The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-09
DAVE WILL SPEAK
TO GULFCOAsT INLAND WATER.
 WAYS COMMISSION MONDAY
"sOuthward Swing of Conanaeree'' ia Subject Chosen For Columbus AddFesw--Details of Southern CommeRcaal Congress AL.
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Secretary c. c. Dave. of the Com mercial Club, left the city Sunday night for Columbus. Ca, where he goes to deliver an address before the Gulfcoast Inland Waterways Congress. Mir. Dawes close study of traffic con- ditions, and intimate knowledge of rate matters and southern commercial conditions, places his views on these questions in demand, now. as ha is recognized as an exponent of the rapid growth of the South.
 Mir. Dave has chosen for his sub ject the "Southward Swing of Com merce." and Judging by, his previous lectures and talks on commercial sub jects, his lecture in Columnus will be more than well worth while t4+
 Because of the steadily iriereasing work of the Montgomery, Commercial Club in it's preparation for the Southern Commercial Congress. in which work Mir Dave Is the chairman of the committee of arrangements, he finds 1t hard to spare time just now for more local matters, and except for the vital importance to Southern commerce in the work of the Gulf coast waterway work, he would not be able to attend the meeting.
 In connection with the Southern Commercial Congress, the services of James E. Smith, president of the St. Louis Business Mems League, have been added to the committee on ar arrangements. and Mir Smith Is now in Dave.
 It is to be understood that the Southern Commercial Congress Is not primarily a meeting of appointed del egates. but a. wide open business meeting for the live business men of the South. All who wish to go can take advantage of the exceptionally low rates the railroads have ordered. they recognizing the value of the congress to the country in general and the South in particular The at tendants at the Commercial Congress have already been named as members of the Rivers and Harbors Commits sion. which will meet the same week in Washington. the week beginning December 6. The National Conserva- ton Commission is also in session there that week .as well as the two houses of the United States govern ment. A week spent in Washington then, Mir. Dave says, will enable those who attend to get in closer touch with the vital conditions of the coun- try than any other way possible. even in four times the allotted time.
 The New Willard Hotel in Wash lABbOH l1b pCEH CiOSGAl as HGduQuaT- ters for the Southern Commercial Congress and the hotel management has placed It's immense auditorium at the disposal of the congress for the time necessary.
 The committee on arrangements is congratulating itself on having se- cured John F. Wallace. the great American civil engineer. as one of the speakers. There has been so much talk In the last few years about rail- road conditions that his address will bo of paramount interest.
 Possibly there is no man in the country to-day more personally disin terested in railway affairs as Mir. Wal alec. yet who Is so thoroughly in touch with the situation in all its phases. Mir. Wallace was at one time intimately connected with great Southern roads. and is now Past President of the American Railway Engineering and Maintainance of Way Association. He is Past President oi the Western Society of Civil En- gineers. and Past President of the American Society of Civil Engineers It is expected more light will be thrown on Southern railroad workings by the lecture of Mir. Wallace thar could ba by any other means.
 The main items of the Southern Commercial Congress have all beer completed and except for the attention to ninoT details the preparation worl Is over.