Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-09-29

| Fornandlna Mirror: Mr.. Seavern and Mr..
Boardman. OF the firm Of Seayern & Co., Of
/ Boston, according to previous appointment
arrived In this city last week, and with F. Il
| Papy, General Freight AgerH of the Florida
| Railway and Navigation Company. completed
/ the establishment of the line. The first steam
7 er viii arrive in this city about Oct 10 or X
| aeAt, ana thereafter one of the steamers of
| the company will arrive and depart evarv
week. In addition to the Boston line Nessrs
SeaNern " 20. Will run the steamship Tesse
freeman 10 Baltimore. The latter boat will
carry lrelght exclusively. while the Boston
llle VIII carry both passengers and FREIGHT
he Boston ships viii arrive here FRIDAYS and
depart Mondays. anu
Rockledge Sun: One OF our most promi-
neht business men, B. c. Willard. on Teceiy-
ing his monthly statement from tho bsnLin,,
irn of Amber. Marvin 4 Stockton. Jactson-
NslIS, discovered charge of 5000 which he
cOuId not account for, and Immediately wrote
.A oslSA LoE auVlce, thinking that there had been
soine mistake with the bank, but owing TO
our SLOW mails, has as yet heard nothing from
them. BY the last mail, however ne received
letter from the Lyman Bank at Sanford.
winch has opened his eyes, and it is an easv
mater 10 account for the deficiency in the
Jaeksonyllle bank. The following is the let
yer Ter The Lyman Bank, Sanford, Fla. Sept.
III IL, Ssh; &. Willard & BrO.-Dear Sirs:
ne received the following dispatch to day: 4
heeu S5VO at once. Please telegraph it. Mail
you my check for amount. B. c. Will
iafd; We have telegraphed the following
10 the First National Bank Chicago: son
proper Identification paw b. C. Willard s200
We remit craft" 1--WE charpe vonr acco,'y1; eITI
$500 and the cost Of the dispatch. Yours re-
speetiully, Fay 5. Phelps, Cashier" 1t seems
lhat the party IN Chicago doing the drawing
and claiming to be b. c. Willard first sent q
Ilspalch 10 the Jacksonville bank for 800 and
Hhdlng his scheme to work so well repeated
tnt oruer Tor 500 more, as the deficiency in
the statement was in two sums, and then con-
cluded TO try the Lyman Bank for $500 at
once Mr.. Willard has never been to Chicago
ana does not do business IN that city As soon
as communication can be received from Hack
sonYllle further particulars will be gathered
Mr- " lizard does not know who TO suspicion
"ut the party, whoever il may be- evidently
was acquainted with this section and with
the firms with which Mr.. Willard does busi-
ness.
Florida Herald: From a report of Can't. r.
T. Rose, In charge Of the DissIOn dredges at
work IN the Aissimmee and its tributaries, we
make the following extracts: Dredge No 9
since Oct y. 1888, has been engaged IN cutting
a canal between lakes TOhOpekaliga and East
OhOpekaliga-thrOugh Cross Prairie. She
has cut. up TO Sept I, 1884, 16,7S5 lineal feet of
canal 30 feet wide and feet deep from water
level. Much of this canal has been cut with
Eject banks. making the actual excavation
feet deep. This canal is now complete. and
as soon as the jettieS at the upper end are fin
lshed. Will be Opened-abOut Oct. l. In cut
ting this canal an elevation of l3 feet between
the two lakes, had to be overcome. necessitat-
ing the building of five dams at various points
on the line OF canal TO raise the boat up To her
work. This canal viii ODen the navigation in
Lake East TohOpekaliga, and afford an outlet
10 an important aud large territory, especially
the English colony at WhartOnvIlle. The
country drained by the canal Is about 2l5
square miles in area which, previous to the
cutting of the canal, had no known outlet:
much OF lt Is the finest alluvlal sugar land.
Dredge No. 4, during September, October
November and December of 1883, was occupied
strait htening and removing Instructions from
fhe kissimmee river between lakes Kissim-
NEE, Hatchenaha, Cypress and TOhOpRkalig4.
having removed q large number of logs and
made many cut Offs. Since Overhauling this
ure0ge has cut 4, Ia lneal feet of canal at
various points on the kissimmee, averaging 80
feet wide and feet deep. She is now Operat-
ing on the short bends, or OK bows, near Glib
sons Landing, and PerslmmOn Ridge.
Many of her cuts not exceeding = o
feet in length shorten the course Of the
river from one half to a mile. Dredge No. s.
This dredge, new design of the suction
dredge-the only one of its kind in use-was
completed Aug. ], at cost of some 100000.
She is one Of the largest and most powerful
dredges in America, being capable of cutting a
canal 20 feet deep and 81 feet wide. She Is
provided with 40 hOrse-pOw boilers and
engines. and Is now occupied cutting a canal
10 feet deep and 30 feet wide between TOhO-
pekallga and Cypress. HerlOg shows. for two
days work in August. that she cut $50 lineal
feet Of canal loX5O. DistOn Sugar Farm.-On
Jan. !, received instructions to clear and
plant field Of sugar cane on some of the re-
claimed lands. Operations were begun then,
and between Feb. l6 and 20 the cane was
planted. Later crop of corn, rice, potatoes,
peas. etc, were planted. The crops are eX-
cellent and can be surpassed by none. The
cane is now from u to IA feet high, and
all other crops in profusiOn. The company
have directed the clearing and planting of 200
acres this fail. The farm is situated on re-
claimed lands, over which there were from two
70 three feet water when our operations be-
gun. Notwithstanding the abnormal "rany
se1sOn,n this lake is still feet inches below
where it was when we begun operations, and
is falling.