Florida, its history and its romance; . d navigation improvementeverywhere along the river, they are battling with spirit invincible. The California Debris Com-mission, made up of Army Engineers, has submitted to Congress a plan to improve navigation,reclaim 400,000 fertile acres and render absolutely secure 300,000 already reclaimed. By foresightand industry, aided, maybe, by genius, inland towns abroad have been made seaports. Who knows?As to-day sees the Sacramento a thoroughfare of local commerce, tomorrow may see flags of thenations upon its waters. The latest, and not the least important
Florida, its history and its romance; . d navigation improvementeverywhere along the river, they are battling with spirit invincible. The California Debris Com-mission, made up of Army Engineers, has submitted to Congress a plan to improve navigation,reclaim 400,000 fertile acres and render absolutely secure 300,000 already reclaimed. By foresightand industry, aided, maybe, by genius, inland towns abroad have been made seaports. Who knows?As to-day sees the Sacramento a thoroughfare of local commerce, tomorrow may see flags of thenations upon its waters. The latest, and not the least important, proposed project along the River, is that of construct-ing a highway, paralleling its east bank, from Sacramento, through the Delta, and thence, bythe most direct and practicable route, through Contra Costa and Alameda Counties, into the terminals lie two of the three state centers of population—Sacramento Valley and the Baycities. Between, is a region unexcelled for crop quantity and diversity, and of surpassing OCHSNER BtJILDING Much grading, that would be required, has already been done. Road material abounds in theContra Costa hills, and Reclamation districts have offered dredgers and assistance. To-day, theshortest passable route to the Bay cities, is by way of Stockton, 112 miles, while the road proposed,will be 75 miles, and a highway all the way. The approaching Panama Pacific Exposition renders this road doubly desirable. What wecan never hope to bring to the Exposition, we can bring the Exposition to see. If the mountaincannot come to Mahomet, let Mahomet come to the mountain. A state highway through the Garden of the Netherlands will bring homeseekers from everystate in the Union and every country of the globe to the worlds richest agricultural region, showingto them, within a radius of a few miles, acre after acre, each with a different yield. High cost of living and wasted wealth go hand in hand. Europe, over good roads, trans-ports for 9 ce
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