The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-15
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r Ing food to the invaId, her citizens shoul
Il not expect her 10 become an extensive asy
d inm To the invaIid. In this connection 20
d winter admonishes those OF the North VII,
lie are enfeebled with dyspepsia, bronchitis o
other pulmonary tronolss-all of which ncet
Inc strongest nutritions-nOt 20 abandon o.
/. those advantages OF home for the promise Of
n the miider and more genial climate OF Flor
= lda, unless they BRING with them their own
Q nousehoid, Including the COOK and the COW,
as IL is very questionable whether the milder
climate Will compensate the system for their
absence.
HER IMPORTANT TOWNS.
Although this letter in long IL would yet
De incomple tie not TO mention the 20 ms and
railroad facilities OF the State First IN pol
ltical Importance Is Tallahassee, the capital of
the State, having q popdiation OF 2 so. and
nehce having DO impo rtauce other than Ia
political one. IL Is located on no important
stream, bat beng on the line
OF the Penssccls and Jackson
Vile Railroad. aud q short line
OF railway from that point To the Calf OF Sc.
Marks, renders II quite accessible. IL 10 near
the center OF The State, east and west but
FAR north of the geographical center north
and south, and the capital may ultimately
De removed TO a point farther south. First
IN historical Importance Is St. Augustine,
situate near the Atlantic coast near the So
parallel 1t Is the point OF first settlement
In Florida and was settled by the Spaniards,
whose early manner OF town. building 10 still
very preceptble there in narrow streets ana
low buildings. The old fortifcation are still
preserved aud afford an object OF interest 70
visitors Ii mas population OF about 500
and Is regarded as n very healthy point. The
town second IN historical importance 10 PEN
sacola which has for ytsrs contained Gov
eminent navy yard. The yard 10 not now
and for years has not been actively used for
ship building, yet it 10 maintained for
repairs and a resort for naval vessels
which visit the Gull OF Mexico. The town
has population OF ABOUT 200, and seems
10 ne nearly stationary at that figure. First
in commercial Importance Is Jacks nville, .
! thriving town at the mouth OF the 81 Johns
river on the Atlantic coast. AS yet nearly
all the productions of Florida are compelled
/ to pass through this place on their way 20
Eastern markets, while the present system
of railways require every visitor TO Central
or Sou bern Florida to 20 to and stop there
on their way. Ii has nova population OF
about Is, 900, but is growing rapidly and
must ever naiRtsin superior commercial
standing. Cedar Keys Is q small town OF
about !, 500 Inhabitants, situated on the Gulf
I OF Mexico, near the mouth OF Suvanee river
made famous by song-just north OF the
ltwenty-ninth parallel. IL Is OF but little
commercial importance and very likely never
will be- Tampa is q small town on Tampa
Bay-off the Gulf, on the twenty eighth par
allel, having a population of about 600. IL
lis now and will continue 10 be the leading
town of the Gulf for Southern Florida, In
so much as the. Morgan line oil Cuban and
, Kew West steamers make IL q place OF regu-
, lar stoppage Sandlord is town OF about
L. 900 Inhabitants, situated at the head OF
navigation the st Johns river. At present
all the freight aud travel into Central and
Southern Florida are compelled 70 pass
through Sandford, which renders its tramc
In this direction quite important at present,
3 Indeed, for heavy freights II must ever main.
tain an Importance and in this sense must
ultimately become town OF no inconuder-
: able size OF the inland country towns,
? lonIy Ocala aud Orlando need special men
ton; the first being the county seat
LOT Marion and the last the
county seat OF Orange County, while both
are the centers CT the present orange CROWNS
of the State. 1t is estimated that at present
one half the crop OF the State is raised within
7 a radius of twenty FIVE miles Of Ocala. while
Orlando is fast rivalling, and must soon out
strip her in the orange growth, Both towns
: are situated in high: dry country. posses
sing a warm soil easily made productive oy
the use of fertilizers. The population OF each
, is about 600 and both are growing quite
r rapidly rhe devotees of each assert supe Tor
advantages for their respective towns, but
: 1t is more than probable that neither will lar
E exceed the other in future growth. Every
2 man who has come TO the State and been
. able to purchase forty acres of land has laid
r out and projected a town on his premises,
' and hence embryo cities are seen planted at
! regular distances of four or five miles, all
+ along every railway or probable railroad In
r the State and hence q minute map OF the
: State will be seen dotted all over with town.
plsts. The intending purchaser can take
his choice,
: HER RAILWAY FACILITIES.
? At present the railways of Florada are very
I few A main aud important line comes into
! the State at Jacksonville along the Atlantic
: coast from New York; auo other into the same
e town through the northern counties from
;, Pensacola. From Jacksonville q short line
d ruus down t. st. Augustine and another over
s to Bald win, where il iEtersects with o road
t running from Fernsndins, on the coast North
!. of Jacksonville, disgouallv across STATE "a
3 Cedar Keys on the gulf, From this line ol
|, road at Waldo short line runs over to PAls
Ii south to Ocala and still further to Tsvsres
II is proposed to extend this line to Orlsnd
where il will connect with Q road
r now in operation from Sand
Z ford to Tampa on the gulf, thus forming
a direct line of railway from Southern "a
If Northern FlorIda-"a c0nsummation NEST
!. deyoutly to be wished, as at present IL il
. impossible to reach that desirable portion oil
{ the State from any direction with less thar
|. 200 miles OF water navigation-a fact ex
IL tremely unpleasant 20 both shippers OF per
3. ishable freight and pleasure-seekig travellers
!. Having now exhausted all features OF in
g. terest concerning this Southern Sunny
. South as we'll as the patience OF the reade
II we will desist from further effort
II Mt. CARR.
,e Orlando, Fla, March =, 1885.
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