The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02
PhiIadelphis Evening Bulletin. Jsy ~
NEW RAILROADS ~ FLORIDA.


EmAA30e R1n4 n BAA8AhnaA Am4CEcA&G0s
If The railroads now in coarse Of constructors
in Florida be finished. together with those cor
templated, they viii provide IN a great measure
the facilities for trSnspOraiie IN hich the State
is 80 deficient. Three Of the number projected
will run through the imnlense Tract OF land
bought BY the Philadelphia capitalists Al who's
head are HamiltOn Disst0n and ex-Mayor Stnk-
ley. They are the Ss.uih Florida Railroad Con-
pany. the Jacksonville. Tampa and Key We4
Railroad and the PENINSULA. Rlilroad. All tbee
corporations had projected their lines through
the land bought BY Mr.. DnsIon's company Be-
fore the latter became the owner, and q confer
euce was held in this city, iAis morning. between
the Representatives OF the South Florida C0mpa-
ny, and Mr.. DIsstOn. regarding the right Of way
for the railroads President Ingram. Of the S0uih
Florida Company, and Col ST. Clair Abrams
attorney for the corporation. were here for thai
purpose, and are registered at the GirArd House
There was no difficulty in sfecting an arrange
ment, as Mr.. Disston was wiling that the 1ilrua0
company should have the right Of way. provided
the land given To il 81 Juld. Be compensated Tor
BY an additional land grant elseWher o. equal
value and extent from the Stale to The company
The necessary papers are IN course 81 Prepa-
ration by Mr.. DisstOn's attorney, and when
they shall have been signed the Degotia-
lions will be complete 80 tEr IS the Sauih Flor
ida is concerned This road extends from san
ford To Orlando. q distance of twenty-five mics.
and between these points y IN operation II s
now building to Barlow, 50 miles from Orlando.
and from thai place will be extended 40 miles 70
Tampa, at the head Of Tampa Bay, on the GuA
coast, where il will terminate By is chAr'ei
il was to have gotten every alternate section O
six miles along its line, bul the Dission pu-chaS
threatened to deprive il ii this valuable nan
chise, hich is equal 10 3.S 10 acres for each ME-
OF road By the agreement made tbs morn. =.
the Dission Company agrees ~ relDqush 10 ne
railroad company these alternate sections On INC
following conditions: Ths State Is to comrea-
safe for the property released by granting ne
Disston Company an equak area OF land 10 some
other locality; the South Florida Company
agrees to divide the location Of towns along ID
road equally between ifselfa and the Dission Com
pany; 1t agrees TO cnmplt,e the railroad from
Orlando to Tampa Bay vi hin three years al the
iurthest, and in default thereof will convey 10
the Disston Company all Its chartered ngns 70
the uncompleted portion, so that The latter can
take up the enterprise aid carry II iorWalu
Several hundred men are now At work on 'ns
road, and eighty miles OF. inOn. with when 70
equip it, are in transit When President Ingram
returns to Florida he will take with him aosul
800 more laboreFs. He has locomotives unoS,
contract at the Baldwin works, in tins city an
the money needed to complete the road has Oeen
raised. Many well-kBoFn capitalists oil 'He
North are stockholders.
A gentleman who Is 10 crested in the D'sSsVo
purchase says that inside Of three years Il VII =
intersected by 800 miles Of railroad. Survey~ss
are now on . projected lad from Tampa s"..s
to Jacksonville a distance Of 30 miles. OF VIZ.
IS miles will pass through The Disston puIen-s
The Atlantic and West Indian road IS now cA
pleted from Fernandna TO Cedar Keys
branch from Waldo south S miles TO OcA.-
complete, and is under contract tor further eA'
sion to Snmterville, the work TO DC o 1870.
Christmas From thencesit will run 10 Dr. s.s "a
Vile and Tampa, and eventually further SOU.
Charlotte HarboF, passing through lcO m.'sI o.
the Disston purchase. AnO'her road TN iii
lando will touch Lake Tahopekallga snN a.see
give river communicationNWith Lake Okeec 49,.
Another conferences is b ing held this -
This time il is between lIr. Disston ana p.. aS-
from New York, who represent The otne. -
which. in addition TO thesS0uth F1onda, M
iecied through the land owned By his coItrrs -.
They are in the same positiOn Is the eoe.a
ida was, and arc anxi0us to effect an -
meut by which they too can get al.efn.
lions OF land There vii hardly be any III
as Mr.. Disston Is willing thai bis lano 81" .
traversed by all the r0sds that des,r 49,
through II when the proFerty be y'eids "
h fully made up elsewhers