The Florida agriculturist., 1884-11-19

your arrival at New Orleans request to
be taken to Exposition Headquarters, on
Union Street, where you will, without
any trouble, be assigned to quarters,
price, &C., given. l feel confident in
saving that Col. Welch, Chief Of the
Bureau, will be able to accommodate all
who may come, and Florida is expected
to be very largely represented.
Extraordinarily liberal terms have
been secured for the. travelling public by
railroad and steamers, and people of
moderate means can visit the great
Worlds Exposition at New Orleans.
Such an opportunity will not be offered
again soon. k
MARKING AND sHIPrrSG.
State, county, railroad and other ex-
hibits for the Government and State
Buildings must be consigned as follows :
Major f. A. Burke, Director General,
Worlds Exposition Grounds, New Or
name the county and State w. III. Se-
bring, Florida Commissioner.
n III the exhibit is for an individual and
being entered for a premium, mark it
name, whatever it may be, 5 care Major
+. A. Burke, Director General Worlds
sExpositionY (main building or horticul-
tural building, as the case may be- al
county exhibits go free. Individual or
company exhibits one-half rate.
TIME TO SHIP.
Those intending to compete for premi-
ums on cotton must make application
before December 10th, 1884. Blank APP
plications can be obtained by writing to
Samuel Mullen, Chief of Installation,
Worlds Exposition, New Orleans.
Great care should be taken in ginning
and packing your cotton. | would sug-
gest that you put covering or second
bagging over the bale to protect it from
being soiled, and that YOU ship prompt
ly by lst to 9th of December, 1854, pre-
paying your freight.
lwould ask that all exhibits, as far as
possible be forwarded in carload lots.
Let one or two counties or neighbor-
hoods join together, and when possible
send man with the car. The railroads
promise reduced rate for such super
cargo. Let everything commence to
move promptly by the 10Th of November,
1884. Those shipping by boat on the st.
Johns River should consign care of DIR.
w. II. Babcock, Jacksonville, Florida.
Persons on railroad should collect at
some convenient point and ship in car
load lots. Great care should be used in
packing and marking. And ask for all
the bearing fruit trees, such as oranges,
lemons, lime, grape fruit and citron, as
the people can contribute, and will see
that they are carefully handled. / will
be in New Orleans by the 25th of No
vember, 1854, to receive your exhibits
and put them i'll place. Always advise
me by letter or telegraph of shipments,
and give full instructions as to what pre-
MUM you are competing for.
On the 4th of September | addressed a
letter to the various railroad and steam
boat companies asking them to take
State and county exhibits free, and indi-
vidual or company exhibits at half price,
with the following results:
Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Com
pany, Savannah, Florida and Western
Railway Company, Louisville andrNash-
vile Railroad Company, Florida South
ern Railroad Company, Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West Railroad Com
pany, St. Johns and Lake Eustis Rail-
road Company, Florida. Railway and
Company, Jacksonville, st.
Augustine and Halifax River Railroad
Company, and st. Johns Railway Co.
5 The above companies agreed to carry
State and county exhibits free; individ
ual exhibits at half rates.
The Florida Southern will carry all ex-
hibits at half price upon satisfactory evil
dence that articles shipped are designed
for exhibition ~ "a
The following Steamboat companies
carry State and county exhibits free, and
individual exhibits ut half rates;
Peoples Line Steamers on st. Johns
and Chattahoochee Rivers, DeBara-B -Baya
Line, and the Rock Ledge and Lake
Ponset Line OF Steamers.
The Molg Line of Steamers from
New Orleans to Cedar Key and Key West
will carry State and county exhibits at
halfrates. Individual exhibits full rates.
The Steamer Chesapeake on the st.
Johns River demanded full rates for
freight for State. county and individual
exhibits. Our railroad and steamboat
companies .have been exceedingly hber-
al, and our people will, l feel sure, APP
preciate their kindness.
/ have forwarded to the chairman of
every county organization a supply of
shipping tags, which the. shippers can
getupon application. All uletters should
be addressed TO me at Bronson, Fla, up
to the Goth of November; after that date
address me care Director General E. A.
Burke, Worlds Exposition, New Orleans
La. / am, very truly,
W. III. SEBRING,
Florida Commissioner.
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tor writing to the Scientific American
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