The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-14
sANFORD's ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
Some Other Matters of General and
special Interest.

Sanford, Fla, May IA belated item
copied from the Orlando Reporter in the
Morning News states that G.. w HencK.
acting for nonresident capitalists, is at
the head of the proposed new electric rail-
way from this city TO Orlando. In the
oihcial record the names CT no non-resi-
dents appear. The officers for the first
year are to be as follows: President, 4.
Meuser of Longwood; secretary and treas
urer, j. NJ. Saunders of Palm Springs: iii
rectors, Messrs. Meuser and Saunders
and a. f. Williams of Orlando.
These gentlemen are not capitalist, ana
it may be that there are some non-resi-
dent capitalists behind them somewhere.
They will not seek a charter from the
legislature now in session, but apply 10
the governor for letters patent on a
charter for the Florida Railway, Light.
Power and Heat Company, with heaG-
quarters at JongWOod. The road is Ia
start from a point on Lake Monroe ana
run to Orlando, with the privilege Of go
Ing anywhere else ii pleases. The CAPT
tai stock Is to be 100000, and the floating
Indebtedness must never exceed this
amount Although Mr.. E. w. Henck ap-
pears to be the visible mover in the enter
prise his name is of record only as the
notary public before whom the official
tors.
Ex-Gov Yarmouth of Louisiana. who
was born in Illinois, enlisted in the IniCn
army from Missouri, and is a companion
of the Ohio commandery of the Loyal Lee
gion has been giving the commandery
speech on his experiences i'm the south
since the war. One of his Historical
facts is wide of the mark, for he says:
Not one single statue or monument to
the union cause stands in eleven states of
this union outside of the national Gene
teries.' Now this IS a strange statement
for citizen of Louisiana to make as he
ought TO know, being an eX-uniOn soldier,
that there is Grand Army of the RepuD-
lie monument in New Orleans, the inscriD-
ton on which is: DUN tacent Clamant"-
while silent, they cry out" Here i'm Flor
ida, at Evergreen cemetery in Jacksonville
Q. NJ. Mitchell, Post, @. A. r., through the
active and generous efforts of Commander
Hugh Dunno, several years ago erected an
imposing monument surrounded by the iig-
ure of a handsome union soldier. EX-Goy.
Yarmouth had better get acquainted with
the patriotic labors of his old army COM
rades before making another address of
this kind.
Col b. w. Wrenn, the new passenger
traffic manager of the Plant system of
railways and steamships, may well feel
proud of the compliment paid him by the
Knights of Honor IN this city g. w
knights of Honor has been duly organized
with II. r. Woods as commander. and a
fine lot of charter members. AS soon as
uniforms can be procured the commandery
will make public parade. Editor Thomas
j. Applevard of the Gate City Chronicle,
is the colonel commanding the Florida de-
partment
The Florida Midland Railroad now in
the hands of eX-Mayor Henry S. Chubb OF
Winter Park, as receiver, has taken on
new passenger depot has been erected IN
Longwood, the freight depot repaired and
a Letter locomotive and passenger cars
rented from the Plant system.