The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-10-18

size five acres, the French peasants
have paid the German debt, made the
Russian loans and have immense
reserves in bank. Largely the re-
duced cost of transportation, by the
use of waterways, enabled them to
raise these great sums. Think of the
enormous saving of over $1,000.000,
600 to this country, had freight been
transported by the waterways. dur.
ing one year-1905-only.
Project Long Considered.
"An inland waterway along the gull
coast and across the peninsula OF
Florida has long been considered.
in accordance with the acts OF
March 3, 1926, and August 30, 1862,
surveys for canal route across Flor.
ida were made.
"In September, 1873, reports on
part of the route were made by Capt
C. w. Howell and A. N. Damrell
corps of engineers. These reports
were made upon request from the
Savannah, GA. =
"in the river and harbor act, OF
March 3, 1875, the sum of $4,000 was
appropriated for the examination and
surveys directed to be made during
the fiscal year at forty-six localities.
designated in the act"
In the report of April, 1874, two
routes are pointed out for moving
the grain trade of the Mississippi
from New Orleans to the Atlantic.
one coast line through Lake Pom.
chartain, or Lake Borgne, and thence
by means of short canals, and land
locked bodies of water to the Florida
coast and by canal to the Atlantic.
the other an exterior line from the
mouth of the Mississippi to the
mouth of the Suwannee or Tampa
Bay.
The inland route from the Missis.
sippi via the Lake Borgne canal to
the Apalachicola harbor has been
pronounced feasible and cheap.
twenty-five miles of canals will be
required to connect existing interior
waterways at a cost of about $4,000,
600. The entire distance between
300 and 400 miles.
by the act of congress, March 3
1926. two routes were examined
across the peninsula of Florida, one
from st. Marys river to Apalachicola
river or bay. the other from the st
Johns river to the mouth of the Su.
wannee.
in length, and has an ascent of about
$50 feet. The st. Johns route is 16S
miles long, with total ascent of H.
feet.
Cost s5o,27s,746.
Senator Duncan u Fletcher says
in June. 1878, the first surveys OF
this work were made, and it was es-
timated that the cost of such a canal
would be S5O,27S,746.
This would make the entire canal
work required to connect the existing
inland waterways from the Mfssis
sippi to the Atlantic coast cost $50,
O00,O
President Grant, in his fourth an
nual message recommended examina-
ton of the possibility of landlocked
from Maine to the GULF
of Mexico, and the various routes of
CONNECTING the Mississippi with tide
water on the Atlantic.
Capt Spencer c. McCorhle read
a report on April 81. 1891, before the
Engineers club of Philadelphia. en-.
titled Land-locked Navigation from
Long Island to the Mississippi River.
Under the date of August %, 1905
H. q. Perring, secretary of the same
club of Philadelphia, writes the Gull
Coast Inland Waterway Association,
L am pleased to note the good work
you are doing in advocating the con
struction of an inland waterway,
which is a project very dear to the
hearts of all vino are located along
the eastern coast of the United States
and l wish you every success in your
Prominent Members.
Coast Inland Waterway Association
are: James E. Ransdell. president Of
National Rivers and Harpors Con
greSS; James p Taliaferro, United
States senator from Florida; Duncan
U. Fletcher, Democratic nominee for
UnlIed States senator; ". II. Milton
United States senator from Florida;
r. P. Hobson congressman from Ala