The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-05-08

| all sand, the expense would be com
/ paratively slight.
From the eastern end of ChOctaw
| hatchee Bay, somewhere near Point
| Washington. to the western end OF
| the west arm of st. Andrews Bay a
| canal OF from 20 10 % miles in length
/ would have to be eXcavated. The soil
| through which this would be cut is
sand, and the country is low and
| level From the mouth of Wetapc
| Greek at the eastern end of the east
arm of st. Andrews Bay canal OF
| a dozen miles in length would open
connection with St. JOsephs Bay. al
a point we'll inside the mouth of that
! sheet OF water, and a cut from the
eastern shore of St. Joseph Bay to
st. Vincent Sound. the western arm
of the Apalachicola Bay of not eX-
ceeding five miles. through a level
country and sandy soil, would open
unobstrUcted communication with Apa-
| lachicola Bay. and Dog Island Sound.
Another Route.
There are two practical routes from
New Orleans, to lake B0rgne, one
way of the RiGOlets and the other by
. the Lake BOrgne canal which connects
/ the Mississippi river al a point about
: ten miles below New Orleans. with
Lake BOTgne With perhaps small
amount Of dredging at the mouth of
the Lake BOrSue cana!-eight feet OF
water exists through Lake Borgne-
Mississippi Sound, and Mobile Bay to
the mouth of the Bon SecOur river
Some dredging would be needed in
this river and Oyster Bay 10 point
nearest Portage Creek, about eight
miles of canal would be required 10
n
amount of dredging IN or at the molrth
of Portage Greek will reach eight
feet of water IN Wolf bay: thence by
Wolf Bay-Bay La Launch-and
Bayou St. John. feet of water ext.
to a point nearest the big lagoon. 10
unite these waters. canal Of about
one mile would be seded. and a small
amount of dredging at the head of
Bayou St John. Eight feet of water
exists in the Big Lagoon. except at its
mouth. Thence from the western side
Of Pensacola Bay. through Pensacola
Bay, Santa Rosa Sound. ard Choctaw-
hatchee Bay to Point Washington. or
the mouth of the ChOctawhatchee
river. sufficient water exists. From
/ Point Washington. ii would require
about a canal of 30 TO % miles as
stated by the late Senator Mallory to
connect with the west arm of st. An
drews Bay, but by following up the
ChOctRWhatchee river. to point near
st West Bay Creek. with some
dredging, in these TWO streams. not
more than four miles of canal would
be required to make the connection.
| Thence through St Andrews Bay and
! up the Wetapo river with some dredg-
| ing. a point nearest the head ters
| of Lake N1misO would be reached
n
these waters. Thence across Lake
Wimico, and down the Jackson river
| four miles in length. said 10 be the
| shortest naviga BILE river in the world,
to the Apalachic0la river about
six miles above Apalachrcola
The entire distance by the route
| named, not requiring over % miles
of canal and only few miles of
dredging. additional
But this is not the end-tffe inland
waterway may be continued across ST.
Georges Sound to Carrabelle thence
via the CaTrabelle. Crooked and Och
lOcl1onee rivers with little dredging
TO the Ochlockonee Bay. thence. by
canal via St. Marks. not to exceed 80
miles to the Suwanee river
And let lis hope. upon its final con-
struction. that the interests of the
north and south may forever be bound
as inse parably together as its waters
| that their friendship be as placid as
| It's sea-level surface; and because OF
II, that our country. now firmly launch
| ed as a, wOrld-pOwer. leap forward the
| superior of every nation; mightiest of
the mighty in commerce, progress,
| peace.
The following are the delegates ap.
| pointed to attend the convention and
| the bodies they REPRESENT
Delegates to Convention.
| Appointed by Governor E. F. Noel
! of Mississippi: Judge w T. Melon
| aid. Bay st. Louis. Miss: z. J. Gex
Bay st. Louis, Miss; Hon NJ. A
| Dees. Scranton. Miss: Hon. J. D
| Clarke. Nugent. Harrison county
| Miss: Hon. Horace Bloomfield, Gulf
port. Miss.
Appointed by New Orleans Progress
/ sive Union: William ]. Kelley. New
Orleans. La; Gen. E. R. Hicks. Osh
kOsh. Wis.
Appointed by G. G. Gardebled
mayor of Bay St. Louis. Miss: G. G
! Gardebled. Richard Mendes, Charles
Breath.
Appointed by Governor Newton c
| Blanchard. of Louisiana: II. l.. Guev
dan, Gueydan, La; H. G. Pharr. Pat
terson, La; w. G. Underwood. Farnk
lin. La; c. A Kaplan. Kaplan, La
Appointed by c. 5. Meriweather
mayor city of Pascagoula. Miss: NJ
w. Young. F. H. Lewis h. II. Ellis
! NJ. G. TreOre. NJ. NJ Watkins. DR.. !
! T. Evans. Capt. s. H Ruggie. C. b
Chapman. Peter Smith, Scranton
Miss.
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dent Cuthbert. Ga. Board of Trade:
J. w. Stanford. r. l.. Move r u
Gay. r. A. Jackson. Cuthbert. Ga
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Birmingham. Ala: f J. Bryan. Birm
,, ingham. John l.. Gaul Birmingham.
Appointed by GulfpOrt Board O
Trade: ]. D Hardy s Z Narlo1. V