Appoiotment of Gen. Goethals A despatch was received on Thursday by the local American Consul from the State Department at Washington advising him of the nomination of General George W. Goethals to act as American Representative on the International Commission of Engineers of the Huangpu Conservancy Board, which is to-meet on October 15, 1921, in Shanghai, for the purpose of making investigations relative to the future development of the port of Shanghai. Windings of the Conservancy Board will be submitted and plans and_ schemes for the development of the port will be discussed and recommended. General Goethals is Consulting Engineer and an_expert on Rivers and Harbours. He is best known as Chief Engineer for the Panama Canal construction. He was also Chief of Engineers during the Spanish-American War and a member of the Board of Fortifications for coast and harbour defence.
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