The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-24
EDITORS MORE THAN PLEASED.
Florida Journalists Speak Highly OF
the ExpoSftion.

Sanford, Fla, Sept. 23.-Col. T. j.
Appleyard. the secretary of the Florida
Press Association, is back from the edi-
tOrlal excursion of Thursday last to the
Atlanta exposition, and speaks in terms OF
high praise of the courtesy of General
Passenger Agent G. A. Mcdonald, of the
Georgia Southern and Florida railroad
who got up and conducted the affair. The
boys made him fine present in Atlanta as
a token of their high appreciation Of his
great kindness to them from start to
AS the Morning News has already des-
cribed the exhibits of Florida in the expo
sition, ii is only necessary TO state that
the editors were more than pleased with
the magnificent display the Land of Flow
ers Is making there at the very opening.
Later on the exhibits of oranges, lemons,
ect., will make even the California visitors
open their eyes in establishment.
During the past week Sanford has taken
on new hope for the future. There had
been fear that the railroad shops might
be moved from here; but instead of that
there are plans being perfected for addi-
tional buildings, new and improved ma
chinery, and more skilled mechanics. Ru-
NOR says a dozen new families have come
in already under this new movement
Master Mechanic Young and Foreman
Curran are just now very busy getting
cars and locomotives ready for an expect
ed heavy winter travel, and the work they
are turning out is the best ever done at
these shops. The new buildings are to en-
able them to turn out still better work. As
to location and ground space the present
shops are splendidly situated, having Y
tracks on every side, and being near the
Plant system hospital. The enlargement
of these shops and an increase in the num-
Der of Mechanics employed. means much
for the future of Sanford, and 1t is to be
hoped that the improvements will be of a
permanent and extensive character.
When the South Florida railroad hos
pital here was changed to Plant System
hospital No. 1, some months ago sug-
gested that ii meant the erection of hos
pital No. at some central point in an
other part of the state. The location has
finally been settled upon and plans
drawn for the building, under the per-
sonal supervision of DR.. Frank H. Cald-
in Florida. These plans were submitted
to General Superintendent Durham
while at Tampa, and are now before
President Plant in New York, where
Surgeon Caldwell took them about two
weeks ago Ocala is the point chosen
for the location of the hospital, and the
and make 1t both city and railway in
stitution Hospital No. 8 will probably
be located, if established at all, up in
South Georgia, or just over the Alabama
line so as to take in the Alabama Mid
land railroad employees.
Real estate is still changing hands here
at satisfactory prices. Mr. A. c. DOud-
ney, of the ice factory. has purchased the
elegant residence and fine orange grove
Of Mr.. J. w. Wellington on Orange Ridge,
the latter gentleman going to Jacksonville
to enter the real estate business and to
push the manufacture of his palmetto
wine, a medical preparation that seems
to have a good future before It. He is
an old newspaper man, a prominent Off
cial in the Uniformed Rank, Knights of
Pythias, and his many friends, who regret
his departure, wish him well in his new
home While we lose him, we gain Mr.. E.
l.. Ferran who comes here and pur-
chases the ]. E. Pace dry goods store,
and thereby adds one more in number to
our active, pushing business men. So
that while men leave here do better else
where. other men come here on the same
mission