The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-23

certain that this grove has escaped, but
the indications for its speedy recovery are
very encouraging.
jacksonville Metropolis: Cummer's new
railroad is to commence at Cummer's saw
mill. four miles northeast of this city, and
extend through the counties of DuYal. Ba-
ker. Bradford, Alachua and Levy, termi-
mating at Manatee on the Suwannee river
in Levy county The road is for the trans
portation of logs, lumber, phosphate and
passengers. The length of the road VIII
be 100 miles. The capital stock of said cor
poration shall be four hundred and htty
thousand dollars, divided into four thous-
and five hundred shares of the par value
of 500 each. Such stock is to be paid
in cash. upon cali of the board OF direc-
tors.
Tampa Tribune: Mr.. I. S. Giddens, the
well known wholesaler OF this city owns
an orange grove of 800 trees located about
one mile north of West Tampa. Yesterday
he went up TO see 20 what extent the
freeze had injured him. He came back
about ) p. M, and stopped at the tribune
office with a number of branches cut from
different points in his grove, both from the
the orange and grape fruit trees. They
showed scarcely a sign of having been
frozen Some of the tender sprouts were
uniniured Mr.. Giddens is confident the
trees will not so much as lose their leaves,
and the coming crop will not be affected
in the least by the cold.
L. L. johnson, we'll known citizen Of
| Dover. about twelve miles northeast of
Tampa, says that the strawberry farms in
| the vicinity of Dover that were protected
with grass and pine straw were not in
| iured in the least and all the growers
have been shipping berries every day since
| the freeze. He stated that the day after
| the freeze he shipped 16 quarts, and his
plants had not been injured in the least.
He gave it as his opinion that the Florida
| vegetable growers would realize more
money from their crops this year than In
/ any previous year as they would for the
| next two months at least have the mar
! ket all to themselves.
A resident of Plant City who owns a
half-acre strawberry patch, shipped fifty
boxes of strawberries TO New York ON
| Friday for which he received $500 net.
He is shipping every day and estimates his
| net profits off his half-acre at $1,000. Be
fore the freeze he was netting only %
cents per box with the price steadily on
the down grade. Another grower in the
| same locality shipped eighteen boxes two
| days after the freeze, and netted Sl.32 per
box OF course, the above prices will not
! continue any very great length of time,
but The foregoing facts are sufficient 10
give a fair idea of the rewards that came
to those who went to the pains and lit
tie expense TO cover their beds sufficiently
to protect them from the freeze
Jacksonville Metropolis: Col. j. w
Renfro of Atlanta. Ga, Is spending the
winter with Gen. w. p. Hazen, at Thono-
tosassa, and has proven strong friend
OF Florida, inasmuch as he has commune
Gated with several Northern newspapers
in which he tells of the recent cold wave
and OF the little damage done. In speak.
ing of Gen. Hazen's grove. he says: Gen
Hazen has one of the finest groves i'm the
world, and it has sustained no damage
and I am unable 90 say why this is the
cese because the thermometer dropped e
20 degrees. The condition Of the weather
has before and after the freeze evidently
saved Florida orange growers. Before
the freeze Gen. Hazen had gathered 35Ji
boxes and has about that many left OF
the trees, which he has begun to gather
for shipment They are all in good cond
ton. l am enjoying the harvest, and an
assisting the general. who says / do very
nicely for an amateur"