The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-01
wAYcROss IMPROVEMENTS.
The Adjacent Lands Being Put Un-
dor Cultivation.
A. N. MANUCY,
Clerk of Council.


der Cultivation.
Waycross, Ga, Dec. 31.-The Develop
ment that is now going on in the unoccu-
pied territory adjacent to the northern
limits of Waycross is greater in magni-
tude than any one would suppose without
having visited that vicinity. I was sur
prised in looking over this territory this
week to discover so many new houses in
course of erection and learn that other
houses will soon be started. This land
has hitherto been an obstruction to the
progress of Waycross by cutting off the
town from the agricultural belt. 1t was
only few months ago that this land was
put on the market, and when it was sub
divided by the purchasers and made into
small farm tracts, ranging from ten to
forty-five acres each, there was quiet
rush by the people of this vicinity for lots.
Twenty-eght farms have already been
sold during the last few weeks, and the
purchasers are: T. Il. Lanier w. NJ.
Toomer, George Turner, JEFF Darling, j.
l.. Crawey, b. ID. Finn, Mr.. Bladen, Brad
James Mr.. Summerall ]. j. Wideman,
and others of this city and community,
and Mr.. LIE Count of Cordele and Mr..
Geiger of Camden county. All of these
persons are building handsome residences
on their tracts costing from $1,000 to $500
each. number of citizens of this place
are arranging to buy tracts of land adj
joining these parties, and in few days
they will have made their purchases. A
remarkable fact in this connection Is that
every person who Is buying land Is doing
so with the intention of building hand
some home, or at least a comfortable one,
and improving their land for farming pur-
poses. This particular body of land was
originally the Clough-H illiard tract AMI
contained LOO acres. There are now 1900
acres left, and 1t will probably be sold
soon. other bodies of land adjacent to
this are also being subdivided, and sew
eral tracts from each body have been dis
posed of to citizens of this place and sur
rounding country, who are making inn
provements in the way of erecting resi-
dences and clearing. Only few days ago
a tract northeast of the city between the
Satilla river and the city limits, and con-
tanning about 230 acres, was purchased,
and 1870 acres of this will be subdivided
within the next few days by Mr.. Muir
ply, and each tract will be suita-
BILE for truck farming. Sew
eral of these tracts have already been
spoken for, and as this property is most
desirable, It will not be long before 1t will
be disposed Of. All these lands are roll
ing and the SOIL IS sandy loan ana We'll
adapted to the production Of all the crops
usually grown by the truck farmers of
this section. The residence sites are very
desirable, and the water is good and can
be had at a depth of from ten to thirty
feet The land east Of Waycross is also
being improved. as is the case in the north
ern vicinity of the city, and those who are
making improvements are people who live
in Waycross and vicinity. Until a few
years ago, when truck farming was ex-
perimented with by number of the pros
porous farmers around Waycross, it was
not even known by the citizens of this
vicinity that these lands were very desir-
able for farming purposes and now that
the movement is in full sway, it is hard to
tell what will be the extent of the inn
provements in the way of agriculture. Gov.
Northen recently wrote gentleman of
this city a letter indicating that he was In
position to assist the people Of Waycross
in settling up the vacant lands of this
section with a desirable class Of farmers
from the north, and probably some action
will be taken in regard to getting Gov
Northens assistance in the development
of this country early in the new year.