The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-01
RATES TO COLUMBUS
GULF COAST INLAND WATERWAYS Ass0C1ATION MEETS.
Practically efl Lines East of Mississippi Now Join in fhe Reduecd Tarin Of One Fare and . :.
 Half.

Notice was received Wednesday from Secretary Leland J. Henderson. Of the Gulf Coast inland Waterways Associa- : ton. that a rate of one and one-nalI fare plus fifty cents had been granted to delegates to the convention of the association to be held In Columbus. Ga, November g to 10 next. The rates ap- ply from ali points in Georgia Mis- sissippi Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana east of the Mississippi river.
 This Is one of the most important meetings that has ever been held to link the productive Southern fields with the Gulf Coast by improvement of the waterways.
 The list of organizations whose rep resentatives are urged to attend the Columbus convention is as follows:
 National Rivers and TIarbors Con gress. Joseph B. Rahsdell. president. Lake Providence, La.
 Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association, W. K. kavanaugh. pres ident. St. Louis, Mo-.
 Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association, Thomas Wilkinson, presi- dent, Burlington, Ia.
 ohio Valley Improvement Associa- ticn, John L. Vance, president, Coium- bus O.
 Cumberland River Commission, M. T. BryauI, preBluent, NdSnV1lie' ISnH,
 North Carolina Waterway Associa- ton. James H. Chadbourn. president. Wilmington, N. c.
 Tennessee River Improvement Asso- citation, W. B. Royster. secretary, Chat tanooga. Tenn.
 Joint Rivers and Harbors Commis- sion, Benjamin Thurley, secretary. Mo- bile, Ala. -. ;a
 Interstate Mississippi River and Le- wee Improvement Association. Charles Scott, president. Rosedale, Miss.
 Atlantic Deeper Waterway Associa- tion. J. Hampton Moore, president. Phil adelphia, Pa.
 Trinity River Improvement Associa- ton. s. W. s. Duncan. president, Dali las. Texas.
 |SssEecretary Henderson's announcement Is as follows:
 The Southeastern Passenger Asso- citation has published tariff of one and one-haif fares plus fifty cents to the convention of the Gulf Coast In- land Waterway Association to be held In Columbus. Ga. November g and 10, 1908. from all points in Georgia, Mis- sissippi. Alabama. Tennessee, Florida and Louisiana, east of the Mississippi river on the following carriers:
 Alabama Great Southern. Alabama and Vicksburg, Atlantic Coast Line, Atlanta and Birmingham and Atlantic Baltimore and Ohio. Blue Ridge Raii- road, Central of Georgia, Charleston and Western of Carolina, Nashville and Chattanooga and St. Louis. Norfolk and Souther Peninsula and Occidental Steamship Company. Richmond and Fredick sburg and Potomac. St. Louis and San Francisco, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Railroad in Mississippi. Vir- ginia and Southwestern. Western and Atlantic Wrightsville and Tennessee, Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas, Florida East Coast. Georgia Railroad. Georgia, Florida and Alabama: Geor- gia, Southern and Florida: Georgia Northern, Gulf and Ship Island Rail- road. Illinois Central, Louisville and Nashville, Louisville and Henderson ard St. Louis. Macon and Birmingham, Mississippi Central, Mobile and Ohio, Southern Railroad, Tennessee Central. Washing and Southern. West Point Route. Yazoo and Mississippi Valley.
 Tickets may be secured three days prior to and are good for three days after the convention. Full information may be secured by addressing the un- dersigned. Aea
 It 5is probable that the associations now organized will maintain their identity and from them a supervising committee will be elected so that the work for the entire project may be harmonious and the interests of the several localities be secured in favor of the complete. continuous waterway.
 Gulf Coast Inland Waterway Asso- ciation.
 Leland J. Henderson.
 Secretary.