The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-01-15
Tallahassee, Fla. Jan. Is, te>O.

The time is coming when the South
will spin and weave the cotton goods tor
the world.
Governor Fleming has designated,
by proclamation, Friday, February l4th,
as Arbor Day for 1889.
FLORIDA on the move-tourlsts flock
ing in and business livening up, Is the
way the Savannah News puts it.
The Trustees Of the Agricultural
College will meet at Lake City next
Tuesday to elect Director OF the tx
,perimental Station.
The editorial force of the Times
Union has been reorganized; with Col.
C. f. Merrill as editor in chief and Ham
ilton Jay city editor.
General Manager NJ. r. Moran of
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway has resigned, and it Is rumored
that Mai. Sherman Conant will be his
successor.
"A movement in is on foot in Jack
sonville to petition Governor Fleming to
remit the State taxes of Duval county tor
the year 1888. They will urge that in
view of the great crisis sustained by the
people during the summer, that their re-
lief might we'll be afforded.
-Ex-Mayor Courtenay, of Charleston,
s. c., the earthquake Mayor, argues in
his paper, the Charleston World, that
Florida's yellow fever was imported in
swift mail steamers from Cuba, and calls
on the government to stop this steam
communication during the Summer
months.
Banker and State Senator John +.
Dunn offers S 900 in cash to any
county in Florida, Marion excluded,
making the best continuous exhibit at the
mi-Tropcal Exposition, which opens at
O,ala to-day, the counties competing to
name the Judge. No charge for entries
or space will be made
One Of the pressing needs of Florida
IS bureau of immigration to compile
and publish information that will adver-
tise our Slate-its resources, advantages,
attractions, ETC., and to secure special low
rates for immigrants, and very reasonable
rates can he secured if the railroads are
protected by law from the operations of
-scalpers. If the Legislature to convene
in April will provide for we'll organized
and thoroughly equipped bureau of i'm
migration they will do "a good work for
Florida.
Until some one can inform the public
what is expected to be accomplished by
and through State Board of Health, as
regards the public health, that can not be
secured by and through local boards, un-
der the existing health law, there should
be less clamor for a State Board Let
the public know just what will be ex-
pected Of State Board, and then it will
be an easy matter for the people to de-
termine whether such a board is needed.
1t should be established that there exists
. necessity for State Board of Health
before the Legislature is asked to provide
for the creation of such board. If it is
simply desired that there shall be State
head in matters pertaining to the public
health, let that head be Surgeon-Gen-
.eraL
The Railway Age says nineteen rail-
roads were sold under foreclosure during
1888 in the United States. Three of the
nineteen roads were Florida roads. The
+. r. & N. System, with 533 miles of
track-funded debt, $s,l44,oOO, capital
stock, S13,234, OOO-total, 2l,37s,OOO.
The Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railroad,
% miles in length; funded debt, 1885 900,
capital stock, 100000 The Tavares, Or.
lando and Atlantic, 33 miles long, with a
funded debt of 1894 900, and capital stock
lin Florida) estimated at 1884 900. Per.
haps the railroad organs would like to
charge the foreclosures in Florida to the
existence of Railroad Commission in
this State. But the F. r. & N. lines,
which previous to the creation of the Com
mission embraced nearly one-third of the
railroad mileage in Florida, was already