Evening star., 1923-12-06
ASKS HUDSON RIVER
Be MADE DEEPER
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Speaker Points to Value
of Dredging Work.

Deepening of the Hudson river to
Troy. N. Y. and purchase by the gov
ernment of, the Cape Cod canal to
oeheht every seaport along the At
lantic coast and provide a. safe in
terror passage by widening the canal
were urged by speakers ut the sec
ond days session of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress at the
New Willard Hotel today Todays
Session was devoted to discussion of
= port, river and canal Improvement.
Dredging a stretch of thirty-six miles
OF the Hudson river, Roy S. Smith. ex-
ecutive manager Of the Albany Cham
Der of Commerce said. will construct
the connecting link in the most inn
oortant transcontinental trade route
in the nation and make possible tie
full utilization OF great national
waterway. The Hudson is a tidal
stream from New York city to Troy.
distance of ls6 miles. and IS the
only navigdble river In the world
(which is still at sea-level at the head
OF navigation.
mercial and Industrial center, Mr..
Smith said. New York state, he add
ed, would gladly pay for deepening
the river were it not for the federal
lHlpOStu, anu Il
tee is now at work securing data, 10
be presented to the chief of Army
engineers, which Mr.. Smith claimed
would prove the contention that the
Hudson must be deepened. Such
work, he concluded, means economy,
development. expansion and an all
American water route from the great
lakes to the ocean.
Asks Cape Cod Purchase.
Any private enterprise which risk s
its capital these days under pubic
supervision risks a good deal. Repre-
sentative Charles l.. Clifford OF Massa-
Chusetts said in an address declaring
for government purchase of the cape
Cod canal Mr.. Clifford said the canal
should be owned by the United States
not only as war measure, but as a
commercial asset which would great
ly reduce the casualties to ships go
ing around treacherous Cape Cod.
The canal should be widened, he said
TO the point where barges can pass,
.Aad great ocean-going vessels could
use the waterway between New York
and Boston. Representative Clifford
took the place on the program OF
Representative Samuel L. Winslow OF
Massachusetts.
Others who spoke today included
E. B. Lyman of New York, +. w. Don
nelly. mayor OF Trenton. \. J.; F. II.
w. Ross OF Newark. \. j.. and Wind
sor T. White Of New York.
Officers are to be elected and conf
nlittee reports presented at the con-
Guiding business session OF the con-
gress this afternoon. The congress
will end with e dinner tonight at the
New Willard Hotel, at which the
speakers include the Japanese am
bassador to the United States, Mrs
Maud Wood Park, Samuel Gompers,
Senator Duncan U. Fletcher and Maj
Gen. Lansing II. Beach. chief of en-
Sineers, United States Army.
Committee aDDOintmentS an
nounced yesterday by President Small
as follows: Resolutions-Roy Miller
OF Texas, J. \. Bennett OF Arkansas,
James j. Hogan of California. Hugh
\. Thompson Of Connecticut. Gen.
w. II. Bixby of the District OF Co
lumbia, +. II. Richardson of Florida.
w. II. Williamson of Georgia. l. j.
of Louisiana, Henry F. Merrln OF
Maine. Edward ]. Nulty of Missis-
sippi, Z. NJ. Clendenning of Missouri,
II. w. Hill of New York, Z. B.
Thomas OF Ohio and Col. J. C. Root
OF Nebraska.
NNominatiGnsE pE.nE F. Blodgett e
Tuliy Of PsnpsylNanRia RoJnsy J. NJ P9we! of
Il: Law5snce OF virsigiai j; W
kortR carolina ar sanfssSS ": BacPus E nss Of Del
aware. Frank P; Leetch Of the pis-
Of iuinois' uHa Frank Afa1l csfiahan Of mif1 I'm
diana, Harvey White OF Kentucky and
W; 6. Wiley of Iowa;
ernoon by 4; II; Roper Of Norfolk.
Va; G; s. z; Holland OF Houston.
representative y. L Strong. of Kit
tanings Pa: G. E Sherman OF Colum-
& g. atP RepresenStasive SEM Gi'h E. s. Fredepicks phs
OF Los Angeles; &. a: Mcguire, mayor
9p,, Of ISroRtG2i G Can Col. s. Isham Ia Fan
Pruce of Milwaukee. Wis.