When homeward bound, on the
other hand, the southern delegates
f! will leave Philadelphia, as guests of
the city, on board a private vessel and
will traverse the Chesapeake and Del
aware canal and sections Of the Ches-
apeake bay, either to Havre de Grace
on the Susquehanna or to Baltimore
on the Patapsco.
Merchants OF Philadelphia have
guaranteed the cost of the enter
tainment and promise ito do the right
thing" Local interests, which include
a thirty-five foot channel for the Del
aware river; the widening and deep
ening under government auspices, or
the Delaware and Raritan canal and
the digging of a deep water ship canal
along the line of the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal, are to be kept in the
background while all of the separate
interests are merged into n united
campaign for the Atlantic seaboard as
a unit. ,f1Es
Plans for purely local features OF
the conference are in the hands OF a
citizens committee of n hundred
named by Mayor Reyburn, of Phila-
delphia. The campaign among the
seventeen states in interest is being
conducted by a committee named at
the Trenton Tri-State conference
which includes the following: Repre-
sentative J. Hampton Moore, chair
man; John E. Rayburn. mayor OF
Philadelphia; Malon II. Kline. pres
ident of the Trades League, of Phil
adelphia Joel Cook, president of the
Philadelphia Board of Trade; Repre-
sentative Hiram r. Burton, Of Del
aware; Joseph r. Grundy, q manu-
facturer, of Bristol, Pa; c.. Taylor
Rue. mayor Of burlington, n. j.; w.
F. Sadler, Jr.. president of the Tren-
ton chamber Of commerce; w. Holt
Apgar, attorney at law. of Trenton
Headquarters OF all the committees
are at the BelIeyue-Stratford and a
clerical force is constantly at work
there handling the enormous CORES
]pOndence involved in preliminary pre-
partitions. Committee meetings are
held in the mayors reception room at
the city hall, the enterprise, in every
particular having upon it the seal OF
official recognition, the mayor being
among the most active of those at
work upon the plans.
Prompt and efficient work has pre-
vented any Inconvenience from the
short period intervening between the
inception OF the movement and the
date set for the conference. Haste
was necessary because it was believed
to be advisable that the new organ:-
zatiOn should be represented in the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
to be held in Washington in Deem
Der. Delegates to that body will be
chosen.
On a recent visit to Philadelphia,
Joseph E.. Ransdell, representatives in
congress from Louisiana and president
Of the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress assured leaders in the At
lantic seaboard movement that a cor
dial welcome awaited their delegates
in the national congress. In this con-
n%ection, Mr.. Ransdell said:
THE National Rivers and Harbors
Congress will meet in Washington,
December 4th. 9Th, and 9Th. We GER
tainly will want you represented. Tie
aim of the congress is to include every
commercial body, every sectional
waterways association, every inter
state association such as yours will be
and every shipping interest. The
congress has never advocated a spe-
cific Improvement and never will.
What we want is an annual a%ppropri-
alton of $50, 900 900 instead of triennial
bills. We aim to stimulate interest
all over the country and an organiza-
ton representing the collective inter-
ests of the Atlantic coast would be
more than welcome.