Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-12-29
SOUTH FLORIDA.
Steady Flow Or migration
Wonderful Growth OF sanford aud
maitlau ud-ImPrOVemenI 10 be seen
On RatITosd ETIP-The POssibilI-
lies OF that section of the State.

SANFORD FLA, December 23-Editor Morn
ing Nelrs Your paper, one of the guardians
and advocates of Florida interests and enter
prises. continues to put In its weekly appear
ance, repIete with ali that is spicy, interesting
and instructive. We take up our quill and pro
coed to contribute our fund of news from this
portion Of Linda Flora. We peruse with in
terest, communications Of similar import from
other sections Of the State; and that impetus
the effect Of immigration with its long and
varied list OF ''bOoms''-which induces other
contributions, is most assuredly not wanting
with us.
While immigration continues to flow in one
uninterrupted, and by no means minute, stream
into this State, Orange county continues. as in
the past, to receive very large pc. cent.
The fine steamers Of the popular DeBary
Line are daily freighted with passengers
some coming TO escape the freezing blasts Of
the bleak North, others To enjoy the sport of the
chase, and many as settlers. attracted hither
by cur genial cline and varied resources.
Despite the uHgenerOus and unmerited repre-
sentaIiOn Of certain Jealous and wOuld-be-
rival communities, Orange county has in the
past decade made giant strides in tine lncrea Sc
Of population aud material development
Sanford, which implied six years ago
store post office, church, aud perhaps half g
dozen eilings. is nOwOne OF the most pros
porous towns On the St Johns river. and
with its numerous business houses, hotels and
neat Soz9 Iesiue enSes' PIeseheS IA a hanusouS
and Inviting appearance The Sanford
Hotel and minor boarding houses
are being rapidly filed with visitors. the mer
chants present, in their several lines, have
handsome and complete stocks, and there is
an activity displayed in all branches of bust
ness indicative Of a thrifty, enterprlsing town.
Nor is this rapid development confined solely
10 Sanford. Acc OmpanY US over the line of the
| RalfrOar he m
thrifty orange groves that have sprung into
ex stence: the many business houses and resi-
| dences that have been reared in the villages
along It's route Cast your eye over the charm
ing village Of Maitland, and view her COM
I mo6iOus stores and hOte s: her residences en-
powered midst fine groves, overlooking
magnificent lakes. HE we then to Or
ando, aud so rapidly have the wheels
Of progress TevOlved here that
we are .iuc ined 10 inquire if the influence of
the masici ans wand has not cO-operate1 with
| the slower methods OF man in the creation of
/ these vast lmprOv- -mentS
Nor do we c1nfine ourselves to this line Of
/ railroad; but 90 with US through the more re-
mote sections Of the county, and the same
/ rapid growth is everywhere apparent. Hun
/ dreds OF smiliI g orange groves relieve the
mOnotOny Of the once uUbrOken forests OF the
/ pine. Thickly settled neighborhOOds have
/ sprung into existence on every side. The howl
Of the wolf is replaced bv the ringing of the
/ settlers axe. and the fleet deer no longer
bounds unmolested through his forest home
These vast transformations have been
accomplished, fCI the most part, in the
| last ten years And yet, in an article
| styled Middle vs.. South Florids," which
! appeared in your last issue, the
| writer intimatss that the man who comes here
lndinvests his money in the cultivation of the
tropical fruit is buildings on bubble that is
liable to collapse any moment, leaving hum
ruined man" Taking the writer's assertion
and our knowledge of the resources of Orange
county into consideration, we are inclined 10
/ think that the aforesaid bubble" exists more
H. han inv uFraalar
made here II the writer will come to this
section Of South Florida, go over cur county
and observe the prosperity and contentment of
lis citizens. he will find very few who regard
themselves as founded on bubble. We pre-
dict. when he does this, that his imaginary
''buOble" will make rapid transit into nom
entity.
The truth is the people of no section in
FlO-i- a are established on g firmer basis than
on S; and the continued influx CT settlers vefi-
des our assertion. We're locating here so
haz ardOus an undertaking, the world would
have, long ere this, been aDprised OF the fact.
and further development would have ceased
Nothing offers surer guarantee OF its r-ward
than does the production OF the tro 1lc 81 fruits
The world realizes this fact, and 10 this is
south Florida principally due her continued
prosperity The writer of middle vs. south
FlOri is slso laboriny under the delusion that
this section, with its low. sandy lands. p" Is
notable onIy for ''being below the frost line
and the culture of semi-tropicsl fruits. " These
are certainly two grand advantages Of our
MIDDLE flOrlda, out MS assertion mas not Ine
desirable features Of South Florida.
IL he will take the trcub.e
to inform himself he will find that truck gar
dening pays here as well as in his section, and
those who have turned their time and attention
TO farming have raised good crops of co ton
and corn. The grape also does well here.
He also chants his advantages over us in
point OF health society and schools. Our high
pine lands are as healthy as any section of the
r,tate besides they are free of those malignant
fevers which pervade Middle Florida AS to
society, our people, as class, are educated
and refined, and our school system is being
greatly improved. and will keep pace with the
progress OF our section. More anon.