Evening journal., 1913-09-11

/ EdllOn from ANchlcf turned out last
night in an enthusiastic body to sup
port the inter-coast waterway project
as outlined by the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association and the ac-
quisition Of the Chesapeake and Del
aware Canal by the United States
Government and the improvement Of
it,
The meeting was held in Eden Hall.
which was packed to its capacity long
before The tirie for the meeting to
open. United States Senator Willard
Salisbury presided over the meeting.
The chief speaker was United States
Senator Joseph b. Ransdell of Louis
lana, president of the National Rivers
,, and Harbors Congress. and also noted
for being one Of the two Democratic
Senators to fight the tariff bill of the
present administration.
Senator Ransdell said that he was
unqualifiedly in favor of the project
; and he intended to push IL, provided
that this section of the country could
2 see its way clear to take a fair share
$ of the waterways appropriation which
s Congress would make, with other
5 States He said that the only way to
secure the improvement was to hold
5 together and support the other fell
s lows project and get him to support
G yours.
The other speakers were Congres sman
& ~. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia. and
\ president of the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Association; Congressman Michael
q Donahue. of Philadelphia, and a member
: of the rivers and harbors committee of
I Congress; Mayor Frederick w. Donnely.
n of Trenton. \. j.. and president of the
. New Jersey Ship Canal Association;
/, CONGRESSMAN Brockson and former Con
: gressman Hiram r. Burton.
= Howell s. England, local member of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso-
citation. introduced Senator Salisbury
. Mr.. England read letter from Con
: gresham John II. Small. of North Caro-
= lima regretting that he could not be
: lpresent at the meeting ON account OF a
:, terrific storm that had visited his home
u town and made his presence there i'm
= perative.
10 In assuming the chair Senator Sauls
~, bury said in part: MY friends you all
- know how glad am 20 get back, and
I, although | have been away only sly
~ months. 7 have come home rs often as
- could. II is an added pleasure TO come
- here with such distinguished men and e
70 speak to YOU on such an important sub
y iect."
y He said that General BiNby, chief o
~ the army engineers. had recently made 9
- report ON the Chesapeake and Delaware
" canal in which he recommends that IT b'
" acouired bv the government az . cost o
- about - 100000. and that SS,OOo.oOO b'
= expended in improving IT, lie said thai
he might not know as much about th'
le report as some of those present. but h'
- intended To- know all about it in shor
j., time. and he hoped that he could be %
y some benefit TO the people OF the stat
- and country in the matter.
-, All sections of the country arc In
terested in the Improvement of water
ways and the bringing Of the world
commerce to the doors Of cities, AM
wilmington has shown that il is in
terested and alive to its possibilitie
IN lby its vote of TO in favor OF tn
waterfront, Senator Salisbury said
In closing. he praised FORMER Sen
N, lator Anthony Higgins, who he sal
tn was a strong man. and the State q
.l delaware owed him a debt of gratitud
for the work which he had done
lagitating the waterways project eve
NC before the Atlantic Deeper Water
sc ways Association was formed. He the
NJ introduced the chief speaker of tn
'ls evening. Senator Randell, of Louis
ng ana, who said in part:
ed Three years ago. as member {
'e- the committee on Rivers and Harbor
in the House of Representatives,
IT. passed through the Delaware an
ne chesapeake Canal with Congressms
NJ Moore, in an effort to get a person;
y knowledge of il. must confess uf
~ It'll | read General Bixby's report, thi
was not in favor of the project b'
feet deep, which ] thought would
cause IL was to make the canal :
little too expensive when th
N locean was but a stones throw froi
~ you. Now that it is recommends
that the canal be 80 feet wide and
70. feet deep ! am in favor of IT,"
at He said that the country and Coz
m gross have at last awakened to n
of fact that nothing has been done f,
,ae our waterways except to improve te
or minals of railroads. and harbors an
~, canal and rivers had been untouche
a., He said that every cent of mono
:" spent for the Improvement OF cana
and rivers has come back TO the cit
zens and cited the S100,O00O00 spe
on the Great Lakes, Detroit and 5
Mary's rivers which has saved Il
rR people Of the country more thu
1'' $500, ,OOO,OOO and freight is now ca
ried at one ninth Of the railroad rat
Yet" said the speaker, you W
at find il an exceedingly hard task
es- secure SS,0O0.0OO for your canal. eve
ate though it be the connecting link
an the waterways Of the entire Atlani
son coast. There will be lots of kickil
vn, when you ask for the money. Peon
in all over The country are wanting ju
md what you want. Those on the Mi
hey sissippi want S25.000.000, there on q
to Ohio want sS.OOO,OOO. out west tn
are clamouring for millons May
Donnelly want S20,000000 for
canal across New. Jersey and as I
n president used TO live there 7 dol
ield know but what he will get ii.
hen He then explained that the on
ing. way to secure the canal was to G
at into The push with the people frc
was all sections of the country and he
hen them to secure their improvements
in return for help in securing the can
ped wilfred II. Schof, secretary Of
the association, gave an interesting Ia
illustrated with colored slides, sho
ing the conditions as they exist on
W. Atlantic coast and the Delaware a
kle, Chesapeake canal as one Of the co
At Meeting links on the Atlantic coast
TO Senator Salisbury introduced &C
lehe gressman Moore as the best inform
en' man in America on matters pertaini
for