The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-02-27
WHAT FLORIDA
MAY SECURE
Rivers and Harbors Bill Car
Ties Total of Over Nine
Millions.

| 4AEou5A lac SOuESoSg OF congress
man Clark, the Metropolis herewith
prints paragraphs from the river and
| harbor bill affecting Florida, which
| appTopriates S9,335,750 for waterways
! and which Mr.. Clark says will surely
pass the house. says the Jacksonville
| Metropolis. The following Florida
points are taken care Of i'll the bill:
st. Augustine haTbor, with = view
to constructing the necessary sea
walls.
Kissimmee river, from Kissimmee
To Lake Okeechobee.
Indian river, from Fort Pierce to
SewaIl's Point.
Suwannee river, from White Springs
to the Gulf Of Mexico.
st. Johns river, from Jacksonville
to its mouth.
Channel from ApaIachicoIs river to
st. Andrews bay.
Manatee river, with a view TO secur-
ing a depth Of thirteen feet from the
Mouth TO Palmetto to Bradentown.
and thence such depth to EIlenton and
Rye as commerce may demand
HiusborOugh bay, from the twenty
four foot contour in the bay through
the present tWenty-foot channel TO
the head of the estuary in the direc-
ton OF YboF City, thence from the
mouth Of said estuary through said
bay, as near the eastern shore thereof
as practicable, to the western end of
HoOker's Point, and thence through
the channel recently constructed by
the Tampa Northern Railway com
pany to said twenty-foot channel.
Sarasota Bay, from Tampa Bay TO
Venice, thence through Casey's pass
to Lemon bay and thence to GasparilIa
Sound.
Pine Island sound, from WuIfert
bulkhead to Blind Pass, thence along
the western side of said sound to Cap
tiva bulkhead.
st. MaTy's river.
The Amounts Appropriated.
The amounts recomm ended in the
bill for Florida are as follows:
St Johns river, Jacksonville to the
ocean, cs300. 600.
Volusis bar, Florida, co.
Ocklawaha river, Florida. co.
Orange river, Charlotte Harbor and
Caloosahatchee river, Florida, co.
Sarasota Bay, Florida, co.
Manatee river, Florida, co.
Tampa Bay, Florida, $4,000.
Hillsberough Bay, Florida, $4,000.
Crystal, Anclote and Suwannee riy-
ers, Florida, co.
Indian river, Florida, co.
Operating plant, $37 600.
Total, 1887 900.
Intra-coastaI Waterways.
Survey for the construction of a
continuous waterway, inland. where
practicable, from Boston, Mass. to
Long Island Sound; thence to New
York bay: thence across the state of
New Jersey to a suitable point on Del
aware river or bay; thence TO Chesa-
peake bay; thence from Norfolk, Va,
10 the sounds Of North Carolina and
Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, for
the purpose of ascertainiIg the cost
Of a channel with a maximum depth
Of twenty-five feet, or such lesser
depths along any section or sections
OF the said waterway as may be found
to be sufficient for commercial, naval
or military purposes. Such survey
shall include an examination Of all
practicable routes, the preparation of
plans and estimates of cost along the
most available route, and a report
upon the desirability Of utilizing as
a part of such waterway any existing
public or private canal, or any part
thereof, and the probable cost of ac-
curing the sans.
From Beaufort TO Key West.
Surveys for the construction of
continuous waterway, inland where
practicable, from Beaufort, y. c.. TO
The Cape Fear river, North Carolina;
thence TO Winyah bay, South Caro-
lima: thence TO St. Johns river. Flor
Ida; thence to Key West, Florida, for
the purpose of asCertatning the cost
Of a channel with a maximum depth !
Of twelve feet, or shch less depth
along any section or sections of the
said waterway as may be found to be
sufficient for commercial, naval or