The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-13
Governors, Senators, Con-
gressrnen and Business
Men to Be Here.
Pensacola Will Witness the
Gathering of Many Not
able Men to Attend the
Third Annual Convention
of the Mississippi to the
Atlantic Inland Waterway
Association.

3. Tomorrow marks the opening Of the
third annual convention of the Missis-
sippi to the Atlantic Inland Waterway
Association in the auditorium of the
San Carlos hotel, this city. The con-
vention will continue three days, Mon
day Tuesday and Wednesday, with
three sessions daily, in the forenoon,
afternoon and evening. On Wednes-
day the forenoon and afternoon will
be devoted to q visit and inspection
Of Pensacola's Notifications, harbor
and shipping. At o'clock on that
day, the program is to be resumed
and continued until the sbusiness of
the convention has been disposed OF
and the convention is adjourned.
The Convention is the means of
bringing together a brilliant assembly
of statesmen, business and profession
al men, all representative OF the en-
tire south and principally the gulf
states. Leaders of the INLAND water
way agitation of other sections will
be here. representing the movement
in their respective localities.
PROMINENT MEN COMING.
Governors, senators and congress,
men will be here, with at least one
admiral, one magazine editor, authors,
the south, all Of whom represent large
business enterprises. Army engineers
4. 3 4 Ths % sp5ses :oss4bsa q 8 siasa.a.se. /. to
sec1reS tlse ron1f Tuctjpe pf "a Inland
iroseas n 1sss Is 6csan & 8 81 the M Mis- .
.aiSetpp ti1ae. Is sJaintee oyeauixAtinp
10 adSocS&inE IN Atlantic coastal ils
land underway, canal from Maine to
the Keys, while another one is agi-
.tating 4 deep waterway from the lakes
to the gulf and many others represent
the movement for the inland water;
ways along practically all Of the larger
river basins of the country, and an
other an inland waterway from the
Mississippi to the Rio Grande.
All Of these organizations are al
lied with the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress. But the Missis-
sippi to the Atlantic Inland Waterway
Association advocates a project which
is the essential link in the national
system OF inland waterways
ITS HISTORY.
The Mississippi to the Atlantic In
land Waterway Association was or
ganized al Mobile, Ala, In November,
1908. John Craft, o. that city, Was
its first president and Leland J. Hen
derson Of Apalachicola, and G. A Wa
terman, secretary Of the local Cham
ber of Commerce, were Its first secre.
tary and treasurer. In these positions
they have remained.
Later in the same year the first an
nual coAYention was held at Colum-
bus. Duncan U. Fletcher, the present
junior United States senator from
Florida. was elected president. A sue
cessful meeting was held at Columbus
and national interest began to mani
fest itself in the association.
One year later, last year. the sec
ond annual convention was held at
Jacksonville. Senator Fletcher was
retained at the head of the organiza-
ton and Waterman as treasurer and
Henderson as secretary. At that meet
ing Pensacola, upon the urgent invita-,
tion of the city, was cIo5en ds the
place of meeting for this year.
This in brief is the history of the
organization. It's growth has been
remarkable. From small beginning
it has attained membership of
nearly 5000, with an influence in ma,
tional affairs second to no similar or.