Smyrna times., 1927-05-18
Many FROM ALL PARTS STATE
N Witness CANAL DEDICATION
,rvEI SHIP CANAL is RE-
OPENED AT PRESIDENT looCH
,..isps At Reedy Point Bridge, the
bea nalaware Entrance, Attended By
prominent Men-TOur Canal

no,pite the rain, a number from
,,no Ds Townsend, Middletown vicin-
wy y, motored to the D. & c. Canal
! s.h,rdav ~ morning to witness the for
u dedeation and re-opening of this
.aIarJ ~ waterway. President Coolidge
.be temporary White House, press
hutton at 11.30 STANDARD time).
:, rortical lift bridge at Reedy Point
!. !, raised, a large American flag un-
Jod and hundreds of copies of the
ssdent's brief dedicatory message
.tsred On the fleet of so vessels that
s.ad thru the new entrance to the
Instructed canal Upward of 81
MN and women attended the ex-
.i,o. on Reedy Point in the after
IN IN 4 verbal pageant, recalled
/ sneakers, came an array Of men,
rGreers. far-visioned citizens and
rsrbants, thousands Of perspiring
III Who dug the canal 100 years ago
n nick and shovel. The tribula-
IN, Of the first surveying commits
.,n, which started work as early as
I-S 70 plan for a canal connecting
4. delaware and Maryland waters,
rsrs recalled and then, a panorama
Il, risualized Of the huge develop
ms,+ IF this waterway, reconstructed
II tbe Federal government at cost
,iaOOOO,OOO, from lock canal to
I. Ipvel project, with a channel Of
q FEET ana a depth Of 12 feet at low
tb While the canal as a sea level
waterway Has already been used for
mmber Of weeks for commercial
mross. the dedication Saturday
m5pj the official recognition Of the
uni.ion Of the work undertaken il
\ M
Emdses Held at Reedy Point Bridge
Al Reedy Point bridge, four land
ng barges were moored at 100 foot
intervals. The speaking exercises
we're to have been held at $50, but
owing to the rain the exercises were
rsnsferred to the deck Of the City
" Chester. The program opened with
he playing Of America" by the First
Engineers Band, Fort dupont. Rev.
Dr.. H. A. F. Hoyt, chaplin Of the At
lzntic Deeper Waterways Association
pronounced the invocation. J. Hamp-
ton Moore, presiding officer delivered
a brief talk on the canal. The throng
Tas then welcomed BY Governor Rob
gt P. Robinson. Major-General Har-
" Taylor, retired, former chief Of en-
gleers, spoke On "The United States
Army, Corps Of Engineers" This talk
EaS followed with one by Rear al
Hiral T. Pickett Magruder, command
ant Of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Hs topic was "The Navy and Inland
Eaterways." Congressman J.Charles
Lhhcum Of Maryland was the next
4saker, biz subject, Waterways Leg
sation." ". S. Senator Bayard also
made an address. Colonel Earl i.
Brown, engineer in charge Of the Will
rngOn District, explained the con
tuction Of the canal. Visiting SEN
Eofs, governors, congressman, and
aayors Of cities and other distin-
pushed guests concluded the exercis- !
"a
hssident CoOlidge's Message in Flag
As President Coolidge, in the tenn
mary White House at Washington,
lAssed button that raised Reedy |
'alt Bridge at the Delaware river
afsnce to the Chesapeake and Del !
ware Canal, thereby formally open |
I! The canal, large American flag |
1lrled and cards containing the fol !
wing message from the White !
a'ase futtered down upon the canal
1d the feet of ships that passed |
-loagh: Washington, D. c., May IA,
@'-At 1l.30 o'clock, standard time,
| morning, President Coolidge /
E'sSed the button that formally op-
~ to public use the new Federal
ssapeake and Delaware sea-level
''efway. The canal is a 13-mile /
~eIcn of the Atlantic coastal project
'Fhdlng 1,500 miles inside"