The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-29

Richmond delegates Will leave this
afternoon to attend the third annual
convention of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association. which will be
held in Providence, r. L, beginning
Wednesday. The party will be COM
posed of delegates appointed by Gov
ernor Mann. Mayor Richardson and by
the Chamber of Commerce. They are
as follows:
Appointed by Governor Mann--Henry
W. Wood. S. B. Woodfn. S. w. Fleish-
man. John c. Freeman, A. L. Adamson.
III. w. Ellerson. j. #. Bradley. John
Stewart Bryan, A. r. Holderby and
Captain John a. Curtis.
appointed by Mayor Richardson
President Robert Whittet, Jr, OF the
Board OF Aldermen; President Lee
Peters. of the Common Council, Chair
man II. r. Pollard. Jr., of the Coun-
julius Hobson, of the Committee on
the Improvement of the James River.
and Councilman John j. Lynch.
Chamber of Comrnerce-W. T. Reed,
second ice-president OF the chamber;
r. A. Dunlop. secretary: f. c. Laird.
chairman of the committee on inland
trade; NJ. A Chambers, member of that
committee; j. G. Corley. chairman OF
convention COMMITTEES; w. T. Dabney.
business manager.
Two Parties Going.
This is a full list of the delegates.
but 1t is understood that all OF them
will attend the. convention The
greater number Will go. however. and
Will leave to-day in two parties, which
Will make the trip to Providence by
different routes. Some of the Rich
mond delegates Will go to Norfolk.
where they will embark with the Nor
folk, Baltimore and Washington dele
gates on a special steamer rendered
for their use by the Merchants and
Miners Transportation Company. The
others Will go by rail to either Phila-
delphia or New York, to join the Penn
sylvania delegation. The Richmond
delegates go 10 Providence with
two fold mission. They Will take an
| active part in the affairs of the con-
vention. and they will also put forth
every effort to bring the meeting to
this city next year.
The Atlantic Deeper Waterways AS
ISOLATION was organized in Philadel-
| phia four years ago. The first con-
yention was held in Baltimore. and the
second in Norfolk. The movement has
grown until now the entire Atlantic
! ing convention at Providence promises
to be attended with enthusiasm.
An array Of figures of national prom
inence Will be presented to the dele
gates during the five-day session OF
the convention. From twenty States
Governors, Senators. Representatives,
Cabinet officers and army and navy
officers have accepted invitations to
address the delegates.
Many Notable Speakers.
On "Wednesday morning Mayor
Fletcher, of Providence Represents
tive John H. Small, of North Caro-
lima; William S. Green. of Massachu
sets; j Hampton Moore. of Pennsyr-
vania, and Richmond Pearson Hobson.
, of Alabama. will address the conven-
ton.
During the afternoon of the same
day Commander Alfred Brook, U. s.
N: Herbert Knox Smith, Commits
sioner of Corporations: Mayor John
F. Fitzgerald. OF Boston; Calvin Tomp-
kins Dock Commissioner of New York;
Lloyd E. Chamberlin. President Mas
sachusetts state Board Of Trade, and
Joseph H. Gray. Railroad Commits
sioner of Georgia, will speak.
| The program announces that on
! Thursday morning former Senator
/, Higgins, of New Jersey, Will preside,
and that addresses will be delivered
| by O. p Austin, Chief of the Bureau
! of Statistics, Washington; Governor
I, NJ. F. Ansel, of South Carolina. Gov
ernor Frank B. Weeks, of Connecticut;
Chief Willis L. Moore, of the Weather
Bureau. washington. and President
| Edward w. Douglas. of the troy
| Chamber of Commerce.
That afternoon addresses will be
delivered by Theodore Kolischer
United States delegate to the
International Refrigeration Congress.
Vienna: Governor j. Franklin Fort,
Of New Jersey; United States Senator
Elect N. P. Broward, of Florida. and