Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-09-01
WILSON TO BE SPEAKER 1T
! WATERWAYS CONVENTION
Many of Nations Leaders VIII
Gather at Richmond for
October Diet

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WASHINGTON. D. C. Aug. n--Gov-
sernor Woodrow Wilson. OF New Jer-
@sey. who looms large In the public eve as
a presidential figure. win be the stellar
attraction az the fourth annual conven-
tisn OF the Atlantic Deeper waterways
association. which viii be held In the
city Of Richmond. Va. October IT to 20.
Last year the association held its an
n1aI conyenticn Al Providence. r. L.. and
the entertainment afforded the delegates
Mas notable In character and on a scale
Of magnihcence such as IS rarely wit
messed at conventions OF this eharactr.
Rlchmond. howver. with its stainless rec
ord for hospitality. purposes series OF
entertainments foi the delegates that II
Is HOPED WI az least rival the efforts OF
it, sister city Of the north In the way OF
rrudigal entertainment
While Providence has It's clam bake,
aichmcnd viii have its oyster roast and
It's tsrrapin. In addition TO the tooth
some delicacies the capital city OF the
Did Dominion and the great objective OF
the civil war. offers an endless variety
81 scenes. not only associated with The
last hair OF the 18th century's history.
IN addition TO Governor Wilson a num-
o. kof other execnfivess ar states inter
.ksfEd In the Atlantic Deeper Waterway
movement wills participate IN the exercises
OF the convention. Governor Mann. OF
4 Virgins. delivering the speech Of wei
come 10 the delegates Among other
governors expected are Austin L Croth-
GERS. 81 Maryland. John X Tener. OF
Pennsylvania; Arum J. Pothier, OF Rhode
Island: George Amer Mead. OF Vermont;
wIuism " -.itchn. Of North Carolina.
and possibly several others.
0THER. PROMINENT MEN
There VIII also be a number OF United
states senator's ard Representatives
Tors Of the convention and who are In
terpezted On this great project which
means 50 nuch 10 the commerce Of the
-nation.
Representative J. Hampton Moore. OF
Philadelphia. president OF the Atlantic
Deeper waterways association. one OF
The originators OF the scheme for an
inland passage from Maine 70 Florida
and q live wire" in congress. In an
Interview on the purposes Of this great
pro1eof said. In the rivers for a con-
tinuonx inland waterway along the At
lantic Feaboard from New England TO
Key West. and thence along the gulf 20
the Mississippi river. That survey has
stree been going on under the direc-
lion % the United States army engi-
neers and ought TO be reported upon
when congress convenes IN regular ses-
sion.
The territory through which the pro-
posed Atlantic inland waterway runs
il Inhabited BY approximately 3o.00.ooo
o. people There is no section Of the
country 50 prolific in manufacturing in
!, sustries and interstate commerce. This
: vast business which began when canals
uere the principal means Of communi-
cafson. VAS speedily absorbed by the
railroads. with the result that today the
best canals remaining along the Atlantic
coast are the Chesapeake and Delaware
which unite the Delaware and Chesa-
-peake bays ana the Delaware and Rarl-
tan which connects New York with phil
adelphGa and points SOUTH Neither OF
= fhese canals has been much improved
r since thefr construction three-quarters OF
"a century ago-
r They are doing business but they are
E IN no sense competitors OF modern trans
bortation companies. and as leveler Of
rates fhey are practically useless. That
they are capable OF enormous service
has. ben demonstrated time and time
again through the effects Of the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways association which re-
vlved in 1897 the agitation for relief.
through waterways. q the congested
freight conditions then prevailing. Al
largely attended conventions held first at
Philadelphia. ana then IN regular annu-
Il order at Baltimore. Norfolk and Prov
: tdence. resolutions were adopted which
leave no room for doubt as to the value
Of ana the necessity for iniand-waterway
improvements along the coast