The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-03-25

force Of iaborers ii work laying the side tfacks
Of the uew rad, also dilcning and leveling track
at the biz cut two miles south HIS Work y
very thorough and complete and has received
the Approval Of Engineer Duval who inspected
the mad last Tuesday.
--Sumserville Tnes.. The stakes are set for
grading. and the dirt will begin 10 hy in earnest
6v the first of next week BY the middle oi
May or the first Of June the musical snorting al
the iron horse will be heard in SumtefvilIc. "A
meeting will be held in n few DAYS 10 CONSIDER
the prject Of erecting new school ouilding
and other matters affecting the Interests OF our
public school. The building OF new school
house is a thing that we cannot afford Ia delay any
longer. The AVAIL Sink" one and hall
miles northeast of Sumterville, is becoming
great resort for gentlemen and ladies who are
fond of sporting with the inny tribe" On al
mos, every pleasant day the banks are fairly
crowded, and the number of fish caught IS really
wonderful. Some OF them are also very nne
specimens. weighing from two 10 six pounds
The Wall Sink is one among the many SIM,
lar great natural curiosities of this vicinity IL
is simply large hole in the ground, approximate
ing circle in form, and about one eighth oil an
acre in area. The walls are oil rock. almost per-
pendcular, and no sounding has been sufncient
to discover the bottom.
Orlando Sentinel The International Ocean
Telegraph Companys line from Tavares to Or
lando was completed Saturday gh', and Will
be ready for business rs soon AS the tarn ISL 10
received. The articles of Incorporation Tor
the Orlando Gas and Electric Light Company
were forwarded yesterday tn the Secretary OF
State al Tallahassee, and The prospects are
bright that we will soon have plant of each In
this city The incorporatOrs are w. X Ammo,
y. l.. Mills, Nat Poyntz. j. B. Parramore and l.
J. Shine. The stockholders OF the Souih
Florida Railway held a meeting in the COM
pany's Office at Sanford on last Wedn' sday and
reelected the old board OF directors and officers,
to wit Board OF Directors-Messrs. Ii. b Plant,
r. NJ Pulsifrr, H. s. Haines. E. B. Haskell, B. F.
Newcomer and w. S. Chisholm. Officers-J
E. Insraham President r. NJ. Pulsifer. Vice
President; c. c. Haskell, Treasurer; F. H. Rand,
Secretary and General Freight and Ticket
Agent; B. r. Swoope, Superintendent w.
Mccoy, Auditor. State Engineer Duval has
examined the T. o. & A Railroad and has ac-
cepted il for the State. Under the efficient man
agement of Superintendent Mckennan the con.
dtion Of this road has been greatly improved
during the past few months. and Will soon be-
come one OF the best in the Stale. Besides pay
ing expenses, the Sentinel is glad To know that 1t
is making money. The T. o. & A. is home in
siitution and should receive liberal patronage
from our people Efforts are now on foot to
have 800 900 hotel erected in this city.
subscription paper is being prepared and in
very short time will be circulated among our
business men for the purpose of raising the de-
sired amount. The projectors of the scheme do
not think there is a shadow of doubt but that
they will succeed. Already between Thirty and
forty thousand dollars have been pledged. The
object is TO have a large 400-room hotel erected
with all modern appliances and make it the equal
or superior of anything OF The kind in the State
This Orlando can and should do. Her people
have more enterprise, pluck and energy than
any place IN The State or even the 'uih, and
that she can do herself honor in the hotel line
AS well as everything else canno, be questioned