Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-02
MONEY GIANTS ATWAR
The Immense Project in Which q. NJ.
Flagler Is Now Engaged.
TRANSPORTATION IN FLORIDA
To Undergo Complete Transformation
Under His Plans.
A HUGE THING FOR FUTURE TRADE
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JACKSONVILLE, FLA, July There Il
renewed agitation in transportation circle
here, owing to the reports that H. NJ. Flag
ler is going to push his east coast railway
lines still further down the coast and fal
below the Indian river country. From
Titusville, the center of his operations al
present. comes the following outlines Of hi:
plans in a statement which it is claimed can
be authenticated:
Every intelligent person in this part OF
the State is just now watching the action Of
the ''Florida Wizard" H. NJ. Flagler. Bis
work on Indian river is taking form, and
the stupendous scale on which it seems to
be projected is almost paralyzing to the
locker on. Briefly outlined, it is this: The
work of extending the St. Augustine Rail-
road to New Smyrna is rapidly progressing
Mr.. Flagler's orders to his $50 workmen are
that trains must be running between these
two points by August 1. In actual fact, the
road will be all completed by the first of
next week
The Real Project OF Mr.. Flagler.
There is nothing startling in this Neither
is there anything prodigious in the idea ad-
vanced by many little supervise individuals
in this vicinity, whose projectors see only a
future shortening of the distance to Tampa
bv road from New Smyrna tapping the
Plant syGtem at some southwestern point
Mr.. Flagler has no intention of tapping or
feeding the Plant system. His real project
is to follow the eastern coast to deep water.
M q of
other agents are busy to-day making con-
tracts for ties, timber and other materials
and large gangs of workmen. Small armies,
they seem like, were at Ttusville, working
from that point both ways Farther down
the coast, surveys and other work is pushing
forward, looking to the building of an i'm
mense iron pier which shall carry trains
safely to the outer waters of Biscoyne Bay,
where they can meet vessels of the largest
tonnage and Of the greatest draft.
A Great Gain for Uncle sam.
What does this mean? It means the most
direct route between the Atlantic seaboard
cities and the West Indies and South Amer
ica.p 1t puts New York, Philadelphia, Bal
timore and Boston 180 miles nearer Havana
than they now are via Tampa. 1t means
the bringing of the South American trade to
the very doorsteps of the Eastern markets.
1t means the capturing from the Plant svs-
TEN of the fast mail and its attendant trade
and travel 1t means more. 1t means that
the deep-water port of Florida is to be at
Miami and Biscoyne Bay.
D. G. Amber, prominent banker of
this city, says with reference to this pro-
ject: "Biscoyne Bay would make superb
naval station for the United States, and the
would probably establish one
there should this railway and steamship
scheme materialize. It's beautiful spot
plenty of deep water and finely protected
BY nature. No foreign navy could get
through the Straits Of Florida with
United States naval station at Biscoyne
Bay"
1t is said here to-day that the Clydes and
another steamship firm are in this deal with
Mr. FlagIer and that the combination is