Show FOR FOP A DEEP HARBOR the convention Convent ton to be held in denver on the in yesterdays NEWS were the names ot those appointed by governor west as delegates to the interstate deep harbor convention to be held in denver august 28 that the objects of the convention may be fully understood 11 we give the following from the circular accompanying the call of governor adams of et colorado A great business convention of delegates from the states and territories west of the Mis sippi river has been called by the governor of colorado to meet at denver august your attention to is respectfully invited to the call published herewith also to the following the purpose of the convention is to interest all that country west of the mississippi in the establishment of a deepwater deep water port ot or ports on the texas coast that shall give the commerce of this great territory an outlet to the markets of the world by the shortest most direct and cheapest route it it will be the most important commercial convention ever held in the great west and of vital interest to every farmer miner property ap owner and business pan man of two thirds of the territory of the united states cheap transportation from and to all eastern markets as well as direct communication with the markets ot of europe and central and south america is demanded by our growing population and increasing products of the farm shop and mine the only difficulty at present is the f fact ct that while the sea the great economic pathway of commerce that the west wants to reath reach is so near yet deep draught vessels cannot get close enough in shore to take away tho the products that the country wants to ship the object then of this interstate deep harbor convention is to interest and unite the people of the west in the effort to secure a deepwater deep water port that shall admit our imports and take away our products at the lowest possible cost coat with a deep harbor on the texas coast fully thirty per cent freightage will be saved amounting to millions of dollars annually on the P products of the soil the output of mines and our oar incoming merchandise the subject of storage reservoirs for reclaiming by bt irrigation millions of acres of public lands ands now valueless and other commercial topics will be presented tor for your deliberation you are cordially invited and earnestly requested TO send a full delegation from your organization city county or senatorial district to this convention As the time is short urge immediate action and we respectfully request that you send to F L dana secretary 1630 lawrence street denver colo the names of those selected selected to represent you reduced rates will be made by the railroads for all those wishing to attend the convention the basis of df representation as set forth in the call is as follows I 1 two delegates from each senatorial district to be appointed by the gov arnor of the state or territory one delegate from each county to be appointed by the board of county commissioners ners or by the chairman of said board five delegates from each chamber af commerce board of trade or commercial body in the various cities one delegate from each town having a population of or less to be appointed by the mayor or president of the trustees of said town f in a each city or town having over inhabitants one additional delegate for each or fraction thereof five delegates from each editorial association in the states stales and territories interested te in all cases where delegates are appointed an equal number of atter alternates ter nates shall be appointed by the same authority those delegates to 10 be appointed appoint by the governor are the only ones yet named in uta the vice presidents of the convention are the governors of the following states and territories arkansas missouri iowa minnesota nebraska kansas california texas oregon nevada colorado dakota new mexico wyoming montana washington idaho utah indian territory and arizona |