The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-10-30
SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION
OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE
ATLANTIC WATERWAY ASSO-
CATION TO CONVENE IN JACK
SONVILLE ON NOV. is.

The following is the program for
the second annual convention of the
Mississippi to the Atlantic Inland Wa
terway Association which Convenes in
Jacksonville on Nov. Is for a session
OF three days
November IS, Morning Session.
Registration bureaus viii be main
tanned prior 10 the converting of the
convention and thereafter at the
headquarters adjacent to the Assem-
bly, Hall in the Jacksonville Board of
Trade Building. Delegates are urged
to register Immediately upon their al
rival in the city.
Because Of the length of the pro-
gram, it is desirable that all discus
sion be not needlessly prolonged
10 d. m.-COnvCntion convenes-
InvOcatiOn-Rev. Albert J. Coleman.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Addresses of WelcOmC-FOT the
Board of Trade. W. \. BOurs, presi-
for the city, W s. Jordan, mayor.
Jacksonville; for the state, Albert W.
GIlchTIst. governor. Tallahassee
Response - Senator Duncan L.
Fletcher. president of the Mississippi
TO Atlantic Inland Waterway ASsOcia-
tiOn, Jacksonville, Fla
Annual address OF president
Annual report Of tTeasuTeT-G. y.
Waterman. Pensacola
Appointment of committees: cTedeu-
tiaIs committee, organization commit
tee, nominating committee, resolution
committee.
Afternoon Session.
1870 p. m.-RepOTt of credentials
Re
committee
Frank Clark, member of congress.
Gainesville, FIa.-"FlOTida.'
Jos. Z. Ransdel, president National
Rivers and HaTbOrs Congress, Lake
Providence. La--"The National Rivers
and HaTbOTs Congress-.
w. A. BlOUnt, attorney. Pensacola.
Fia--"What the Mississippi TO At
lantic Inland Waterway will do for
the Development of West Florida
Commerce and Agriculture"
Geo. W. Taylor, member of con
gTess, DemopoHs, Ala.-"The Rivers
and Railroads Affected by the AIissis-
sippi to Atlantic Inland Waterway"
Herbert Knox Smith. Commissioner
of Bureau Of Corporations. Washing
ton, D. C.-"The Fact and the Causes
of the Decadence of Commerce on the
Inland Waterways of the L. s"
W. JUdsOn Wilson, consulting ell
gineer. Philadelphia, Pa.-"COntTOl Of
the Surplus Water of the Mississippi
and its Importance TO the Mississippi
TO Atlantic Waterway"
J. II pTUmmOnd. mayor ST An
dTeWS. Fla--'In Indifference Worse than
Opposition
General discussion.
Night Session,
s d m-JDO H Small member of
congress, Washington. y. C.-"Indi-
rect Revenue Accruing TO the People
Through the Saving of Freight Caused
from Waterway Development"
Henry w. Hill, state senator, Buff
falO, \. Y.-'TranspOrtation by Wa
ter"
S J. HiIburn attorney. PaIatka,
FIa.-"Commercial Benefits to the
Country Adjacent to the Waterway"
George r Miles, member of En-
gjneers Club, New York, y. Yin
side Passage Between Jacksonville
Address Juliet c. Compton. Column
bus Ca.
November 10, Morning Session.
. j. m--ChaS- JeWCtt Swift attOr-
ney, Columbus. Ga.-"LC Moyne's His
tory Genesis OF American History on
the St. Johns"
Ellison y. Smith, I. =. senator. Sa-
luda, \. c.
Mayor ThOs. J. l. Browne, Tampa.
FIa.-"F'ree OF Toll Waterway. and
Benefits TO West Coast Of the Florida
Peninsula to be Derived from the
Mississippi 70 Atlantic Inland Water
way.
j. F Coleman. consulting engineer,
New Orleans, Lathe Effect OF the
Mississippi 70 Atlantic Inland Water
way on the Development Of Gulf Ports
and Transit Points
H D. CLAYTON mCmber of congress,
Eufdula, Ala.-"Tho Vast Influences
Of all Gulf and Atlantic Waterway
systems
A 3. Davidson. lieutenant governor.
Cuero, Textile Advantage 10
Texas OF Continuous Inland Water