Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-26

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ana again is patent to all. Let those who
go out to induce settlers and capital Il
come IN among them stick to the truth. A
country cannot be built up by falsehood
Tor sooner or later the truth will be known
ana the finger of scorn and contempt he
pointed at those who thus misrepresented
ana falsihed the true condition of the
state and its resources for the sake OF
gold.
Ihe Eastern market is again glutted
with vegetables and it is no longer remu-
neratlVe TO the Florida trucker to shir
| there-t0 New York, PHILADELPHIA. OF
Boston-yet there are thousands of BUSH
els OF vegetables ungathered, much OF
which is superior to that shipped earlier
and sold at fabulous prices.
| nat is to be done with this surplus of
the vegetable cropS Florida has no can
nlng establishment capable of preserving
II; neither has Savannah. None nearer
than Baltimore, and it will not paw to
snip there for canning purposes, and thus
IL is Ter want OF another market to shin
to or an establishment for preserving
picking, etc, that the latter portion of
! the vegetable crop remains and DECAYS in
the held. Here in Jacksonville would be
a good point for some one to establish a
canning factory, as this place is accessi-
Die to all the st. Johns river territory
and to that on the Transit Railroad-two
OF the largest vegetable and fruit pro-
duclng sections on the American cont
! nent. Besides these there are two or
| three railroads running into this CITY
from interior points. Vegetables and
! fruit could be obtained at low price.
and probably paid for in the goods latter
| prepared for Market" There are ssmillions
in it' for some one, and the first will be
| the most fortunate.
Besides vegetables and fruit, there are
flsh, crab shrimps and oysters in their
season mere III abundance, as well as from
the interior counties poultry could be had,
all which could be served up here atmuch
less expense than in any Northern city.
lt is an inviting and profitable invest
ment for the right person.
Last week several agents of the Louis
vile and Nashville Railroad were i'm the
city en- route to different portions of the
State to solicit freight for their line. They
stated that big reduction had been made
In their rates, especially on car loads from
points III the State west. Last season an
agent says that he transported many mel
0ns to Louisville froms stations on the
Florida Central and Western Railroad
and other lines at from 800 to SIP per
car, but now he can send them at from
$40 to $107. and take all risk.
Last year the shipper took his own risk
prepayment of freight charges. This is
undoubtedly bid for the Florida busi-
ness. But as the Savannah, Florida and
western Railway never has been Outdone
by any other line it is hardly expected it
will be in this instance.
The truckers will always patroniZe the
line giving them the best rates and speed
lest delivery. Every reduction made by
transportation companies has a tendency
to stimulate the truck industry and in
crease the acreage the following season.
On the other hand the trucking business
can as easily be- crippled or destroyed in
Florida by excessive freight rates, slow
transportation, etc.
Last Monday Mr.. A. f. Hill, of New
York, the civil engineer of the Florida
Ship Canal Company, and Mr.. ID. ID.
Rogers, of Daytona, Fla, left Jackson
vile, with wagon team and camp equip
age, for tour across the State, and to
make further preliminary surveys for the
canal. The survey of the coast and cOun-
try east of Jacksonville has been COM
pleted, and will be published at the proper
time.
Some of our best citizens still refuse to
take any stock in this great enterprise,
avOwing that they have no faith in its
ultimate success, believing barge canal
only feasible. Others say they have
no faith in the honesty of any undertak-
ing which the willy Chandler and the
slippery Malone are interested or
engaged in. Perhaps there are
the earth that have a great
er fear Cf their former political op-
pressors than the people of the South.
They look upon everything in which
these tricky politicians are interested
with distrust, even though there be no
visible signs of dishonesty or fraud any,
yVhnPn If ic old huf novarfhnIaoo
true, saying ''that burnt children are
afraid Of the fire." Floridians will remem-
Der Chandler sihce his memorable
visit here in 1876 to assist in
the most shameful fraud ever per-
petrated on the American conti-
nent, and Malone has about as many ad-
mirers here as Chandler, and it seems
almost useless to try to convince some
who pretend to have the power of dis
cerning and judging correctly, or of dis
eliminating between what is true and
what is false, but what this canal busi-
ness is political scheme by which the
State is to be Mahoneized and finally an
chOred safely in the harbor of the Repub-
Gcan party. This. it is claimed, can
easily be accomplished by bringing a
thousand men here under the guise of
canal builders, but really to vote in 1884
by direction of their masters.
This is, beyond shadow of a doubt. the
wrong view to take of the canal managers,
and will, in time, be found such. The
canal will either be built as per agree
ment or it will be big failure. Chandler
and Malone are not the only wise men in
the company, and they are not shrewd
enough to mislead the balance.
The, two railroads being constructed
from Jacksonville to Tampa continue
to increase their working force daily.
Tho IaQksanuilla Tanro opd Koxr w.
Road has now over a thousand men en-
gagged on it, and work is pushed ahead
as fast as it possibly can be. Much of the
road between this city and Palatka is
ready for the iron, the first cargo of which
arrived Thursday. Bridging and trestling
are also receiving their full share of at
tentiOn.
The International Road has about five
hundred men at work on it, divided be-
tween different points from Jacksonville
to Tampa. The progress of this road is
slow compared to the other Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West Railroad and there
seems to be a prevailing opinion among
the people along the line that General
GorIlOn's company do not intend to COM
plete the road.
But even if this be true, it is natural to
suppose some other company will, as too
much labor and money is being expended
on it to be thrown away. No one has
ever yet been able to fully explain why
both of these roads are being built from
and to the same points and an almost
parallel line with each other. Evidently
one or the other will ''cave in" before
completed.
Some people have strange ideas in re-
gard to railroads obligations and abil-
ity. Tampa has been clamoring many
years for railroad, and expressing
Willingness to make great sacrifices to
obtain such desirable "deyelOper'' for its
section, but the railroad companies have
recently been astonished, ii not dis
gusted at the grasping propensities
of some of the South Florida ciG-
Zens. who are silly enough to believe
that the most fabulous prices will be paid
by the road for their lands, and that it is
impossible to construct it otherwise than
through these lands, and for which enor.
nous, not to say outrageous prices are
demanded. This spirit, says a railroad
man, has recently shown itself in a won
derful degree, and If persisted in will un-
dOubtedly cause a change of termini of
both the South Florida extension and the
International Road, and Tampa, instead
of gaining big prices and a depot.
lose both. The hands at work on
General GOrdOn's road in the vicinity
of Tampa were withdrawn last week. and
the work at the very entrance of the town
suspended. This is perhaps attributed to
the greed and short-sightedness of
land owners, who imagine that the onIy
way to reach the Gulf of Mexico is
through Tampa, but every person south
should remember that General Gordon is
no greenhorn in any undertaking, and
will resist all attempts Of imposition com.
ing from any quarter.
This large force Of men and material
nave been moved from Tampa to Point
Pinelas, few miles from Tampa. whioh