3,388,000 short tons of land-pebble phosphate and about 33,000 tons of soft-rock phosphate. In 1937, 602,341 tons of the commodity were shipped by ocean-going vessels from South Boca Grande and 1,738,526 tons from the port of Tampa.

23. The most extensive remaining stands of yellow pine timber in Florida are in Levy, Dixie, and Taylor Counties, and thence westward, all outside of the local tributary area herein considered. Within the local tributary area, however, there is in the aggregate a considerable amount of this class of timber, as well as of cypress. Most of the pine trees are relatively small, however, and the tracts comparatively small and scattered, so that manufacture of pine lumber from them is mostly by small sawmills, the product of which is usually hauled by truck to local markets, or to the nearest railway siding. Along upper St. Johns River, between Palatka and Lake Harney, there are considerable stands of cypress timber, which is now rafted or barged on the river to large mills at Palatka or Osceola where it is manufactured into lumber, most of which is shipped by rail to various parts of Florida and the rest of the United States.

24. According to a report by the Florida Forest and Park Service (appendix Q hereto), the annual production of lumber by the counties of the local area is as follows:

25. There is a large cypress mill at Osceola operated by the Osceola Cypress Co., and another at Palatka, operated by the Wilson Cypress Co. The annual output of manufactured lumber, in 1938, by the former is reported as 36,000,000 feet board measure. (See appendix F.) No data on the output of the Osceola Cypress Co. have been made available.

26. Water shipments of lumber from the various Florida ports in 1938 are shown in the following table:

TABLE IV.-Ocean-borne shipments of cross ties, lumber, and crate material from

Florida ports, 1938

1 Of this, 2,935 tons were cross ties; 519 tons were logs and poles; 1,232 tons were creosoted lumber and cross ties; 3,118 tons were cypress and hardwoods; and the remainder, 44,046 tons, was principally pine lumber.

Of this, 98,990 were cross ties, logs, and poles; 26,307 tons were creosoted lumber, piling, and poles; 1,242 tons were crate materials and shooks; 2,827 tons were pine lumber; 981 tons were cypress and hardwoods; the rest, 50,996 tons, was principally pine lumber.

* In addition, 27,604 tons of pulpboard were shipped coastwise.

1 Not printed.

27. Lack of sufficient staple foods, manufactured and mineral products, except phosphate, and including heavy materials for construction, requires importation of large quantities from other States and from foreign countries.

28. The combined consumption of gasoline and kerosene, in tons, in the several counties of the tributary area in 1927, according to reports by the Florida State Department of Agriculture, is as follows:

29. No data are available on consumption of fuel oil by counties. The principal uses of this commodity in the area, however, are by the power plants near Sanford and by those in Polk County, and by the phosphate mines in the latter county. In 1938, 64,868 tons of fuel oil were transported via the improved channel in St. Johns River from Jacksonville to the power plants near Sanford. Data collected by local interests in Polk County indicate that in 1937 about 70,000 tons of fuel oil per annum were consumed at the phosphate mines and 73,000 tons per annum by the power plants in the vicinity, a total of 143,000 tons per annum. Large bulk-storage plants have been established at Jacksonville, Port Everglades, Miami, and Tampa.

30. The consumption of fertilizer in the local area, in 1938, as reported by the Florida State Department of Agriculture, was as follows:

31. The estimated annual consumption of other commodities in the tributary area is shown in the following table:

TABLE V.-Estimated average annual consumption of various commodities in the local tributary area

32. Bridges.-The bridges crossing the waterway under consideration are enumerated in the following table. The Florida East Coast Railway bridge and the county highway bridge, which cross St. Johns River side by side at Jacksonville, are considered as defining the lower limit of the project channel in St. Johns River, Jacksonville to Palatka. Vessels navigating that channel to or from the harbor of Jacksonville must pass through these two bridges; they are therefore included in the table.

Provision of the requested improvement would not require alteration of any of these structures, or provision of any additional structures.

33. Prior reports. - Prior reports on the sections of St. Johns River herein specifically considered are summarized in the following table:

TABLE VII.-Prior reports on St. Johns River, Fla., Jacksonville to Lake Harney

1 This report is the basis of the existing project.

34. On April 24, 1939, the district engineer submitted a report on a navigation and floodway channel 8 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Sanford through St. Johns River to the vicinity of Puzzle Lake, and thence by land cut to Indian River near Titusville. He will submit a report in the near future on a navigation and floodway channel from Crescent Lake by way of Haw Creek to Bunnell, and thence by a land cut to the sea at Flagler Beach. Each of these proposed channels would be tributary to the sections of St. Johns River herein under consideration.

35. On November 30, 1938, the district engineer submitted a report on a waterway from St. Johns River at or near Sanford to Tampa Bay via Kissimmee and Alafia Rivers. Either of these waterways, if provided, would probably have a considerable effect on the commerce of the waterway herein under consideration. Reports will be submitted by the district engineer in the near future on the following proposed waterways:

St. Johns River to Kissimmee River and thence to Okeechobee Cross-Florida Canal.

St. Johns River to Lake Beresford.

De Leon Springs to St. Johns River.

36. Existing projects.-The existing project, St. Johns River, Jacksonville to Palatka, was adopted by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1899, and March 2, 1919. The existing project, Palatka to Lake Harney, was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910, and modified by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930, to include cut-offs at Butcher Bend, Snake Creek, and Starks, and easing bends at other points. The project channel dimensions, and the cost, to June 30, 1939, are as follows:

* Includes a channel from Sanford to power plant at Enterprise. (See H. Doc. 1111, 60th Cong., 2d sess.,

p. 12.)

Related projects, the existence of which affects commerce on the waterway herein under consideration, are as follows:

1 Minimum (in land cuts); 150 feet wide in open waters.

On Apr. 27, 1939, the district engineer submitted a report which considered deepening this waterway to 12 feet.

From the mouth to head of Silver Springs Run, 58 miles.

From Silver Springs Run to Leesburg, 87 miles above the mouth.