The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-08-04
MANY NOTABLES
SEE WATERWAY
Engineer Experts and Business
Men Favor Sea Project.

The party that made the trip
over the route of the Great Lakes
st. Lawrence waterway was un-
doubtedly as remarkable a delega-
ton as ever made pilgramage into
another country. 1t was made up
of representatives of government,
national and state (the Canadian
papers referred to them as noted
parliamentarians) and men who
stand for the real business of their
communities and states. The New
England delegation alone, through
direct executive connection, repre-
scented over $3.50, O0e 600 of invest
ed capital. There were experts OF
national fame in transportation, en-
cheering and economics. The
party numbered about 1856, divided
approximately: 100 from the Great
Lakes-St. Lawrence Underwater as
ISOLATION; rs from New England,
and 10 from Canada.
Many Public Men
Among the public men were four
United tSates senator's: Lenroot,
Wisconsin; Mckinley, Illinois; Rams
dell, Louisiana, and Townsend, Mich
igan. The representatives were:
Brennan, Michigan; Chambers, Ohio;
Jefferies, Nebraska; Koontz, Illinois,
Larson, Minnesota; Nelson Wiscon-
sin; Thompson, Ohio; Wilkinson,
South Dakota, and Young, North
Dakota.
The governs were: Allen, Kan
sas; Hardness, Vermont; Lake, Con-
necticut; McMasters, South Dakota;
Preus, Minnesota, and San Souci,
Rhoda. There were also four former
governors: Goodich, Indiana; Hard
ing, Iowa; Lowden, Illinois, and
Milliken, Maine.
Among the business men were two
from New York; R. r. Dunn and W.
L. Saunders. Mr.. Dunn is q mn
ancier, formerl yof st. Paul. He
still has extensive interests in the
west, among them the Milwaukee
Muskegon car ferry line.
Mr.. Saunders is chairman of the
board of Ingersoll- Rand and mem
Der of a special committee of the
American Manufacturers associa-
ton. The first vote of the New
York Chamber of Commerce on the
waterways project was 374 against
and / for. Mr.. Saunders was the
one. He is making it his bust
ness to get q different record on
the next vote.
Mr.. Saunders is 81, but he doesn't
look nor act it. He was one of the
liveliest of the swimming party
who jumped from the enlbankment
into Is feet of water in the st. Law
renee canal. He had prepared fol-
this swim by bringing a new silk
bathing suit from New York. He
hung it in the window of his state
room of the Cape Eternity to dry
When he returned from dinner the
suit was gone. And, he explained
his stateroom was on the American
side.
Mr.. Saunders shared with George
S. Smith, Boston, the honor OF be-
ing among the best speakers Of the
party. They had something to
say and they knew how to say it
Neither suffered by omparison with
any professional speaker in the
party, lawyer or statesman. Mr.
Smiths address at the first meeting
at Lake Niagara was remembered
throughout the trip. Mr.. Smiths
who's who" is typical of those OF
the New England delegation:
"Vice president New England
Power Co; president Boston Cham
Der of Commerce 1911-12 and Boston
City Club 1920 chairman Ameri-
can executive cmmittee, fifth inter
national congress chambers of COM
merce 1872"
Two Ardent Boosters
Two of the most ardent waterways
men in the party were Joshua L
Brooks, chairman, and Henry l
Harrison, vice chairman of the Bos-
ton delegation. Mr.. Brooks, Spring
field, is president and treasurer o.
the Brooks Bank Note Co. and presi
dent and chairman of the executive
committee of the Eastern States
Agricultural and Industrial exposi
ton.
Mr.. Harrison, Boston, is president
of the New England Power Co. anG
vice chairman of the Massachusetts
commission on foreign and domestic
commerce, and a member Of the New
England commission On foreign anC
domestic commerce. Both had ar
important part in Manipulating" the
New England delegation.
Mr.. Brooks admits that the water