The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-30
ON TO RICHMOND
IS WATERWAY CRY
GREAT MEETING FOR DEEPER
HAKBoRS AND ROUTES TO
BE HELD HERE.

A special dispatch to the Mobile
Item from Washington says
The trst OF the Dig organizations of
the country Interested in the improve
ineBt OF particular waterway projects
To announce Its annual convention is
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways AS
sociation, which VIII meet in the his
torie city ot Richmond. Va. Septem-
ber Il. 10, 4 and Is next. "on 10
Richmond VIII be the cry Of hun
dreds OF delegates representing the
States interested in the micronesia
route from Boston TO Beaufort n. c.,
and thence To the KEYS of Florida.
and Richmond. risen from the ashes
OF the Civil War. promises to show the
Yankees from New England and the
Middle States what real simon pure
hospitality the South Is capable OF In
these piping times OF peace and good
viii between the sections
Richmond has caught the spirit OF
waterway Improvement on compre~
hensiYe plan as preached by the M
tfonal Rivers and 1larbors Congress,
Of which the Atlantic Deeper Water
Ways Association is a subscribing
member, and s determined 10 keep
step with sister cities OF the Southeas;
and West by acquiring and owning
its water front or 50 much thereof as
viii give 1t the right 10 be known as
city controlling It's municipal piers
and docks.
Since the moVem emit for a definite
comprehensive and fixed policy on the
part of the Federal government look
/ ing to the Improvement Of the inter-
nal waterways of continental United
| states began. more than two decades
| ago. there has sprung up in certain
~ Yha M rtf vi ia,
| cities located ON navigable streams, a
determination to provide suitable wa
| ter terminals to be used upon the com
| pletion of particular projects And
| this sentiment. which is com pa ra tive
/ " new in This new, but old to the
nations IF Europe. Is becoming 80
| much Of problem in n1unicip titles
Rtsated, or at 81 .sass that. '@3sa 81 gsqs
! are being made and parties are writ
! ing into their platforms pIanks favor
/ ing the municipal ownership of water
fronts and piers,
Richmond, although upwards Of \
hundred miles from ChasapAake hsy
snd the ocean, realizing the potential
erect the tmpro4 ment Of the James
I river VIII have upon the rate Situa.
+ ton, is actively and aggressIvelv do
/ ing its part In acquiring a most favor.
ably located water frontage and its
! city council has made suhsta initial an.
preparation for a public wharf aoc-
qBate in size and which is now In pYo-
! cess Of construction for the revival
| and accommodation of it's water horne
commerce.
tontemporaneous with the growth
Of sentiment in this country for mum.
! cfpally owned water terminals ia the
activity shown by the council Of Lon
I don, winch proposes to spend 5000
/ ooo on the Improvement OF it's piers
along the Thames. This va IT gum In
deemed essential If London Is to keep
in the race for trade and commerce.
which has been gradually drifting
away from England's capital in favor
or Liverpool and Manchester
The canali2ation or the river main
from Frankfurt to Mainz has, in fif-
teen years increased the commerce
OF Germany enormously, new indus
tries having sprung up and old ones
vastly expanded, and along this en-
tire stretch of river water frontage In
owned by the government The Royal
German Commission in a recent report
notes the decentraIizing Influence OF
the waterways. In the case of the
Main, the new industries and the
wage earners that they attract have
net settled around the city Of Frank
furt but along the river around less
populated centres Ike Griesheim.
Hocchst, etc" The findings or an or
fetal inquiry in Prussia likewise con
GUIDED that. in conjunction with the
railways the more navignble water
MAYS, 9eXerclse A.. saaciaL .attract zion or
industries and more so than railroads
alone have done. Therefore the wa
Lex "a As.ss <saa sasecaGast vt the yseafiSies
peculiar 10 them, appear to have a
strong decentralizing influence"