The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-09-30
The DGRsrON LAND SAFE.
ATS drand EMecG on NOaIA EAOr ida
Rad the state aa Large.
GAINESVILLE FLA, A.

GAINk>vIIE Fla, Angus s, 1884.
To he E;itn If Tie Tnes MON
10 those If Your readers who are not iamiIar
with tlr details at oar struggles Ia secure
funds for the building o the q q. h e III. Rail
road, now known As the Florida ,uli.ern Rail
way would say thai from 1876 t. 1879, We had
per>i>'"n'iy sought the necessary capital III the
several mri.tVIG .stn'itS ~ oar country and it
WAS imnns>lblr IL s,cUrc thu aid required unless
c"u!l come IA the investor win something
more thtn a tta'cr'ng showing III Il prospectus
To >dtccc !, Il grant III lands t. .ht Company
WAS required \ grant had been made IN the
compass. ia ISL, bat WAS vetoed by Governor
Drew, on the giouni that II did not crnturm L.
;ar r,q lrtmcnt> a. the" Internal Improvement
Act on the c 'nvpnlng al The session at 1879
nv land grants, IN Their present tnrn,
dlAttel aud submitted I The Attorney GENERA
20 rant - - I" cover All the rrQu'rrmcn's nt
the law, by HE approval VI The Govcrnn, March
t. 1879 Thus armed, Ne a4Ajn went t0 New
ork. and, after months Ot h trd work VIE found
We Were - weak IS We We're before We hal 81
cured f0r grant. for no on" Wodld touch il 50
i.n. hc hands embraced in The grant wee
- lrc' L. Tie Indebtedness u; tht Inlcrnal I'm
Rr"vement Fund. Ef"tS were made by the
company to secure the Nose decree
Also, .Att"int! -ticnrra Ralney. armed with
estimates .Arn,shed By Hon. Hugh A. Corlcy,
cured an order from Judge 5 tiles court allow
my The company 10 pay 80 GEMS An acre for
these lands: but AS thus order required the CON
sent OF ali the creditors of the Trust Fund all
our efforts proved ahurive.
South Foridas greatest need WAS transporta
ton. We had made great sacrifices 10 secure To-
that favored section the means Of transDOrtion.
We were still wiling To do more, and did sacil
tee our personal Interests to certain capitalists ot
Boston, " ho agreed To, aid did furnish $4,000
AS starter, hoping that something would he
IA
hc used a. basis ot credit as fast AS earned.
lille We Were thus situated Governor BluX-
ham, with "A master stroke, removed the barrier
which had 81 long tnwareu oar efforts, and from
the nom Of the sale "a Hamilton Dsston of the
Tour million acres If State lands. dates the grand
onward marcia -! Flor:dAs progressive history
Capital came now wlFh0u' stint. Our several
lInc> OF rallrolds wclr = ,>Hcd with vIgpr never
heiolc 'quArti Iii Inc south; tmigrali"n poured
IN. aI.u clu>c anon lhr neti- of the ir0n gang
urunei aJ,l> were opened by the frugal nnsoaud
men: thutl>t,iis OF acres OF oranges and other
fruits werr lltnci; eh"rmDu> market gardens
were m dc Ia Nltii rich returns, and Towns and
cities >prtDg ny rs il ny magic AL OF which nr.
fAAel
ON the other hand. before the ilseuthrllmen
ct he Internal Improvement Fund, the
~ amp lands Were If no Ia the State
The ntcest ON the debt tll which they were
held constantly lugmcning The actual
sales scarcely paid the expenses OF the LAM
Office they could not be made availabl" for
internal Improvements therefore the grants to
the railroads we're dead lttltr
N",> ;l,r seven hundred miles OF railroad IN
upcr al ~, The result ol the cancellation Of he
No-t !"nt, a'. taxed
The lands earned uS the cons rae ion OF the
'tui = an, roads .rt taxed
The 4nO0000 icre> Ot land EMBRACED in the
ID - le tX.u IL" numerous mills 90.
ne new ms ~ ! ptier East npros emens d.
re- : NJ indirectly c"nnec,1i win the DI>stJD
purchase are taxed And nOw, To- conclude an!
| peak fInm " bed rock acts, had il not been
tor lhe timely eXir, ion o that terrible lncu-
hI~. tn N"se d-cr'r years would have r"I'r'! by
before the iron horse would have aWakcne,i
ne echo Of glad idlhgs in sweeping abound the
bills tni tnlu'.Ih II valleys 81 Suulh FIur,A.
H"r people Wou,i ht'e grown grct waiting and
w.lctIns .or the dawn OF the nrw life that is
low Ii '':i 'htm
Prt', So: ans rant aud tql"a to bin pas
>l''i., ,di :. ,d pa. nte ac'u gwen - history,
~ on e. i.'nn- thltirrn Nil read Of Viii am
D b. KHAN wi,n his tr.i,lucer> are forgotten.
Rep. cIln4tv, ~ K. GRrELLE.