Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-01
'RE:NARKERSF FOR
waterway SESSION
Fifteen Delegates Leave To-
morrow for Tenth Annual
Convention.

+ Sfteen delegates will leave Newark
on,prrow afternoon for Washington,
D G, to represent the city govern
<4aent and the local Board of Trade
II the tenth annual convention of the
Nation al Rivers and Harbors Con-
zress, which will be opened at the
New W illiard Hotel there by Presl-
lent Wi lson on Wednesday, Decem-
Der 8.
The con yention this year promises
Co be one of the most suspicious
events in waterway Improvement
campaigns since the organization OF
the congress at Baltimore on October
3. 1901 It was two years before the
ORGANIZATION was given national rec
pgnitton. The first national conven-
ffon was held i'm 1908.
The Newark Board of Trade was
one of the most important factors
IN the successful organization of the
National Rivers and Harbors Con-
Rress. 1T is q charter member of the
. congress and has been one of the
most active organizations In promot-
ing the welfare of the congress
When contributions were called for
the local trade board raised $1,010
through the efforts of special COM
rnittee, of which Peter Campbell, or
Kearny was chairman. The state OF
New Jersey, including the local SUB,
ECIlDIlOD3 Idloth PltiSV ACA NAAC
congress. The contribution from New
ark was the third largest amount re-
ceived from any one city.
The city government will be repre-
scented by Board of Works Commits
sioners Charles F. Kraemer, Charles
=. Gillen and Arthur r.. Denman and
City Engineer Morris X. Snerrerq.
The delegates from the local Board
OF Trade are as follows: A. V. Ham
burg. president and James M. Reilly,
secretary of the board; James o. Be
telle. Charles L. Hetzel, r. G. JenlSin-
4 son, George T.. Reeve, Peter Campbell,
Joseph II. Wood, William f. Hof-
mann, John f. Kehoe and Daniel H.
Durham.
New Jersey Ship Canal Commission
will be represented by Frederick w.
Donnelly, Mayor of Trenton; James
MI Reilly, of Newark; c. A. McCor-
mick, OF New Brunswick; Walter
Wood, of Burlington, and Worthing-
ton M. Jacobus, of Passaic. 1t is ex-
pected that there will be more than
fifty delegates from New Jersey at
the convention.
The annual report and address will
be delivered on Wednesday by Jo-
+ senh E. Ransdell, president of the
/. national congress. The convention
win continue for three days, during
+ which time many prominent men VIII
speak,
Thes Sc will include, besides Presi-
dent Wilson, Congressman j. Hamp-
ton M oore, of Pennsylvania; Senator
James p. Clarke, of Arkansas; Sena-
tor Duncan u. Fletcher, OF Florida:
Congre ssman John H. Small, North
Carolinia; ID, da CANA, ambassador
extraordinary and plenipotentiary, of
Brazil; Miss Mira l.. Dock, vice.
chairman conservation department,
] General Federation of Women's
Clubs: Mrs. Sarah willard Strout,
of Portl and, Me-, president of the
worien'sf National Rivers and Har-
bors' Commission; Hon. Lindley M
Garrison, secretary of war; r. A. e.
Smith, commissioner of docks and
fsvries in New York city; Senator
wesley L. Jones, of Washington;
CONGRESSMAN j. r. Knowland, or
ralffS1u1ia Governor Martin II.
fslynnA of New York; Congressman
81 G. Humphreys, of Mississippi.
Inclu ded in the entertainment Will
be a re ception on Wednesday night
IN honor of the Vice-Presdent of the
United S tates and Mrs. Marshall and
the SpeaL YER of the House of Repre-
sentatives and Mrs Clark.