The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-06-06
FLoRIpA.s CAPITAL CITY.
st. Marks to be Made Commercial
Port of Importance

EOTt u importance
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, June 5.-St. Marks,
twenty miles south of Tallahassee, is again
t. be made commercial port of consider
able importance. Towards independent
line of steamers. to ply between New Or
leans and South Florida, touching at Pen
sacola, Apalachicola, st. Marks, Cedar
Key, Tampa and Manatee, has been organ
lied by wholesale merchants and capitalists
Of New Orleans. The company is to start
their steamers at once, sailing from New
Orleans June z, IL, 20 and %. After this
month, if the trade will sustain it, three
steamers per week will be put on. Tallahas-
see has been full of New Orleans drummers
the past week soliciting orders for goods in
the various mercantile lines, freight to be
shipped by the new line.
THE FREIGHT RATES.
This new line offers to convey first-class
freight to any of the points at which their
steamers touch at 35 cents per hundred
-four delivered at st. Marks at so cents per
barrel freight
Savannah will have to look to her laurels.
With the low freight rates that this steamer
line offers, New Orleans will capture much
of the trade in meats, coffee, and bulk goods
generally that the Tallahassee merchants
have been giving to Savannah. This new
line also means that New Orleans has an
eye to the cotton shipments of this section,
and her cotton factors are offering to make
advances at liberal rates. An effort will be
made to get the Tallahassee Compress Com
pany, which handles annually from 10000
- 12, 900 bales, to make shipments by this
route.
A NEW MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
The Enterprise Manufacturing Company,
to do general planning mill, novelty works
and barrel manufacturing business, is fully
organized. George E. White, who is known
here as the 'Old Rustler,n is business man
ager. The machinery, which is extensive,
quite expensive and of the latest improved
makes, is now arriving. 1t was made by
RaudIe & Co. of Cincinnati, o. The build
ings will be erected at once alongside Of the
Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
track. just south of the city, and will have
side-track privileges. Northern capital is
interested ard the company already has
several orders filed.
THE STOCK FARM.
Lakeland Park stock farm, of which
State Senator Patrick Houstoun is proprie-
tor, is doing quite an extensive business in
blooded horses, raised here. Savannah
parties have recently purchased "Stonewall
Jackson" a fine 2-year-old colt, for $500.
and Governor Perry" a pretty and
spirited 5-year-old gelding, for $500. A
citizen Of this county paid $500 for "Grover
Cleveland 2-year-old. These sales, at
such good prices, are quite encouraging to
the stockmen, and it is probable that other
parties viii engage extensively in the bust
ness. Good sales are also being made OF
fine Jersey mich cows.
A NEW INSPECTOR.
Gov. Fleming has appointed w. G. Con
zalez to be inspector OF timber and lumber
in Escambia county, John B. Jones to be
notary public in and for Escambia county,
and +. McC. Chapman to be notary public
in Marion county.
Ex-Gov. Harrison Reed has not yet as
sumed the duties of postmaster at Tallahas-
see, to which position President Harrison
appointed and the Senate confirmed him.
Maj. E. c. Weeks is still doing double duty,
being both United States marshal and
postmaster, though the latter office is man
aged by his clerks.