The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-26
IFWBRIDGE OVERST. JOHNS
The Picking Of the Orange Crop About
to Begin.

e,yannah's Interests in Florida-They
are Large and Inoreasing-A Chicago
McCaslin Unhappy.
1..ksonville, Fla, Sept. 25.-It was ex-
rsctei that the splendid new steel bridge
over the St. Johns river at Sa nford
,ropId be opened to the first train from
Jacksonville this morning, SO 1 came along
N witness the joyous event. Owing to
An Unexpected delay in track laying on
the south approach to the bridge, the
opening was postponed
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key
West railway crosses the st. Johns river,
coming from Jacksonville, first at Buffalo
Bluff, a place made famous by the shoot
inc Of the escaping train robbers, and
later on by the terrible accident bywhich
a freight locomotive and several cars
went through the steel combination draw
bridge. That has been replaced by a
new section, and with the opening of the
steel draw bridge up at Sanford today
day the road will cross the st. Johns
river twice and at both places on splen-
did steel or combination structures. Be
tween Palatka and this city there are
three wooden draw-bridges over large
creeks, so called, but they are solid and
safe structures and kept under careful
supervision.
PREPARING FOR ORANGE SHIPPING.
All along the line of the road to-day
your correspondent noticed that the
orange packing-houses were being put in
order for an early starting up of this i'm
portant branch of business. Already quite
q number of shipments have been made,
several to the Florida Fruit Exchange in
this city for export to England. The IA
nous Sanford grove at Belair, near San
ford, has made large shipments of lemons,
in the culture of which they have been
remarkably successful. Mr.. 7. F. Hud-
gins of Sanford has gone already to
Louisiana with his force of hands to
gather large orange crop there under
contract, which is an early start
ACTIVE LUMBER TRADE.
There is one branch of business in Flor
ida that seems to have escaped a dull
season, and that is the lumber trade. Our
saw-mills were never buster and several
very extensive new establishments have
been put in operation. Jacksonville and
vicinity has some of the biggest mills in
the south, and on every line of railroad
entering the city can be found, at reason
able distances apart, well-equipped mills,
doing a fine business. Not only are
tramp steamships and vessels carrying
this lumber north and to foreign coun-
tries, but the Clyde steamships to New
York take a great deal, in addition to
railroad ties, which are quite an item on
the freight lists.1
sAyANNAH's FLORIDA BUSINESS.
There is not much noise made about it,
yet it is nevertheless true that Savannah
gets very large amount of business of
one kind and another from this state
Her drummers are seen everywhere, and
are generally pretty successful in their
efforts. But in the carrying trade the
Ocean Steamship Con pany has a con-
stantly growing patronage, both in
freight and passengers. The Merchants
and Miners steamship line has also built
up quite an orange business from this
section The fast schedules from South
Florida to Savannah make it a very easy
matter to reach the New York, Phila-
delphia, Baltimore and Boston steamers
In your city.
FLORIDA WAS IN 1T.
A generous-hearted citizen of Chicago,
a Mr.. McCaslin by name, thought it
would be nice thing to entertain at his
. home all the visitors to the worlds fair
by the name of McCaslin. He seems to
/ nave got along pretty well until the Nc
Caslins of North Carolina swarmed down
upon him, and then his wife took sick
Still he held out bravely in his resolve,to
honor the name he bore, and might have
succeeded had not the McCaslins of Flor
ida come in at this crisis and compelled
his wife to give up her bed to them
This was the straw that broke thecamePs
back and now the balance of the McCas-
Inns are compelled to hunt the hotels and
boarding houses of Chicago for food and
shelter
GEORGIAN HONoRED.
The friends in Georgia and Florida of
Rev. DR.. j. d. Hammond, brother of
Judge w. r. Hammond, of Atlanta and
EX-State Senator Ed. M. Hammond, of
Orlando, Fla, will be pleased to know
that in the recent election for delegates
from the Missouri Methodist Conference
the highest vote cast was for Rev. DR..
hammond, so that he heads the august
delegation from that state. This able
preacher was transferred from Georgia
TO Missouri, and is now president of Cen
Iral College, and one of the most distin-
gWshed divines in the Southern Methodist
church: At this same conference Presid-
ing Bishop A. G. Haygood asked for $3.50
TO and his Georgia preacher out in Cali
lorna, and the conference generously
responded with $31555 for that object
ana thus progressive Georgia pushes
ahead
KEEPING MONEY AT HOME
Perhaps the bank failures in this state
ana hard times may have caused it, but
our people this year have spent more
money here at home with seaside resorts
imam ever before, and they seem perfectly
well satisfied with the results. The east
coast has been the great favorite with
south Florida people and many from
Jacksonville and st. Augustine; still
faablo beach and Mayport have done a
me business. BY this demonstrating
thousands OF dollars have been kept in
active circulation in the state that other
wise might have gone north or west and
oeen lost to our circulation forever. This
money has kept trade brisk.
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