Show CAMAL CANAL TO 1 JOIN GULF AND SEA mother nature has made work an easy task washington steam shovels are chugging here where helmeted spaniards nee pushed tl tarou rough h silent tangled jungle jungles in n of the fountain of youth and tall masts e eventually may mai mingle with the tall p nes ties in florida s bortl ern era forests for the new ship ca i 1 al there I 1 as been begun it tl e canal Is completed as planned s juat freighters pro id pas set ger hi lit ers and even grim war cfaft fr trim in the se seven seen en seas will steam through inland tiland waters n u which alch in bygone davs kee ii deans and gold crazed white men pa hied prim primitive ithe canoes says the N s illonal geographic coclet churning engines and deep throated ak whistles will break the silence in quiet badois bavois baa 0 is where here once oula the occasional f an alligator or the brilliant fligl t of a flamingo colony disturbed the le 1 I arii on 1 ling a short cut A r vessels essel I 1 et een tie ta e atlantic ocean an I 1 the gulf of mexico 11 exico the canal canil Is de signel to tie tle ch channels anneli f alv tl ree i let torque florida clr rivera th the at t lolus lol us the Ocl lawaha an ani tie tle IN ill heo cl ee tl TI aitt alti tl tie e tri tansi ns i en it ilir ir waterway will be teira 00 ull 1 u b long less tl 0 in hilf hilt h its lei leitl tl will mill have bane to be dug by hi lit man agencies mother nature the greit en eainer iner er already has exea excavated abed a proportion herself boats have plied for n any ears on oil all three riv ers and tl e canal simply will III connect and deepen them to be sea level route like tl e mile waterway at suez the I 1 11 I 1 r la a canal will be a sea level route alth w ath none of the huge locks and moui tain slicing cuts necessary at Parin panama uia cinal bu iding Is campara lively easy in florila f ion la for the highest boint I 1 in the peninsula is less than two thirla thir la the 1 eight of the IN ashington monument and most of the state Is a few feet above the ocean from the atlantic ships will enter the canal at bustling versatile jack s uville whose exports range from pine bo boards ads to ground oyster shells the latter to aid chickens digestions digestion jacksonville only 25 miles from F or ida s northern border Is the state states s largest city its industrial center and a leading lumber shipping point through this city the gately to florida a vast winter pl playground aground a huge traffic rolls down to miami beach on the east and st petersburg on the west coasts and to other southern re sorts when winter winters s first chills appear up north in some years tl s 4 sun suit wor worshiper travel has reachel reache I 1 a ai q ti gh gb is a motor car a minute from jacksonville south ocean vessels already navigate 64 miles mile of what hat Is planned to be part of the canal route this Is the bt johns river which strangely enough in so ali flit t a region flows due north miles before reacting read ing the sea A sluggish stream it drops only 0 feet in miles the st johns tarries carries a arge water borne commerce to Jacks jacksonville ornille palatka busy little el shipping tipping cen ter on the upper st johns Is now the I 1 ead of navigation for ocean vessels I 1 alatka s lumber piles plies seen from the air resemble a city in themselves and the city boasts what Is believed to be the only camphor plantation in the bulted states farther up stream near welaka belaka the new canal will turn southwestward along the narrow winding course of the ockla waha river a tributary of the st bohns through pine forests much of the country through which the canal will pass consists of pine forests already cut over tor for lumbering Is a leading florida indus try I 1 leaving the Ockla ocklawaha Ock lawaha walla the canal will ial cut across to the W I 1 ittle big river of the indians which flows into the gulf of mexico favl gable now for CO miles by boats of shallow draft the W car ries cargoes of fish farm pio plo duce and lumber down to the sea 11 II pi 3 dav 9 may way be in store aa u u tor for I 1 OL t it all glis at the tile 1 ee s mouth acl to be the tile cai al s gulf ten teri it i us ut I 1 ort binl inua its prospered in I 1 last ast davs when lare cargoes of pi asi I 1 ate rock 1 aiu moved ed down the IN iti lacoochee laco but in late vears the rock has as been largely shipped trust I 1 ast by rail and tl e town has declined |