Wichita eagle., 1889-02-20
GRAND EXCURSION
On tho &c OF This Month From Wichita to
Tampa Bay, Fla.-The Great Fishing,
Hunting and Boating and Pleasure
Grounds OF the South.

The great combination of the southern
and western railroads have made the peO-
pie of Missouri and Kansas the cheapest
rate to Florida eyer offered the people OF
the west. Giving them tour OF the great
mining regions OF the south, and cotton
growing countries of Tennessee, Alabama
and Georgia, by the Waycross Short Line,
down through the heart OF Florida, cross
ing the great St Johns river three times,
thence on to south Florida over the
elegantly equipped South Florida railroad,
running through the high, rolling lake
region of the great orange producing belt
of Florida, through the counties of Orange,
Polk and Hillsborough. to Tampa, the
Gate City of the gulf, on the beautiful
Tampa bay, forty miles long and from
fifteen to twenty miles wide, with
sufficient deep water to float
the entire navIes of the world 1t Is
through this harbor that the west has
Joined with the south to bring direct to
the west hundred and sixty-five million
dollars worth of comerce now coming 10
them secondhanded from Cuba, Central
and South American ports by way of the
eastern seaboard. This new route gives
to the west direct line for their eXrort
and import goods to Cuba, Central and
South American ports. Already the city
of Tampa has grown in three years from
], 800 to 1000 people. Her payrolls per
| $4,000 The new city is lighted with
! electricity her street cars run by steam;
| her water works of the latest in use. A
| hotel costing nearly two million dollars,
, half completed. absolutely fire proof.
built of stone. brick and iron, will open
the coming season. The whole country
surrounding Tampa harbOr Is unsurpa,s-
ed for health and beauty and variety Of
products. All domestic products as well as
tropical fruit grow in luxurious album
dance Homes with groves can be had
cheap: wild lands from $3.50 to S25 per
acre The finest ships now in service on
American waters will carry you from
Tampa to Havana, Cuba, in eighteen
hours The great Plant system has COM
bined with the Western connecting line,
the Kansas City. Fort Scott, Memphis q
Birmingham railway, TO give this low rate
to Florida that Kansas people might have
on opportunity to visit Florida's coming
metropolis this winter, and see place IN
which the whole grain producing country
and manufacturing interests OF the west
are directly interested.
| Tickets for the round trip for the Nicl1-
! TIA party from Ft. Scott to Tampa and re-
turn, S3S %. Local rate from Wichita &c
TT, Scott $4.72 This excursion rate is good
| only on February %. Round trip tickets
| to parties of ten TO fifteen from Tampa to
Havana, $3.50. All tickets good for sixty
| days.
The excursion will leave Wichita via the
! Missouri Pacific on the morning of the
/ 26th at 11:55: reach Fit Scott at 6:55 p. m.
where a special through car will await
them. The excursion viii be accompanied
| by S. A. Jones. excursion agent of the ;.
/ +. r. +. and the Plant system. Mr.. Jones
/ will be assisted by his old Kentucky friend
! Mr. Jacob Pittinger, of Wichita. A grand
and jolly good timewll be had-bring along
/ your fishing rods and hunting outfit
] For reliable information when you ar
| rive in Florida regarding the purchase OF
public or private land. orange groves OF
| city property call on or address the Hills
borough Land and Publishing Co. ovel
First National Bank of Tampa
All parties holding round trip tickets IN
this excursion purchasing one thousand
dollars worth of the land of the :. T. K. K
/ or the p l. Co or the Hillsborough Land
and Publishing Co, at Tampa, or the gen
/ eral land office at Sanford Will have thell
! fare for the round trip returned; and par
ties buying five hundred dollars worth OF
the same companies will have half their
fares returned; parties purchasing one
hundred and fifty dollar lot Will have thell
fare from Wichita to TT. Scott and back
returned: all AT the Tampa Office.
| Leave your names at once at the Mis-
souri, Pacific ticket Office. For further
particulars or printed matter call on :. A
Jones or Mr.. Jacob Pittenger al 251 y. To
/ peka avenue. or E +. Blechly, 49, y. Main
street. SIT