Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-06
VERMONT AN INLAND STATE2
Not after Plans of Deep Water
ways Association Are Realized.
Gardner Brewer, One Of Three Deie-
gates from Vermont, Talks Pro-
pheticnlly after Attending Com
ference at Miami, Fla.

Sons Of Vermont will not lament much
longer because their State has no ocean
harbors, for when the plans of the Deep
Waterways association have been put ih'o
effect Vermont will no longer be an iniaho
State. In a few years q stranger stanuins
in Battery Park and looking over Lake
Champlain. perhaps thinking how iar no
Is from the Atlantic seaboard, Will see
pass before him ocean-going steamers y"
their way to Canada with here ana there
a tramp steamer covered with barnacies
and going no one knows where. dorns
down to the foot of King street he Will
meet sailors with their rolling gait ana
smelling Of the salt air, or perhaps MEM
bers Of Uncle Sans navy wondering II
any submarines have stolen up to trouble
the people Of Vermont.
All Of these things we're in the minds OF
the delegates who gathered together AT
Miami, Fla, last week to consider the I'M
provement of waterways throughout the
East. The delegates from Vermont were
F. H. Babbitt Of Bellows Falls. Harry
e. Parker of Bradford and Gardner
Brewer Of this city. They were appointed
by Governor Horace F. Graham. The trip
was made from New York via the
Pennsylvania railroad to Washington.
There a special train of sleepers and diners
was furnished for the delegates over the
Atlantic coast line to Miami At Charles
ton, s. c., the train stopped for two hours
where the Chamber Of Commerce met the
delegates and extended them the courtesy
of the city. They were taken around the
city in automobiles and then returned to
the headquarters Of the Chamber of Com
merce, where they were welcomed by the
-At IN
by Congressman ]. Hampton Moore.
president of the Deep Waterways associa-
ton, Governor Whitman Of New York
and others. After the meeting the dele
gates returned to the special train and
proceeded to Miami.
In speaking yesterday of the trip. Card
ner Brewer said:
I'VE reached Miami about $3.50 Tuesday
\ evening. There large representation
from the Chamber Of Commerce met us
with automobiles and escorted us to the
hotel.
1.-THE city was beautifully decorated and
illuminated. most Of the principal streets
| were arched with red, white and blue
lights. From the time of our arrival on
the citizens of Miami extended to us a
most hearty welcome. and they certainly
did themselves proud in the way they
planned their entertainments. and showed
the delegates, and their invited guests and
the river and harbor commission Of Con-
gress the beauties Of the city.
miami is one of the most beautiful
cities in the United States. It attained
Its majority on July 49, 1917. Only twenty
one years ago the pines of the virgin
forest held sway and to-day on that same
site stands a progressive city Of 10000
Inhabitants. Because of it's wonderful
transformation it has been called the
magic city. There are 5000 autos owned
in the city and the roads are the finest
in the country. The Dixie highway, which
Is now under construction through the
| entire State. will make auto touring one
Of the great attractions in Florida.
1--WE we're not only carried around the
city in autos but were also taken out
in the harbor where large numbers of
aeroplanes floating over our heads gave
US a new idea Of Uncle Sans work in
aviation"
The convention opened on Wednesday
morning and two sessions a day were held
Wednesday,. Thursday and Friday. The
delegates from Vermont were very highly
honored at the convention with appoint
ments to different positions in the associa-
ton. F. H. Babbitt was nominated vice.
president of the association, Harry E
Parker was appointed a member Of the
State association. as we'll as a member
Of the resolutions committee. Gardner
Brewer was made member of the
credentials committee and also Of the ways
and means committee. F. H. Rabbit was
made a member Of the committee to decide
upon the time and place for the next con.
vention and Gardner Brewer was made a
member of the committee to respond to
the call of States.
One Of the resolutions passed by the
convention which will affect Vermont is
the following: Resolved. That this as.
ISOLATION again commend the fullest i'm.
provement consistent with the views OF
the chief Of engineers necessary to pro.
vide adequate connection with the New
York barge canal, soon to be completed
The improvement of the upper Hudson
river to carry deep water to Albany and
Troy Is justified no less by the Industrial
and commercial importance Of those
cities than by the fact that 1t Is a natural
point Of trans-shipment for commerce
originating on the Great Lakes Of the in.
terror. The improvement of the narrows
Of Lake Champlain, an interstate water.
way. Is necessary to pass the heavy traffic
originating on that lake through the barge
canal and the Hudson river to the coastal
| waterways.
AS evidence of progress toward maxi
ing Lake Champlain a waterway for
deep sea shipping, the budget of esti-
mates from the treasury department
soon to be presented to Congress may
be cited.
An appropriation OF 100000 is pro-
vided to deepen the channel at the mar
rows OF Lake Champaign. This will
render Whitehall. N Y. and the south
ern end of the lake navigable for
larger craft than at present. Congress
also Is to be asked to expend $780,
900 In improvements to navigation on
the Hudson river and waters adjacent
to New York city.
On the return trip from Miami the dele
gates stopped at Jacksonville, Fla, fol
three hours where the Chamber OF Com
merce and Senator d. U. Fletcher enter
tanned them royalty.
Among the leading men who attended
the convention were: Governor Charles s
whitman of New York. Admiral Robert
u. Peary. Col. =. ii. Stovall of Savannah
Ga, United States minister to Switzerland
Congressman j. Hampton Moore of Phila
delphia, Senator ID. u Fletcher of Florida
and j. r. Small, chairman of the House
committee on rivers and harbors.
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