Smyrna times., 1916-09-20
DELAWARE HAS WELCOME
FOR WATERWAY DELEGATES

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WILMINGTON AND DELAWARE
CITY RECEIVE THEM ROYALLY
Entertained a Hotel du Pont and Then
Taken TO Delaware & Chesapeake
Canal Governor Miller There
a welcome was extended TO the
delegates Of the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association when they ar
rived IN Wilmington early Thu sday
afternoon That their trip up the
Christ.aua river and their brief stay .
n Wilmington led them % realize the (
importance Wilmington has attainet .
in the category of manufacturing ports I
In the East and the possibilities for /
vast industrial sites in snd near the /
city IS the belief of many members of /
the committee that extended them the /.
welcome TO the city. The delegates /.
and visitors came from Philadelphia F.
where the association is holding ITS
convention.
Mayor james T. Price. who has
been M attendance at u0stot the scs-
siaus of the convention. pointed out
the vacant land lying on both sides Of
the Christiana and sand that he had
heard many strangers to this section
express their astonishment that the
and was not utilized tor mauufactur-
.ug purposes Mayor Price said he
hoped the visit tn Wilmington Of
/ people from so many different pa,ts
I Of the country. will do much to pro
mote the deeper waterways scheme
The stop of the delegates in Vii
mington was the feature of the third
days program of the convention.
/ Previous TO the arrival stop was
made at Chester where brief exercises
We're conducted. After leaving Viii
mington a run down the Delaware as
far as Delaware City was made. and
then the steamer returned to Phila-
delphia, reaching that city late Thurs
day evening.
Guests Of the Chamber Of Commerce
From the moment the Queen Anne
reached Wilmington the delegates
were the guests of the Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce. The program
included luncheon at the Hotel DUPONT
and meeting in the Playhouse OF all
interested in the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways proposition A number
Of small boats awaited the steamer of
the delegates at the mouth Of the
Christiana and as soon "a she was op-
posite the lighthouse the blowing Of
sirens and histles Of welcome began.
The boat was late and no time was
lost in disembarking. On the dock
was reception committee composed
Of some of the leading citizens of the
city. Governor Charles K. Miller.
Joseph Bancroft, Senator Henry A
DUPONT. Mayor James +. Price, Henry
{. Downward, President Of City
Council; Councilman Oscar c. Draper.
James Kane, William B. Megear.
president Of the Chamber of Com
merce; Charles NJ. Smith. Col. George
A. Elliott. Samuel X. Smith. Henry
z. Scott. Walter ID. Bush. Jr.. W.
W. Laird. l.. Scott Townsend. George
Carter and many others. There were
about 1000 delegates in the party.
There was speech making in which
the Delaware Chesapeake Canal pro
ject and better harbor facilities foi
Wilmington were exploited. A banC
enlivened the meeting with popular
airs.
Fine Reception al Delaware City
The reception accorded the delegate
at Delaware City was warm one
The Minnehaha Band. of Newark
met the members at the wharf and le
the delegates to the square in from
of the Delaware City Hotel. where tn
exercises took place. Members Of tn
Fourth Coast Artillery were drawn u
at attention before the hotel, wit
Captain Matthews in command Tn
soldiers gave a military touch to tn
scene that made the welcome seel
more realistic. When the trooE
were dismissed Judge T. B. Heis,
4 welcomed the visitors in a shoi
4 speech. speaking on behalf of the cit
officials and the Board of Trad,
Governor Miller followed with sho
speech, then made way for Congress
man Moore. who was heard in 70