The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1910-04-29
Marks HarbOr
Receiving Attention
honId Be Place Of Export And
Import For Considerable
Territory.

og 40 appropriation in that direction.
The True Democrat has repeatedly
urged the people OF Leon and Wakulla
Counties 10 energetically interest them
selves 10 restoring and improving 81.
Marks harbor and IN building one or
more railroads to Il.
son. said gentleman who should
Be more prominent as a booster than
kn0cker, TO as a few days ago, "tbis
old chaR was threshed over years ago,
and there was notAing to be found In
H. Not that there was anything the
matter with the haFbOr, but there was
no commerce to justify a governmental
expenditure there, and we could not
endorse f."
VI might have been the case ten,
AIteea or twenty years ago, but is Il
the case with events as we now see
tbem7
me i've million bales OF cotton
which. the South exported up 20 1880
went 10 England, Germany and France
principally through the ports OF Sa-
Yannah, Charleston and New York. The
enormous increased demand for the
STAPLE IN Japan, China and the south
Seas has had very largely % % With
tlle construction OF the Panama Canal,
Shall the ten millions Of bales now
ntled in that portion Of the world,
and tie demand for which q largely
ineeasiuE 60 20 the ports named Tor
oxpOrtf Nay, verify They should Be
diverted 20 the most direct path Of
commerce. through the Gulf ports 90.
The Panama Canal. The True Demo
erat has ascortained that nearly half
afmllllon bales 0f cotton arr annually
eFoan within one hundred and 0ffY
ofe1 ~ this port the nearest port 20
tI anamI Canai FOR this territory,
11s amount Of commerce alone would
fnsiif9 TIE opening mp Of the port But
the business would be more than dOu-
bled by the timber and naval stores,
corn, syrup. hay and other agricultural
Droducts. This section Of country
would not only be benefited through
the exports, but the import goods for
al the territory named could Just as
veil come 10 81. Marks. And not only
for this territory, bat why not for hun
dFeds Of miles 10 the north o. usY It
- pretty certain that railroads win so
there for the imports and carry there
the exports II the business IL devel-
Oped In fact. they are willing to be-
come the greatest factors IN the devel-
opment
Bat there r. another constantly
Frightening prospect for this port
that o. itE being made the western ter
minus OF the Trana-FlOrida Canal THIS
canal viii be constructed, because Il IN
necessity. The Government engi-
nge3B have all advanced the opinion
that what is known ~ the upper route,
OF the route from Fernandina 10 Sc.
Marks. II the most feasible. Fernan-
dina Is taking much interest ia the
matter, az ~ evidenced By the report
below VIII not the people OF Leon and
Wakulla Counties awake 20 their I'm
feFesta7 The report says:
The proposed route for the inland
waterway across Florida, with an out
let at Clarks Greek. opposite FeEnan-
dina, with a terminus at Cumberland
Sound Il now under consideration b.
che United States Board OF Engineers.
The best route across Florida is up
Clarke River 90 near O'Neal Station
hy deepening and strengthening that
river, thence By canal across the low
pine woods about four miles 70 the
mouth Of Lotion Of near there into the
Nassau River, then straiEhten Nassau
River and Thomas Greek, dredge e
deeper ana wider and then canal
acro18 % Brandy Branch. widen and
deepen Il, ana down into the sc. MaFyn.
10 the 81 MaryA Up the South PrOng
into NoUin PrOng Pond, down OluGtee
Greek, down the Santa Zee River into
the HaWannea then bg canal % g.
Aptln eanAllng and deepening and
BfIaighieping the rivers and creeks
rera necesa8fy. Thig route, beeidee
1 f1e shortest FOR barEp cana,
aNo has TIE advantage ~ heing TIE belt
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