The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-09
FLORIDA NOTES.
some Interesting Facts About the
Orlando Orange Groves.


Sanford. Fla. April s.-The death Of
Capt. }. c.. Carson. for many years the
first officer of the City Of Jacksonville.
was both sad and sudden, and is deeply
regretted. He had been with Capt shaw
so long that the travelling public had be-
come very much attached 10 him. tie had
been commander Of the Pastime and other
steamers on the river. and was held in
high esteem by his associates. His flu
neral, al Jacksonville on Easter Sunday
was largely attended, and the services
were very impressive.
Your correspondent paid visit TO En-
terprise. across Lake Monroe. last week.
and was surprised TO see so much new
life injected into this once popular winter
resort by The new prOpI1etOrs Of the Brock
house. The old dock and warehouse and
tramWay have been newly rebuilt, and the
town now presents a much more attract
i've appearance. AS the Jacksonville,
Tampa and Key West railway depot is
some distance back Of the lake shore set
tlement. the tourist travel Is largely by
the Clyde Line river steamers. Recently.
however. the people have walked up on the
sOou Iodus question ana mace "a excel
lent pine straw tbOrOughtare from Entei-
prise TO Orange city, which gives an addi-
tonal all rail outlet via the Flagler sys-
TEN through the east coast country TO St.
Augustine and Jacksonville. Enterprise,
therefore may be said 10 have taken "a
new lease of life.
The Il told you So people here are
quite jubilant over the postponed sale Of
the Jacksonville, Tampa ana Key West
railway from yesterday until May, and
still hint that there will be no sale. Others
affirm that President Plants recent visits
here We're in view of some very impor-
tant changes to be made i'm view Of the
proposed sale, and that these changes
viii be almost revolution OF the man
agement Of affairs at this point. The re-
Gently sold Florida Midland railroad is
said TO play part in the new scheme.
At all events, the rebuilding and general
Improvement of depOts, section houses,
etc, on the South Florida division tndi-
Gates that this part of the Plant system
is not TO be bottled up" by any adverse
sale or transfer of the missing link
the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway. so much needed and so long de-
sired to complete a grand through line
via Sanford, the legitimate Gate city or
South Florida.
The Orlando correspondent of the Morn
ing News in the Sunday issue, gives quite
a glowing picture of the hopeful condl-
tion of the orange groves in that section
of this county. l have frequently referred
to the fact that around Sanford there
has been a steady sale Of orange grove
property all winter Only a few days ago
Judge Pulling sold a fine grove near Lake
Mary, and other recent sales have been
made. The fact is, and IL can't be de-
MED, that the great mass OF people pre-
fer the Florida orange to any other, and
in the scarcity of home grown oranges
this winter thousands of visitors nave
gone without oranges rather than eat
those brought here from other sections
of the country. or imported from abroad.
1t is not often that our Gate city en-
tertains a more able and distinguished
body of men than that now assembling in
the Sanford house. The Railway surgeons
and the Florida Medical Association are
holding their annual sessions here, and
we welcome them to one of the healthiest
cities in the state, where sulphur water
fills all the air with its peculiar odor. Then
we have the Plant system Railway hospi-
tai No 1, to which they will all be invited
to witness clinics. The grounds are beau-
tiful. the green house full of lovely flowers,
the library attractive to readers and the
white and colored hospitals full of pa
tfents that will interest the surgeon and
the physician, who is deeply interested in
his profession.
The Sanford is one of the points on the
Plant system where locomotive engineers
do most congregate," II being the term
linus of some half dozen divisions. On this
account there was lively demand for the
Morning News which contained in fun the
notable address of Col. b. w. Wrenn, the
passenger traffic manager OF the Rant
system, on the Locomotive as a Fellow
Citizen" The engineers are highly pleased
at the high estimate placed upon their
machine and the clear and instructive
manner in which Col Wrenn has traced
its wonderful development. We leave here
in Sanford an object lesson in this line IN
the little old locomotive Seminole" that
did the first service on the narrow gauge
contracted with the mogul locomotive Of
this great route to-day, 1t looks like
donkey beside an elephant. And the road,
the people and the towns and cities along
the once humble and struggling enterprise,
have all developed I'm like manner. The
Locomotive as q Fellow Citizen has led
this march of improvement.