The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-20
CARRAHELLE. Fla, \Dy II,

CARRAHEI1E. Fla Nov II, l>S;
kdtf9> FI,ri,}ttD | wrote you some two
wears ago about boiling spring that exists ih-3
side the reef in the vicinity OF our Town Dn:-,
ng the past week we have had ii measured :e.l,
find it to be twenty five feet deep and SiXtyhreri
feet in circumference The volumt- of wauyt
comes up with such force il necessary t" AMI
Choir The boat to- hold il while the sounding ws.s
made The water is perfectly cleai and The i.ot
tom visible BY sinking Jug and then ren0y-
inc the cork with string we were enabled Il
get the pure spling water and found ii to lie ~
the strongest saline nature. BY boiling VT nt'.
tanned fine article of salt 1t is probably the;
largest salt spring in the Stale. A cofier-da!.j
ran readily he built around il, rs the Gulf watet
il hut five feet deep, and by means ot pipes ill.,
own force will take il to the shore where by 50
lar evaporation unlimited quantities oi salt c',H'
be produced. 81
The FISHING season is now at lis beat and som
remarkable hauls have been made. AT one If;
our fisheries over six hundred barrels have ,eeE,
taken during the past week Most of those cure,;
are mllllct ana the interior kinds wel AS the
ofal are converted into .suano, and This new
product is sand 10 pa, the running expenses q
the fisheries
II III" salt spring Is utilized it will ain ai.-
either industry 10 Our enterprise hc,r and be ~
advantage To ON fisheries.
Another mill site has been s'akrd on and his
grounds selected inr new hotc This. wita
The cottages to be erected in connection with IL
will Accommodate four hundred and fif,r guests
Our tri-weekly mail from Tallahassee over:
land has worked up our neighbors at ApaachiE
cola and the Post office Department is To givE
us tri-weckly steamboat communication wit.
that town. We shall thus be enabled to connect,
with the Apalachicola river steamers. This wiz,
give us Il route to Chattahnochcc where we cay
connect with tie railroad. The wan; Of steam
communication has been our great drawback
This will give us pleasant and cXpediiout
route both for passengers and freight and ouI
exports OF fish and guaro have already COM
mcnced.
We also have good reason 10 expect our mail
to come from Tallahassee in two horse hack
after the first of january, when understand the
Steamboat service IL To commence in connection
with it,
If dry weather and bright sunshine are bless
HgS we nave ncen more IMAM oleSSeu tnlS season;
we have not had more than two rainy days since
the middle of last May-ra;her too much OF
good thing. have taken advantage of the dry
weather in draining, and now have over FIVE
miles OF bitches think every place on oug
town site, where water formerly stood, is now
thoroughly drained, and have every reason to
believe this adds to the healthlulness OF our
town. know it has given us n great many
acres Of good land for cultivation !.
Our atmosphere seems to he full of projects,
with Carrabellc as the base of operations;
nearly every mail brings us letters from the
North and Northwest, and if quarter part of
the plans are carried out we shall have live
town here. This season will, at any rate, be y
prosperous one for Middle Florda-the best it.
has ever seen .. II. KELLEY