The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-05-01
lg7leston News and Courier. April %
From CharlesiOn 10 Chicago.

The arrangements which have Just been made
by The South Carolina Railway for an exchange
| OF perishable products between Charleston and
the cities Of the Northwest should give n won
deriul impetus to the truck farming interests of
this Stale, and draw to Charleston u large trade
from a section heretofore beyond our reach The
suCAreSs of the truck farmers near Charleston in
raising vegetables for the Northern markets has
been phenomenal A business which was almost
unknown fifteen years ago has grown to very
! large proportions and now forms one OF the most
| lucrative industries anywhere in the South. Ow-
| Ing 10 distance from market and inadequate rail
! rOail facilities truck farming has been confined
to comparatively small territory adjacent to
| this city Under the new arrangement, there is
no reason why much of the land lying along
| the line of the South Carolina Railway should
not be converted into vast and profitable gar
| den Heretofore our truck farmers have only
| beel able to sell their produce in Northern mar
kes. The competition there is always lively
and necessarily affects prices untavorably. With
| the great Western markets in sight the chances
are that prices will be better and that the truck
farming interests will be greatly advanced.
Fresh Charleston strawberries in Chicago will
be new revelation even to that enterprising
city and fresh Chicago beef in Charleston will
he something that even the most hopeful 10
hoUSckeepers here has hardly dared to pray for
We give elsewhere full particulars Of the plans
of The South Carolina Railway in this conncc-
ton, Colonel John 3. Peck the General Mana.
ger of the Company. deserves the thanks of the
puh!c for this enlerplising stroke, by which
Charleston and the Northwest ale to become, so
TO speak, ncNtdoor neighbors.
The arrangements spoken Of by the
Nfjrs and Courier consist of a contract
made by the General Superintendent of
the South Carolina Railway with the
AuStell Refrigerator Car Company of At
lan'a, Georgia, to transport its retrigera-
tor cars from Charleston or points along
the line of road so as to connect with the
Georgia and Western Railroads en- route
for the large Western cities The Rcfrig
orator cars made by the Atlanta Company
are said to be complete in every respect
anG answer the purpose for which they
are constructed perfectly, They would
he very desirable on our Florida roads
ami in fact are indispensable to many
kinds of vegetables seeking Western and
Eastern markets. This portion Of Flor
ida will soon he noted for its extensive
truck business and the need of the hour
wiz w ultIt tllIttl Wild
the West, with the proper cars for trans
porting vegetables, &c When that time
comes, and it will be on us by the time
the road can be built, capitalists will see
that tie railroad for Florida's growing
future will be a line from Gainesville
or Waldo running northwest through
Ala<hua, Lafayette, Taylor, Jefferson,
Leon, Gadsden and jackson, and on to
Montgomery, and from thence to Chatta-
norga. Forty miles of this road are
already constructed from Tallahassee to
the Chattahoochce river East and South
Florida have a large interest in such Iii.
rect communication with the West. Until
it l. provided for, Florida's truck and
irult growers will have no option but to
ship their produce to Northern MAJ kcts.