Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-20
CONDEMNATION
PROCEEDINGS FOR
CANAL TO Go On
Halted Temporarily on Account ot
Wrong impression as
10 Titles.
NOTHING NOW IN THE WAY
spee,at Dispatch Prom Every Evening ;
Washington Correspondent

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Washington Correspondents
uash,r,t,p Jan ~ condemnation
nrocrel,nr. ln connection with the hcsa
peale and nrhWarc Canal Will bc resumed
~ opre. assistant Attorncv-t General Todd
told senator salisbury TO-DAY. The pro
epe.l,ngs had been halted hN subordinate
m the pcpartmrnt at Justice who Thought
hc had discovered some almost nsupcrahle
difficulty about the title to the property
ltut hls conclusions, d was discovered
Wfu founded cutlrclN upnn mistaken
prmt-es Tor i tune. however, senator
~ad~hurv SAID he Wa nervous over the
matter and tcprcd that possibly somebody
had thrown something INTO thr machinery
Winch would prevnt q iun''on'hf
"Buf over, tbng Is lovely nov ~'id
thc ~crator. and tho department =
ro,nu ahead with the proceeding 80
cn,lrs,.. Il there had hecn any serious du't
,allties III the WY 81 may haNr been uc'te
snr, a. enact additional lcrlentnn
IA Wa feared +, tht senator that y
s1,h additional legislation was i"uri
rcrre.,r, II could mot hc enacted fhl-
s.--r,r mia thu thc completion II th,
nr,,r,l would hc d,l1Ncd
Nh,n ~.utfor ~aUlabur learned that
the Department = ln-ucc Va ~" qmi'
satisfied ai a,li p.'nt- ln connection Win
the trnrccduu. o, called Representative
FOLK INTO rauteftur, logcthei they
vent over the diHnulV with Mr. Todd
and experienced htlc ditltcultN ~ con
vtasiur thai on.ni thai thc way Vas
.hsr ,na uai thr department could ptn-
,.,.d IS reu.l,un vtihouf trpr that it,
rn.1. vuull hr nulslV challenged
tar >n >onl II narml.
~aus 81 ia, -,n.tpr "a the com
mite, pu commerce. Tie hod' winch IS
,on.ll fhe kN.r tul ilarhors hili.
h,ard 81 ,hD au,-uan- ru-'d ty IN cN
an.n,r ii ttt Is th, Department ~
,m.ne, lh., eIlcd iur au explanation
Ihi~ ,,hNrd -lneW hat CONSIDERATION ~
th, inn senator Fletcher. thc chairman
wa- ulcSlN convinced that There Wa no
foundation toi thp tom that condemnation
prntc,ehnA. would ~ held up
urcrtatutN ae 10 uiir nd ofhcf
matters involving questions % general
regularity have prevented quite mum
hrr ~ measures from getting through
the COMMITTEE, Ii Wa unlY natural.
therefore, that the mcmhyrv would de
~ir,. a. know the status ut the cnndcrnna-
t,on proceedings before reporting ia
vorahiv on the Delaware items.
"rherc need bo no icai Everything
= a right and the proccedings VIII hc
conducted ii the ireut Court ~ Wi
rnington. senator salisbury SAID
puI Wtlt PASS.
~ opposition - tho acquisition hv
th, government 81 tho canal has - iar
dcXclopcd ii the committee on commerce
ii the | utcd states Scnatc The COM
m,ttco made substantial progress to-
da1 MANY items lu the hlll were tcnta-
tivrlN considered il meetings ot the
committee hciorr thc ml was brought
officially IL their attention
senator Nolcutt ,lai hc anticipated no
difficulty whatever ii inducing the COM
mlttcc a. tavorahlN report the hlll and
senator SALISBURY declared that All the
Ntmnte Col>t senators Wcrc lncd up
for II ~om, 81 tho solous who were m the
past reckonod among the enemies II
inland waterway development are among
the most energetic opponents 81 the
DrlaWare plan a. make the largest pos
-lhle Use 81 that system 81 transporta-
tiou
w vii pass tins bill lust as II lett the
House SAID senator Saulshur1 There
maN bc some changes 10 MINOR matters,
hut none hat viii materially affect the
hll There = no question about what
Will be done with the Delaware interests
These have al been taken care oi and
only await formal latltcaton by the
senate
Il hope tins Is bur the beginning Of a
grand system of inland water tIan~-
portatIon There ls no good reason why
We should not be able - carry our com
modltles by a canal route running through
New Jersey and finally INTO New ORR
harbor
senators Weeks and Lodge Of Massa-
chuseits. the two senators from Rhode
Island N fact the entire senatorial dele
CATION from New England are known 10
bc ready 20 support the Delaware enter
prlscs provided for IN the bill Mchellar
~ Tennessee. Pomerene OF Ono, Lewis
and sherman of Illinois and PolndeXter
and Jones of Washington Will help 10 keep
the Delaware provisions Of the bill intact
The western senators may. however, offer
suue objections 20 some other projects
A study 81 the map has convinced most
OF the Senators that the Delaware 4
Chesapeake anal should, for strateglcal
reasons, i Tor no other. be IN the hands
81 the government They are ready 10
vote more money II more money IS
needed 70 complete the scheme
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