The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-11-14
PALATKA WILL ENTERTAIN
MEN OF prominence
Who Come as Delegates to the Mississippi to Atlantic In
land Waterways Convention


Next Monday and Tuesday Pslatk;
will have the distinguished honor o.
entertaining the delegates to th'
Sixth Annual Meeting of the Missis
sippi to Atlantic Inland Waterway!
Association. These delegates will
come from all of the Southern states
The meeting of this association will
be followed by the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association meeting il
Jacksonville on the 1920 and 21st.
Senator D. u. Fletcher is the presi
dent of the Association which meets
in this city, with vice presidents rep
resenting all the states of the south
The project advocated by this as
sociation, of an inland inter-costa
waterway connecting the Mississippi
River with the Atlantic Ocean is il
the following condition: beginning a
New Orleans, the Lake Borgne cana
has passed into the hands of the Ala
bama & New Orleans Transportation
Co., and that company has improved
it and is building sixteen steel barges
each of 5000 tons capacity, to navi
| gate the Inland Waterway along the
Gulf Coast. Some $4,000 has beer
expended on Grants Pass between
Mississippi Sound and Noble Bay, ant
the waterway is in shape for barge
traffic from New Orleans to Mobile
Bay. .,
At the last session of Congress, ar
order was secured for a special re-
port on the Pensacola and Mobile ca
nal, connecting Mobile and Pensacola
Bays; it is said on good authority that
this report will be favorable; the lon,
gest canal cut in this section will be
$4,000 feet; the cost will be about
$380,O00. Appropriations were Sc
cured for the improvement of Santa
Rosa Sound, a connection between
Pensacola and Chocohatchee Bays
the work has been completed.
A report has been made on the ca,
nal between Chocohatchee and st
Andrews Bays, and was unfavorablt
because the present lack of business
did not warrant the expenditure. The
total appropriation has been made fol
the canal between the st. Andrews
Bay and Apalachicola River, and tht
work is about wo-thirds completed
The Apalachicola River bar has beer
further improved. The waterway Is
otherwise completed to the st. Marks
River.
Five routes have been investigated
across the Peninsula of Florida. Th'
Ocklawaha route to the st. Johns wa!
reported as the most favorable; thu
engineers, however did not make ;
recommendation for the. construction
of the canal because Of lack of com
merce; a favorable report, however
has been made on the improvement
of the rivers along this route as ia,
as Palatka.
In other words, to make the 1nlan'
Waterways continuous from the Mis-
sissippi River to the Atlantic Ocean
about six miles of canal is necessar!
between Pensacola and Mobile Bays
about twelve miles between Chocohat
chee and st. Andrews bays, abou
two miles additional between st. An
drews Bay and the Apilachicola Riv
er, and the trans peninsula canal.
Delegates for the Palatka Conven
ton have been appointed by the Gov
ernors of Florida and other Gulf AM
South Atlantic States, and by Board
of Trade and Mayors of various CT
ties, and by allied waterway associa
tions.
The sessions of the convention her
will be held in the New Howell Thea
ter, and headquarters of the Asscia
ton and delegates will be at the Put
nam House and Saratoga Hotel.
The Boy Scouts of Palatka hav
volunteered to act as guides and vii
be on the streets in uniform and wea
ing badges, bearing the legend; "
Live Here; Ask Me-"
Entertainments have been arrange
for the delegates and ladies, the hour
of which will be announced at IN
various sessions of the Convention
and these include a reception in tn
parlors of the Putnam House, CON
plimentary dance, automobile ride!
visits to war vessels, reception b
the Palatka Woman's Club at tn
homo of Hon. S. ]. Hilburn, and visit
to points of interest in and about Pa
latka.
The convention program for til
first day includes an address of We
come by Howell A. Davis on beha
of the Palatka board of trade, wit
response by Senator Fletcher. A
address of welcome on behalf of P;
latka by Hon. S. J. Hilburn and r'
sponse also by Senator Fletche
Col. w. M. Toomer will deliver an az
dress of welcome for Florida ar
the response will be by Hon. Lelar
j. Henderson, secretary of the ass'
citation.
Then there will be addresses {
pertenent subjects by Major ].
Slattery of Jacksonville, Hon. ].
Toole of Georgia, Mrs. Sisturnk
Ocala, Herbert S. Race of New Yor
L. E. Dozier of Leesburg. In Il
evening will be held the reception
the Putnam House, with "Made in P
latka" cigars for the gentlemen al
Florida oranges for the ladies!