The midland journal., 1914-11-13
The GULF STREAM
IV Is the Grandest Of All Terres.
trial Phenomena.
A MIGHTY RIVER IN THE SEA.

Billions Of Tons Of Water Are Whirled
Along Hourly In This Wonderful
Torrent, Whose Beneficent Influence
Is Felt All Around the World.
Ninety billion tons of water are car
ried hourly through the strait Of Flor
ida by the gulf stream. according
to Rear Admiral John e. Pillsbury.
q. 8. N, In a communication to the
National Geographic society at Wash
ington This stream. he says. is prob
ably the grandest and most mighty of
any terrestrial phenomenon.
IF this one single hours flow Of wa
ter could be evaporated the remaining
salts would require many times more
than all the ships In the world to carry
It." says Admiral Pillsbury.
ut Is difficult for the mind to grasp
the immensity Of the great ocean riv-
er. When one is on board vessel
floating upon its waters one is not as
much impressed at the power and
grandeur Of this wonder Of nature as
he Is when he stands before tower
ing mountain, an immense iceberg or
a fall Of water such as Niagara
"But when one remembers that the
mighty torrent, speeding on hour by
hour and day by day In volume
equal to all the largest rivers Of the
world combined. carrying its bene1-
cent heat to temper the climate of con-
tinents, one begins to realize that Of
all the forces of the physical world
none can equal this one river of the
ocean.
"It is interesting to note In the his
tory Of the gulf stream how great its
influence has been on the fortunes OF
the new world
Before the discovery OF America
strange woods and fruits were fire.
quently found on the shores Of Eu-
rope. Some Of these were seen by
Columbus and to him were convincing
evidence that strange lands were to the
westward. These woods were carried
by the gulf stream and by the prevail
ing winds from America, SO that In
part the stream Is responsible for the
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