River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-01-21
Parp0n Springs and Seville,

Just opened 10 travel by RAILWAY and Steam
boat. PICTURESQUE portion OF Florida
Highland Crystal Lakes, teeming with fish;
Grand Natural Wooded Parks, where deer,
wild turhey ana other game abound. Wing
ed game ia great variety on land and water.
The TarpOn Springs Hotel Is enc Of The
best furnished and appointed houses south
Of Jacksonville, and III all respects Will be
kept in first-class style. The price per day
viii be $500 TO $3.50. Special rates viii be
made by the month or season. The Tropical
Hotel and the FeTnald House are well and
comfortably keptat price per day OF so
TO 200, with special rates by the month or
season Camp lite at TaEpOn Springs and
Seville costs about 81 90 per week
These lands being below the killing frost
lines on the Gull Cost OF fernando and
HillsborO Counties, With direct steam trans
portatlon TO all 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 IS TO Is per crate Of
three pecks, and other vegetables equally
profitable. Tobacco, rice, sugar cane, all
vegetables, the cereals and grass produces
largely.
Il 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 stu cheaper lands IN the
various counties north Of the 2gth parallel.
WntIt WiuLcE Vegetables GduuDL De grow II
successfully, and where tie orange and 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 Iulf Of Mexico, 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 aud One-halt miles. a vessel is
owned and used exclusively for the trade Of
this settlement. Arrangements are being
made for the erection OF a hotel IN Ocean
Park, wharves and various other improve
ments in Seville. The new steamer, finished
III Pittsburgh, Pa, September 10, Iss5, by
the Gull Steamship Co., expressly for the
line few miles South and North from Tar
pom Springs, viii connect with boats at Tar
pom Springs Tor all points.
The soil varies from sandy loan 10 humus,
muck and mari, and is OF daraDle fertility, as
will be seen from the large size OF the trees
and the rank growth OF grass IL the timber.
Water, soft, pure and abundant
Gov. BlOxham says that Florida has DOCB-
LID its resources il FOUR YEARS.
142, 900 settlers have located permanently
in Florida the past TWO YEARS.
164, 900 tourists and winter boarders regis.
tered at the Florida hotels the past winter
and invested in the State over 5, 900 600 dol
lars in four months.
Great inducements in desirable town lots
a1d ard 10 acre plats; also, any size tract
up to ID. 600 acres, adapted to colonization;
Is MILES NEARLY SOLID OCEAN FRONT
Several charming town a ties, and thou
sands OF acres desirable Ian al Joining
II Special inducements TO men OF means
and tact, TO organize colonies
100000 Acres well-watered stock lands
low.
10000 Acres best sugar lands in America
10 acres in Florida productions yield more
net cash than 100 acres in the North, sow IN
grain.
Free transportation by our rebate land
tickets.
Offices, Tsrpon Springs and jacksonville
Florida; Philadelphia, New York, and ether
points
We are the exclusive agents and man, gers,
not only in Florida, but everywhere, Of the
Gulf Coast Reserve, The Lake Butler Villa
Co, The COotie Land and Improvement Co.
also agents for the Florida Land and In prove
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 America-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.
81 Washington st., CHICAGO. ILL.