The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-17
SANFORD SETTINGS.
Business Outlook GOod-New Indus
tries ProsperinE.

BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOd-NeW INDUS
tries Prospecting.
Sanford, Fla, Oct. 16.-Everything now
indicates the opening of a good business
| season for this section. Manager A. Rob
bins. of the Hotel Wilton, has taken the
Sanford house also under his charge and
will run it as an all-the-year round hotel.
This movement on his part has inspired
our people with new courage and in every
line of business there can be seen increas-
ed activity in anticipation of large and
early influx of northern and western tour
lists and permanent settlers.
The palmetto industry promises to de-
velop somewhat on the line of the Won
derful developments which have come
from the once neglected cotton seed. AL
ready Sanford has exported several tons
of palmetto leaves. and the Wellington
Wine Company, now removed to Jackson
vile, with similar manufacturers, readily
take all the palmetto berries that can be
gathered. The wonderful success of our
still enlarging tannery has given the pal
mettO roots a standard market value, and
as these tanneries increase there will be
a constantly increasing demand for pal
metto roots for fannie acid purposes. Thus
will our lands be rid of a much despised
and almost universal plant. but its up
roofing will bring in new and unexpected
revenue.
In railroad circles there is considerable
activity, as preparations are nearly COM
pleted for the new winter schedule. Adj
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have come here to work in the shops, and
this has made a lively demand for dwell
ing houses. A lot of new seventy-pound
steel rails has just been sent to Alta
monte Springs, Maitland and Winter Park
to relay gap of smaller rail between
those places. When this work is finished
the new supervisor, who is a brother
of Roadmaster Buchanan, will give the
travelling public over the Plant system
from this city to Port Tampa as fine
and smooth track as can be found
anywhere in the state. General Superin-
tendent Durham has carefully inspected
II and had everything put in the best
possible shape for fast schedule and d
big travel this winter.
The steamer Fred de Barry is back from
Boston and will soon be again on the run
between this city and Jacksonville, fol-
lowed later by the larger, and more ele-
giant steamer, City of Jacksonville. Then
we shall consider our real business season
fairly open. Although our six railroads
are important feeders, we depend in win
ter largely upon the river travel for stop
over tourists. The trip on the lovely 81.
Johns river is most attractive one. A
few very small steamers go up from here
INTO Lake JesuD and other points on the
extreme upper st. Johns river, but the pas
senger travel is quite uncertain. How
ever, they do a profitable freight anC
raft towing business several months or
Florida has always been a great beef
cals-e producing state, but the idea pre-
walls generally that we still foster the
razor back hog so often pictured in
illustrated articles on FLORIDA Crackers
and their homes" There is, however. no
state in the union that can show better
ordinary ogs than our thrifty farmers
are now raising. By ordinary l mean
hogs for use and not for exhibitions or
advertisements. Hon. J. n. Whitney of
TINS city at his once famous CHM grove
place, has a magnificent lot of hogs.
among them the famous Jersey Reds. that
show what can be done here in Florida
in this line. Col George w. Cooley. al
Forest City, Is another enterprising hog
breeder, and his pens of white and a
black Berkshires are an inspiring sight
These two men have proved that CON
tinued .-ealth and the most desirable
growth can be secured here for the best
breeds of hogs, penned or turned loose
THIS is yet to be a great hog country
and when l say great hog country" /
mean great country for great hogs.