The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-27
WATERWAY PLANS
AFFECT RICHMOND
Providence Convention of Pecu-
liar Importance to This
City.
VIRGINIA WILL HAVE
MANY DELEGATES
All Sections of Eastern Part. viii
Be Represented by Prominent
Men from Commercial
Organizations.

Deeper inland waterways from Cape
Cod, Mass. to Beaufort, N. c.. thence
to Florida, VIII be the solo subject OF
discussion In Providence, X. l., from
August ii through September .. when
the third annual convention OF the At
lantte Deeper Waterways Association
Will be held and the project discussed
by many OF the forsnaost ~fnanciers.
army and engineer, statesmen
and s~hipbuilders from the East. Vir-
ginia will be represented by leading
men from throughout the Eastern ter
rtory. Delegates have been named
from Richmond. Norfolk, Portsmouth.
Governor Mann has named delegates
from h State AT large.
President Taft will be a guest on
this occasion and many other distin-
guished men OF the nation will be
among The speakers. Governor Aran
], Pothier. of Rhode Island, and the
citizens OF Providence have arranged
"a remarkably interesting program OF
entertainment, the chief features of
which will be the largest Rhode Island
clarn-hake ever attempted. and a pro-
cession OF yachts and steamers Will be
reviewed from war vessels approach
ing Newport.
We'll Suited for Meeting.
At this time Sarragansett Bay is one
OF the most popular yachting centers
in the United States. In fact. 10Th
the time and environment are suited
to the purposes of the convention. pre-
coded. al IL has been. by the success
ful gatherings at Philadelphia Baiti-
more and Norfolk.
The Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
grrfattNp yrua nrUn YfyaT fhrae rsay
ago In Philadelphia, with Congressman
J. Hampton Moore. OF that city, as
president, and he has remained head
OF the organization, which has grown
by leaps and bounds. Its membership
embraces nearly ali OF the business and
commercial organizations Of the cities
and town along the Atlantic seaboard,
while Its individual membership in
cludes United States senator's. on
gressmen, ffnanciers. naval officers n
some OF the foremost shipbuilders OF
the nation.
Connect Present Waterways
The sole purpose of the association
Is 10 secure congressional legislation
to finance the project OF connecting ex-
listing inland natural and artificial wa
terways along the cost, making a per
feet chain. that commerce may be in
creased and the cost lessened In the
trade between the great marts of the
North and South.
1t In planned TO revive In the East
the use of the light draught vessels.
such as are seen In the canals. Not
only will commerce and trade be eenet
fitted when the object OF the Water
ways Association is attained. u
many q Bile 4 will not be
risked by Drawing the passage OF Cape
Hatteras and other .~graveyards of the
sea" along the Atlantic coast.
All Of these various phases will be
pointed out by orators who are thor
oughIy familiar with the plans and
who are enthusiastic advocates OF the
movement.
Richmond Deeply Interested.
Richmond Is peculiarly Interested
in the movement. Probably no tnlaid
port would be more benefited by deep
err waterways than the capital city OF
the Old Dominion. The proposed route
includes the Chesapeake Bay, Hamp-
ton Roads and the Elizabeth River.
Therefore vessels OF light draught,
which would make a safe passage
from New England 10 Tidewater Vir-
ginia. would ave no difficulty in
reaching this city up the anne river.
Manufacturers here who ship their
products North or South and who re-
ceive their raw materials from either
H&NtA1H II aECktE ~ AA hsAV
ultimate fui1ilment OF this immense
undertaking. which is each year rap
Idly gaining headway. This Is espe-
claiiy true OF the shoe industry.
The Chamber of Commerce OF
Richmond had recently taken active
interest In the association. The NUM-
eipai government here liz also inter-
ested. to such an extent that Mayor
Richardson has deemed 1t proper to
send delegates from h City Coun-
Gil.
Strong Membership.
BY means OF its large and influential
membership and its close attiliation
with the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, through which Congress Is
largely influenced in its ~appropria-
tons for the improvement of rivers
and harboIs. the association expects
TO speedily attain the connecting links
between the North and the South
land.
The Providence gathering will see
not less thar five hundred ardent adj
vocates Of deeper waterways assem-
bled. This great throng will enter
the capital OF Little Rhody'' in large
delegations Nearly all of the South
ern representatives will 20 in a body.
Those south OF Norfolk will gather in
that city-on-Ausast 2eto feave ON
q chartered steamer of the Merchants
and Miners Transportation Company.
While in Norfolk they viii be guests
OF the Board OF Trade, Industrial
Commission and other organizations.
This steamer will arrive In Provi-
dence on the morning OF the opening
OF the big meeting. Many OF the
Richmond delegates r planning to
90 by this route. while others will join
the Northerners In Philadelphia or
New Yosk.
Daylight Stcsmor Trip.
Those who win mobolfxe at .Phila-
delphia WILL leave that city by rail
for New York on tne morning Of Au-
gust 90, and after reaching Manhat-
tan will board 9 chartered steamer
for : daylight ride about NAw York
harbor. up Long Island Sound. Mar
ragansstt Bay ana the Providence
river. Thoae who 81 BY this vessel
WIN remain aboard throughout the |
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