, 1879-07-29

whether the Syndicate will hc willing TO oeRn
oporattone under ti9 general charter !. .,.,,bo
built eventually. which cot'tIbsetIty. 1t VII 70
sccn, depends now Upon either the very itnprob-
nulc c|ancr Of constitutional! amendment or |
sle reIlnqt,snnetna " @ s's ." s,nnts" "a m nv tnr
81. Jol,n'k River TO Black Creek, mp black creek
twenty miles, ,hencn across the country bcloW
Jacksonville 10 the huwauce. River, which Mil
DO entered forty infles from It's mouth. The
nnvgab1e porllon ot this route Is !alseadv ao
deep TINT shin wnsld carry twenty-four frct q
watcr al! tic way from ih ocenn 70 t,la ,s H,lIs
except ns tho mouth nf the ~. Johns Al7ef,
Tue lar o. whl:h wonld lnsc 70 BE- cut 20 as , to
deepen the channel there. The ct,nnnci On tn!a
" improved by nrtiflsiul duvices 10 allow tic
largcat Ecssol to sail IT,
INTERVIEW WITH oKN. G1L1.NoRE.
,tno lark H,ratd, Jais2'.
A Herald reporter called upon 13vt. Ma. .-Gcn.
@. A. Gilmore, United States Army, at Its rc'I-
tcice 10 lsc1nsen street, Druoklyn, last evening,
yicws Ia reGnrl TO thu proposed Florida Cannl:
1'tc writer haylng made known ths object ot
Ills visit. Gen. Gilmore at onto expressed Ills
willingness to itnpast any informa,lor sl!ae hc
etal propriety, to tla Iitra'd, und spoke ms fol-
"To commence, 1 can stato that in Dccesn-
bcr, 1876, nude report to ihc War depart
transportation from the mouth ot St. Mays
Kyer, between tho States OF Georgia and Florl-
tla, ncross tie Florida Fcnins 4la 10 tnt'le con-
ycn!ont point Upon tho duif uI Mexico. The route
was tor d barge line .atid not q. asIip canal.
and its summit Rnd nutaceht leVela were to w
fed frutn ihs Okelcnoktc awainp. T. wae, how
ever, sneraiy preliminary examination Of ihe
nluttcr, intGndcd to enbrace thu nature uitl
character OF tho Improvement, the extent and
kind Of commerce aud navigation tntereeted
therein, and M estimate ol the cost OF survey
for tic contemplated Improvement. THUS was
t.-fs frnr, tF1f
the Mississippi River was projected, "ni ti'e
purpose sought to DC attatned by tllc proposcn
water.incwns q clNap, means Of sGndng 70
forefgu' parts tho prctucts OF Tue Mississippi
tlle reason that vussola capable OF carrying ocean
freights economically could not 70. TO scn over
the, ,bar at the mouth OF the Altsst:sipnl Atycr:
Il was intended BY means OF NC 1afge.''ae lnas
miles nbove cairo, would not break
freight until they reached somo ~.
| Iontic mort, MID 1t was presumed that this
port would be either Fcrnandlna, Fla. or Dsuns-
Wick, Tia. 1t waa found frum partial survcss
+ and cxantuaions, nude many years aao, Us lar
paek indeed, rs 1920, That the pro1a1o source
Of tho ~atcr supply--Okcfenokcc swntnp-soy-
cred an arca Of nearly. LOCO square miles. Not
mucl, was knuwn Of this swamp further tl,an
thai nbot oncanastcr 70 one-thsEt1 ot 1t consist
Cd Of pra!ries lisgoeSs md isana1s' ths !. tn y,
:" Was IT supposed tl,at this swamp would fur
nIsh sufficient water rsupply for tile cenalT
"Thc former REPORTS, based on partial cxaml.
natIo,,k, seemed to assume that u'r supply OF
water for barge line, for bar2cs drawing iivc
or six feet Of water, would ou ar'Elr. lts gu.
I,acity for focttfng ship canal had never been
iuycs, 9atrl or tIiscntse.l.''
"Wllat would l,avo been the approximatts; t;
length of LUG for harGcs acsuss the peninsula
aThc lcnglll woul1 have bccn about I'll
miles, from the mouth Of St. Mnry's tltyer, on
the Atlantic side. to tie harhor Of st. Mara's,
on the Gulf side. Ono hundred nnN eleven
rntles OF this diatauce would have been riFct
unvjgs,ipn, Irnp.oyetl or otherwise, ns might be
. found neccs.nsr. The rest ni the distance,
| p1nounllnr tu lie miles, would llnvo been b
cal,nl. OF which fprty.tiyo miles wou1t have been
On I'll. summit and adjacent levels betwccn the
St, hfary's aIui the Suwanae Rivera, utMl sew
cnty.jiyo miles Of tho canal between inc S,,wa.
pce aud st, Marks. Frum ST. Marks we4t u
thn Mississippi River II ,Yas contemplated II
! utilize ,hc pnys sounds, aud bayous between
tic isIunts which form ihc Gulf cuast and ttk
mnialnnd, cutering the Mississippi probabl.