The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
LOOKOUT HARB0R
ONE Of GREATEST
Nearest Atlantic Port to
Panama Canal
ITS NATURAL ADVANTAGES
Destined t. Become a Great CoaIing
Port and One Of the Nations Great
est Watering RcSOrts-Gulf Stream
Gives Florida Climate-GoVernment
improvements.
BY THOS. j. PENCE


BY THOS. j. PENCE.
Washington, D. c., June 19.-Nortf
Carolina possesses n of che creates
harbors in the world-a fact very lit
tie known even to the people Of tht
Tar Heel State. Almost daily immense
ocean ships seek the great land pro-
tected port at Cape Lookout, which
in the most turbulent weather is a.
placid as a lake, and which, in its
vastness and ~far-reaching depths
could accommodate the navies of the
world.
This splendid harbor is not only q
haven of refuge for coastwise ships in
heavy weather. but also possesses the
unique distinction Of being the near
est Atlantic port to the Panam Canal
Although a commercial gateway to
Atlanti c~oastwise ocean travel and a
harbor Of refuge for stormtossed
ships, Lookout is as much separated
from the State, Of which it is a part,
as is Cape Cod, Mass. It's sole inhabi-
tants are the lighthouse and life
saving crews maintained there by
Uncle Sam to give warning and sue
cor to the people of the sea, though
only ten miles removed from the thriv-
ing towns Of Morehead City and Beau
fort, n. c..
To make this magnificent natural
harbOr at Lookout a commercial and
practical part of the State of North
Carolina was the object of legislation
which Senator Simmons induced Con-
gress to give it's sanction Of approval
at the last session Of Congress. A
survey Of this ody of water, which
is known as the harbor Of refuge at
Cape Lookout, was thus authorized,
and the instructions of Congress are
now being carried out by Capt. Earle
]. Brown, Z. S. A., the engineer in
Southeastern Carolina.
The Nations Natural Watering Re-
The harbor at Lookout is formed
by a sand projection into the sea in
the shape of a fish hook. Extending
a distance of some five miles with
varying widths averaging a half a
mile this fish hook projection OF sand
rears itself to splendid heights. Cap
ped here and there with a natural
turf and vegetable growth, and the
ocean everywhere, it presents a most
inviting picture. Reaching out into
the great Atlantic as it does, Lookout
cape is declared by all who have been
SO fortunate as to visit it as the finest
point on the American continent for
a watering resort. 1t stands out in
the ocean as does no other point on
the map, and a glance is all thai is
necessary to make plain the fact that
nature la given it the place OF pre-
eminence among those who love life
at the seaside. Senator Simmons and
Representative Small never tire Of
talking of the natural beauties OF
n it's possibilities, which
they believe will, in time, become
more famous even than Atlantic City,
Cape May, Newport and Palm Beach
of the present day. Another Look
out enthusiast is Representative John
MI MOrQhQQ6 who hoC q :, O p
home at Morehead City. and who
makes frequent trips across the sound
to the harbor, which he says is the
finest fishing ground to be found any
Mr.. Morehead expects to
build a cottage at the cape when it is
opened up to civilization.
Railway Extension to Lookout.
one OF the attractive advantages Of
Lookout is the fact that the gulf
stream is diverted very near to the
harbor. Mr.. Rowland, the Rhode Is
land ~fnancier who began the develop
ment Of the Norfolk and Southern
Railway, made the discovery that the
temperature of the surf at Lookout is
about the same that it is in Florida.
1T was Mr.. Howland's ambition to ex-
h Norfolk and Southern to
and establish there a splendid
resort, and it was with this
in view that the trestle from
City to Beaufort was con-
structed.
That the ultimate destination Of the
and North Carolina branch
OF the Norfolk and Southern is Cane
LooKou IS regarded as certain. Can
tam BroWn. the army engineer in
enarge OF the survey, has been in
,own by persons prominent in the
Honfu5IIlp ana management nf the
,.su ! and Southern that the res,.a.
to Lookou+ nc roos