Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1908 — CAPE COD TO KEY WEST [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CAPE COD TO KEY WEST

Deep Waterway Scheme for an Inland Passage Along the Atlantic Coast. BOOSTERS MEET AT BALTIMORE ■ ■■■■■„ in ■ ■■■— Head of the Movement Is Represents* tive Moore, of Pennsylvania. Among Its Advantages Are Ureas Saving of Homan Idle; Also Property, and Vast Commercial Benefits. Baltimore, accredited delegates gathered here day to Attend ibs float WfP* ttoq of the Deeper Wateuway* convention. The convention fjfll last three days and is expecto* to IMF ductive of good rtfdtjto in die tions of Americas maritime interests.

Its primary object Is the advocacy of the movement to build an inland watterway connecting Boston with Ray West, practically the entire lengtat of the Atlantic seaboard of the United States. More than 200 associations are banded together to promote the movement. Predicts Success for the Cause. Tbe president of the Deeper Waterways association Is Representative J. Hampton Moore, of Philadelphia, who delivered the address welcoming tbe delegates and outlining tbe objects of the association. He predicted a successful e tteome of the association’s RjWoifc, declaring it to be one in which the entire American people are vitally interested WHAT THE ENTERPRISE MEANS Saving of Hundreds of Lives One Thing—Commercial Aspects. In speaking of (he association’s work Moore said: “If the opening of a waterway from the north aide of Cape Ood to Long Island sound means the saving of a single life employed in the shipping trade, why should we not strive for the completion of it? When we know as a matter of record tjbat hundreds of hupan Alves are loft upon tfce pfepls of Ospa Cod and that millions of dollars’worth of valuable BWperty is wrecked because there 4s no inside passage, why should we hesitate to put our engineers at work and: make a abort cut inland that will prortfe a safe harbor for shipping and a haven for the men who are engaged in -that important occupation? “If the deepening of an inland channel between the Delaware river and the Chesapeake bay will give to Amerl* ! can ships of war a safe inside passage and a* harbor for repairs or for stores in times of pence or lu times of wari and will save an outside sailing distance of hundreds of miles, with all Its perils, wiiv should a great nation tike this hesitate to provide such deeper channel ? > “If again—and I regard this as of greater concern to .the common people —the deepening of such a waterway between any such porta along the Atlatnk coast or from any point of production tfl any point of shipment will enable tbe farmers or the mnmifiicturet» to do more lwislness than they; titifcerto have done' or will provide j facilities that will attract trade and encourage the development of Atuerlaah shipping. why should we not provide suet, waterways and thus strengthen the hands of the breadwinners of our country ?”

J. HAMPTON MOORE.