Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-12
NEW ORLEANS GIVES
TAFT Warm GREETING


| The engineers will 70 III once 40
! Washington 10 complete their work
IL ma, hr stated that their irpOrt
| will b. complete approx al of pres,
| "nt plans and methods on tn" 18th
| mus
They will MT only recommend he
construction If the Ga;un dam nut
| Civ" it as their Judgment that tn"
| cam will b. perfectly safe II built L"
| n height Of llJ feet Instead of i%H
| feet thus saving "Xpens" IN cen
/ S,ruc'ion.
Other Features Of Report
Other features OF their report VIII
| deal with III" thickness ot cement
! v.uuirrd tor HE walls and tio,rS OF
tn. locks: devices for haRdling ships
| in the locks and the approval OF
| the SO. 0no. u00 breahwater at colon,
; thu construction of which will Great"
| q harbor out of the open roadStead
| The failure OF the engineers to com
| pl"lr their reDort was said To b"
| due 20 their desire for careful con
| s!drIation regarding just the manner
| Of stating their conclusions. rather
| than and disagreement regarding
/ what tn. ccGclnsions are.
Completed in 1915.
In his speech oagshe steps of The
! city hall here today. Mr. Taft made
wha, he said was his summing up
| OF his recent trip.
Il am on my way from great
constructive work" he said. aiwr
paying his compliments to his audi
| ence. the greatest entered upon by
| any nation during the past Iwo cen
| turtles. and | am glad to say to YOU.
! who perhaps are morH inlerestedsan
| that work than any other people
| OF the United States. tha; the work
is going on as You would have 1t
I9l5. at least II not Beforehand |
am very much interested in having
| il within the neA four years-thal
| canal will be completed
Canal Immediate Prospect.
The beard OF enr:::rers that &C
| cOmpanied me- have examined :nr
whole work and they say il Is god:
] that II shall go on as it has gone on:
that III" precipitation on III" isthmus
| the Amt riCan push and he good feel
mig that is there commendS itself &"
them as men who understand grra,
| works of that class and ccnvincr5
them thar the canal is now an i'm
mediate prospect
Mr. Taft's entry INTO New Or
leans was picturesque and thrilling.
He came up the hundred miles OF
! the Mississippi from its mouth on tn
| scout cruiser birmingham az the ra'"
| OF nearly thirty miles an hour. break
ing all records.
Ali the shipping in the harbor ha':
on gala dress and as far as - miles
below til" city the big muddy stream
was alive with tugs, and stern wht' +
crs having aboard crowds OF shauf'n,
| citizens.
Tn. concert OF steam whistles.
brass bands and banks lined with
|, saluting. enthusiastic spectators dd-
dci to the scene.
A big stern wheeler carried the local
reception committee y miles bT'os
the city. which with dozen tugs
and other passenger steamers. hover
I'd around the sleek cruiser as she
SLOWED DOWN. and struck seven
kn-r pace 10 keep in Company.
From the flying bridge Mr.. TAFT
was kept busy waving his cap ard
answering saluta.ions while Mrs
Taft. on the quarter Geek had h"r
share Of the ovation.
Barge No. %.
big red barge. Number %. was
bruuch, alongside in midstream at
the l0Cr IT Canal Stree over which
the party boarded the reception or
mi':cr's boat from which Ian fias
was made.
tn. parade had been waiting al
hour and the Distinguished gu"-' yas
placed a; Tvs had in a carriage dawn
by four horses ard tho line of M Oh.
which covered E"arlv ave miles. VAS
taken up.
ArcT his spo"Cb 20 a crowd b"io'"
the city hail. Ny. iait reNi"W"i NJ
parad" from the same place ""
was then conveyed TO IN" Hotel
GruRrwaId where he i 70 n" enter
'aincd during his Ia! in the city.
Several : rciaIiSt banners. which !
were dis lsycd in from: Of l"dginG
nous" in the tine Of ne Taft r'arad.
wrrc ordered down nv tho ! cal al /
'hori'i"s ,hiS afternoon VT b"for"
arrival Of The P-esidcnt-cIcct. =,
TE" demand was made on the
grouni hat IN" inscription Way :
shculI OF" man hold another mans I
ic5g" and To abolish poverty VOC i
tho Socialist ticke'' HIuni"d in IN" !
facc Of Judge Tai, would not con |