The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-19
SANFORD SETTINGS.
Homeward Bound TOurists-HOteIs
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Sanford. Fla. March B.-The tide Of
travel has fully sci in for homeward-
bound winter visitors 10 Florida, and
month later the winter residents viii swell
this returning tide. Sanford is the point
where a large par Of this travel leaves
the cars and takes the river steamers to
Jacksonville. This morning Capt Shaw
OF the City Of jacksonville carried on a
pig crowd, and on several previous trips
ne TOOK away from thirty 10 nifty, besides
the local travel. His boat being the largest
ana most popular. Many tourists who
nave Travelled with him the past twenty
years on the St Johns river, make II a
rule to return to this point on the mornings
me City OF Jacksonville goes down the
The hotel season will close quite early
THIS year only the smaller houses running
INTO May. Report says the tide of travel
mas been largely TO the newly opened
east coast country. Our section has done
talrly good business in tourist travel,
out none OF the hotels have made any
money, except few at Jacksonville and
~; Augustine, the great distributing
points The St. James hotel at Jackson
vllle, which Capt. J. r. Campbell has
managed mar for quarter Of century, has
had good season because Of this long
continued one-man ownership. The only
other similar hotel In the state Is the Mag
aSeT Va a. a. a. Augustine, oyer which Man
twenty years. OF course non-paying hotels
enange hands almost yearly, and yet both
liant lam and tlagler, with all their wealth,
Of frequent changes in the managers of
their big hotels.
As the time lApril 81 draws near for the
proposed sale of the Jacksonville, Tampa
ana Key West railway public interest in
me matter is getting quite lively. Some
persons who profess 10 be on the Inside"
say the road will not be sold; others claim
mat Elagler will bid II in on account of
me, oran rr;h road from Enterprise juno
IeIes with his through travel from Jack
sonYilie to Titusville and points south;
olhers. however, declare that Plant must
and viii have II to establish a short and
desirable line by way Of Jacksonville to
tampa. One thing Is pretty certain, and
mat Is that there can be no great through
llne or travel into and out of Florida that
does not give It's patrons a stopover in the
city OF Jacksonville. While st. Augustine
IS an ancient city" Of great renown, the
mass OF tourists desire to spend a day or
TWO IN Jacksonville With the Jackson
Yllle, Tampa and Key West railway in his
hands President Plant can establish such
a line from Tampa to Charleston S. c.,
Plant system
Sanford feels deep interest in the re-
SUIT OF the coming sale as under the pres
ent condition of things this is the term
mus or both roads, and each gives us
SCI OF employees. II the Plant system buys
the j. q. and X. w railway II is probable
that all this will give place to one set of
employees Tor both roads, and through
trains from Jacksonville to Tampa. When
PRESIDENT Plant was here recently, in
walking through the companys "Pico
BLOCK, and noticing the vacant offices
formerly used by the South Florida rail-
ROAD OInclalS. he remarked that these
vacant offices would probably be filled
before long. 1t is inferred from this re-
marx that IN case of the purchase of the
j. Il. and K. W. railway by the Plant sys-
TEN this point will become a much more
important one than ever before to the
Plant system. With trains running to
TaVares, OViedo, Titusville, ST Peters
burg, Jacksonville and Tampa our city is
quite railroad center. Then the line
OF river steamers and the big Plant sys-
tenn hospital No. l and the railroad ships
Will be potent factors in making this an
important railroad center, even with
through trains from Jacksonville to Tam
pa.
One thing is certain, and that is that
new investors and old property holders
are not alarmed at the anticipated con-
solidatton of the two roads. Manager
Dolph Edwardsi6f the Hotel Wilton. who
left the real estate business to return
70 this hotel SAYS he is still in constant
receipt or letters from people who wish to
invest here, and many sales have been
and are being made of all kinds of real
estate, including quite a number of orange
favorable to groves in this section that
the holders of such property are not so
Wiling TO sell at a low figure as they were
blossoms is now afloat on every breeze,
and dying hope revives again"
me Knights of Honor in this city Zone
lodge OF which Is named in honor of Col
b. w. Wrenn) are greatly pleased over
the election of Col. Thomas j. Appleyard,
of the Gate City Chronicle, as supreme
representative to the supreme lodge for
the long term, although he had Justly won
the distinction by his zeal and efficiency
as commander of the Florida division Of
the uniform rank. While encumbered by
many official positions, municipal, state
and social, Col. Appleyard has the snap
and ability to discharge all their manifold
duties and also get out a first-class week
ly paper
Among the new crops which our farmers
are now. experimenting with, White KAT
FIR corn is highly commended by President
c. II. Hall of the Ishpeming Mich. Ma
tional Bank, who has an elegant winter
home and large real estate interests at
Maitland. He has given a number of the
best farmers some seed to experiment
with and predicts that they will be pleas
ed with the result. As this corn comes
from Kaffrairia in Africa, it is peculiarly
adapted to our soil and climate. being
drought proof and sun proof 1t grows
about four feet high and resembles broom
corn, and the product Is excellent feed
for live stock, or can be ground uD into
flour, resembling buckwheat, for family
use. 1t makes cheap fodder for cattle
and very cheap -four for the household