Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-12-19
THE OHIO RAMBLER REPORTS
FROM FLORIDA

Tampa, Florida, Dec. Ito We
Editor and Morgan county friends:
Leaving home, Malta, o., Friday.
Nov. %, we (the wife and u jour
neyed southwark (by auto) via
Parkersburg to Charleston, w. Va,
where we tarried over night and
from there we leisurely surveyed
the beauties of the mountain seem
cry souhtward via Bluefeld and
Bristol, to Asheville, N. c. We
visited two days in Macon, Ca, and
enjoyed our Thanksgiving turkey
dinner in Jacksonville, Fla. In
Jacksonville we debated the ques-
ton: "Shall we or shall we not,
embark for the Bermuda Islands"
We decided that we should take one
week to make inquiries and study
available literature relative to
southern cruise. We then Journey
ed to st. Augustine, where we re-
mained one week viewing the old
fort and reviewing Old memories.
After week of consideration we
decided to abandon the idea of
southern cruise, and we journeyed
on to st. Petersburg. Here we found
tourist accommodations much more
expensive than were in effect on
our previous visits, not being able
to locate furnished apartment to
our liking, at price within the
realms of reason.
We journey back over Granda
bridge to Tampa Cat toll cost OF
CSC each way. Here we found an
ideal apartment with all modern
.conveniences, including newly in
stalled Frigidaire. While we have
a modern kitchenette and all the
essential gadgets and cooking ac-
cessories necessary to make cook
ing a pleasure, we find that Tampa
is blessed with several A No. l
cafeteria dining palaces, where food
is served possibly better and cheap
er than it can be prepared in the
home, hence our heavy meals will
be enjoyed at Morrisons cafeteria,
which is one of the best in our eX-
perience.
We have also located several
ideal fishing spots near Tampa, and
yesterday, Dec. 10, I caught three
lovely trout (salt water trout), av-
erage weight about one and a half
pOuuOS cdCu, anu We Gel Ch-
joyed our home cooked fish supper
last night.
Florida, at this time, is consider
ably agitated over the commence
ment of the building of a S146,-
100000 canal across the state. We
have two groups or factions, name
ly, the for and the against the
building of this canal. Those own
ing property south of the proposed
canal are mostly against the project.
the theory being that such ditch
across the state may injure the
fresh water supply and possibly
ruin the vegetable and citrus fruit
industries of southern Florida.
To give your readers some idea
of the magnitude of this undertake
ing, the length of the canal will be
2O6 miles, and it will require six
years to complete it. The right of
way will be one mile wide. 1t will
be spanned by twelve bridges, rail-
way and highway. The canal it
self will be 700 feet wide and 80
feet deep and will extend 25 miles
into the Gulf of Mexico. The cost
is estimated at $146,00O,000; but
it is also estimated that to insure
south Florida against the possibil-
ity of fresh water famine, by
building sealed tight waterway, it
would cost an additional $780,
100000.
The work has started, with only
s5,0O0,OO0 Immediately available,
and the question now being argued
pro and con is: will this canal
ever be finished?" may write |
more on this subject, after some
study and investigation.
Tampa is now agitated over an
investigation of mob violence re-
suIting in the death of one Joseph |
Shoemaker.
hope to have some interesting
fish stories to relate in the near |
future Our mail address will be
P. 0. Box 1928, Tampa, Fla. Tel
egrams (if prepaid) and personal |
calls will find us at 2512 North |
@A' street, apartment No. ID
Very sincerely yours, J. H. Ewing.