River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-07
FarpOn Springs and Seville,

Just opened TO travel by Railway and Steam
BOAT. PICTURESQUE portion OF Florida
highland Crystal Lakes, teeming with fish I;
GraTd Natural Wooded Parks, where deer,
wild turkey and other game abound Wing
ed game III great variety on land and water.
The TarpoH Springs Hotel is one # the
best furnished and appointed houses south
VI Jacksonville, and III all respects will be
kept in frst-class style. The price per day
viii be $500 to 81 50. Special rates will be
made by the month or season. The Tropical
Hotel and the Fernald House are well and
comfortably kept at price per day OF $3.50
10 =. 90, with special rates by the month or
season Camp lie at TarpOn Springs and
Seville costs about ~ 90 per week
These lands being below the killing frost
lines on the Gull Coast OF fernando and
HIllsborO Counties, with direct steam trans
pOrtatlOn to al points OF the U. s., make
them especially valuable for the production
OF vegetables Tor shipment, from December
until May, to Northern markets, when the
highest prices are obtained. Tomatoes rang
ed the past winter from 81 to IS per crate OF
three peeks, ana other vegetables equally
profitable. Tobacco, rice, sugar cane, all
vegetables, the cereals and grass produces
largely.
1t requires but six to eight weeks from
planting to market tomatoes and other veg
etables. We have cheaper lands back from
the Gull Coast, and still cheaper lands IN the
various counties north OF the 29th parallel
successfully, and where the orange ana 9TH
er fruits occasionally are pinched by the
frost, but the people who haye examined our
GULF COAST HIGHLANDS consider them
preferable from every point OF view.
SEVILLE
is well located, nine miles north of Tarpon
Springs. on the Gulf of MsxjcS, having a wa
ter front on the Ocean. The land adjoining
and in rear Is high and rolling, having an
elevation OF about fifty feet above the ocean
within one and one-half miles. vessel is
owned and used exclusively for the trade Of
this settlement. Arrangements are being
made for the erection of hotel in Ocean
Park, whaTves and various other improve
ments in Seville. The new steamer, finished
in Pittsburgh, Ia, September 10. 1855, by
the Cult Steamship Co., expressly lOr tn.
line few miles South and North from Tar.
pom Springs, will connect with boats at Tar
pom Springs tor all points
The soil varies from sandy loan to humus,
muck and mari, and is OF durable fertility as
will be seen from the large size OF the trees
and the rank growth of grass in the tim Der.
Water, soft, pure and abundant
Gov. BlOxham says that Florida has DOUB-
LED its resources in FOUR YEARS.
142, 900 settlers have located permanently
in Florida the past TWO YEARS.
1874, 600 tourists and winter bOaTders regis
tered at the Florida hotels the past winter :,
and invested in the State over 5000, 900 dol
lars in four months.
Great inducements in desirable town lots
and ) and IL acre plats; also, any size tract
up TO 10000 acres, adapted to colonization;
10 MILES NEARLY SOLID OCEAN FRONT.
Several charming town sites, and thou
sands OF acres desirable land adjoining
~ Special inducements TO men of means
and tact, to organize colonies.
500, 900 Acres well-Watered stock lands,
low.
80, 900 Acres best sugar lands in America
10 acres IN Florida productions yield more
net cash than 100 acres in the North, sown in
grain.
Free transportation by our rebate land
tickets.
Offices, Tarpon Springs and jacksonville,
Florida; Philadelphia, New York, and other
points.
We are the exclusive agents aud managers,
not only in Florida, but everywhere, of the
Gulf Coast Reserve, The Lake Butler Wills
Co., The CoOtie Land and Improvement Co. /;
also agents for the Florida Land and Improve
ment Co. and Atlantic and Cult Coast Canal
and Okeechobee Land Co. The stock of the
latter Co. is one of the best and most secure
investments in Amerca-secured by broad
acres. Information regarding this stock fur
nished on application.
Send for map and new prospectus; also
state exactly what you want, and whether
you can influence capital or emigration.
Address:
GULF COAST LAID COMPANY,
"a Washington st., CHICAGO. ILL.