Evening journal., 1910-08-29
VITAL MEETING
ON WATERWAYS
Eastern SeabOard Convention
to Open in Providence
on Wednesday
DELAWARE DELEGATES
START NORTH TOMORROW


PROVIDENCE. R. L, is sitting tight
and waiting until Wednesday morning
when the third annual convention OF
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Con-
vention opens Then Providence viii
show what she can do in the way OF
entertainment For four days, Au-
gust 81 and September /, and 3, a
very interesting and varied program
has been arranged by committees.
To begin with, President Taft him
self will probably be on hand on the
third day, and will address the con-
ventjon. Congressman J. Hompton
Moore, president Of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways Association and
father of the deeper waterways move
ment, will also speak. SO many and
varied will he the celebrities who viii
plead for deeper waterways that the
convention bids fair TO go down in
history as the most important of its
kind A partial list OF those who will
speak follows
Austin L. Crothers, governor, Mary
land
Henry B. ouinby. governor, New
Hampshire.
Congressman neAlva S. Alexander.
New York.
. EdEts 1niAfu DiaA'o Ath
ator, Hyde Park. VT
Nelson W. Aldrich, United States
Senator, Providence. r. l.
George 2. Wetmore, United States
Senator, Providence, r. /.
Frank D. LaLanne, president Ma
tional Board of Trade, Philadelphia.
Congressman George p. Lawrence,
) Massachusetts.
Congressman Irving z. wsnger,
Congressman A. B. cspron. Rhode
Island.
: Congressman Ernest W. Roberts
Congressman John ]. Gardner, New
Jersey.
Congressman Michael E. Driscoll,
. New York.
A Congressman William II. Head,
Delaware
Congressman John Lamb. Virginia
= Congressman Joseph Il. OConnell,
a Massachusetts.
+ Congressman William p. Sheffield,
a Rhode Island.
5 Congressman Charles V. Fornes,
= New York
j. Congressman Eugene +. Kinkesd,
i New Jersey.
IS Colonel Pleasant A. Stovall, editor,
y Savannah, Ga.
a O. H. Tittman, superintendent Coast
a and Geodetic Survey, Washington
ID. G.
: William H. P. Faunce, president
10 Brown University
# Lieutenant Governor zenas w
II Bliss, Rhode Island.
o Edward w. Hooker, mayor. Hart
n ford, Conn.
= James d. Riddick. mayor of Nor
h James II. Chadbourn. president
le North Carolina Waterways Associa-
70 ton.
Harvey NJ. Dickson, Virginia, vice
president Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association, Norfolk, Va.
D.. ]. A. Taylor, president Wilmington
10 Board Of Trade. North Carolina
IN Herbert L. Bridgeman, Arctic Club
in Brooklyn.
Thomas Fleming Day, The Rudder
New York. and q representative o
= the United States Revenue Cutter Ser
- vice, former United States Senator
Anthony Higgins.
The Atlantic Deeper Waterways AS
ISOLATION means much TO New Eng
land and to the whole Atlantic sea
board. II stands unequivocaly TO
the Improvement of harbors and thei
connection by inland water route
along the entire coast. II is desirou
OF making coastwise navigation les
dangerous, and It is pledged to figh
for recognition by the government o
the need Of better waterways iron
Massachusetts TO Florida.
II was due in large measure to III
Increase of freight rates on the rail
roads that this renewed though o
utilize the old canals came about. |
has again become profitable to shi
by canals-not In the way of the esl
Her canal era in this country, I'm tn
frst half of the last century--but b
larger and better boats---hy ship ca
nails. Philadelphians, led by Cor
sressman ]. Hampton Moore. first con
ceiyed the idea of banding the cite
along the coast together for the puI
pose of agitating deeper waterway
There was need Of action for III
West was yearly grabbing al III
choicest government appropriation
for rivers and harbors. The East he
10 be content with what was lef
Usually it's portion was SO small th'
no comprehensive Job could be III
dertsken in any of its seaports b
cause OF lack of funds. Most of n
work was done piece meal, and wa
therefore, unsatisfactory. With III
in mind the present fight is heir
made.
The local delegates TO the conve
ton will leave on the $50 Pennsy
venia train tomorrow mornin
Among those who will SO as delesst
are
Chairman William 7 Rudd, 6.
Smith; Peter BloomsbuTg: Charl
A. Rudolph, David A. Hay; Har
Bush; Former Senator Anthony HI
gins; Congressman William II. Heal
Howell s. England; Former May
II Annnnnd A q Reed farmer Con- EreI