Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-09-22

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Collections The People Enthu-
sfastie = Railroads and steam
boats Help the Good Work
Handsome Premiums-FIOrIdaG CO.
ing I'm TO WIn-DescrIpttOn of the
BuildIng-marine DIsasters-SOuth
Florida Railroad - HO for Lake
OkeechObee - Mr.. McCalIum-The
Presidents Death DemOnstra-
tiOns-A New Leaf Will It be
Bright or Darka-Cadet COOper's
Death.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, September 21-Some
time ago stated that it was the desire of those
in charge of the Florida exhibit to erect a
building of their own for the reception Of the
various collections from this State. That idea
has since taken practical shape, and the call
for funds has been met by our citizens with very
commendable liberality. The committee ap-
pointed by Vice President Coryell took the
field last Saturday, and in a few hours
reported a collection of eleven hundred
dollars. This secures sthe building
beyond all peradventure. All of the lumber
required has been. or will be contributed by
the different mills, Ex-Governor Drew sub
scribing seven thousand feet of flooring. The
frame will be prepared in this city, and the
railroad companies will transport it, free Of
charge. to Atlanta / have seen the plans and
specifications and the structure, while not a
costly edidce, will be neat, comfortable and
capacious.
Mr.. KimbaIl is delighted with the idea of our
having separate building, and has promised
to give us q most eligible location. 1t was
found that the space allotted to us in the main
hall, twelve hundred feet would be totally IN
sufficient for our projected display, and hence
the necessity or more roomY quarters. There
will be apartments for the press gang, the
Commissioners Of immigration, Governor and
Cabinet, and files for all the papers published
In the State.
Much liberality has been shown by the vari-
Gus railroad and steamboat lines in their offer
to convey all articles free over their respec
tive routes, and also to pass all agents in the
employment of the committee. To the Okee-
chobee Land Company the State is indebted
for donation Of one thousand dollars-half
for the Atlanta exhibit, and half for the
State Fair next February. This great CON-
pany is doing much in the way
Of developing the resources Of the State, and
is showing deep interest in ali that concerns
its prosperity. The premiums awarded by
them to the State Fair relate principally to
jute and other fibres, starch plants, vegetable
dyes, sugar cane, tobacco and tropical fruits.
The premiums very liberal, and it is hoped
will awaken a keen emulation among the
several counties.
am disposed to think without any gush or
bombast, that Flo ida will make an exhibition
at Atlanta that will rebound greatly to her |
credit and be matter Of very great astonish- |
ment to the country at large. 1t certainly will |
be display, sui gelleTts, as IL were, for many |
of its features will be decidedly unique and |
original
Lake Worth, at the southern extremity Of |
Indian river, will furnish some palmetto trees |
enci.cled by that odd parasite, the C ioutchouc |
vine, from which exudes a gum possessing |
many of the qualities Of the rubber of com |
merce, also the different varities of the air |
plants, and will show the Western boosters |
how Floridians contrive to make trees produce |
oysters by sending some mangrove bushes en-
crusted with bivalves.
Then besides Capt. VIM. H. Kendrick every |
body knows Captain BID VOWS that he will |
have several of our Indians on hand, in paint |
and all their barbaric bravery, to give their |
pow vows, national dances, etc. The Captain |
is now on a scout, and means to secure some of |
the savages even II he is compelled to kdnap |
the animals.
The eastern and southern portions Of the |
State are fully enthused upon the subject, and |
manifest very healthy interest in the matter. |
They will be richly rewarded for the outlay, |
labor and trouble expended by the increased |
travel to those sections, the enhanced value of |
their lands and the growth Of their pOpu- |
lation. In the light of a mere speculation, |
or in dollar and cents view. such ven |
ture will prove remuneratiYe and satisfactory. |
Suppose for instance, only one thousand per |
sons will be induced by cheap fare and natural |
curiosity to run down from Atlanta to Florida. |
Each person would leave ten dollars here out |
side Of his travelling expenses, and the aggre- |
gate sum would repay all the expenses that |
have been incurred. due proportion of these |
will purchase lands and become valuable citi- |
Zens, in which event the whole community are |
gamers.
Major Sidney Herbert must put a fresh point
on his pencil, furnish up his vocabulary, string
together his most musical quotations. and
paint Florida Hall in his most vivid coors, for |
this State is coming to Atlanta in all her tropi |
cal paraphernalia prepared TO dazzle and 10
conquer.
Messrs Ellis & Mcclure, architects Of this |
city, have donated the plans for the building, |
which will furnish 4 200 square feet of space. |
Florida Hall will be cruciform In shape, the |
head of the cross being occupied by roomy
portico and vestibule. supported by four pal |
mettoes. THE transept will be 100x30 feet, |
along the centre of VIII ch will a table or
stand 80 feet long by 9 feet wide On the sides |
of the walls of the transept will be shelves and
bins for the display of general products, while |
the table or stand, described above will be ex-
clusively for the display OF fruits and flowers. |
The arrangements of the fruit stand and grain |
bins, and general exhibit shelves, compels |
visitors in their promenade to pass immediate
ly by every exhibit, and thus enforces the at |
tention and inspection of every |
article The height will be twenty |
feet from floor to plates, and the apartment
will be lighted by a large skYlight. The build |
ing will be warmed with four heaters, placed |
in and around the building, and the most ten
der tropical or semi-tropical fruit, vegetables
or flowers will be protected from the frosts Of
that region"
The lumber, transportation and carpenters
have been secured, and the material will soon
be in transit. Your readers will not, / hope |
object to the frequent and lengthy notices |
have made recently of the Florida exhibit |
Believing as do that the subject is one Of the
very greatest Importance to this State, and
being anxious to arouse a general interest
amoug our people, have taken the liberty of |
using the columns of your widely circulated |
paper very freely e is an opportunity fbi that
tury, and feel that she should be fully equal |
to the occasion.
1t is not expected now that there will be
many strangers in Atlanta previous to the |
first of November Northern and Western |
people will hardly come down until there have |
been two or three heavy frosts
Our oranges and the different varieties of |
the citrus family will scarcely besmatured be. |
fore the 18th Of November.
The managers of the enterprise are energetic |
and Industrious, and have already accom- |
plished wonders. Then, too, the State press is |
vigorously etirring up the people, and the |
happiest results are attending their labors A |
success at Atlanta means a success at the State |
Fair to be held in this city in February as |
many articles will be exhibited at both places. |
Quite number of disasters have occurred |
among the lumber vessels from this port dur |
ing the last month. Several suffered from the |
hurricane that devastated your city. and other |
casualties have since been reported. There |
has been a notable increase in the shipping |
from this port, in consequence OF the great de- !
mand for lumber and the general revival of |
business throughout the country, and the mills |
have orders for a long time ahead.
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way rapidly down the peninsula, and the wild |
echoes around Lake Tahopokaglia will be set |
flying by the shri scream Of the steam whistle |
by the first Of December. Mr.. Ingraham, the |
President, was in the city day or two since |
and speaks cheerfully of the progress of the |
road. Two hundred hands are now employed, |
and several car0oes of rails have recently ar. |
rived. Our visitors during the coming winter |
will not only be enabled to reach Florida far |
more expedtiously and comfortably by the |
Waycross short Line, but will also have easy /
access to many portions of East and South |
Florida from which they have heretofore been /
excluded for want of transportation.
For the first time, a steamer has penetrated |
into Lake Okeechobee, by the way of the Ca |
loosahatchie river. This route has always |
heretofore been regarded impracticable, |
but the General Superintendent of the COM /
pany, Colonel Coryell has always had faith in |
its feasibility, and having secured the co-opera-
ton Of Captain F. A. Hendry, of Fort Myers, |
has had the qualification of seeing his theories |
confirmed. The channel from the river TO the |
lake is impeded by dense growth of saw
grass lily pads and matted vegetation, thick |
enough in places to form floating islands. 1t |
has been demonstrated by the late experiment |
that the dredge boat now being built at Cedar |
Keys can be taken into the lake from the Gulf |
side, and that the proposed drainage can be |
commenced in that direction. A small steamer |
has for some months past been traversing the |
waters of Okeechobee by the way Of the Kis- |
simmee river.
Mr.. H. b. McCaIlum, who recently returned |
from a trip to Tennessee, has sufficiently re- |