The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-04-24
ALL BALDWIN
INTERESTED IN
INLAND CANAL
MUCH INTEREST EvINcED IN
PROMISING PROJECT AT MEET
ING WHICH WAS HELD AT
eAY MINETTE MONDAY.
sneoraI 20 The Journal.


Bay Minette, Ala, April 23.-Mrs:
Maude Wood Henry, field secretary OF
the Mississippi-to-A Waterway
Association, held meeting with a
number of the most prominent men or
this place last evening in the court
house for the purpose of explaining the
plans of the association in promoting
TIL, canal through the southern states
and particularly with connection to the
canal through the southern end Of this
county. and the benefits to be derived
from the canal when completed.
The meeting was not called until
late in the afternoon and a number OF
men who are interested in the move
ment were not in town, but those VINO
were present readily saw the great
benefits to be derived by the county
from the canal and are heartily in Ia
vor of pushing the canal to compile
ton.
Mrs. Henry is engaged in an active
Individual campaign and is creating
great deal of enthusiasm over the
movement The fact that the canal
has been completed in several places
and that fully a dozen appropriations
have been made for the various links
Of the canal, and the further fact that
the connecting link through Baldwin
county is the center of the firing line
AT the present time and that many
other appropriations are hinged on the
efforts of this county. makes the mat
ter all the more important and the
citizens are responding nicely, that the
matter may be pushed through.
Senators Bankhead and Johnson
have been in back of the movement
since ii was launched and are actively
co cooperating with Senator Fletcher in
an endeavor to get through the appro-
priation and the amendment to the
Hill for that purpose has already been
introduced, according to Mrs. Henry.
Mrs. Henry explained that the canal
through the lower end of the county
was a part of the Inter Coastal Canal
from Maine to the Rio Grande, nearly
All OF which is recommendediand many
sections of which are now under con-
struction, including part of the gulf
coast section. The canal, she states,
IL destined to connect 10 states and to
give 100000 900 people a chance to ex-
change their products of the farms.
mines and factories. at rate of from
1-6 to 10 of railroad rates. The en-
tire length of the canal will be 1850
miles and will extend all along the
coast line and will save not only
freight, but time, life and property
as opposed to the open ocean route.
In connection with the canal through
the lower end of the country. 1t is
learned that much less money will be
needed in accordance with the dis
lance across the county than in most
other cases, owing to the grand
natural waterways which are found in
tho proposed route of the canal. The
fact that 1t will be necessary to actual
ly dig only about six miles of canal,
the remainder OF the distance across
the, county being traversed through
lakes and rivers, makes the burden of
putting in the canal much lighter on
Baldwin county residents than on
many of the counties through which 1t
must pass.
Mrs. Henry commented upon the
marvellous growth of the county
through the past four years. and since
the growth has been astounding and
that where when she was in the
county before, nothing but woods was
found and where the land was believed
to be practically worthless, there are
now to be found fine farms of the
richest sort with phenomenal crops
growing on them. She also stated that
the class of people who were locating
IN the county are those who will
build Gp the county and who do
things. She stated that Ii would not
be a long time before it would be
known whether or not these progress
i've people, who in many instances haul
their products as far as sixteen miles
to marketing places or to places
where transportation is reached, shall
be assisted in their work by the canal
or whether their progress shall be
hindered by pot having the proper
means Of transportation and proper
shipping facilities.
Mrs. Henry will doubtless work here
several days more in the interest OF
the canal and hold a meeting for the