Show HARAHAN RS President of Illinois Central Will Ad Address Address dress the Deep Waterway Convention Chicago Oct 3 The he management of the Illinois Central railroad has decided to throw Its influence ence in favor of a deep waterway from the great lakes to the gulf SUlf This became apparent yesterday when J 3 T Harahan president of the road rond stated that he would go to the deep wa waterway waterway I convention to be held in Memphis I on Friday of this week and would there give an address strongly favoring the project In the past the general opinion among railway managements has been that wa waterways waterways waterways injure the railroads by keeping freight rates down The attitude of the Illinois Central management with respect to the present deep waterway project is that it will develop the south rapidly and In the development of cof the south In Increased Increased increased creased tonnage will be made for the Il 11 Illinois Illinois Central and the Yazoo 8 Mississippi MIssissippI sippi valley valle lines It is a mistaken idea that the Illinois Central would auld be Injured by a Ii navigable waterway from the great lakes to the gulf SUlf despite the fact that we par parallel parallel nile the Mississippi river for nearly miles said Mr Harahan The railroads have been utterly unable to handle handlo the tremendous traffic which has been offered them during the past few years In my Judgment they will be unable to handle all the traffic for many years to come so that no matter how howman many man waterways there may be the rail railroads railroads railroads roads will not be hurt by reason of ton tonnage tonnage tonnage nage taken from them In general It may be said without fear of successful contravention that whatever tends to de develop develop develop a country or a section of ot a coun country country try tn increases the value of ot a railroad project |