The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-10-30

Axxuorls. No. oct. "a ist2
Isboara greatly prefer Enterprises a.
$ wiBar residence from December 20
March 70 any place have visited 10
east Florida. It's semitropieal appear
ance and climate. It's beautiful sunsets,
It's Is. soft air is lake rendering eE-
ercise easy and inviting, and lie situa.
ton Al What will probably be the far
tbest accessible point on the st
johns must tend 70 constantly inereas.
iug popularity Whoever first starts
a really frst class three hundred guest
hotel there will make a fortune.
NKw YoEK, Oct. %, 1878.
Your circular and paper were re-
ceiyed. read With much interest the
different letters published therein, aud
agree with several that - Augustine
is just the place if il bad proper rail.
way facilities, Ibelieve a good hotel
t. accommodate 500 guests will pay,
and pay handsomely. as travellers in
stead Of staying enc or two days will
stay for weeks A friend Of mine has
hired a house in II Augustine for the
winter and is going to keep house, as
he thinks the hotels are too crowded
for comf5Tt
NEW YoRK, Oct p, 1878.
send you the names Of few friends
/ and suggest that you send your cir
cuar 10 them 1t seems to me your
hotel scheme canrot fail to be success.
/ fulfil you put the house in any access
/ ibIe place in Florida. The Tocoi rail-
road il he great objection to st Angus
tine at present, but that may be i'm
proved, and it undoubtedly will be il
a large hotel is buit there
MANArEEr Fla, Oct. 10, 1878.
Being Vermonter born, and a resi-
dent of Florida for thirty years, l
naturally feel an interest in both states
and would be glad TO see more Yer
monters here. The climate Of the Gull
coast Of Florida is mlder than that o.
4 the Eastern coast. The north winds
sometimes bring the mercury down tc
400, but not often Oranges, lemons
guayas and Bananas are grown here
in perfection. There is a great want o.
houses to accommodate northern visi
tors. A gentleman who has been board
ed with me for two winters past has
been urging me to build hotel.
know it would be a good investment
for any one familiar with the business
We want live men here y +
New YORK, Oct q, 1878.
Your inquiring circular reached me ;
few days since, but, considering thai
never having been in Florida, ! coulc
only give a secondhand opinion, wortl
as much, perhaps, as some OF the opin
ions on finance and specie payments
now a-days, l thought | woulc
make that as desirable as possible by
kind o takin' vote" among friends
who had been in Florida and passed
winters there, After thus taking sound
ings, at various depths, | am in a posi-
ton to say that the preponderance 0
the indications was decidedly in favo
of Jacksonville as the location for sucl
a hoteI as you propose. How much o
this may be attributed to a lingering
affection for the name OF jackson, Il
which old Democrats are strong,
given, and on which even Old Line
Wings often come out strong in sucI
times as these, cannot say, Some
;r,tood g,,,,,,ostal @ .,g,ust;ro ctbor
-
"o e"' W. - 40
in Magnolia, &C; but on closely press
ing the the question on a paying bas
these were pretty generally acknow
edged as preferences Of location o.
" individual account :" the homes
.I,psiness Indictment favored Jackson
Win Not,o,tol,o ,bo rosnoreih;I;,y
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