The evening star and Newark advertiser., 1907-12-12
Organization Planned to
Take Interest in Valuable
Inland Streams.
TRADE BOARD TAKES STEP
Postmaster General at Banquet
Jan. IS.-Campbell Retains
Presidency--BesIer, of Cen
traI R. R, Tells of New
Haven Traffic Row.

The organization of a State Water
ways Association in this city was one
of the many topics before the Board
Of Trade tast night and George w.
Tomkins. chairman of the committee
which went TO Washington last month
and attended the meeting of the Ma
fionaI Rivers and Harbors Congress,
introduc ed a resolution calling for the
formation of such an organization here.
The recommendation and resolution
were as follows:
ST vss further recommended at the
nanina nallonai state Waterways Association to
foster and increase the interest of the pub
lie within Jle boundaries Of such State IN
the improve pnent of its inland waterways.
five,s and tarbors, and in furtheranee OF
fhis reconnm, udatiom we offer for adoption
"Resolved, That In compliance with the
recninmendatio U OF the National Rivers
and Uarbors Congress the committee on
river and navi cation interests is hereby
directed to take steps to organize state
Waterways Asst Eiation, TO be heid IN this
city in the near tuturc
George w. " iedenmayer. member
Of this committee ;, suggested that there
should be a New Jersey representative
IN the board of directors of this asso-
eiation, and he offered a resolution that
al the next meeting of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress this be
done.
Mr.. Tornkins repol ted to the board
she substance of the resolutions passed
nv the Rivers and Harpors Congress- as
follows;
"That the business of the country had
increaeed over 100 per cent within ten
years. while the facilities for handling II
BY rail had increased only about 20 per
That the transportation of commodities
by wnter on all rivers an inland water
way is much cheaper ana usually quicker
than by rail, and that the Improvement
uf the waterways which this country has
in greater numbers than aity other, would
afford the relief that is n DIV so urgently
sought to relieve the congeSted conditions
OF the railroads.
THAT the appropriation heretofore made
ny the government, at intervals of usually
three years, IN amount has not averaged
4, ero than $22000,o00 year. or less than
3 pel cent. of the average anRual expendi.
lures of the government.
',That in the Judgment of the conven-
tlon enough money should be appropriated
each year for at least the next ten years
to properly improve the various rivers
waterways and harbors of the country
on plans which have been and shall ne
surveyed and approved by the government
20 ar amount not less than one-tenth OF
the money required for the various pro-
ieets and such appropriations should not
President and Congress were urged TO look
ut such appropriations In the light Of an
investment bound to pay increasing divi-
1ends from year to year. and not as O
pnrt of the current expenses of the gov
ernment.
An announcement from the commit
tee on arrangements to the effect that
Postmaster General George Won L.
Meyer would deliver a speech at the
annual banquet of the board, January
H. was made.
Following is list of the guests whc
have been invited to attend:
Postmaster-Ge General George Won L
Meyer. Governor Edward G. Stokes
Governor-elect John Franklin Fort
United States Senators John Kean and
Frank o. Briggs, Governor Robert b
Glenn, of North Carolina; Congress
man Champ Clark, of Missouri: Con
gressmen Henry c. Loudenslager, Johr
]. Gardner Benjamin F. Howell, Ira
w. Wood. Charles N. Fowler, William
Hughes f. Wayne Parker. lie Gag'
Pratt Eugene w. Leake and james
A. Hamill, of New Jersey; Mayor
Jacob Haussling. State Senator
Everett Colby, Colonel d. w. Lock
wood and II. b. Gorham, of the Corp'
Of Engineers, q. S. A. Bishops JohI