Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-14
PLAN
10 BE RUSHED
TOR by Government
Big Project Near
Ing Completion
20 END LONG FIGHT
Iprehensive War Emer-
oncy Program Promises
Realization of Splen-
did Purpose .
! END LONG FIGHT

nDrehensiye plans for the imme
1oepsning Of the waterways of the
no seaboard. particularly those OF
Dootion, have been asked for by the
}nment and are now being quickly
~ up by the Atlantic Deeper Water.
~ Association. II the plans are put
Qugh. It Is predicted by members OF
u Aeoociation. their efforts for the las,
y yUafs will meet with reward during
- o4oning twelve months.
Ne was made known by W. F. Schoff
4(Ary of the association, who spoke
- ldffcheon of the Business Science
X 1T the Believue-Stratford today.
Y 0overnment officials have repeatedly
49, TO us since the entrance Of the
u1t4d States into the war" said Mr.
1ok "and asked what we had to offer
1o way Of improved waterways. We
~ been forced to tell them that our
111o have not got as far as we would
I9x& liked them to progress. Now We
~ drawing up a comprehensive war
norgsncy program which I hope the
overnment will adopt"
RI they had listened to us ten years
Inl0,~ said Mr.. Schoff, there would have
IN no coal famine in New England or
Kblhdelphia at the present time. Our
Ann were laughed at then. but people
I0w realize that had they been adopted
- result would have been lessening
: the present stress on the railroads
oreabout
4 I'VE have been blocked in our figh,
W the mouthngs of middle western
&ongressmen who shout pork barrel
nd then get an appropriation for the
IAmping out Of the cattle tick In their
&vn State BY all means stamp out
~ cattle tick, but let us have adequate
OunDportation facilities in the East
Yoth Of these can be done"
{PLAN TO TAKE OVER CANAL
/ Tho next step will be. according TO
NJ. 6choff., the taking over of the
po1aware and Chesapeake Canal. Tons
Ind tons of half-finished munitions are
Hing shipped through this canal to the
1kunition plants along the Delaware
liver. According to the speaker how
&vor, the canal will not hold in its
Isossnt state of development must OF
~ trafiic.
ssBarges which can carry a big ton
fAGs," said Mr.. Schoff, ARE forced to
d61no through half loaded because Of
ne shallowness CT the canal. Then
n1Do, shippers have to pay the old COM
nany toll for putting their goods
through. II the Government got this
(Anal the toll would be abolished"
DREDGING A VITAL NEED
The speaker pointed out that the
<0o plans which concern Philadelphia
best Intimately are the dredging of Il
1nEAl across New Jersey to take the
<1aoe Of the Delaware and Raritan
EAnal and the Delaware and Chesa-
&onke project. In this way, he said,
1H1re would be brought into operation
Veral thousand miles of navigable
o1srways which are at present inactive
ocAuse of adequate outlet.
4 1T took 400 years to get the Panama
Canal built" said Mr.. Schoff, 'and
&ocause we have not succeeded in tho
1T ten years We should not be discour-
<eodi"
y J. Cattell, the next speaker, spoke
fnfnestiy in favor OF the work of the
1Ggociation. told of its beginnings and
It'd that more traffic went through the
Do1aware and Chesapeake Canal today
IAN goes through the Suez Canal.
The Business Science Club indorsed
- movement and wi become n men,
1r Of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
noociation.