The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02
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HonL wTIIi.n D. Bioxh.m. Go~.-,or -
State Of Florida. whose arrival e. suna.v -.
Il PottssOwn. this sl1ie. where ~ a.awk,.- !
attending school, was memEione6 n a. "a
omns. wished he city yza9d.y. An -
reporter called o. him a his rouuf. 4, D. 60,
House, during ne aAsrnooaL Gepsrnsr -
ham ~ su1sFing iron q sliEkf eusd. uk,rS ~
cOntracied On The steamer 6u0 SsTnnnnA n
slept IN his state room VITA The ~fnd0wr -
and Sudden ch1nge n lie te@pe-.rure -
the night cA1sed Tie ailmenl
Governor Bl0xh&m d . nne-io0kinr -
pareutly about forty ye4n q afe. asd -
striking resemblance 70 Mr.. JoSe W--..-saa
OF this city He n . native q Fsorsda - :.
lawyer By prulession- In his manner h : -
typical Southern geutleDnn -unrm 49,
agreeable and ho~Piiable-and y Rafked - -
energetic and go-ahead dspo~isua II -.
10 the reporters question IN regHsd 70 u. -.
ing Of O-kee-cho-bee swamp by PhilaaraS;.
Capitalists. ne said that The Eoccezs a ne -
will be Of great advantage % he STATE 81 -
da-
In addition to the great benf6Fto :. g..
by retaining the land7 sid Govr-r = -
ham, - the canal which the couprnv 49,. =
dig from 81 Johns 70 Lake Worsh uiIl 4. -
advantageous Our people are anxiszss nj :.
the swamp drained and the canal built ~.
purchase IL 4OO0O0O acres nnrkh Of ~ -
by Mr.. Diztoo and Others. e yocr CIV -.
therefor 81 900 600, wss The means q rr.--.;-ss
about twelve am half million acre. an -
was . debt Of 81 000Oo0 aid wArh - -
set apart for internal ImproEeneuis Il 49,
not Be utilized for THAI parpose hou-x-~ -
the debt Was paid which this fs1Hchass ensbi-s
rs to do"
The eight millions Of acres. (,ovr--,-
-. - rs~1 - u.a. u
Yes. SIR: the eight OF nine ufliaas ~ -.
remaining Of This land. togethe- VIII on.-h.If -
the reclaimed land, VII BE appiiod n a. -
opment ot our internal resources We~ru-~-, =
soon finish q railr0ad from The thAn.hasrs.. -
10 Pensacola. which viii give - dir-<x 49,.
nication with Jacksonville anS The Greza ~,
Other companies are building Iziirun<5s 80. :
the direction Of Tampa and charinf,e H,-,..-
All these roads viii be finished inside Al -
years"
The future Of Florida SEEM 10 be q he uos
encouraging cbaracfer.-
"She DOW occupies the VANTAGE rr0rnd n n
Southern States Every Winter ne have ~.
1900 10 $1,000 visitors from The North. .nd
great many Of them settled ir the state Frl
grafton Is flowing N rapidly II 5 the in,euf;o,
OF the Philadelphia CompAns 10 colouize he
land As soon as il g reclaimed. which Eil b a.
important addition 20 our population We h.v.
faith IN the enterprise Of yoQI citizens and h.
lieve il viii be a succesz Our dealings via
them have been very safifaciory and they have
thus far done all they agreed 20 DO. and thers
no doubt that the work viii be-npidly pushed
10 completion"
Are not the agricultural interests Of the State
Of superior ordery'
The results in that direcsisn fully carrv on
the claim that they are The southern porliou
OF the State is the great cattle raising sec,iou-
Some Of our cattle kings have 5000 TO 50O0o
head, which costs them practically nothing %
keep They ship largely 70 she Cuban market
The lower portion Of the State Is destined 70 Be-
come one immense truck fArUs and far tkai our.
pose there d no better soil AID climate in the
world The cattle raising bu'fness requires lex
capital upon which 70 make 4 fortune Than suy
business know Of There is a large amount Of
Northern capital invested in orange growing
which pays handsomely"
What are the feelings Of -four people toward
those of the North, Governor
Our people mix in with he vast number Of
Northern visitors, and there IL not a particle of
sectional bitterness nor recol)ecziOns Of The war
that are unpleasant existing among them To
illustrate this feeling A few DAYS ago q re unon
Of General PerTy's Brigade was held at TAlla-
hassee- This was 9 rebel bFigade Aresoluli0n
of sympathy for President Garfield. and an ex-
preston Of detestaiion al the AbOminable ct Of
the assassin was offered, and every man, woman
and child IN the large hall arose 10 their ieet"
Last evening the GovernoT beld conference
with Mr. DiSSIOn and others relative 70 the Ever
glade scheme during which matters connected
with the enterprise were finally discussed
Governor BlOxham viii remain 10 the city until
Saturday, when be will Ieave for home