Panama City pilot., 1908-12-17

ways should be met by an issue of
bonds.
That this association warmly COM
mends and asks the continuation and
deepening of the waterway from Nor
folk to Beaufort Inlet, n. c., now in
process of construction, under an ap-
preparation and project heretofore
adopted by Congress; it asks that
Congress shall make the Delaware
and Chesapeake Canal the property
Of the Federal Government and begin
Its reconstruction in accordance with
the recommendation of the Agnus
Commission; that surveys shall be
made for canal from Beaufort south
and from the Delaware River to New
York HarbCr; that the Hudson river
shall be deepened so as to meet in its
upper reaches the needs of the traffic
upon the improved Erie canal, and
that all necessary promotion shall be
given to the projects for opening a
channel between Long Island Sound
and Massachusetts Bay.
That this association pledges it
self finally and irrevocably to the At
lantic deeper waterways scheme in
its entirety ard in detail, preferring
no one link in the chain to any other,
but ardently desiring that each link
shall be dealt with promptly and in
accordance with its requirements in
its relation to the total undertaking.
THAT Notwithstanding this assOcia-
ton was organized particularly to
promote the construction of a con-
tinuous waterway from Maine to
Florida, we are in sympathy with all
meritOriOus movements for the i'm
prOVement of our waterways. A
waterway from the lakes to the gulf
is demanded by the great States
composing the Mississippi Valley;
and whenever the engineers shall
have recommended a route satisfac
tory to that section, within reason
able limitAof cost, this association
stands ready to unite with other
sections in promoting legislation
favorable to that great waterway
The movementdNfor waterway con
paatinq the -MEs1 --iapi with the At
lantic Ocean and the Atlantic with
the Gulf, together with other water,
way improvements which are shown
to be practicable, also have our sym
pathy and cooperation. This assO-
citation is committed to a broad
liberal policy consistent with the
demands of commerce and within the
ability of the Government to con
Struct.
THAT this association extend,
! cordial greetings to the NatiOna
Rivers and HarbOrs Congress, which
will soon convene in the city O.
Washington. That body has prose
cuted forceful propaganda of edu
cation lmOng the people of the
country for larger an ; more regular
| appropriations for the deepening anC
! improvement of our harbOrs anC
waterways. We pledge cur sympathy
and active support in the continued
prosecution of the work of tha
congress.
THAT the association approves the
work of the United States Fores
Service and cOmmendS the progress
sive and efficient administration O
/ this service under the present chic
| forester, and cOmmends the work O
the Inland Waterways Commission
and the other official and individua
movements for the conservation O
our natural resources. If the norma
/ flow of our nayigable streams is to be
| preserved, if the disastrous results O
/ floods are to be averted, the forest.
and their floor covering al the head
waters must be preserved under the
regulation of intelligent foresters
The interpedendence of navigablt
waters upon their correlated natura
resources is fully recognized, and We
pledge our efforts for the maintenance
of all movements for their conserva
ton. boston Transcript.
The Florida corporation, B. H
Beverly, president and Leland J
Henderson, secretary, has arranged