The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-26
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
The Immigration Bureau-A New
Canal and New Railroad.

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Canal and a New Railroad.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. April a5.-In a
few hours canvass, w. W. Pemble of
Raleigh, n. c., organizing commissioner of
the Interstate immigration Bureau, sue
ceeded in organizing the first Florida branch
Of the bureau in Tallahassee. The charter
-,ennhars of the Tallahassee bureau are F.
7 Roberts. ". p. Slusser, Edward Lewis,
NJ Lively, D. w. Gwynn, J. T. Bernard,
Son & Co, John Bradford, 6. a. Lamb,
caorCe w. Saxon, and L. B. WombweH.
among the plans of the Interstate Immi-
Grafton Bureau is a grand southern EXPOSE
Fion in Boston, Mass, sometime in 1891
They also purpose running a solid train of
f-oosition cars, the product of each south
ern state having car to itself similar to
"Florida on Wheels which are TO be ex-
bibited in all the cities of the east and
wsss.
Articles of Incorporation OF the st. Johns
.nd sebastian Canal Company have been
6Jsd with the secretary of state. The com
,1anv has a capital stock of 100000, and
{Tilj emit canal in Brevard county about
+birtv-fve miles IN length. The directors
FOR the first year are: State Chemist Nor
man Robinson, S. A. Robinson, F. R. Web
Y1ar ard Joseph Ii. Lord, all of Orlando.
tain l2nds with a view to putting in an inn
rnense sugar farm, and TO improve the
transportation facilities Of that section.
The ST. SEBASTIAN RAILROAD
The ST. Sebastian Sugar Valley Railroad
Company has also filed articles of incor-
uoretion with the secretary of state. The
iucorporators and directors of this are the
same as constitute the st. Johns and Sebas-
tan Canal Company. and they purpose
building a short railway, about twenty
four miles in length, to operate in connec-
ton with the canal. The capital stock of
this country Is also 500, 900. 1t is said that
work will soon be begun on both the rail-
way and canal, and that they will help
materially in developing a fertile but
sparsely settled section of Brevard county.
FLoR1DA's so-cALLED VOLCANO.
So many far-fetched romances have been
written about the Florida volcano, the
smoke and light from which has been seen
for years in a southeasterly direction from
Tallahassee, in a dense swamp near the
Gulf, that people have long considered it
gigantic hoax, but recent discoveries prove
that there really is a genuine volcano there.
Phosphate prospectors have recently been
making explorations in the neighbour I'd of
where the volcano was supposed. to be
located, and, as there has been no rain in
that section in several months, they were
enabled 10 60 farther into the swamp than
any one has heretofore penetrated.
STRANGE FORMATIONS.
These prospectors report many queer for
nations of nature in that country, of which
almost as little is known as of the tangled
wilds of Central Africa. They brought
back several specimens of great scientific
value, among which are great Jumps of
scoria and volcanic glass, which State
Chemist Norman Robinson says are gen
uine, and prove beyond doubt that vol
cano does exist in Florida.
Among the discoveries of an intrinsic
value is large deposit of fine quality mica
and an almost inexhaustlble bed of animal
and hsh bones, which are said to be so soft
that they crumble to the touch, and when
rubbed between the palms leave them
greasy and sticky.
WALLS OF ROCK
They tell of great walls of pure flint rock,
around the base of which are bushels of
arrow-heads, supposed to have been manu-
featured on the spot by the Indians. In
some places are great rocks jutting out over
orevasses, and the entire face of these are
glazed with a coating of what is apparently
iron or some similar metal. 1t is also said
that there are trees in this valley fully 200
feet in hight. The whole country abounds
IN rich phosphate rock, natural cement, etc.
An effort is being made to organize scien-
tific exploring party to try and reach the
volcano itself and to take Photographic
views of the surrounding country.
WONDERFUL SPRING.
In prospecting for phosphates in Middle
Florida many wonderful works of nature are
being discovered. H. s. Elliot reports hav-
ing seen. in his explorations, a wonderful
spring, which he calls the "Red Spring."
The popularity of this spring is that the
waters are blood red and all nature for
several feet around is painted carmIne
hue, the grass, weeds and even the foliage
and bark of the forest trees, being bright
red in color. He also found clear crystal
spring-a beautiful mirror-like basin-400