The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-19
COASTAL PROJECT
SHOWN ON SCREEN
Convention Gets Graphic Picture
of Great Work Which
It Supports.

Two lectures, illustrated with stere-
opticon slides, held the attention OF
the delegates at tho evening session.
The meeting was presided over by Hon
John j. Linthlcum, member of Con
gress from Maryland, who took occas-
sion in his Introductory remarks, to
deliver the good wishes of the execu-
tive of his state. Governor Austin
Crothers.
Baltimore" he told the delegates.
is peculiarly interested in the inland
waterway project, and the State OF
Maryland is ready to cooperate with
her sister State Virginia in the con-
struction of Interstate channels and
In the furtherance OF the associations
plan generally"
The first lecture of the evening was
on the subject The Coastal Project
with Observations on Old-Time Ameri-
can Canals and Influence of Railroads
Thereon" and was delivered by Will
trcd II. Schoff, secretary. Commercial
museums. Philadelphia. He prefaced
the picture exhibition with a shore
historical sketch of the canal building
activities of Eastern United States from
the revolutionary period to the present
day. and the vicissitudes through which
canal construction has since that time
passed. Numerous slides exhibited ear
ly attempts at canal building and the
primitive methods that were employed.
Views of the principal artificial water
ways of the Eastern coast were shown.
extending from the Northernmost
canals OF Massachusetts to those OF the
Carollnas and the Florida keys
BY means of numerous charts. sew
eral OF them prepared by government
engineers. Mr.. Scho.f sought TO demon
strate the feasibility of the proposed
mira -coastai system of waterways and
IT'S desirability from commercial.
standpoint.
Canals I'm Europe.
Docks and Waterway Facilities ir
Foreign Counties formed the subjec,
matter OF the second lecture Of the
evening delivered by FREDERICK Ford,
former City Engineer OF Hartford
Conn Like the preceding lecture. it
was Illustrated with slides. These
were prepared from photographs Sc.
cured by the lecturer during hts
travels in Europe, Most OF them were
views OF waterways and docks OF
Liverpool. London. Antwerp, Rotter-
dam Bremen, Hamburg and other Eu.
rope seaports and were exhibited with
the view of illustrating the modern
methods employed by the foreign gov.
ernments and municipalities in the
development Of their water fronts and
inland canals. The lecture left the i'm.
preston that. except in the case OF one
or two of our largest ports. Europe is
to-day far In advance of America In
the scientific and economic develop
ment Of harbor and channel possibili-
ties.
Social Session.
With the conclusion Of the two lee
lures at 9:15. the presiding officer an g
nounced that the business of the firs,
day closed. and presented T. NJ Car.
rington, of this city. who declared that
from that time TO midnight the dele.
gates We're the guests of the Richmond
Chamber of Commerce, and would be
expected to take everything that was
meted ont to them without protest
Polk Miller and his darby quartet
took the stage and kept the packed
auditorium In good humor until late
in the evening. when the floor was
cleared for dancing. During the morn
ing the visiting women were enter.
tanned with an automobile sightseeing
tour to Seven Pines and other point.
of historic interest