The History of Water in Florida

June 2, 1950

Hudson Pulp and Paper Corporation
Palatka, Florida

Att: Mr. Basko, General Manager

Gentlemen:

We have read with considerable interest the recent announcement by Governor Warren in various state newspapers that you and your associates expect to soon spend some 10 millions of dollars on expanding your Palatka Pulp Mill.

It is very gratifying to know that your operations to date have been so profitable as to justify such a huge expenditure.

However, Mr. Basko, while this organization and many others of a similar nature are glad to see new industries locate, prosper, and expand in Florida, we are also vitally concerned regarding continued destructive pollution in our finest fresh water streams. We, therefore, would like very much to know if the Hudson Pulp and Paper Corporation expects to allocate part of its funds for expansion for the construction of an adequate reclamation plant so as to safe guard our marine life in the St. Johns River and it's [sic] tributaries. This is of just as much importance to the future economy of Florida as it is to that of such states as Michigan and Pennsylvania where adequate industrial reclamation plants are now required by law.

We will greatly appreciate an early reply.

Sincerely,

FLORIDA TACKLE & GUN CLUB
By: Kenneth A. Friedman, Chairman
Conservation Committee

cc: Honorable Fuller Warren, Governor
Mr. Coleman Newman, Director, Fla. Game & Fresh water Fish Conservation
Mr. David B. Lee, Chief Sanitation Engineer, State Board [of] Health, Jacksonville
Mr. Ed Markham, Fla. Wild Life Federation, Chamber of Commerce Bldg., St. Petersburg
Mr. Paul Maine, President Fla. Outdoor Writers, Jacksonville