Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-20
ENTHUSIASTIC FOR
THE INLAND ROUTE
Atlantic OePpWater Ways Confer.
eRGs Much More Successful If.
fair Than Was Anticipated.
LARGE NUMBER DELEGATES THERE
Feeling General That the Proposed
ship canash ould be Controlled by
the oovcrnmcnt-want an Inland
Route From Boston to the Carroll
nas-Thc Route Proposed.
(lIy Associated rrnss,


PHILADELPHIA. PA. NOV 10 -
The Atlantic Dcepwater WAYS con.
ference having for it's object the i'm
provemcnt Of inland Waterways along
me coast and more particularly the
Carolinas to Boston began at the
bellcvuc-Siratford hotel here today.
The interest in tie question OF i'm
proved inland waterways was nmply
shown by the large attcndauce OF
representatives from nearly all the
atlantic States, from Maine to Flor
idn. an attendance that far exceeds
N" expectations of the promoters OF
INC conference. The delegates mum.
bored more than five hundred and
Were appointed either by tho roy.
'rnors of their States or by CONNER.
ciai bodies Amun;; those nrasnnt
were United States Senator Ncwlands
oi Nevada. who Is vice prasldon, or
IN" United States Inland WATERWAYS
commission: Senator Dupont of Dol.
aware: Judge George GRAY of tho
United States Circuit Court: and Con.
sr"sslncn and Governors interested
ne Idea of the project is to run the
waterway from Barnstablc Bay on the
north side OF Cape Cod to beaufort
inlet, N c. This would require tho
from Barnstable Bay 10 Ruzznrd's
Bay on the south. reducing tho water
distance from BOSTON to New York
ABOUT 20 miles. The course then
would run through Long Island Sound
and down 10 the Raritan Canal Mt
Perth Amboy. y. j. The route then
would be through the canal, down the
Delakarc river pass rniladelphia
ana through the Chesapeake ana Dol.
aware Canal. down Chesapcakc nav
to the Elizabeth river ana through n
cut across Virginia 10 Curritucll
Sound. The route then would Law
through CoanjoclI Bay. n cut through
North Carolina into Albemarlo Sonnd
then through Croatan Sound into
i'iiniico Sound. into Neuse river. Nv
deepening aud widening Adams croe,
and Correc creek the route would
end in beaufort Inlet and the ocean.
hach state delegation spoke for it's
phrt'cuiar selection and all approved
lne general scheme of the coast road.
way.
Senator Newiand's Position.
the principal speaker was Senator
Newlands. who gave general ont.
me OF the work of the WATERWAYS
commission and promised that the
Waterways along the Atlantic coast
would be given early attention bv
,pat oocy. In the course OF the pro.
crcuinSS. Senator Newlands announc.
ed thnt he was opposed 10 private
ownership OF canals that form part
of any inland water system. An ~.
land water systems. he said shouId
be controlled by the Federal govern.
mcnt He was not opposed. he said
10 private capital building canals
ouf that the government should BIO in
position TO take them over nj fail,
compensation in case the government
wants them.
congressman III. II. bingham OF this
CITY presided nj the morning session
=, which addresses were made bv
Senator Ncwlands. Charles lIeber
Clark OF Philadelphia. William Bar.
clay Parsons cf New York. l. u
Chnmbcrlin Of Brockton. Mass. pras
-dcnt Of tho Massachusetts State
Nonrd of Trade: Congress sman i A.
Goudcn OF New York. and William
u. Jones secretary Of The Chamber
OF Commerce of Albany. y. Y.
The Afternoon Session.
congressman j. Nanvcchtcn. OF
COT OF Now York. presided nj The af-
tornocn session and among tho sneak
r:s wor" CONGRESSMAN C. Valdez OF
New York: Col G. u. Goodacre OF
brunswick. Ga: Prof. u.rwis NJ.
Haunt of Philadelphia. Lol. Joel COOK
Of philadelphia: Col. a. Mcclure of
Philadclphia Gen. s. $. Mansfield of
tue Board Of Haibor ana Land Com.
mere; Col. s. p. A. Stovall OF SAY.
aunap G.. and a. o. Grocer. VII.
mlngton. Del
Tn" general trend OF the address.
- at the afternoon session was tho
great need of the development OF The
Waterways not only on the .tlantic
coast. but throughout the country
None of the speakers antagoniycd
the railroads but those who touched
upon the railroad nosiiion said that
The volume Of freight traffic IN tho
country was great enough to give
the railroads profitable income aftcr
the waterways receive their share of
he traffic
Before Adjournment for the day
'evsrol committees werc appointed,