The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-13
FLOHIDi.

FLORIDA.
Braidentown Is now about full of North
ern visitors, with the season just fairly
opened Houses, or even rooms, are in
great demand
Tampa Herald; The personal belongings
Of Capt. Henry Jervey, resident United
States engineer. are being shipped to-day
TO his new post of duty in New York His
successor, Capt. Rees, is expected to ar
rive within TWO or three days. when the
transfer of the office will be made.
T. ]. Bockman of New York has be-
come the owner by purchase of the ia
nous Trimble orange grove. near Braiden-
town. Rumor places the price at $25 600,
which is cheap for such a magnificent
property The grove win be in charge of
w. r, Kirkhoff as manager and will prove
to be handsomely remunerative.
Palatka Advertiser: Rumors are rife to
the effect that the Jacksonville, Tampa
and Key West Railway shops are soon to
be removed to Palatka, and that the gem
eral offices of this division of the Plant
System will be brought back here. This
sort of talk has been INDUCED in for, 10,
these many moons. and nothing has come
set for something to turn up rolled round.
Capt W. NJ. White, the veteran skip
per and coast navigator, has been made
captain of the new steamer, H. B. Plant,
built by the Merrill-Stevens Engineering
Company Of Jacksonville for the Plant
steamship Company of Tampa. Capt AL
Ian Lovelace, for several years master of
the steamer May Garner and the steamer
mi rapAptlU of tba
steamship Miami, of the Florida East
Coast System, will be mate, and Frank
Brock engineer.
A very important meeting of the di-
rectors Of the Board of Trade of Fernan-
dina was held Wednesday. The import
ance of work on the bar at that port
was discussed. and resulted in strong
resolutions being telegraphed to the SEN
ators and representatives, of Florida urg
ing some immediate action on their part
looking to a resumption of the work. A
delegation viii be appointed to visit
Washington at an early date in the in
terest of the bar and harbor work and
other matters of interest to the port.
St. Petersburg Sub-Peninsula: The STATE
Cassava Convention, which will be held at
Sanford on the 3lst of this month. de-
serves and promises TO be largely attend
ed The growing of this staple crop could
be made a paying industry in all sections
of Florida and the interchange of infor-
nation and experiences which will take
place a the Sanford convention will be
of great benefit to those proposing TO en-
gage in the cultivation of this valuable
product Every farmer in the state VINO
can possibly be present should do so.
Col ]. B. Anderson, president of the
TAMPA Carnival Association, was notified
Wednesday that the railroads had ar
ranged to give the rates for the carnival:
the same to start on the second DAY Oh
Anril and to continue for one week. Inc
rates granted are rate of IL cents per
mile Travelled, from any portion of the
state of Florida. and a rate of one fare
for the round trip from any point IN the
odiacept states. In addition to this, there
will be special days when sdll lower rates
will be granted on special excursion trains
run for that purpose.
The Jacksonville and Southwestern Rail-
road. recently put in operation, Will De
extended from Lake Butler, in Bradford
county. to Newberry, in Alachua county,
within the next three months. The road
viii he well prepared to handle the Vege-
table crop along it's line Refrigerator
cars in which to ship Strawberries ana
vegetables, Will be put on the Ioad' a9t
freiobt schedules will be put into effect,
insnrinp the promptest possible freight
service on perishable traficto all Eastern
and Western points. The management OF
The road. in a circular, advises farmers to
plant vegetables and sugar cane.
L. L. Lambert of New Orleans is in
TAMPA. representing a number of sugar
nlanters from Louisiana. These gentle
men have decided to Try planting cane
and making sugar in the Manatee section
and Mr. Lambert is now looking over the
aro,,nd with a view of locating. He says
tbat the planters have had such bad luck
and and so many things against them in Louis
iona that they are looking for place
,-bera some of these difficulties will be re-
moved They think that che Manatee sec
ton is the place TO reheve mem Oh many any,
- n,ada If the land can be had in body.
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