outlines the development of the intercoastal waterway. it was originally built for anybody and everybody; sailors a lot of sailboats, barges steamers. there were four principal investors in the waterway, and they were all key businessmen in st. augustine. they included dr. john westcott who was a medical doctor, a minnologist a surveyor. he was everything. and, in fact, in 1855 he was surveyor general of whole state of florida. so when it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida dr. westcott would know. they needed about $100,000 in capital. dr. westcott put in $49,000 which in 1881 was a huge sum of money, and the other three put in the balance $51,000. back then in order to get a corporation or to get permission to do something, to do almost anything, you had to get a charter, a corporate charter from the state legislature. and in 1881 dr. westcott was well known. it had always been his dream especially after having been surveyor general
we talked to bill crawford as we outlined the development of the inner coastal waterway. it was built for anybody and anyone. a lot of sailors, a lot of sailboats barges. steamers. there were four principal investors in the waterway and they were all key businessmen. they included this doctor doctor john glasscock, who was a medical doctor a surveyor. he was everything. and in 1855 he will survey the whole state of florida. so when it came to picking out where the best parcels of land would be in florida, he would know. they need about $100,000 in capital and the doctor put in $49,000 which in 1881 was a huge sum of money, and the other three put in the balance of $51,000. and back then in order to get a corporation or to get permission to do something or almost anything you had to get a charter from the state legislature. and in 1881 the doctor was well known and it had always been his dream especially after having been surveyor general to have an inland waterway that wa
have a good chance of rain. not everyone will see rain but there will be spotty showers, even a rumble of thunder. highs today into the mid-80s. larry, over to you. your time 6:01. metro riders want to let you know everything is running on schedule this morning. there we go. okay. thank you. okay, metro riders, everything running on schedule. buses running on schedule as well. folks are starting to wake up here as well this morning. if you re going to be traveling eastbound on 66, fog is really going to be the biggest trouble for you this morning. want to take you out live right now and show you how things are shaping up. this is in chantilly, leesburg, even parts of manassas and towns along the 95 corridor are seeing fog. it lip pact the morning commute it will impact the morning commute. decrease the speed because of the conditions right now as you can see. want to take you to the beltway and show you how things are shaping up on i-270. again no issues there this mornin
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jeffrey epstein and minors. maxwell has denied any wrongdoing in the past. we want to begin this hour in texas where the number of coronavirus cases is exploding. between june 8th and june 21th, there have been about 75,000 new cases of coronavirus in texas alone. and that is just in those three weeks. harris county, home to houston, is the hardest hit in the state with over 32,000 cases so far. that is where we find msnbc s david gura live outside the houston medical center. david, good talk to you again. obviously, staggering numbers there. houston attempting to try to deal with this ballooning number of cases. do they have enough testing, you think, and resources to meet the need of those being hospitalized? let me talk about testing first if i could, ayman. three ways to get tested in this community. there s a city of houston testing apparatus. sites around the city you can go online to to try to get an appointment at. there s often a long line to get through there. the