Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-12-03
RIVERS CONGRESS
| PLANS ANNOUNCED
Secretary RedfieId to Wei
come Delegates at Opening
Session Wednesday.
NEEDS OF CHESAPEAKE
ARE TO BE CONSIDERED
Rev. Dr.. Earle Wiley Will Make
Invocation at the Beginning
of the Convention.

The program Tor the twelfth
annual convention oil the national
rivers and harbors congress,
which meets here next Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday, was
announced today. Secretary Red
field OF the Department OF Com
MERGE will represent the admins
tration at the convention on the
opening day and will deliver the
first address. after Rev. DR.. Earle
Whitley OF the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church has made the
invocation.
The first session of the convention is
to start at 10 o'clock Wednesday. The
rest of the sessions program is as fol-
lows:
The Utilization of Western Rivers
for Navigation" Col; G. McD: Towns
Rivers and Rails" Paul W; Brown.
editor st. Louis Daily Republic; Who
Is Responsible for the Failure to De-
velop Our Waterways" ex-Gov A: y.
Mississippi Valley Terminal League;
presidents Annual Report and Ad-
dress" United States Senator Joseph e.
Ransdell, Lake Providence, La.
Illustrated Good Roads Address.
Afternoon session, . o'clock Wednes-
day-"The Port of New York" William
S. Bennett, NJ c.. New York city; Los
Angeles Harbor and the West VIII
liam D. Stephens. NJ. c.. Los Angeles,
Cal; THE Port Of New Orleans Mar
tin Behrman, mayor of New Orleans;
The Obstacles to Waterway and Port
Development and Their Vital Interest
to the Manufacturer and Wage Earn
err" Edward +. insolvency, chairman
directors of the port of Boston; ne
War Against Waterways" James II.
Davidson, Oshkosh, Wis; The Relation
of Good Roads to Waterways illus-
trated with lantern slides). Logan wal
Ter Page, director, office Of public roads.
Evening session., O'Clock w Wednesday,
Congress and Our Seaboard Harbors.
r. A. c. Smith. New York city. commits
sioner, department Of docks ana 1er-
ries; Waterways for Health and Re
creation" illustrated with lantern
slides), DR. c. S. Street, Philadelphia.
From Iron Ore to Finished Pipe" Oil
Illustrated with moving pictures), &. r.
Roland, New York city, metallurSical
depa rtment, National Tube Company.
Chesapeake and It's Tributaries.
Morning session, 10 o'clock Thursday
chesapeake Bay and It's Tributaries"
James II. Preston. mayor of Baltimore;
The Northw estern Rate Situation and
the Mississippi River as a Means Of
Relief" Wilbur f. Decker, president
civic and Commerce Association, Min
neapolis, Mimi; THE Missouri River"
United States Senator James A. Reed.
Kansas City, Mo; The Advantages of
Deeper Hudson" Clifford S. Sims,
vice president and general manager.
Delaware and Hudson Railway COM
pany, Albany. y. Y: The Tennessee
River c. w. Ashcraft, Florence, Ala;
Texas Harbors and Waterways"
Thomas II. Ball. Houston. Tex; Com
nonsense Preparedness" j. Hampton
Moore, NJ. G., Philadelphia, Pa, presi-
dent Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso-
citation.
Afternoon session, 2 o'clock Thursday
The Benefit of a Thorough System of
Woodmansee. Cincinnati. Ohio; Great
Lakes Commerce as Affected by the
Erie Canal" Henry W. Hi. Buffalo.
y. y. president New York State Wa
terways Associations: Interest Of the
West in Waterways United States
Senator James y. Phelan, San Fran
cisco, Cal. The Improved Port Facili-
ties and Waterways of louisiana, Lu-
Their T. Hall. Governor Of Louisiana:
Inland Waterways an"i the Merchant
Marine" William f. Humphrey, NJ. c..
Seattle Wash; Water on the Indus
trial Wheel" j. +. Meeker. NJ, c., st.
Louis. Mo.
Evening session. 5 O'Clock Thursday
The Motor Truck in General Trans
portation.' IL. l.. Whittemore. Ard
more, Pa, advertising department. the
Antocar Company; The Argentine and
Its Waterways" illustrated with Ian
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