The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-19
SANFORD AND FLORIDA.
Plant Interests in the City-ImmI-
grafton and Tobacco.

grafton and Tobacco.
Sanford. Fla, Dec. 1S.-The recent visit
Of President Plant to Sanford has given
our people great hopes for the future of
our city as a railroad center He made
a long stay and thoroughly inspected all
the Plant system property here, making
some changes. suggesting others. and lay
ing plans for important improvements.
The city council having granted the right
of-way, the Sanford and St. Petersburg
railroad will be connected with the freight
and passenger depot and the shops Of the
South Florida railroad. This puts all the
roads into the union passenger depot
OF course. the Sanford ana St. Perters-
burg railway agents will be dispensed
with and the freight and passenger bust
ness put in charge of the old Plant sys-
TEN official ticket agent; Ira I. Lohr
Is transferred to the st. Petersburg end
of the line What Sanford losses in the
consolidation in this way is more than
made up by the transfer here of the
splendid wood working machinery at Oak
land of the Sanford and ST Petersburg
railway, with a fine corps of mechanics
The shops here need this new addition
as work Is very brisk just now. Nearly
every day a locomotive comes out newly
painted and repaired for good winter ser
vice. a few days ago an entire train was
sent out for the local run between the
Tampa Bay hotel and Tampa. it is painted
CANT.
In view of the fact that the Plant svs-
TEN owns several fine brick buildings here,
the PicO block, the Pico restaurant, both
long, two-story buildings, and a hand
some brick passenger depot ii seems very
probable that the Investments will be full
ly utilized. The restaurant, with limited
hotel accommodations is the dinner house
for both the north and south bound pas
senger trains The Pico block, ground
floor, is occupied by the Southern Express
Company. two telegraph offices and drug
store. leaving three stores and three Of
fees vacant. The upper story is nearly
all used by the local officials of the Plant
system, and yet there is room for a much
larger force in the future, should the
Plant system acquire the Jacksonville.
Tampa and Key West railway and its
two branches, one TO Tavares and the
other to Tftusville. 1t would then have
six lines centering at the Sanford union
depot.
Florida proposes TO share with Georgia
i'm the immigration boom that has set in
from the west. The Farm and Fireside
Colony" in Leon and Waukulla counties,
is a movement by the most widely cir
culated and wealthiest agricultural jour
nal in the country, Farm and Flreside, or
Springfield, o. The Green Cove colony is
also having a strong backing, while the
Avon Park and Lee county settlements
are growing daily. Rev. DR.. Slingerland
has been in Sanford several days in the
interest of the Ohio Shaker community,
of which he is the president, and for whom
he is seeking a large tract OF land some
where on the Plant system of railways.
His mission is a very important one 10
South Florida and means a big settle
ment of desirable people II he succeeds
in being suited
The tobacco culture movement IS daily
growing in Importance and promises TO
take on a regular boon impetus. Bulls,
tin No. Is of the Florida Agricultural
College Experiment Station having been
exhausted. a new pamphlet. bulletin NO.
30, is now being sent free to all Florida
farmers who desire IT.. 1t was prepared
by F. b. Noodle, who has had large eX-
perience I'm tobacco culture. Maj. W. b.
Tucker, general agent at Orlando of the
is also sending out free a pamphlet on
tobacco culture. f. NJ. Jolly division
passenger agent at Tampa of the Plant
system is likewise taking hand in the
movement having recently visited Cuba
and procured the choicest seed and the
most reliable information as TO best meth
DDS of culture.
/ recently wrote that Receiver II. S.
Chubb of the Florida Midland railroad had
| told me he thought that the December
sale of the road would not take place,
| but a chance be given the bondholders'
| committee to reorganize. The expected
| postponement has not only taken place
| still further adjournment Is promised II
the committee pays over 1850 to Receiver
| Chubb to pay current expenses incident
| to the postponements. 1t is likely, there
| fore that the road may not be sold, but
| come into the control of a new company
| through the efforts of the reorganization
| committee. The outcome of this move
| interest in railroad circles here, as reor-
| ganization probably means extensions
| from Longwood and Kissimmee, the pres
| ent termini.