The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-17
Port VALLEY FACTS.
Land Owners Already Feel Good Bf-
fscts From tho Election

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fscts From tho Election.
FORT VALLEY, Ga. Nov. 16.-The peo-
pie of Fort Valley and Houston county are
not through "jubilating" yet over Cieve-
lands election, and already this section has
taken on new life. Inquiries are numerous
for real estate, and In the last week on Ohio
syndicate has invested $4,000 IN lands
around this place. and more will be invested
befol Q next January. Several new man
ufacturing industries are almost q certainty.
Among them is an ice factory Of thirty tons
capacity, ana canning establishment of a
very large capacity. The parties interested
have purchased sites and in due time will
commence the erection of the plant
Every fruit tree, about 5000, COO grown
in this section has been sold and shipped.
Shipments were made to Connecticut New
Jersey, Delaware, Kansas and Kentucky.
and there are orders coming In daily, and
il this section could fll them it would re-
quire fully 3,0o0,e 600 more trees. The HALE
Georgia Orchard Company furnished 2, 900, -
600 of the trees shipped, and say they hRve
orders for as many more. This Is virtually
q new industry here which has been inaugu-
rated by the thrifty northern hortioulturist
who win grow rich raising fruit trees on
the same Land that the southern farmer
grow poor on raising cotton. The Hales,
who own large fruit interests at South
Glastonbury, Conn, are negotiating with
the Central railroad to continue a spur
track at Melon CiEy, two miles from here
a distance of l u miles, TO the center of their
immense orchard. Ii they fail in this, they
say they will build line Of their own and
connect IT with the Atlanta and Florida
railroad, and thus be independent,
The plan of building a road from this
place to Wellston, distance of nine
teen miles, and connect with the Georgia
Southern aud Florida railroad, has not died
out by any means. and now that Cleveland
do elected, the Ohio capitalists who contem-
+pfate this project are more in the notion Of
bulldog this line than ever One man in
the sEndioate has ample capital to build it,
and says so long as he owns property here
that he will not remain at the mercy of one
Or two railroads. They want gouging com
pettOion. and say they will spend oonsidera-
bic money 10 obtain It,
Taking all these facts into consideration
one can easily see that before long Fort
Valley will be belted with railroads, having
three competitive lines, thus making 1t the
best inland shipping point in the state.
There Is considerable activity among the
country politicians. Reports are numer-
0us here that the country people are going
TO take hand in seeing bow the patronage
Vndef the incoming administration Is dis
tributed. They assert that heretofore it
has been parcelled out 30 citizens OK the
larger cities, but now they are going TO see
that the country applicant has a chance,
and expect President Cleveland to give them
some recognition, which. il he fails to do,
there will Oe a great howl. There is going
TO be some fun over the appointment Of
district attorney and marshal OF the South
ern district OF Georgia before the appoint
ments are made, as there are many candi-
dates working on the quiet whom the news
papers have not found out, and are not
likely to until later on.