The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-01-25
A SOLID CONCERN.
Some Account Of the st. Augustine I'm.
nroyement Company.

pr0vement company.
The st. Augustine Improvement Com
pany, as its name aptly indicates, is an
institution whose chief, and it may be
said sole, purpose is the Improvement of
st. stine-improvement in thou
sand ways; in business methods; in the
matter of cheap. safe and substantial
methods of constructing stores, dwell
lings and all other kinds of buildings; in
the grading and Identification of streets
and avenues; the location and construc-
tion of parks, pleasure grounds, systems
of water supply, sanitary protection,
sewerage and drainage; the adoption
and utilization of all. manner of public
and private modern conveniences and
Appliances for the comfort and safety
of the population, and, last, but not
least, the providing of methods by which
the poorest and those most in need of
such help can obtain comfortable homes.
without sacrifice of the future Gin ruin
Gus interest), of health and comfort, Tin
an almost hopeless scrimping and saving
of trifes,) or self respect, Gin suffering
the consequences of forfeiture of hard
bargains resulting in eviction and home
lessness.
The company was Incorporated in
June 1886, with the following officers,
who are all stockholders and who prac-
tically hold all the stock, which is fixed
at 800, 900, over SOC, 900 of which is paid
up:
President-Heth Garfield; Secreta-
ry-G. w. Allen; Treasurer-Geo. w.
Atwood; Directors w. q. Warden, III.
Garfield, Geo. w. Atwood and w. p.
Eichbaum.
Since its organization the company
has obtained control OF number of
tracts of valuable real estate situated in
one of the most eligible locations in the
city, partly on the highest ground in the
city, and all within easy distance of the
center: all of which have been carefully
surveyed. plated and put upon the mar
ket. and about two hundred lots already
sold for immediate Improvement
These tracts include the Poioid tract o
thirty acres, the lower Atwood tract OF
five acres and the upper Atwood tract Of
ten acres, besides large number o.
choice and valuable lots in different per
tons of the city and suburbs.
On the largest of these tracts there ha
been located one of the most desirabl,
and popular suburbs of the city, known
as Buena Esperanza, lying between
Maria Sanchez Greek and the San Sebas
tian River, in the southwestera part o
the city. This magnificent tract wa
formerly an almost continuous orang
grove, thousands of the trees yet remain
ing on the different lots and many hun
dreds having been necessarily sacrifice,
or removed to make room for street
and avenues. a number of large arte
sian wells connected with a network o
pipes along the several streets afford
never-failing supply of water, not onl
Tor drinking and domestic purposes bu
also for public purposes, such as flush
ing the sewers and drains and fire pre-
lection. Shell roads have been projecte
and begun. sidewalks provided for, tree
for shade set out by thousands along th
avenues, and, above all, splendid plea
ure grounds, including lovely wat,
parks, embracing picturesque Iandscal
gardening of all kinds, are in contempt
ton, to occupy the present head waite
of Maria Sanchez Greek. The compar
has constantly employed, besides lar.
numbers of laborers, corps of efsiciel
construction foremen, an architect an
two or three draughtsmen, landscai
gardeners, etc.
The company has from its organic
ton been engaged in building, havil
already constructed large number
stores, dwellings, hotels, ETC., includi,
concrete buildings, as follows: The s.
Salvador Hotel, the First National Ban
the Nilsson business house ON st. Ceor
street, near the Plaza, the large store