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WHAT A SHIP CANAL CUT THROUGH FLORIDA WOULD MEAN; WIDESPREAD INTEREST IS CREATED BY THE CONSTITUTOR • fte * • . £ C 4 : d S , •SH 4 5 S k • 2: <■ £ m 5 til *4 ? £ AJ U 4 111 • 8 y < u • > LW ut W < Z § U 4 ’ yj 2> L'; 1-u -4 £> u ) . ill • . <2 § g x § So OK£F£NOKEE Z'X * -» • V -2 < <->8 t I - -r i;f . I I ._ ■ .a-;-... i » ilaMMgga ' , AA. <A' ! ®iAAae : -<^^fe^® ! ‘n..:- • VDAFT, T7 ow TTWF OF PROPOSED FLORIDA SKIP CANAL. SHOWING THE ELEVATIONS FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. AT THE MOUTH OF THE ST. MARYS RIVER. TO THE GULF OF MEXICO AT ST. MARKS, AND INDICATING THE • FHOHLh DOCX LEVELS THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED. i • THE FLORIDA SHIP CANAL. * i LENGTH OF CANAL AND APPROACHESI69 MILES • • SAVING IN DISTANCES 500 MILES • APPROXIMATE COSTSSO,OOO,OOO o • CONNECTS ST. MARYS. ON GEORGIA COAST. WITH THE GULF ® • AT ST. MARKS. FLORIDA. ® • #.•■©••■«■•■••♦■•■•■•■•■* •••©•• ••••*••■*■•• ■• s? .«> »■<■•«■<)■» oo st • *■»■« •■»■»• «•».« By Jos: Ohl. t « r ASHINGTON. November 21 - I \A/ (Special.)—A recent editorial in V ' The Constitution advocating '.he -onstruction of a ship canal across t . northern, part of Florida conru . ting the | Atlantic with the waters of the gulf has attracted widespread aitentn’■; among southern members of congress. To many of them ths proposition < ame | as a new on The agitation of the early eighties had *en overlooked or forgotten. There have. In consequence, been man; I inquiries concerning the project—what it uas and whether it had been *li. ■.. 1 | he engineers of the army a f ■’ I’ie pro I ■ ject. If feasible them and if desirable vnj U should it not be revived? That is a tncs ■ lion that has arisen in the minds of m K anxious to do everything th* - Ts;. tribute to the material growth of ta wfc south. || At the headquarters the •' • -m £■ ,-orps in the war department 1 found ' Hg upwßor la of the sir* ’st wme highly intel « Preliminary Surveys. net passou In Junfc, 1675. ‘he co* of engineers of the army rected to make an examination rw<’ Jl - survey of the penins’.ila >f > Jor w*th a view to the cc* i?trueii.»” cf •. L shl> canal from the Mar. s to the guif of Mexico. \ of this examination wan • -i~trol to Gene: il I Q. A. GHlrnere, then lieutenant colonel, SOME POINTS ARE GIVEN ON WORLD’S SHIP CAN ALS By Jos: Ohl. Wa oington, X’ovenil)>'r 27.- (Special. 1— ' e world-wide interest in the Panama • inal which has he n stimulated by the developments on the isthmus and the . nt hern interest in a Florida slih- <.ma] v iti. b Iris followed The Constitution's re vival of that project, have led me to :>■ - ship canals of the world would be ly just now. Tt ■:S Side of the world. These ar the Inited States and the Canadian canal.--. • -spec-lively. connecting Lake Sup- rior - a,.; Lake Huron, and the Welland canal : A zC"' < Wh t? V-5-’jfiaaw < ... .. ca. .to U - If the blood is in good condition at the beg inir f < t • -.••.•. ■::uca.‘>ti 1 vou are prepared to resist disease and arc not apt L » I <■ tv m ted v.iin boils, pimples, blackheads an 1 blotches, or the itching ami bm'nim; : - in • : .11 .-lions that make one’s life a veritable torment and misery. _ i Now is the time to begin the work oi cl--an it. 1 • til in "up hie blood and strengthening the weak y'acesin your constitution. Duringthe coll winter months we are compelled to live indoors and breathe the impure . r of badly ventilated rooms ami of- We over-work and over-eat, and get too little out-door exercise, an 1 o r s . : terns become clogged with, impurt ti< s and the blood a hot bed of germs a '. ! humors of every kind, and warm ' other is sure to bring a r< action, ami the poisonous matter in the blood . nd system will break out in boils and pustules or scaly eruptions and red, <•! . figuring bumps and pimples. ' t ake a good beginning this season by taking a course of S. S. S. in time; it will not •’•.liy purify’ your blood and destroy the g rmsand poisons, but promote heal thy -i 'ion of the Liver and Kidneys and '. ive you a good appetite at a time when you need it most. S. S. S. improves the digestion and b nes v.n the Stomach, and you are not . ontinually haunted by the fear of indigestion every’ time you cat, or troubled with dizziness, nervousness nd sleeplessness. There is no reason to dread the coming of warm weather if you have your system y. ci 1 h>l ulm and the bleed in a normal, healthy condition. , It is the pohuted. i blood that invites disease germs, microbesand poisons of every kiui ..-.i 1 ring on a long train of spring ami summer adim-. t 1 •; m <•' >v.'ti Lie c 0.1- titution, and produce weakness, lassitude, and other <k bil.-.-yt g 11-’‘yC-. • Eczema, Acne, Nettle-rash, Poison Oak and Ivy, and other i < n.-Lug i-i.-tt troubles are sure to make their appearance unb s:; tlic humors anti poisons rrM O) tOj escape the diseases common to spring and summer. S v-. v>. m guarant ■ purely vegetable and is recognized as the best blood purifier ami the mosu in vigorating and pleasantof all tonics. Write for our book on “ lheldoodand Its Diseases. ” THE SWIET CO., ATLANTA, GA. i and an allotment of $7,500 was made for i lliis object. H. bring unde:stood that with i this s.'m s ich an examination could be I mad” as would determine the feasibility I of the project and furnish data for an approximate estimate of Its cost. The j surveying party was in charge of Charles I Mahon and F. I- Fremont The field I work was commenced during the first i week of November, 1873. and covered the ' period between then and September, 1879. ■ including a short perlol during whn h Ino work was done. In the report of this ; work, which Is a part of the records "f : the war department, the details of the '■ ; operations of tlre.se surve.ving parties are I ; -n o-ilte f Illy ; The general lines of the propo cd route I ■ w-rc from a point called v’.-imp rinkm y I ’ on :!;e Pi. .Marys river, in a generally l ; so-.th westerly direction across the .south ern ; ortion or the Okotinokee swamp, ' tin nee to a poh’t close In Ellaville and i tin n. across the Suwanee rivi r in the same I g m-ral direction on to St. .Marks on the . St. M irks river at a po :il practically on | the gulf of Mexico. ; This line is, of course, of a tentative na- I tur« In his report General Gillmore ■ ' rays. it ; not ' . t...i.. .• : the St. • i .Mar;, s :i.e- is s'it>'” i-«r io t :.•<• Si. thia for i rvxvig'ition. At a p >int 27 mlios from | I Crmberiand wwr.d ti c are only 4 I-2 I miles and : r may he deemi.l br-.-t the Satilla At should also be made of the y .if c ast in order that : Tile otnei’s are: !. Th- Suez i'-i.ial. ! ,”.i. in 1859 and I eomp'eicd in 1869. ! 2. The and St. Pmt-rsbm-g canal, 1. . gun in 1877 .'”: i ..'>niplet.-d in ■. 1890 3 Tim Corinth ' ilia! !■■ mm in 138* and ■ 5. Tl’.’ K.C ■ r Wil'i.-i.n connect- ing th’ J'. Itic mid No: ill - ns, completed . in 1895. iri’.’ ti: N’lilli s-a and Balti ’, opened In ' 1900. i Chief Stu.istiei,.n Au.-'in, of thi depart- HOBBIBLY AFrUCTO 'FiTH BOILS. /jSf’Tj I hr.d a hcrrible . w -A r.tta< k o f bciis /I ■', tbc t broke cut all ; miTi”.” t.i.'. 1 '<■?,' from which I .... .. ? ■ could get no pos- n*'- '’if. .'’’r-i )e' I ni'r'lo relief until V’ ' ; ; I her. an tr.lJng ' fTO ? h-R’ yovt medicine, t'.s- '■ " L. '' and from my c.v- -■ i>erionco I can ' ■J'S''.'' ruii’-'y say S.rL .iS. ir the beat blood purifier ill the world. Mrs. M. P. BMYTHERS, Wytl.evillo, Va. THE BEST Tuiii.T. While livin',' in lihr-rman, Tox., ri:?- c a Tiio sh ' ic'c . <1 j■. >.pi' re. tv Uuci y blood. rail C’.wn in am ctite ami euergy; was scarcely able to get ebout an’i. J:ad to <. fl and rest cccnsiom iiv. took S. b. and l-e --g'lii ■■'.' m:v > et <’aeu, ami 1‘.1'..”X a thorough eourso becaruo strong and xv ell, ... r I think S. 8. S. the best medicine I ever used as t’-' 1 a. r'ti "er i'ud gen eral tnic. J« '- •' GO a, Sri Railroad street, Lome, Ga. are antidoted and the thin, acid blood made rich, ar I strong nefoic the coming of warm weather. A course of 3. S. S. now would be I a safe precaution and a good beginning 1 ’ and enable you to pass in comfort through the hot, sultry months and riLffi WJSLEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. NOVE3IBEI? 30, 1903. « a •» «••■ e . o . ® •••©•••« ••■.■.•©•.■©••■o .- the best site for «n artificial harbor may ba selected, although there la probably not much choice In this respect at or near the terminus of the shortest canal line. ’ Commercial Importance and Cost. General Gillmore discusses at consider able 1.-.ngth the *’■’.■ , most Important feat ure., of the HUhjoot lie has tn hnml, name Iv t!ie commc--•■! Importance of a ship i canal a. r 'ss Florida and the estimated i I cost. fit regards it a perfectly feasible proje -t, tin only rial questions Involved In the proposal for Its construction of r> fin.i.'icial or commer. ial nature. Will the results warrant the outlay? Tie principal benefits as he sees them are: l Shorter routes between the ports ; of tiie gulf of Mexico and those of | the Atlantic coa: both domestic ond ' foi eign 2. Avoiding the dangers of the pass age through the Florida straits. An illustration of the first of these con- j siderations is a comparison of the dis tance between New Orleans and New ■ York !>■, the Florida canal and by the i present n ’ t, through the straits of Flor- i : i.lii. A ship going from Nev; Orleans : * to New York by the present route travels I ' I 790 na itleal mllas; by the canal route I ! the distil: > >' would bo 1,293 nautical miles ’ I or a saving of 497. A ship traveling from Now Orleans to j Liverpool by the present route covers i 4.610 nautical miles; by the canal route, the di.- in,' o would be 4,193, a saving of i 4i2 nautical miles. Length of Canal Route. The length of the canal route selected i <:■ a: 'll’ 169 stututo miles or 147 nuutl i . -;| mil' s The division of this distance i is a ■ follows: ; i'-.-n th." os- to the mouth of St. Marys «■;•. r. 5.5 uitutc miles Navi,:. of St. Marys liver to j . •;,)>■,' h ..imy, 34 m'dos. I I proper. 122 miles I T,> deco water In the gulf, 75 miles, j 'I Ua'iees are given in statute mib'.’ Tiu iitimite of time It would take to inent of commerce, has furnished me with : a iir.i-f si a i vimmt of the Important facts ; ■one< ruivg the < in. truction of these ca- ; n .is and the eommeree they accommodate, i The Suez Canal. Tiii- Su-z ■’ I’uil is ui-nally considered the most import.ml example of ship canals, ' ■ though the. number of vessels passing ! through it annually does not equal that -.-im, through (lie canals connecting : I.a la S : ii v.. L’> t in’ ' ..i. s . ■•■ great ! lakes it the s-.inh. in length, however, I it exceeds any of tiie oilier great ship ' > its tot.ll length being 90 miles, of , '.’.ii It 1 -,V<... I ifird ■ . ti.iOU.g 'i.ll- ! w The miti-riai excavated was h i'.’ . i id l■ all in aim' easts strata ’ : ,-oiid re,k from 2 to 3 feet in '.hii-krmss e'.'-o inb red Tiie total excavation ; ■was about 80,000.000 cubic yards under ; ■he a. .ilia! ] lan, wnii'h gave a depth of 25 f -t. in 1895 tii cmal was so en- I ‘ l:ir -d to yiv-' a <6 ill: of 31 set, a '.■..lt!: at tie- bottom of 108 feet tvid at i ■ the sm i'ai'i- of 420 f. nt. Tiie original cost I i was $95,000,000. and f"r tile <anai in s !.;••• 'it f.’iin .'-’lightly in excess of 1 ’lt 100,000.000. Th- number of vessels pass- i. -. thrombi tli • "i.:l in 1870 was 486, | with a gross tonn.'ige of 654,915 tons; in ! 1875, 1.494 .-• aS, gross tonnage 2,940,- 708 L-ns: in 1830. 2.026 v ssels, gross tou ' nagc 4,344.519 tons- in 1890, 3,389 vessels, s t.-T: 9,749,129 tons; in 1895, I ■3,434 v, >.■! ~ gro; . tonnag 11,833.637 I j tons, nii.l in 1900, 3,441 vessels with a | i gr-i; mm. is, of 13.699.237 tons. The j i i •■vi-ini’ oi :;:■■■ i-'iii.il is apparently large j ia pioporti.v tii Statesman's ’ Ye :■"< I: for 1901 giving the net profits | • 1899 at 5-1,153,660 trail. -; and the total 1 lid -ml ti:.in ’ :un< ng tho siinie- j huh r; 51.538,028 francs, or about 10 per | i t.. • Uinated < ■7 of SIOO,OOO,- . Coo i in canal is without locks, being at tiie I : sea level iiie . cur.: distance. Tile length | el tea- >..■.>/,:■-iI m passing through it 1 ■ -r.u.- .i.e><! ' ..'.lilic. hours By the ; ■ use of elc.-trb- lights throughout the en- j i tire length of the canal passages are ! : I’.-atle at night with nearly i-qual facility iil .it. of ine day. 'I lie t ■ ’ - < !nirged are 9 , lianes per ton net r-gister, "Uanuiie .g. .ant. wi11.41 a counts to siialit- !y itio ■■ than $2 per ton I'nited States . mi'mmrement. Steam vessels passing ii’iough the canal are propelled by their | ihe G onstadt and St. Petersburg - Canal. 3. c:in:i! ■ -nnoeting the Bay of Cron- ’ ■-'.id v.ith Si. eirg is describe.l as '■ .■ ■■; !: ol stratcnlc and conim : rcial ’ ’imiioi t mee to liussia. The canal and sail- ■ ii. eoii' <■ in ll’e Bay of Crori.-itadt are ■ aiiot.it 16 miles long, the canal proper be- i ■i'i.i about 6 miles and the bay channel i a ■ .at TC mill's, and iimy together extend i fro:: Crm si . it, on l.:> ■ Gulf of Finland, ! to St. Petersburg. The canal was opened ' m 1890 has a navigable depth of 20 ! ,i I ;•■■>. tiie origin tj de'ith I:.tying been about 1 9iei t; the wo.1:1'. ranges frmii 220 to 350 j 1 cost i estirnated at about i | $ i 0.000,C00. LTie oi'inth Canal. Tim next of the great ship canals con- ■ ii-.-cling bodies of salt water in the order : ol date ot >m i ucti m is the Corinth ' i canal, wli: -h connects the gulf of Corinth I with tin- gulf of Aegina. '1 lie canal re- I duces l !■■ d’.once fro n Adriatic porta ; about 175 mi:-‘.s. t , i from Mediterranean ’ ports about 100 mile.:. Ils length is about ‘ -!■ Hilf s. a. part of which was cut through granitic .- oft r -ck and the remainder ■ Through soil. There are no locks, as is ■ , al:-.,- til-’ case in both tile Suez, and Cron- 1 ! stadt cairn's, already described. The width O’ the canal is 72 Bel at bottom I and tin depth 26 1 a 1 t. The work was beiiun in 1831 and completed in 1893, at I a ost of about $5.000.C00. Tile average 1011.- are 18 cents per tun ami 20 cents j per passenger. i The Manchester Ship Canal. The Manchester ship canal, which con- * s • i i • £ Mi 1 r ? TALLAMASBSF« "» \ /" v '4l < ? C Sro .-'TV. i ■ , t Kd ■ -Tto'’ Vv. i f VT" °"L v/ 1 y I\i • ■’ MEXICO- < r r X : !e/ I i i ® 0 4 PRO! 0 , FLORIDA SHIP CANAL, FE.OM SURVEY MADE FOR THE UrMTED STATES GOVERN- f o MENT BY MAJOR' GENERAL GILLMORE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL OI ENGINEERS, IN 1879, e i> The black line indicates the route of the proposed ship canal from Camp Pinckey, on the St. Marys n £ river, to St. Marl; Florida, on the Gulf of Mexico, this route ptV»ln< through the Okefenokee swamp, on ■ the Georgia and Florida line, to the north of the San Pear® swamp, in Florida. T r«m midway of this ? i a rente the Gillmore stt: vey recommended another reute indicated in ths dotted line on this map, which goes * . ? to the north of th- Suwanee river, then southwestward through the San Pedro swamp, entering the gulf ® » considerably fit'll:’ r down the coast than St. Maris. The proposed black line route crosses the Suwanee « river twice and the route indicated by the dotted line goes to the north, of that river. ‘ > ■» <5-e ® • o {J »>• ® .» e-o-© 9 ••• o I pa.’s through the cat al : forty hours. j Thera would boa savlr: of : Imo on an ( average of twelve hours n ships making ■ i the trip between New Grle iiis and New 1 York, the estimate being . .id., on a first- I clas: steamer of 3.000 .11, which would ■ overage I I knots an I. speed on the : ocean. A. saving of $173 on <' ’l for each trip for a ship of the char.-, er mentioned l'i estimated. «nd a slmli.r saving of run nlng expenses duo to ‘lie shorter voy- ! ago brings the saving per trip to a total ’ of $266.50. Gllln;!.')’- :i.-g.i<.s t’. -t. In view : of the comparatively small percentage .’ nects Manchester, England, with the ’ Mersey river, Liverpool, and the Atlantic ’ ocean, was o;- ned for traffic January I, i 1894. The length of the canal Is 35V 2 I miles. The total ri ■.; from the water level to Manctiesti-r is 60 feet, which is divided j between four sets of locks, giving an average to each of 15 feet, 'the minimum widtli is 120 i'ect at the bottom and averages 175 t’eet at tile water level, ; though in piuces tl ,L widtli is extended to i 230 feet. Tin minimum depth is 26 feet, and tii’.- tinn.’ required lor navigating the eanal from live to . ight hours. The total amount of rxcaviiing in tin. eanal and docks was ; lioi.il 45,000,000 cubic yards, of which one-four; a was sandstone rock. The lock gates are opi rated by hydraulic power, railways iind briuges crossing the ] I route of the canal have been raised to ' ’ give a height of 75 li t to vessels travers- i ing tli.- canal, and an ordinary canal 1 : whose route it crosses is carried across ; by a springing aqueduct composed ot an 1 j iron caisson resting upon a pivot pier, j |T! ■ total •■>:~t of li’” canal is given at $75,000,000. The t'”V, nue in 1900, accord- i I Ing to Hi.- StaU’i-niaii's Yearbook, was '.'321,128 ,-ind tl.. werking expensen i .£483,267. For the iialf year ending June i 30, 1900, thi'canal yielded £16,488 toward I payiriy tile !.! I I 2,500 of interest which th' city of .Manchest ■■ has to ,ay on the j • piial invest’>l in the > nt A rprf “• The ■ freiglu -l’i:'. ing tolls ■•:: tin- canal amount- I , ’.I lo 1.-187 841 tons in th- half year, an I I Increase of 12 per c-nt ". r that of the | ! corresponding peri -i of tiie preceding , The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. I Two canals connect the Baltic and ’ | ?<oi-th .■ •as through Germany, the first i known a the Kaiser Wiili Im canal, hav- , I itig be n completed ia 1895 and construct- . I ed lar"oly fur military and naval pur- ! i poses, but proving also of great value in j I j:. neral mercantib’ ’’ .ifli ’. Work upon. ’ i the Kaiser Wilh.-lm ea.na! was begun In : 1 1887. and < %|d till as above indicated, ■ ! <n 1895. Tim length of the canal is 61 I j miles, the terminu. in the Baltic sori lie- ! ’ Ing al the harbor Kiel. The depth is ‘ poi; r,,, t n... w . lit: at the bottom 72 . . ’ et, ami tl. mini 1 uni widtli at th’’ ’ 1 siirfa.’P 190 feet. Th.” route lies chiefly ; 1 hrauyli marshes arid shallow l ikes ami i , along river valleys. The. total excavation j amounted to about 100,000.000 cubic yards ’ 1 and th— cost to al. ’’d $40,000,000. Ihe , I nu'-b-r of y.’-s-s.-is passing through th- ■ ; eanal In 1900 was 21 571. witli a tonnage ' lof 4.282.253. and the dues collected , I amounted to 2.133.155 marks. Chip Cafials Connecting- Great Lakes. ■ i Throe ship canals intz-nded to give enn- I lintions par-age to v s«ols from the head j 1 of I. iki’ Superior to T.ake Ontario and the ; I St. Lawrence river are the Welland canal, i I origlmilly constructed In 1833 and on- I ’ larged In 1871 an-1 1900: the St. Marys I I I'.’i!!.’ canal at Sa :lt St- Marie. Mich., i j oponed in 1855 ami enlarg’ d in 1881 and | ! 1896, and the Canadian canal at St. Marys ’ I river, opened in 1895. In point of Importance, measured nt ; i i -as; by their present use. the canals at | I nr- St. Marys river by far surpass that 1 . of tb.e W-llnnd canal, the number of ves- . ___ ... . . lavUS Irllw When I say I cure 1 do not mean merely to stop them lor a time ami then have them re turn at-.tin. I mean a radical cure. I have made I the disease of FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS a life-long study. I warrant my : remedy to cure the worst cases. Because ' others have failed is no reason for not now ; receivin ’a cure. Send at once fora treatise and a Free Bottle of my infallible remedy. I Give Express and Post Office. I Prof. W.H.PEF.KE, F.D., 4 Cedar St, N.Y. .0. «->’•’ft'< <<’•’3>.9.e- e .o-a- e of -,t Ing. the tonnagw dues through the canal must be light In order to at- ! 'r. -. business. Business Much Greater Now. The estimates made on the probable i i business are based on the statistics for i i the fiscal year ending Julia 30. 1879. and j uro. therefore, of net very groat value In I : any consideration of the financial or com- 1 i merclal side of this question at this time, j ! These records, however, show that the | | t<ital tonnage through the Florida straits I I engaged in foreign commerce during that 1 ■ fir year was 1, 664.-40 tons whi.l’l the tonnage through the straits enc aged In sel.s passing through tin canals at the St. .Marys river bl ing l ight times as great ’ as tiie number passing through the Wel land, and tiie tonnage of the former nearly forty time.- a- pleat as that of tie latter. One of the important products if th Lake Superior region, iron ore. is chi-ilv used in the section contiguous : > f )<, u Icl.'gT proportion d’ Um groin (.oming from LaX*- Supvrmr ' iToin I‘iti’Talo to the Aoaimc ' ”■ .w t . ~i Hie Urie c.anol an<.l railroads •.••.■n-- Tim; at Buli'alm Th- im>.->. impoi ' ”:’T in th- westward shipments thr mgli th- Saiult Ste. Marie .mmil. H l S; 1 imit-s In tie- territory con’iemjus to 1-, i.'.;,. Th'--'' condition.' j •• ' ' '■ : : ’ rys I canals gr y” exceed tho-e ol ; . the W’ Hand canal. , I The Well..ml OmM- lIK V■ • ‘ - ;;; | connects Lake Ontario t ll ' 1 ’ ■ rive-' Tl V.' ■ ':■■ ■'■■ d 1833 and ' ' ' 5 " 1871 and again in 1900. n ‘ v , '/T ‘ 1 v t» , ’ n 7 mli'T V.'-- • of locks’‘tweniy -five, ‘the lockage 327 feet, ami the toml cost about $25,000,000. Th- annual colle''’>'.'ns 'c tolls on freight, passengers ' aveni-’-s about $225,000, ami th f I Is open on an a\ M ‘ *• H I ’and forty days in a year. At the Sault. I The Sault Ste. Marie Canals—The eamils of Sault Sb. Marie, Mien., ami Ontario, 'are located adjacent to the falls ol imi St. Marys river, which connects Line i Sup i'. ’i' With Lake Ji roil am'' I»W'r "i I rai-e v-seis from one level to the other. I a h'-ight Os 17 to 20 feet. The . anal, I’'’longing to the i'nited St ’t'S. w m begun , in 1853 by the stale of Michigan and I open. <1 111 1855, the length of th. can il 1 being 5,674 feet. It is proviil’'! with two i tandem locks, each being 350 feet in ; length and 70 f’-et. viilf. ami allowing ; pa,- age of vessels drawing 12 feet. The original cost was $ 1.000.000. 1 The ( nited States government, by con- ■ int of the state, began in 1870 to tn- I large tli'- canal, and by 1881 had ln- ere\s-il its length to I 6 miles. Us width 'to an average ot 160 t, ami its depth : io 16 i et; also, had built a single lock 515 feet long and 80 feet wide, with a depth of 17 feel on the sills, which was I located 100 sett south of me state l-eks. i I’ii. slate relinquished ail control ot the j.umil in -March, 1882. In ISaZ th- state i locks were lorn down and replaced by a I single lock 800 feet long. 100 feet wim-, I ami .1 depth of 2 feel of water on th ’ I sills. This lock was put in eomm.ss- n ; ■in 1896. The canal was also dw pem.’d to I 25 feet. ’ The Canadian Canal. I 1-8 miles long. : I 150 feet wide and 22 feet it-ep, with j lo k 900 feet long, 60 feet wide, with 22 i fe-t on the miter sills, was bt.i;' 0:1 th ” i north side of the river during tiie year,, i I 1888 lo 1895. The number ot ves■” I-; I ; passing through the I'nited States canal 1 : canal "was 16,144 and through Jlte Car - ’ mrnin eanal 4.204. in i 960 lily uiiml.Krof i vess-ls passing through the I'nited States , : canal was 16.14 and through the Can adian <’.in.il 3,003, Showing an im reas- of ; 1,200 in the number of vessels passing I ihrough the Canadian canal, and a sfigiit , decrease In the number through <h. I.'iiil ,,l State- canal, the iner iase passir g i through the Canadian canal havine b. • 11 due lo the development of the Michlpoce ten district. The tonnage passing through the Lnited States canal in 1902 was: Registered tonnage 27,408.021 ton-, in 1 Ino I 22.222.334 tons, against 20.136.782 in i the vear 1900; the freight tonnage ' I 1901 was 25.023,522 tons, against 23. 1 251.539 lons in 1900. • Tl,, Canadian car.al shows: j Registered to.Xiage in 1902, 4.547.561: in ■ 1901? 2.404.642 tons, against 2.160.490 In 1900. A marked contrast between the I business of the Si. Marys falls and th. ■ Wel’and canals is found in a comparison of their figures for a term of years. The number of vessels passing through the Welland canal in 1873 was 6,425 and in 1899 2,202, a reduction of more than one- coastwise commerce wns 383.150 tons, |an agrregote of 2,577,590. { It is highly probable that the present I tonnage is very much more than th<* flg i urea shown for that fiscal year At that . time th- Influence of th, improvement at the jnouth of the Mississippi river, I eluding the Increased depth -it the South Pass, wa: just beginning to be felt, ami there was noted a growing umvernet ’. of agricultural products toward New Qr- I leans. j Genera) Gillmore makes reference tc | communications he had rtceiv-d from men prominent in tin: 'omm< r■■ :>1 Nt ; Orleans in which tiie belief waa m. ’ half in the number of vessels. Th num lii r of v-ss.-. j mtsmi g thr -.ugh the St ■ Marys fall eor.al in 1873 w.m 2.517 and ii 1902 through the American and Cana j dian canals, 22.659. Catnrrh. ' Wh-tlmr it is ol Uie - - fnr.'al, stem ' aeb. bowels, or mor- dell' ’K orc ins, ex 1 t.’irrh is always d 'bililating and shocl. ’ never fail of attention. [ It is a discharge from the mucom: m-m ’ brane when kept in a •■'bit'- ol o: l i: ”>, ; i lion by an impure, ’ ’.mimonly se”o: of ms j lieoil'-’. S.: ■■ ' i ■ ’’i ’ :.’I ’ i <•>:’’■ s all forms > ! ■ .. ? i ptirifi' ■■ I.’’- I'mO'l. ; ‘ 1 ‘ t! n.ni ■■ .i ’ ■ ‘ ; tar-h - nil 1 r.vomim—l h t" 'j''’ " '■ i parilla, for no substitute : ‘ *s it. RUNCIE SQUEALS ON WOOD ■ General's Former Confidential A : riser Before Comwi:tt a e. j 'Was I ''-gton. N'ivmr.l" r 27. Tfi- I committe- -n military ■'iffairs to'ln" ii”-:" i Major Jami’s 11. Run :■. of I m-.:baldy the most important witm m I will be offer. .1 by tlu ~;s' of ' ■ ■’ I oral Lear ird Wood in their attempt j prevent his confirmation to b;- maj-:’ g ;i ! era I. 1 Major Rmioie was on tl- ■ ' ■' ■"' 1 ■ thn. s during the *'m.' . telling ' ■■ ' mi'.tee of ,i dinner at Santiago, i'm., ..' I tended by liim-clf. Gene! >1 \\<>o.l i Ray Stannard Baker, a. mwsni'mr ma . : at which, it is alleg-d, was, 1 ’ m ■ '■ 3 • magazine article attacking Ma.’.ir 'i”t<■ ' Brooko that has (igurml mmspi -m asly : j the Wood ease. Major Rumi- was st mm. ! more than once during the course ot Im ' testimony and told nothing mat la,.', i of which h< hid person’ll knowledge. llm i did not exclude bls story of the dume j incident, which resulted in tl. ■ m'su. <• i subpeneas for three oilier witm ss | among whom is General Brookm I Other wituessms called by the ’ommitt. ’ to testify w-re .Major E. Ladd, I nitei ■ States army, who audio I m '■'■ ■ ” ■ Santiago account-s; Wahis cl. arrnan. > ; former employee ot a New York jev. ; elry house, who made the sale to tin i Jai Alai Companj’ ot the silver set whir. ; vias given to General Mo. 1 an . a mp I resentaljve of the uepartment ot instil-: I affairs, who e.xpi :, med the game and tn. j manner in wliK’h sm’.,: iliu-i.i m mdtilg. in by the sp*. datura. Basket, lack-i i and other paraphernalia were used in il ; lustrating the manner of play. i -Mr. clearman was tWK’ on the stand I Tim 11.-81 time he told the committee ■ that after the pur-hasc- ot the silver s i hi took the '.vaie to ll.’i inn and deiiverc’. ’ it to Seiiras Queda and received the pur ' chase price—4s,loo- ile was not nsk.a ; ■■. l other duty was paid on .he set. | The second time he was akse.l eon e: m ms. W. J. TUCKER, ©DISEASES OF THE LIVi’H VXD DIGESTIVE ORGANS, producing such symptoms ar .--allow skin. colic. pains nnd sore ness through she bow ru: h of l.lood to head. with symp- toms of apoplexy, constipation. diarrhoea. -anty and high colored urine with gra vellj d :- . ft.leading to chronic diarrhoea, dropsy -nd ”' m- ■ DISEASES OF WOMEb T , ' prolapsus. .... ties, l-.-ta ■■ !i-- 1. f.--: >-'«i.>n a M KDISEASES GF THE BECTUM, l’Hc' ; listu’a. et ■ ■ without th-’ kn ~- DISEASES OF THE GEN ITO-ÜBINABY ORGANS. all successfully treated. Have been right her.- in Atlanta 25 y-ars. l-’rce pamphlet anil question list. Pat ients treated by correspondence W . J. TUCKER, M. D.. Atlanta, Ga. Mention Tha Constitution. ». ft, «.(S ■ *.ft 0• e pressed that a. Florida ship canal would • Increase the transportation business on ’ the Mississippi ten fold In tiirse years, as i the saving in insurance, distance and ? < time to foreign and Atlantic ports would o equal to a saving ot 25 per cent on l | the. prevailing freights to these pails. It » i was estimated also that the canal would t •educe ocean freights from New Orleans ; , and other gulf ports by. at least, 20 per » I cent. An estimate Is made that during the » : ilve year? preceding the data of this re ? port vessels reaching a valuation bt ’ I $894,600, which were wrecked in the Flor » i Ida straits, would have been saved It ? they could have gone through euch a • ! canal. Estimate of Cost. The estimate of cost is. In round num- • '• hers, $50,000,000. This Is divided as fol- • ’ iou ? i itfxieavatlons and embank- ments, cannl prism, “tc524,571,468 ? Reservoirs in Ok. fe- ; , r.oki’ ■; «w;'.uiy.., $1,007,008 j Feeders to t-auie, « complete 328,310 1,335.318 » Locks and lock-gate.-!.. . . .. 6,276,649 j • r 1 71,675 ? Crui sing oUapatia V. Ithlaeoo- • cbee una other streams. . . 179.320 ' 'INvo railway bridges. $ 38.520 i ! Ten high-an-, bridges. 151.880 190,400 i ; Land damages . . 1,088,000 s 'Harbor rm gull' coast 4,759,9 17 j j Improvement on St. Mary a river.. 2,000,000 i 'lmproving entrance .rr Cum B berlar.d sound and mouth j ' of St. Mary rlvci...., 2,071,000 » Totil $43,343,747 i ‘ Add 16 p. r ' •■”.! s.ip-rlnlet «!- » e:im- and comii •■ .. c 5..,. 6,934,999 • Total estimated < ■ $50,278,746 • i Another Estimate. f. ’ Summary of siimate on a plan with i the rtservolr o- ,he Suwanee liver; Total, <ts before... $43,343,747 *• 1/.- s north ri’.-er.’i s i In Oltef en. ok— - | swamp, with its ?;?.? ... .... 878.496 42,465 251 ' ' Add ’estimate for Suwaw . i reservoir I’U-l pumping sta- ; tion us above... 94-L991 o 'Add 16 per cent snperintend- n i er.ee and contingencies...... 6.945.638 Total. ... .. -$50,355,633 t. ‘ wjr- U’.’ui. o.’tW’- the pm h.users an! in . the j. w. iry -'’mpm.y .: t-lem tm was r-- i ir-g of the coree.-ision lo li.-' Jai Alai Id a ■■■ l Ih'-imh I!: - t-Slimony NEW HUSBAND QUICKLY TAKEN Mis. Kemp Marries Hunnewell as Scon as She Is Divorced. .. Nmv;>’.:i. it. 1., November 27. A do- i 1-e: ’!■ -a:.’ b ■ I:-. . J], Kemp , ; ■» ' ■ l ; i of ilie supreme SIOO REWARD. SI CO. . an: ;i:at tile:’.’ .it lea.:, on- 'headed di-eaya 1 ' ' ■ - I. ■ - i. . - ia < . ’i a!i i'a i s' 'v” . aii.l •’■at ,s C'ltarih. Ball's Catarrh C.”’’ is i:.’- ’lv.- cure n ,\.’ known to .] net. :; y th; I and :nuc..ua ■’ fir n ■ !■.<• ~ 'v. rs. r’cd th., .."-r ' .i,.- 11-i.’r-.i ■’l ■ I’. J.i' ’ <’.; ■ '■•• ‘ it It t'a:'s to cure. Send < to: list t<-;.ln: nlals. Addie.-s F .’ . & CO. Toledo, 0. " s i S'.:.! by I 75c. is i Ball's ' apiily Till:: are the beat Gold Fever A.t'iourned Court Deliver. Novcm!”’r 27.--.', dispatch fiom the Sierra ''cii’.t'’ bunk at H'ill - ..'t i .■”.ve’i-”h?s just b ; '”n ir ' I nils - boro. large nuggosts have been ' f.o.Ti’l. 'J":: ' it’.’h .'.vs that i third . . - ery ■- b'l’Jy. in- liimng J idg.- Parker ■ -1 other i- ; i-’.urt oifiti’es, h ive rushed to the sceno Cigar Makers To Strike. le I San .In ’ll. P. '!. Nnv. rnb-:’ 26.--There 1 ! are indii’.'i 1 ions that a thous ’id more ,‘ L ' -Igarmakers will go out on strike to j morrow at different points on the island. Dares Ocean in Tiny Boat. i ; Gibraltar, November 26 -The Columbia <1 ;J! a ..Ung boat. 19 fee- long and 6 i f et beam. In which 'Captain Lu.lwlg El-- d I onbraun left B ston August 11 alone for ■ Mai'seill’. a. sailed from here ti’is after i - i noon for her destination. 7