The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-12-15
TALLAHASSEE'S
FINE SEAPORT.


stration for deep water that VIII long
be remembered in the charming little
city by the sea which is and is to be
Tallahassee's seaport.
Notice having been given that the
special congressional board of engineers
would visit the port to investigate con-
ditions and acquire information concern
ing it's advantages and requirements,
the officials of the Georgia, Florida and
Alabama railway arranged for an excur-
sion from the cities and towns along the
line and in the region tributary thereto,
and the result was successful almost
beyond expectation. The engineers and
officials of the road and a considerable
number of the large party of excur-
sionists went down Sunday afternoon
and Sunday night, spending the night
at Lanark; and the remainder, mostly
from Tallahassee, went on the local
train Monday morning.
The excursion party, numbering about
$50 persons, including quite number
of ladies', besides the engineers and
officials, was composed of delegations
from Cuthbert, Colquitt, Lumpkin,
Richland, Edison, Columbus, Stedman,
Carnegie, Albany and cambridge, Geor-
gia; and from Quincy, Havana, Hinson
and Tallahassee, Florida. The Talla-
hassee contingent consisted Of DR.. W. l..
Moor, ex-mayor and president of the
Southern Telephone and Construction
Co.; Hon. Jno w. Henderson, mayor;
Mr.. C.. B. Gwynn, of the State Land
Department; Mr.. G. r. Miller, manager
of the Tallahassee Gas Co.; Mr.. L. M.
Lively, manager of the Middle Florida
of the Tallahassee Cotton Oil Co, a
member Of the city council; Mr.. Jos.
Duval, of Duval Bros, a prominent
merchant; Mr. Arthur c. Spiller, of
the Gilmore & Davis Co.; Mr.. Rugeley,
of the Tallahassee Iron Works; Mr.. K.
c. Snipes, travelling passenger agent Of
the G. F. & A. Ry., and a representa-
tive of The True Democrat.
The board of engineers comprised
Major j. B. Cavanaugh, engineer in
charge of the district with headquarters
at Montgomery, Ala, and Messrs. c.
M. Townsend, w. c. Langftt, c. w.
Kurtz and A. H. Weber (of Washing
ton, D. c., all officers of high repute
in the engineering corps Of the war de-
partment. The railroad officials present
were Mr.. w. M. Legg, general man
ager; Mr.. r. A. McTyre, general agent,
and Mr.. ]. H. McWilliams, general
freight and passenger agent:
In the early hours Of Monday most Of
the excursionists accompanied the en-
Rineers on a tour Of inspection about
the harbOr through East Pass on board
the steamer Crescent City, and on their
arrival at the wharf the entire company
returned to Lanark Inn for dinner. I'M
mediately after dinner the crowd gath
cred in the ball room of The Inn and
held one of the most interesting of
meetings, presided over by Major Cav
anaugh, who briefly stated its purpose,
and introd iced President Moore, of the
Carrabelle Board of Trade, who pre-
Sented a memorial crowded with facts,
figures and arguments setting forth the
advantages and especial needs Of the
port.
Judge Jno. E. Donaldson, of Donaldson 4
Donaldson, cambridge, general counsel
Of the road, who presented . remaYka'
BILE paper exhaustively and interesting
" setting forth the relations Of the
road and the port to the commerce OF
the vast and rich region through which
Il extends and with which 1t directly
connects. DIR. w. L. Moor briefly anC
pointsdly gave assurance Of Tallahas-
sees interest in the upbuilding of Car
rabelle a. its nearest seaport, and wal
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Quincy, to the same effect. Most Of
the other delegations in turn responder
TO the invitation of the chairman will
similar assurances Of support and some
presented statistics and arguments sim
liar to those from the speakers frs
mentioned.
At the conclusion of the session mos
Of the visitors departed for their homes
on a special train, which made the ruI
from Lanark to Tallahassee in abou
one and a quarter hours, while others
accompanied the engineers and railroad
officials to Apalachicola, where a SINH
lar meeting was held on Tuesday will
respect TO the improvement Of Yves
Pass and the harbor of ApRlachicola
Delegations from Columbus and othe
points on the river were expected TO at
tend the meeting in that city.
The information thus collected viii
be taken under advisement by tn,
board of engineers, and their conclu
sions reported to Congress through tn,
Chief of Engineers, for the use of tn
Rivers and HarbOrs Committee in tn
preparation of the appropriation bil
which that body is expected TO presen
70 the current session.