The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-30
WATERWAYS To
Be DISCUSSED
National Rivers and HarbOrs
Congress to Have Important
Convention.
CHIEF OF ENGINEERS
TO BE ONE OF SPEAKERS
Other Prominent Men Are
Scheduled for Addresses
on Vital Topics.
sneciHl 10 The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
WASHINGTON. q. c.. Nov 2e.-The
seventh convention of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress. which
will be held in this city December T.
and 9. il is expected. viii bring 10 'he
national capital the largest gathering ol
waterway enthusiasts ever aSsemolcu II,
this country President Taft. who VIII
deliver the opening address to the oeic
gates said, in the course OF speech
in Chicago. that transport stion gas the
question Of the hour and that Tue Only
solution of the problem was recourse
to the waterways OF the United states:
Probably next in Importance 10 tns
address Of The president OF lhc unttcu
states will be the speech Of Judson Har-
mon OF Ohio, who has for years been
proved waterways, and at : The very
meeting held In Cincinnati seven years
ago, when il was dclermined To Teor-
ganizc the National Ri'ers and Har'
pietely refuted the idea in his address,
10 the delegates at that time that the
different states through which inter-
state waterways run should be calico
prcvement, insisting that tho jurisdic-
ton belongs entirely 10 the federal gov
erument whose duty it is 10 improve
such streams for the benefit OF all the
states through which they flow.
Notable Speakers Scheduled.
ctizcns others quite AS well known IN
their several vocations will deliver ad-
dresses during the days OF the conven-
tlon, including tho Hon. Clifton Seiton'
chairman OF conservation 'of the Ca
madam government; the Mexican en-.
bs sssador; General w II. RiXby. chief Of
engineers: Governor Horace White OF
New York: Representative Champ Clark
OF Missouri: Col William l.. Sibert,
n1embcr OF the Panama canal commits
sion. who Will speak on The Panama
Canal as Connecting Link Between
Our Coasts Walter S. Dickcy of Kan
vas City The chief promoter Of the Mis-
souri, River Stcamboa. line. F. w. Gran
dali. national chairman railroad com
mittee Travellers Protective Associa,
tiun OF America. Robert j. MacFarland
OF Brooklyn, who is one of the leading
spirits in The New York Waterways as
sociation. and Mrs. Hoylc romkies of
National Rivers and Harbors congress.
Chief Of Engineers to Speak.
The appearance OF the chief OF en-
sineers upon the platform OF the Ma
tonaI Rivers and Harbors congress
marks precedent, none Of The pre-
ocding chiefs OF engineers has eyer ad-
dressed ths great body of waterways
advocates Their particular objection 10
thus appearing was that as they were
intimately associated With the recon
mendatic for the Improvement OF the
rivers. harbors and canals Of the coun-
try and their references 10 the work
might be regarded as official in char
ncter, therefore greater importance
might attach TO their utterances than
would otherwise be the case. General
BiXby. however who probs bly, has a
Knowledge Of the waterways of conti
nertal Cnled States as wide as that
ol any officer OF tho corps, has ac-
ccptcd the invitation OF President Jo-
seph L. Ransdell of tie congress 10 ad
dress The convention after consultation
with the secretary OF war,
Foi.r thousand delegates attended the
convention held in this city last year
and. according To Secretary J. f.. Ellison
Of Cincinnati. who, has opened head
quarters at the New Willard. this num-
Der will be greatly augmented al the
forthcoming convention. his correspon-
dsncc indicating increased interest in
The propaganda of the National Rivers
and Harbors congress- which stands for
Waterway Policy and not for a
Waterway Project