The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1908-11-21

tiOn, which advocates the utliiZaton OF
inland water routes, supplemented by
canals. from Maine to Florida, for the
use OF seagoing vessels, opened IN Bal
timore on Tuesday and closed Thurs
day. Upwards of 100 delegates repre-
senting nearly all the Atlantic Coast
States. were in attendance. Most ot
the delegates came via Norfolk and
PHILADELPHIA by boat. those from the
North making the trip down the Della
ware through the Chesapeake & Della
ware Canal and across the Chesapeake
10 Baltimore on the Ericsson Liner
penn" The Penn" entered the locks
OF the canal at Delaware City at 10 a.
m. on Monday, Here the Delaware
delegates Joined the others. Break
fast was served on the steamer on the
trip down from Philadelphia. The
party was under the direction of Con
pressman J. Hampton Moore, OF
Philadelphia. President ui the Deeper
Waterways Association. and he sang
out 30 y reporter from the upper deck
Of the Penn" III the locks At Dcla-
ware CITY. ~ have been interested in
the imnrovcmcut 81 the interior water
WAYS and will keep TN the work until
they are ar ACCOMPLISHED fact from
Maine to Florida" This was the sen
timcnt that dominated the Convention
throughout It's proceedings
The trip through the canal was an
object lesson To many of the DELEGATES.
Secretary Treasurer w w. Hail. ot
the Canal Comnanv. and Frank l..
Ncall. OF Peter Wricht's Sons Co. a
former President OF the Canal Co.
wcr aboard the Penn and explained
the working oi the locks and other fca-
lures oi canal naviration to the 2S2
DELEGATES on the steamer. made up OF
Conprcssmcr. manufacturers, mcchan-
les and other men oi prominence from
Massachusetts. Rhode Island, Conncc
ticut. New York. New Jersey. Della
ware and Pennsylvania. on ST,
Georges the flag OF the Association
was run up on the steamer. Luncheon
was served, and later dinner.
After passing out oi the canal the
Penn" was put To her PAGES and made
a quick trip to Baltimore. She was
greeted ON her way up the harbor by
a din oi whistles from craft and fac
tories The Penn reached her wharf
at $50 p. m. and the delegates board
ed special trolley cars for the Hotel
Bclvederc, dhc established headquar-
tcrS.
At s o'clock an informal reception
largely attended by representative Bal
timorcans. was rendered the delegates
in the beautiful ballroom of the hotel
Mayor Mahool welcomed the dele
gates To whom he and other Balti-
moreans were introduced by President
Moore The Southern delegates for
the most nart arrived ON Tue csday
morning on the steamer augusta. but
many others from the North and South
came by rail
At the opening session on Tuesday
the delegates were formally welcomed
hy Mayor Mahool and Governor Gro.
theirs The latter made a brief but
iorcciul address. saving that water
ways were needed for traffic that rail
roads could not handle and won ap.
plausc with the Scntiment-."Gct pub.
tic opinion behind your scheme and
the legislation you want from Congress
will come fast enough Congressman
Moore presented his first annual re.
port as President and made a strong
speech. urVirg that for 4 practical be
ginning effort should be concentrated
upon one link in the system of inland
WATERWAYS This view was heartily en-.
dorScd by Congressman Burton. ot
Delaware The trend oi sentiment
. seemed to favor designating hC
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal a,
the essential link in the system and the
first To- he imnrovcd
President Moore said the AsSocia.
tion was allied with the National River
and llarborS Congress. which urged
m annual OUTLAY ot S5oooooo0 for
river and harbor work The plans o
the Association were oi direct interest
40 more than 3o.oooooo people. ant
from the standpoint 81 defense against
hostile fleets appealed to the cntir,
sapulati0n 81 the country The csti
mated cost Of the chain OF improve
NatcrwayS. from Boston To- Key West
was roughly estimated at $I77.ooo, 900
He spoke oi his observations oi cana
work abroad which impressed hin
with our prpdigality as to Nationa
wealth and our strange neglect oi op
portuniics for its conservation.
In support al this assertion. Mr.
Moore contraStcd existing conditions
in this country with those OF Europe
with respect 10 inland waterways
pointing out in detail how the natura
resources ui water and soil were bcini
carefully conserved in the old coun
tries MIR Moore presented figure
showing that since the beginning q
our government Congress had appor
toned for waterway purposes Sss2.
o43o25. Of which $1oS.4Sl.72o had eon,
to the Mississippi Valley aud Sllt.I6
3oI 10 the Atlantic Coast
That is to say" he continued 'tha
since the government was inuudct
there has been spent by the Uutc'
States to sustain our Atlantic CONNER
cial transactions with foreign countries
to psotcct life and guard property
little more than Liverpool spent t.
clean IN the Mcrsey River. only a littl
more than twice as much rs Glasgow
spent to get the celebrated Clyde I,
the sea and just about twice aS mucl
as Manchester snent to cut cana
around Liverpool"
Mr. Moore said il was for the con
t.,,ttpp - ,tar;Jc ,rb,.b.r ,ut osbc r.