Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-08-27
JAMES ISLAND LETTER.
travelling Facilities at Last-Notlce
10 savannah Boom for the Mills
Gardeners Needed-The River
Improvement.

RIO CARRABELLE, FLA. August 2O.-EditoT
Bornino Ne,cs: At last our steamboat is on
the route making regular trips to St. Marks,
where we connect with the railroad. This
opens a new route on the Gulf coast, and en-
ables tourists and pleasure-seekers, as well as
those in search of health, to visit James
Island. 1t also furnishes convenient ana ex-
peditious communication with Apslachicola.
A mail route was established between st
Marks and Apalachicola, via Rio Carrabelie'
two years ago, and the mail has been carried
until now by sail vessels. This was unpleasant
as we'll as unreliable, for passengers, as winds
and tides were not always favorable, but our
steamboat overcomes all this, and passengers
leaving st. Marks can now reach us within
seven hours. Our next move will be TO call the
attention of Savannah merchants to the grow
ing trade of this place and Apalachlcola-
We naturally wish to purchase supplies IN lne
through rates of freight at figures that will
compete with the route via cambridge, 10 Will
be far more expeditions to receive goods via
Tallahassee and this new route. We are satlS-
fed the Gulf coast viii gain many friends the
coming fall and winter; so will Middle Florida,
of which Rio Carrabelle will be the Gulf port,
and we know James Island is sure to become
popular resort. For hunting and nshlng no
other part of the State can surpass us.
Our mills are doing a thriving business.
They have capacity for cutting each seven
million feet per annum At the present they
are engaged in cutting ties for railroads In
Texas. as well as flooring and square timber
for Northern markets Quite business Is also
to Europe from our harbor. This Is
brought down from Flint river 70
Apalachicola in RATS, and then towed
down here distance of twenty-five miles, as
il is impossible for ships of over fourteen rect
draft TO 90 nearer Apalachicola. This gives
our harbor a great advantage, as we have
eighteen to twenty feet of water over our bar,
better known as East Pass bar, the entrance 10
Dog Island HarbOr-
We very much need a few good German
gardeners Our population will furnish home
market for vegetables and the business viii or
course be constantly increasing. Vegetables
and small fruits will find ready sale at remun-
erative prices We had straw berries here from
Christmas until July.
More mills will be in operation within twelve
months, and some good hotel men are sure to
locate here and reap rich reward from the
unsurpassed advantages we can offer For ten
years to come there will not be better point
in Florida to make money, for most any enter
prise that may be started, and make this as
sertion from a knowledge of the progress OF
other towns in the State.
The government surveyors have just finished
their work on our river. and estimate that
about $25, 600 spent in dredging will make yes
sells drawing sixteen feet to load at either of
probability be enabled to take railroad from
this place TO some point on the Georgia line In
the direction of Cincinnati. The ball is in mo-
ton. Just now we are in ecstacies over our
steamboat route, which answers our present
purpose, o. II. K.