The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-07
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 NEW OFFICERS Ransdell Again Heads Waterways Congress. An Annual Appropriation of Fifty Mii- Hons Was the Recommendation
 Made by the Congress Be-
 fore Ad5eurning.

Washington. Dec f6.--An annual ap- propriation of at least $50.000,000 for the improvement and development of the inland water ways of America, is the gist of the recommendations of the Rivers and Harbors Congress. which concluded its sessions here to- day.
 No particular project was advocated by the convention the recommenda- tions of the Committee on Resolutions, which were adopted unanimously, be- Ing that national policy for the im- provement of inland waterways be adopted by the Congress of the United States. At the opening of today's ses- sion of the convention, telegrams were read from Senator Perkins and indus trial organizations and commercial bodies of California, inviting the con- gress to hold it's next annual meeting | in San Francisco.
 | In introducing John B. Fox of Arr kansas. the special director of the con- gress, President Ransdell said that Mir. Fox had spent the past year in tray- cling over the country and in doing splendid work for the congress. In the course of his report. MT. Fox said that during the past year ne had vis- ited twenty-six States and ninety-nine cities; had given out forty-four pub lie interviews, written i've magazine articles, and had delivered 15s ad- dresses, nine of which had been be- fore national organizations. He was satisfied that If the United States Con- gress was in possession of the form- atfon which he had presented. the work | of Congress practically would have been accomplished He urged appro- priation by the association of $40,00O | for the continunnce' of it's work during the next year.
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 the Congress, whom President Rans- | dell characterized as lone of the finest | workers and organizers fin the coun- try" presented his annual report in 1 which he gave the expenditures on bel | half of the National Congress during
 the past year. The balance on hand 1 he said, was s2.272.
 The following officers and members 1 of the Board of Directors of the Con. | gress were elected.
 l President. Joseph E.. Ransdell of | Louisiana; Secretary and Treasurer, J. ! F. Ellison, Cincinnati; Directors, At Iantic Seaboard. William II. Lincoln, | Boston, Mass; Olin J. Stephens, New ] York; J. Hampton Moore, Philadelphiai Frank D. LaLanna. Philadelphia; F. w. Wood. Baltimore. South Atlantic Sea- 1 board, F. J. Hale. Fayetteville, N. C.; l.. B.. Dozier, Columbia, s. C.: W. B. | Stillwell, Savannah, Ga. Gulf Sea- l board, T. c. Bush, Birmingham, Ala.
 M. J. Sanders. New Orleans, La; S 1 Taliaferro, Houston, Tex; s. W. s.
 Duncan. Dallas, Tex.
 1 The entire Mississippi Valley District
 Governor J. A. Johnston. St. Paul Minn; Thomas NJ. Wilkinson, Burl-
 ington. Ia.; w. r. Kennett. St. Louis | Mo; w. K. Kavanaugh, St. Louis, Mo. l Charles Scott. Rosedale. Miss. The Great Lakes District-James H | Davidson. Oshkosh, Wis; E, W. Wick
 ey, South Chicago, Ind; H. c. Barlow
 Chicago. Ill.,; Edward IL Butler. Buff l falo. N.
 Ohio Valley District-w. B. Rodgers l Pittsburg; Albert Bettinger, Cincin
 natl, Ohio; John l.. Vance. Columbus
 Ohio; w. H. Keller, Evansville, Ind.
 Tennessee and Cumberland District
 M. T. Bryan, Nashville.
 The Arkansas Valley District-M | Jones, Kansas City; George c. Call
 Sioux City, Iowa.
 The Pacific District--N. c. Blalock
 Walla Walla, Wash; E. II. Devers
 Portland, ore: George c. Pardee | Oakland, Calf.
 A resolution was adopted that ] committee consisting of the Presiden | of the Congress. and the Vice Presi dent, be directed to present to Presi
 dent Roosevelt, Vice President Fair banks, and to the Speaker of tn
 House of Representatives, the resolu tions of the Congress.
 In the closing hour of the Congress
 brief addresses were delivered by tn
 representatives of various State dele l cations, each accepting the work O | the organization and pointing out how 1 | might be improved and extended. A
 l o'clock the, Congress adjourned.