The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-05
A delightful Trip from Paiatka to
Punta GOrda.
Special Correspond ence raIatka NEWS.

Special Correspond ence taIatka News.
SEPTEMBER 80.
No gnats or mosquitoes disturbed me
last night. / slept, from choice, in a
tent on n shake-down of pine boughs.
Gracious, how sweet everything was!
At o'clock 1 jumped car and went to
the terminus, two miles distant. Char
lotte Harbor is the key of the Gulf as a
shipping point, and to see the place and
its natural resources is to recognize this
fact.
The improvements made and in pro-
cess of construction at this end of the
road are of the most durable and sub
9, 800 feet long and is rapidly approach
ing completion. When finished the
length will be 3 800 feet. with a cattle
drive, railway track, sheds and all nee
essary additions. The depth of water at
the pier will be II feet mean tide. The
piles driven, and being driven, are 10
feet long, and of heart pine. No such
railroad pier exists in the South and,
think, none its equal in the North. Such
shipping facilities are unequalled any
where in the country, and better loca-
ton for terminus on the Gulf of Mex
leo does not exist. Charlotte Harbor is
land blocked, and severe storms such as
would endanger shipping int rests are
unknown here.
As compared with Tampa Bay there is
no parallel at all. Tampa Bay is shall
low and unhandy, and that is just the
fact of the matter. Let us return along
the line and look at the natural advan-
tages of this section. The tired business
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and the investor, each may find opportu-
mites to follow his special bent here.
DoyOu crave beautiful sailing excur-
sions? Charming views open on each
hand as you glide from the hotel dock
dewn Peasc Creek into Charlotte Har-
Dor. On every hand new scenes force
themselves t. your netice, sky, land and
water 40 blending and softening as to
produce an indelible effect upon the
mind. Are you wishing cool, invigora-
ting life-g:ving breezes: Here you find
yourself constantly famed bv the ar
omatic Gulf winds, mild and recuper-
ative.
Are you a hunter: Take your gun and
come with me, and if l don't show yeu
more game, such as ducks, quail, pigeon.
woodcock and turkeys, deer, bear, cata-
mount, gators, and what-not, than you
ever saw, then my name is Dennis.
Do you want flsh? You have but to
drop your line and haul out bass, drum,
sheepshead, Jewish and other fish in
quantities. Perhaps you want a devil.
fish, shark or an octapus? You can get
them, even 10 that king of fish the tar
pom. Oysters till you cannot rest, too.
III you want to invest in lands, you
can do so, and if you have half common
business ability. you will find plenty of
good chances TO make money in land en-
terprises.
As to the live stock industry. That
can be profitably carried on here, and
perhaps nothing can better serve to in
troduce the SUBJECT than this fact: j. II.
King. ESQ.,, of Fort Ogden, has recently
the purchase of 10000 head
Of cattle in one herd. He has grown
rich raising and selling cattle from here
Others can do the same.
These rolling lands, well shaded by
lofty pines and oaks and well watered,
offer to the cattle raiser inducements not
to be had in any other State in the coun- |
try. First, cattle can feed and range on
these lands the entire year. There is no
danger from scarcity of water, as hun I
ireds Of streams to say nothing of the !