The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-12
CHAMBER FAvORS
INLAND. \ |. \ ROUTE:
Delegates to Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Conven-
ri tion in Providence.
INVITES BODY 10 RICHMOND
Efforts Will Be Made to Have
Meeting Held Here
in 1911.

4 AT meeting OF the CnamDer d
Commerce, held yesterday ut noon,
Acting President u. NJ Darlington was
authorized to appoint delegates to at
tend the third annual convention Of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Assocla-
ton, which Will be In session at Prov
lidence, r.. L., from August III to Sep
| TENDER 8. Delegates were named as
. follows:
W. T. Reed, second vice president OF
| 1.-The Chamber of Commerce; r.. a. Dun
Hop, secretary; Z. c. Laird, chairman OF
! the chambers committee on inland
trade; NJ. a. Chambers, member OF
( that committee. and j. G. Freeman, OF
the James River Improvement commit
ltee. JIG. Corley, chairman OF the
/ chambers convention committee, and
i w. r. Dabney, business manager, VIII
go. representing the chnmber's conven-
ltion bureau, and with the assistance
4 of the other delegates from Richmond
and from other parts OF the state Will
endeavor to bring the convention TO
this city In 1911.
Governor Mann has also selected del-
egates to attend the convention. They
|are Henry w. Wood, s. B. Woodt1n,
4 Allen potts. s. w. Fleishman. j ohn c..
] Freeman, a. L. Adamson. ii. w. Filler
son, j. II. Bradley, John Stewart Bryan,
Ia, r. Holderby and Captain John a..
4 Curtis.
Will Go by Water. q
Messrs. Laird, .Corley and Dabney. Of
the chamber. will go to Norfolk, where
they Will embark, for Providence with
the Norfolk and Baltimore delegates on
! a special steamer rendered by the Mer-
chants, and Miners transportation
| Company Mcssrs. Freeman, Cham
4 bers. Reed and Dunlop will probably
join the Pennsylvania delegation at
! New York or philadelphia The Rich
1 mond delegates will thus have oppor-
| tunity to divide their influence on both
4 the Northern and Southern delegates IN
| their efforts to bring tho convention
here next year.
The Richmond delegates wiz go to
4 Providence with two-fold mission.
They will go to take an active part In
4 the affairs OF the association; at the
4 same time they will put forth every
4 effort within their power to bring the
| big meeting to Richmond in 1911. It
is probable that Governor Mann and
Mayor Richardson will join In the In
4 vitation which is to be extended to
the association, and that r. L Peters,
4 president of the common Council and
4 chairman OF the municipal advertising
a committee, will accompany the local
: Idelegation to extend an invitation on
4 behalf Of the CITY,
President Tnft to Speak.
Il Indications are that the coming cons
3 lyention will be the most successful IN
A the history Of the organization. Pres
J Ident Taft will attend. and other dis
n ttnguished men will be among the
II speakers Tho Governor of = Rhode
a Island and the citizens of Providence
I lhaye arranged an interesting program
tiof entertainment, the chief features or
Z which will be the most notable Rhode
I Islnnd clam bake ever attempted and
4 a procession of yachts and steamers,
4 to be reviewed from war vessels APP
preaching Newport.
4 The Atlantic Deeper Waterways AS
|sociation originated from o speech
made by Hon. j. Hampton Moore, at
4 meeting Of the Trenton Cham Der "
/ ,Commerce, held in August, 1907, for
i the promotion of project to Improve
1.-The Delaware River between Trenton
Il and Philadelphia. Mr.. Moore suggested
4 an an Enlargement Of this local project, SO
las to enlist the support OF Congress
4 linen all along the coast. The idea was
4 taken up, and resulted In conference
i lin Philadelphia, which proved to be a
4 remarkable gathering. Representative
4 were present from all the Atlantic
5lCoast States, and they we're enthu-'
L isiastic in their support of the move
sIEment for improved waterways. The
A conference was held in Philadelphia
lin November, 1907, and 1t was then and
There that tho association was organ
LIKED. Since then two very successful
! annual conventions have been held, one
at Baltimore and the other at NOR
folk.
For nm Inland waterway.
i The association had at Its outset
Il general. but somewhat indefinite pro-
4'gram for the construction by the gov
n sernment of free inland waterway
Y from Boston to Beaufort, N. c.. The
a project was almost at once extended
i to FLORIDA, and has since been extended
Il by other associations along the Gulf
d coast to Texas. Many valuable papers
4 have been read before the association
4 at It's meetings.. and Its project has
st5now assumed definite FORM
n 1T has already attained It's first pur-s
4 pose in having the government provide
q for g. survey and estimate of cost for
1.-The entire line from Boston to Key
Il West It Is now awaiting the report
u OF the United States engineers. upon
(which will BIO based Its future ac-5
, ton. sE
The association Is not committed to
n any particular scheme and probably
A will not be until 1T get the reports Of
/.
] antagonistic to5the railroads. but wants
. to supplement their work and help
them serve their purposes as common
j, carriers 1t seeks to unite all COM
. merclal Interests along the Atlantic
coast in movement intended to BEN
}. eft every State along the entire line.
u Its aims are to promote trade relations
between North and South; to lessen
the costs of transportation Of raw
!, products on railroad lines by trans
J ferng to water routes the shipment
! OF bulky products, such as cotton,
I stone. lumber and cement, and to re-
lieve shipping OF the dangers Of an
outside passage around such points as
j Cape Cod and Cape Hntteras
SALESMAN ARRESTED
brought to Police station Just After
Chief Receives Letter FrOm Wife.