Evening journal., 1912-09-02
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WATERWAYS
CONVENTION
Wilmington Delegates Leave
Tomorrow For New
London Meeting
PRESIDENT TO Be
ONE OF SPEAKERS

Delaware delegates to the fifth an
nual convention Of the Atlantic Deep
er Waterways Association will leave
here tomorrow morning for New Lon
aon. Connecticut. joining the Penn
sylvania delegates at Philadelphia.
The entire party of eastern delegates
numbering 1000 persons, Will arrive in
the convention town tomorrow night
The convention, with the opening OF
the Panama Canal near at hand and
the recent victory of the association
In persuading the Government TO take
over the Albermarle and Chesapeake
Canal as the first link I'm the inter
costal canal from Maine to Florida
promises to be the most important
since its organization in Philadelphia
in 1905.
President Taft will attend and will
made an address as a feature of the
celebration of the anniversary of the
defense of New London harbor by
Colonial farmers against the British
under Benedict Arnold In 1881. Az
least a dozen Governors Of States
through which the chain Of inland
waterways along the Atlantic coast
will pass have promised to be present
and participate IN the discussions. The
Mayors of hundreds of cities Of the
East have been invited, and only a
handful have declined on account OF
other engagements. Moreover, n;i;si
eorus Senators and Representatives
together with army engineers, naval
officers. chiefs of the revenue cutter
service. business men and shipping
experts will speak on various phases
OF inland waterway development
Another Canal For System.
Satisfied that the association is now
in a position to impress Congress
with the importance of an intercostal
system Of navigation, not only as an
aid to commerce but as protected
waterway for the navy in times OF
war, the members I'm the course of the
sessions will inaugurate a movement
to prevail upon the Government e
take over the Chesapeake and Della.
ware Canal.
The effort to attain this will be
nnde az the next session of Congress
and a bill authorizing such action will
probably be introduced by Repre-.
sentative Moore. This was the cours,
pursued by the Soutehrn canal, oil
NClHk h9 iANlltE'nAhNANA dOAA
H. Small, OF North Carolina. Il
Congress takes over the canal linking
the Delaware and Chesapeake bays
there will be a completely protected
inside water raute from Philadelphia
to Beaufort. N. c.
The lines at this end will soon b,
extended, for New Jersey has appro
priated $4,000 to mark the route
OF a sea level canal from New lUrl
Bay TO the Delaware River, In ac
cordanco with a recent survey mad
by Government engineers. In addi
ton. tlef State has appropriate
100000 for the purchase OF a right o
way Tor the canal across the State
The business sessions of the con
vention viii be held in the Hotel Girls
void The convention will begii
with an address by Mayor Bryan n
Mahan. of New London, and the repl,
to the welcome to the Connecticut
town viii be made by Colonel Pleas
ant A. Stovall, editor of the Savannah
Press. Governor Simeon r. Baldwin
will then welcome the delegates e
the State and his remarks will b,
replied TO by Governor Mann. of Nir
ginia. Representative Moore will de
liver the Presidents address, and thi
reports of Wilfred II. Schoff. temper
ary secretary and treasurer, ant
Mayor Donnelly, of the Committee OF
Ways and Means. together with tn
other committee reports, will be re
ceived.
The presiding officer at the after
noon session will be william S. Har
vey. president of the National Boar
of Trade Charles Elmer Smith, sec
retary of the Builders Exchange q
Philadelphia, will read a report {
General William H. Bixby. chief {
engineers on the Atlantic coastal SUI
vey. Other speakers, with thei
topics for this session, will be ReI
resentative Small, "The Movemen
North From Hatteras;" Represents
tive William II. Heald, Delawar
Advancement OF Delaware an
Chesapeake Connections" DirectC
Norris. philadelphia, Looking Mort
and South" Representative GOWNS
ton, Maryland, what the Governmel
Has Done to Aid Navigation on n
Inland Route" and Representa-,
Williams S. Greene, Massachusetts
"The Tauton River Route"
The evening will be devoted to i
Illustrated lectures on the progress
the Erie Canal and the Atlantic deel
er waterways project. The lecture
for the New York canal will be Joh
A. Bensel, engineer and surveyor fC
the State of New York. Mr. Scho
Will describe the progress of the A
lantic program
The election of officers will /
held Thursday morning. AT this sci
sion Joseph +. Gray. Railroad Con
missioner of Georgia. will speak O
rates by rail and water. kpplicatio
Of power to marine transportation
the subject assigned 10 William
Donnelly, a well-known marine eng
oeer of New York. while Mayor Dol
nelly viii explain the extension
the canal link across the State Of Ne
Jersey The dredging Of the Hudsc
River and its commerce will be di
cussed by members of the Troy al
Albany delegations
President Taft will arrive fro
Beverly on his yacht the Mayflow
Thursday noon. After a reception
will be escorted to the hlstorc FOL
from one of the buttresses Of whi
he will speak. The convention W
end with a reception in the Hot
Griswold during the evening.