The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-04
CEDAR KEY CHIPS.
The Town and the Entire Surrounding
Country on a Boom.

The Town and the Entire Surrounding
Country on Boom.
CEDAR KEY, FLA, March 3.-Progress
is the order of the day in Cedar Key and
Levy county. Owing to the additional
line of transportation furnished by the new
steamer Belle of Suwannee on the Suwan-
nee river, whereby direct rail connection is
made for Savannah by the Savannah,
Florida and Western railway at Branford,
the travel to this place has been much in
creased, and is steadily increasing. For
the same reason business ON the Suwannee
river is increasing. Tourists and investors
pass up and down the stream every trip of
the boat, while at every landing there can
be found improvements and new people
The Savannah merchants have evidently
availed Themselves of your correspondents
advice, and are selling goods in the Suwan
nee river country
THE NEWS ON HAND.
The greatest paper in the south, the old
reliable MORNING NEWS, has also taken
advantage Of the situation, and sent the
energetic Mr.. Sims through this section in
its interest. AT Cedar Key and on the
river Mr.. Sims was well received, and was
very successful in securing subscribers. But
the mails Can't we have the NEWS put
through to Cedar Key in less than two
days? Every day now our northern mail
is a day late. Savannah must open her
eyes to the advantage of securing firm
hold on this new territory, now so rapidly
coming into market.
plFrom Branford south to Cedar Key the
country is on a regular boom, not only
on the river, but also in the interior.
Capitalists are buying up the rich farming
and timber lands in Alachua and Levy
counties.
OPTIONS ALL THE RAGE.
twenty-five thousand acres of rich phos-
phate lands in the western portion OF
Aachua county have been covered by OPP
tons, and So, 600 in options has been placed
on phosphate lands in the western part of
Levy county. Moneyed men from Michigan,
New Hampshire, and from Baltimore, are
in the swim, investing largely, and seeking
to increase their investments.
Levy county adds two newspapers to the
democratic ranks this month. Saturday
the first issue of the Levy County Democrat,
edited by Henry B. Coulter, and issued
weekly at Bronson, made its appearance.
Next Saturday the first issue of the Cedar
Key Commercial, edited by J. Ira Cove,
and printed weekly at Cedar Key, will be
given to the public.
ALL THE YACHTS UNDER SAIL.
All the yachts owned in this place have
been hired this season and are off on ex.
tended pleasure trips with northern people.
Some of the vessels are on their second
cruise
The sponge fishing has been excellent SO
far this season and all the vessels have
cleared large profits. One steamer and one
schooner have been built complete, while
others are projected, for the sponge fisher
les and for tourists use.
Charles a. Fairchild, owner of the Fenni-
more mill, is shipping large quantities of
pine lumber and shingles to southern Florida
towns and to Spanish and English ports
As soon as we can secure a railroad into the
great yellow pine belt, Cedar Key will be-
come one of the largest lumber ports in the
south. 1t win be built, for the world needs
the two billion feet of yellow pine now
standing north of Cedar Key, and necessity
will soon force its development.