The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-02
o RLANDO, FLORIDA.
An EnterpriSins City and a Public
Spirited Community.

a New Bank Starting Handsome Res
licences Being Ereoted-orlando and
Orange County Send Car of Exhib-
its to Worlds Fair-Nevs in General.
Orlando, Fla, Sept The storm has
come and gone, and everybody in this part
of Florida feels a sense of relief Satur-
day and Sunday we had violent winds
and heavy rains, and feared still worse,
but kind Providence permitted us to
escape with trifling damage. Orange
county, fortunately, lies in a safe and
healthy location, and we seldom suffer
great loss from the many calamities that
visit other sections; a blessing we feel
| duly thankful for and of which we make
no vain boast. The recent terrible storm
only serves to make us more thankful for
our good fortune.
A large number of oranges were blown
| from the trees in many groves, and in
some cases where there was high fertili-
cation the heavy rains have caused
oranges to drop in great quantities. AS
the crop on such groves is unusually
promising this season, the owners will
still get fair return from their sales.
Our business men are Just now rejoicing
in the prospect of new banking institu-
ton here, state bank, well officered and
| with good working capital to start off
with. Orlando is not only the county
| seat but fine business point, and a well
| conducted bank ought to make money un-
der ordinary circumstances.
| Every body feels good over the prepa-
rations for building the new depot of the
Florida, Central and Peninsula railroad,
! which has long been needed. This i'm
portant system now runs, by leased line,
through here to Oviedo, a fine orange
| growing country, and has built UP a big
| business in that section. With a magnif-
| icent new depot here, and through cars to
| Savannah and the north, by its new ex-
| tension from Jacksonville to Savannah.
/ this road will become much more i'm
| portant factor in Orlando's prosperity
Major w. B. Tucker, a lifelong railroad
man, and great friend of the MORNING
| News, is Col. D. e. Maxwells able assist
ant in this part of the state, and his popu-
ular1ty and industry are fully appreci-
ated at headquarters.
Probably Orlando comes nearer being
| a Georgia city than any other place in
| Florida. Our sheriff, court clerk, mayor,
mayor pro TEN, city attorney, deputy
| postmaster, state senator and ex-state
senator, etc, are from Georgia, and all
| EOOu ll0l anu tEu0. Alulb6 q NUMBER OF
| Atlanta's distinguished people have To-
Gated here, and just now DR.. j. H Duer,
a capitalist, is putting up an elegant resi-
| dence on his orange grove at Earmosa.
Mr.. Q. p. N Barker, well-known banker
of Atlanta, has recently completed a mag
ntticent winter home on Lake Lucerne
The erection of our grand court house
seems to have given new life to the city,
| as evidenced by the handsome brick
al .
other valuable improvements in every
part of this progressive place, with its
| paved streets and fine suburban drives
| Orange county was one Of the first
| counties to move in regard to an exhibit
at the worlds fair, but the hundred or
more delays and controversies all over
the state about how, when aud where the
| state exhibits should be made, hindered
| the work so auSpiciously begun and
dampened the ardor Of many of the work.
ers. Then the bank suspended and
| locked up the funds already raised. But
| in the recent final pull the people have
made new effort and now fine ''Orange
County Cart is on its way to the worlds
fair and other points of interest. The
! Florida Central and Peninsular railroad
| provided car, and Manager Abercromby
and the enterprising men and women Of
this and other towns put it in shape to
| rival somewhat the famous Florida on
| Wheels" of Wanton S. Webb The en-
| terprlslng Reporter got out 10000 copies
! of worlds fair edition to go with the
car exhibits and advertise the county.
The yellow fever scare has made rail
| road travel very light except to local
points and the Florida seaside summer
resorts. The east coast has been very
literally patronized this summer by Or
landoites. On Saturday large delegations
will leave by the South Florida and the
Florida, Central and Peninsular rail
| roads for the worlds fair and the nation
al encampment at Indianapolis of the
| Grand Army of the Republic. Many, who
at first intended to go, have dropped out,
owing to the uncertain and conflicting re-
ports about rates, etc. Only at the last
moment have reasonable terms been
offered, and this will reduce the original
crowd fully one half The Grand Army
| eXcursionists will be few and far between.
but their friends will help out in numbers
For two days we were cut off from the
MORNING NEWS and other papers and
when it did come we were astOunded at
the awful news contained in the well
filled paper, and many were the high COM
pllments paid its enterprise in compass
sing, by wire and local reporters, such
scattered points of interest 1t is such
rare occasions as this that show the
great progress of modern journalism and
WhaU d powerful factor III is In gather
ing up news and putting it before the
people almost instantaneously. The col
umns of the MORNING News issue of the
past few days show what an argus-eyed
thing live newspaper can be in such an
emergency. Money, brains and enterprise
are never spared by liberal publisher at
such times, and the reading public appre-
ciate the great work accomplished
CHATHBM.
TALLAHAssEE's L1TH1A.