The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05


JACKSONVILLE, June 50. 1881
The recent awakening OF your prOple in The
way Of immigration and iFst -class holel il
favorable sign, showing that there are some of
your citizens who do not think ihil your section
% going 10 the demniiion bo'E 9owsn To
those who know, and who have visited Mdd,e
Florica. general information would not be neg
essary, but special information would be inter.
esting and instructive. To the outside world
however, your country Is les knOsR than prob
ably any section Of the United States; and this
is easily accounted for-o6 nam the Rrea,
through lines OF travel visited By few, and As
yet not many immigrants. il has not had the ad.
vantage OF publicity by private correspondents.
public advertising or public information dis,rib-
uted 10y pamphlets, &c. Even land ow ners and
land agents there have been slow 90 call The ai.
tentiOn Of the public abroad 10 ias attractions
and know of no more effectual OF cheaper way
than TO issue pamphlets. descri ,sive, concise,
correct, to include all matters which an immi
grant would desire to know, and to include
map The cost, say for 5000 copies, including
distribution, would not exceed $500 This sum
could be made up say by an approx ration of 500
each by your City Council, County Commits
sianers, Agricultural Society, and he balance by
subscription; and as the plate Of the map would
be retained, sales of pamphlets aud maps might
be made, more or less, and probably part of the
cost might be made up from advertisements as
advertisers generally desire such methods.
However. whether it costs more or less, it will
e good investment and result in good No
one who keeps up with modern Ways, bul must
see the benefit of liberal advertising
As for the hotel, there is no question of its
benefit 10 your city, county and'sestion and not
only will il be profit to The stockholders, but it
will be Of great advantage pecuniarily to all.
The very nature OF the business makes the dis
trihution of money in its locality general The
farmer finds good home sale for his products,
from dairy, garden and field; the merchant has
increased sales, and even the DO Ill black earns
many an additional nickel The day that your
ira-elass hotel opens. every mas, woman AMI
child who owns lot in yoar cily may safely
add 10 per cent. to its present valre; every acre
within radius of five miles will lie sensbly ap
preciated ip Value With q bi-ePnial session Of
the Legislature the visiting at All times of per-
sons having business at the cspitok and the local
trayel, good hotel would be supported by home
patronage. Add to this the certain annual tide
of winter visitors which overhows oup State, and
there is money, if not millions Ia IT," Once
visited, notonly will those who make their first
visit return. but others will follow them. That
the hotel will be built am confident, for the
promoters are men of action and have well con
sidefed 1t, and have the money TO build it,
Our usual dull summer season is upon us,
weather has been warmish for the past 10 days-
say from IS 10 96 degrees, and one day the mer-
curry erept apto 80, but yet coot nights have
mostly prevailed, and more or zs breezy by
day. The mills are busy night and day with
orders ahead; some dozens of vessels are in
port travel is light yet more or less by rail and
steamer; merchants are doing a fair local and
up-river business; vegetables are b sihg shipped,
but late returns are not hatiering; watermelODs
are nov being shipped, bat the long drouih has
shortened the crop and diminished. the size.
Last week ]. Huff assigned. He has done .
large Fasmsss. Was active and stieniive; his
failure was probably ffom exieas'oO Of credits
and shrinking Of prices Of coiion, .as be bought
largely In the way of barter and est. He will
probably maks some arrangement viii his cred
itors and resume. One or two small failures
have occurred, but liabilities not large. good
deal Of building is going ON, and mechanics and
laborers are in good demand al fair wages The
Waycross, as also FeInandina Railroad trains
come and go with regularity and In equipment
of rolling stock, track and time, are first class.
The Waycnnss has now completed lis piling,
track, &C., TO The river and win no build lis de-
pa And ,esthihaI Surroundings The street cars
are success; receipts larger thar anticipated.
and The track viii be extended.
So you see We have city " with all the mod
ern improvements railroads, gas, works, water
works, officials and fares, which last luxury
c4mas ng9lAF % 0Arietnas and BOT half IS
efjoya6le@ The fbdr ndiIlion sale aAdiise arrival
of the purchasers. are discussed occasionally,
but as yet have not got the " inRApdness" of
the matter i look wise and dlsmigs The subject
by saying III Nous bsrro,ssi {" II The money is
paid, the Vose debt buried beyond resurrection,
aud omnipreseni legal complications forever es-
topped, there is some positive result
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