The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-10-16

wife Yes pr5babably saw, also that
many mcra people would have GENE,
Bod there tesn the pr1pcs hatel aecom.
oaatiaus 10 ihe state. Haiels a Jack.
s7av3le viii pay wcl ia winter euf
dzicutly vel Is iudoce tle building af
them here. There are other places ia
Florida where they could be kept open
ia the mmmer and be made 10 pay
one of these places is at Fort George
Island, at The mouth of the river i'm
me1ialely aa tbe ocean Mature haas
done more, ] think. 20 make that
watering place than any spot know Of
There Is about llo0 acres in the island
with q beautiful growth Of oak, hick-
ory. cedar, magnolia and other forest
trees The laud Of the first quality, and
the owner has opened up avenues 30
( that you can drive about fifteen miles,
all good road, without driving over the
same avenue twice then there is a
beach drive Of about four miles. I
think O hotel there would be filed from
the north la winter, aud by our Jack
souyille families ia the summer. 4 shell
road from here there is practicable
q miles. and would pay a fair in
terost as a toll road Z. II Rollins,
Treas. n. +, r, r., with an Office in
Boston. is a brother Of the owner Of the
island a hotel at Beecber, one hun
drc3 miles south Of Jacksonville, cost
ing $4,000 would pay The finest
springs ia the state are there, three OF
them within a space Of one hundred
yards and 10 two alike. 4 wing built
\ there now, think would soon require
the main building
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. :, 1878.
Dear Sir;
Your communication, relative to
building large hotel in Florida, is at
hand, and ! will cheerfully give you
, MY views on the subject, which are
briefly these: Anyone who has visited
Florida, in the winter season, within
the past seven years, can not have fail
ed to discover the great want Of hotel
, accommodation throughout the state
And although this desideratum has
been attempted to be supplied, by the
building Of what has heretofore beer
} considered large hotels in Florida, sucl
as the st James and National at Jack
sonvile, the Union House, &c, at
r, Green Cove Spring, the hotels at st
: Augustine and on the upper st Johns
r Yet with all this increase of accommo
T dation, the supply has fallen far short
of the demand, and we are scarcely bet
i ter prepared now to accommodate
Y those seeking cur delightful climate
4 either for health or recreation, than w
y were seven years ago. The building 0
such an establishment, as you propose
o can not fail to meet the wants Of thu
= public, and pay very substantial div
5 idend to the owners, besides being
r benefit to the state at large, and es
a pecially to its immediate locality. Wit
IT regard to the point most desirable 70
Il the location of such house. thinl
" that there can be no difference Of opin
|. ion that Jacksonville is the place. Her
!, we have a temperature of climate M
II equaled, just sufficiently removed fror
the sea to avoid the bleak north wind
and dampness of atm osphere, whic
sometimes prevail, and at the sam
time to enjoy all Of its bracing and il
=, MIGRATING qualities Here also W
- have good society, good schools, goo
- churches and physicians, daily commit
a nication by mail and telegraph with a
~ parts of the country, the commerce.
% center Of the state with a population
, $4,000 Industrious and enterprisin
:, people, who send you words of chez
H. and bid you God speed in your ente
~. prise. Another great advantage, "
- shall have soon, is the opening Of Il
- Great Southern Railroad, from til
- place to Jessup in Georgia, on the A.
G, r. r., bringing Savannah with
seven hours run of Jacksonville. TIL
is a settled thing and we shall have Il
e. road completed in a very short time.
at | am not prepared TO say what amour
ut If any shall be necessary our cit
a. would subscribe to the building Of yoI
ut hotel but have no doubt forty or fit
sc thousand dollars could readily be OIL
m tanned. With full confidence in yor
NJ enterprise and wishing you every su
Cd cess, | remain, &c.
W. RooHfsrEE, n. Y, Oct. II, 1873.
Ny Dear Sir:
/ have received your circular in r
gard to location for a hotel in Flord
ng OF all the places ] visited last winter
-, give my preference for St Augusta
ed 1t is a place that all northern Peep
st desire to visit, both on account of i
to climate and its. historical association
if hut the greater part of those wi