The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1906-06-15


by the streams and sIOughs draining
into the Atlantic; that the surface OF
the Everglades being lower than the
waters oG Okeeehobee, are naturally
Inundated by the latter; that none o.
those streams leading out OF Lake
Okeechobee into the Everglades hav,
a length OF more than 2N miles excepi
the one that runs into Pelican Lake
and they soon lose their channel anC
their waters become gradually dissi
pated over the surface OF the glades
That he has been all over that ter
TitOry, inspecting the lands. making
surveys. finding levels and gathering
data without any special reason for l.
except TO know everything so that h
could be referred to X wanted, -
that the elevation OF the lands would
be known, the character Of the lands
number OF roads, quantity OF timber
and q general description OF every.
thing that would help to make up an
intelligent whole.
That for twelve years he gave close,
unremittinG study to the drainage
problem and all the data that he could
gather towards an intelligent solution
was ObtalAed; that they were en-
de0voring to obtain q fund OF knowl.
edge by which something could be
worked out OF It; that his instructions
we're TO find out the quality Of the
muck, the quantity OF the muck, the
quality of the pine woods bordering
ION the muck, the general contour Of
the marsh, the general contour Of the
cypress, the quantity Of timber, and
whether there was cross-tie timber, or
any other use that could be made Of
the timber, and what It would be good
for; what the land would be good for
and what II ought TO bring en- the
market, giving a money price; that
levels we're taken on the marsh and
on the pine woods, the streams were
measured that run into the glades, as
we'll as the streams that run out Of
the glades, as we'll as the streams that
run out OF the lake; that soundlngs
were taken to show the depth OF the
muck, to show the depth Of sand and
the rock on canal routes; where II
was possible, samples of rock were
gotten, and the place noted on the
map where the samples came from
and those samples were sent North to
be analysed and tested as to hardness
method II was best to use In eXca
waiting, IL that was necessary, or
whether they had any value as a fer
tilizer.
That he examined and mapped the
Atlantic Coast from Township 80
South to Township so South, both In
elusive, and between the Everglades
and the Atlantic, entering the Ever
glades on the East side, and the glades
were examined along that entire dis
lance from three to ten miles; this
was done to establish the character
Of the muck lands, a. we'll as the
depth Of muck and the underlying |
strata. The object OF that informa-
ton, of course, was 20 facilitate plans
of drainage and navigation.
That he also covered with the same
field work the entire Kissimmee basin |
from Lake Hart, In Township "a
South, to Lake Okeechobee, Township
Is. Lake OkeechObee was meandered
from Fisheating Greek on the West
side along the West, South and East
shores to the borders OF CLANCY Bay
on the Northeast corner, a distance
OF about 80 miles, and all this data
was carefully planned and explained
on maps which are yet in existence,
and detailed maps were made OF the
West and Southwest side OF Okeecho
bee and the Southeast side OF same.
From the data that was procured,
the Company deemed II advisable 10
confine their researches on the West
side to the lands North Of Township
80, and on the East side TO the lands
North OF Township 81, as that seems
20 be the Southern limit Of the deep
saw grass, and also the elevation
above seA.level was 30 small South OF
these points It was deemed too dim.
cult to do anything with these lands.
sven should they he found desirable
In quantity and quality. From the
numerous soundings that have been
made In the territory examined, II
seems that the table rock on which
the glades rest Is practically level and