The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-01-19
GULF To ATLANTIC
THROUGH EVERGLA AIDES
Steamers To Garry Passen-
gers Through in Few
Hours.

Il is quite possible mat, after III
coming season, more visitors from
the North VIII be able 10 tell first
hand stories about the Everg.ade.
than people WHO have lived arourt
their edges for years. Ire uysteri
Gus empire is 20 Be made easy 0.
7 access by the establishment Of 10 les:
than three Stea mer lines. all Of which
viii use the West Palm Peach cana!
l. will, therefore. be z comparative.
T II easy matter 70 cross the peninsu.
Ia Of Florida from the Gulf to the
Atlantic in z few hours, and no doubt
this remarkable voyage viii Be UT.
dertaken by many hundreds Of per
sons this winter. West Palm Beach
I VIII be the Colon Of this new chan
nel and Fort Myers the Panama. Lake
Clark forming sort OF Gulf Of Da-
rien. from which the start will be
made. The voyagers will traverse IT.
comfortable boats supplied with all
coEveHiences those mystic portions Of
7 Florida that were regarded as mac
cessl5le z few years ago. They will
make with ease Z journey concerning
which their predecessors OF the va
terry trail have written volum;rous
books containing romantic deScrip-
lions Of Indian life. wild alligator ard
snake stories. and records Of untold
perlls successfully overcome.
Yet many years will pass before
there need be much fear Of the Ever
g.ades becoming vulgarized. Nature.
which has from time irmemoria,
re!gred supreme in these vast 81;
leHces, will be found hard 70 d;spoz-
sess. owing 70 the vastress Of the
territory over which she has hitherto
held undisDutei sway. But travellers
Will rot Dc slow TO note that mans
busy and audacious hand has already
gained firm hold on this new en-
Dire. He has indeed not only pera-
rated 10 its very center. but his SET
Elements DOT the banks Of the various
canals from their eastern outtaI's
clear through to the great lake. He
has long used Okeechotee as his fish
ing grounds-dou5t,ess fishing has a.
ways preceded farming in the history
Of the world: and few Suruass the
famed Okeechobee Cat.
In predicting that more strangers
than Floridiars will soor be aba "a
boast that they have crossed the Ever
glades. i may be stated al the same
tine that the future greatness Of the
Everglades is more readily Crashed
0v aliens than By natives. Their pos
>,bilities appeal to large operators r
their DEVELOPMENT requires "a sums
Of money, and they present an en-
cheering problem that only the
greatest minds Of the civil engineer
ing profession can hone to tackle SUE
Fortunately there K m
lack Of material evidence that the
drainage scheme now in operation is
destined 10 be eminertlv successful
provided il Is backed by the necessary
eapital, and every traveller on each
Il the three new hoat-lires will he
,ome ar individual instrument j.,
leLplrg IN secure that capital.
With this ci-v taking its r;ph-tr1
POSITION As the gateway IN the
Glades. she will RAPIDLY leap into
Instruction Of her own that will soon
outweigh the undoubted advantages
he has reaped from the proximity
I her lordlv reighh0r Not that re-
1ecte7 glory is n he dez0iSaI b,.
here i future before West Pe'r,
'ea"h il oDnor+1ritv be p~asoe4 a.
ne rSv"Ho og'"al moment that affords
IT limited food for Sracu'ation
Earring few ambitious Sp;ri-z The
1hahitants % this county have - ;
ar disr'ave5 small Filth in this IN
IRE. They have. in fact. been too
uSy trying TO imuress outsiders .
'Ith the advantages Of the Evergladas
show arv active personal anne
.atior of the good things that lie ;.
: their door. but II nav be noted '
7st, Of the three projected hoqt-'fraz "
NO ere n ne started by nar Who
'ev he called Flo-;6ians. and Tia 7
7lrd and most ambitions ot tho var
res will he due 70 the e7te~rr;sa n. j
7e ALREADY ar ador-ad son By ~fyr- J
m If faith and residence.
With the msrr examines Lato~a =
ZEN. proving that morer i p ia !,
'de nv the accTisi-;o0 Of alr7os- any u
M Of Fln~i5a land ia 7~aser- "a
erts or the East Coas, Shour1 h. ?
are lest they awaken some dev :, !:
q tact that the apnrecia-;va s-~sr
sr has 0obhIad IN a'1 he h-s- To-. !.
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