The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-08-24

not some miles away, but In front OF
the hotel tSeminole) and behind 1t.
To the left and 10 the right are many
delightful lakes of clear fresh water
abounding In fish. No less than four
teen shining sheets of water may be
seen from the hotel observatories and
the panorama of handsome villas and
fruted orange groves is exceedingly
attractive. The air is dry ana pure
and absolutely free from malaria.
The forests are covered with clean
tall straight pines and the air is charg-
ed with balsamic fragrance. week
at Winter park is equivalent to q new
lease OF life. The same sun that shin
es on the hills of Italy shines
shines In the same way upon the fine
forests and beautiful lakes of central
Florida. The majority of the winter
days average 60 to So degrees during
the twenty four hours. 1t rains very
seldom during the winter months. but
dame nature Compensates for moist
ure in heavy dews. The town Is pic
turesquely laid out In the shape of a
Greek cross, To the beauties of ma
ture has been added the industry of
man, and II Is undoubtedly one of the
best known and most highly esteemed
winter resorts In the far South. Mr.
Chase who founded the town in 1855
with wise foresight planted thousands
Of beautiful evergreen shade trees.
which line the streets far into the
country, and now there are nearly 100
miles OF smooth beautiful driveways
for the good roads movement is aC-
tive in this section Many wealthy
Northern people have built homes and
laid on. beautiful grounds.
Winter park is we'll equipped with q
public library and reading room.
There are three churches-Episcopal
Congregational and Methodist. 1t is
in fact a New England village. with
New England college and prepara-
tory school, and New England ho-
| tel run with white Northern help
| from among the Mattresses employed
| during the summer in the White
Mountains. An attraction not to he
| overlooked by guests who have chill
| dren. is the exceptional opportunities
| for education offered by Rollins col
| legp. which consists of group of ten
handsome buildings along the shores
of Lake Virginia.
THE SEMINOLE HOTEL.
The center of attraction though is
| the magnificent Seminole hotel, the
| first of the hotels of the Plant sys-
tenn. formerly managed by Col. A. f.
| Dick. of New York. 1t bears the beau
| tful Indian name Seminole in re-
membrane of the tribe of old noble
| Reds that once rOamed this country,
few of whose descendants tsome we
,,.t,N tl,n 70
see how gniticently the pale faces
| have desecrated their once primevdl
| hunting grounds.
The Semin lie is bailt on tie high
| shores of LAX" CHccola, In the mos
artistic and modern style. with every
device for the comfort and conven-
| ience Of six hundred guests. 1t has 2j0
| guest rooms, gas and electric lights.
! steam heat. hydraulic passenger ele-
vator, public and private baths, steam
| laundry, etc. surrounded by a chain
| of a dozen lakes connected by streams
or canals ana the launches of the ho-
| tel and residents glide smoothly from
one to the other--,n experience the
reader may easily imagine.
The man with the gun can go in
any direction and knock down deer
partridge and other game inhabitinc
the forests. without half trying This
pleasant resort is on the line of the
| Plant system and reached also by the
Seaboard 1873 miles south of Jackson.
! vile and 100 miles north of Tampa
! When we consider that in 1855 it was
complete wilderness, it shows with
| what rapidity towns and cities are
born in this wonderful land of ours.
Two miles from Winter Park is Matt.
land, with its fine hotels and boarding
! houses. The lakes here are beautifu
sheets of water and abound with fish
| Two miles further on the line is Alta
monte Springs and Apopka City. with
fine hotel and handsome cottages.
| another faVOrite resort. This Is the
| center Of the orange belt. which is ~
| interesting feature to the visitor. or,
| ange COunty is also the center of tn,
pineapple industry. which | will de
scribe later.
SANFORD.
4 ridc of twelve miles brings US Il
Sanford. called the Gate City" o
Southern Florida. as railroads an,
steamboats, radiate north, south cas-
and west. or to all points of the com
/
side of Lake Monroe, or simply
widening of the 81. Johns river-2O
miles from Jacksonville and 22O mile
from it's mouth ana the Atlantic ocea.
II is also tho head of navigation 70
large steamboats, though small Graf
ascend the river and branches -
miles further south. The town is lai'
out with numerous parks, with Wild
streets and d"er%es bor6ered by row
Of shade trees. 1t has a good suppl,
of pure spring water, besides con
stantly running wells Of Artesian wa
ter, strongly impre@nated with sui
phur, the overflow from the fountains
runs in the cutters Of the streets an
| emptieS into the lake. A process o
cleansing quite similar to that of Den
YER and Salt Lake City.
Sanford has four churches, thre
newspapers. fifty stores. banks. fair
grounds. public library, reading rooms
twenty boarding houses and two fin
hotels, The New Sanford has 20
rooms. This house Is pleasantly locat
cd in a park of suh-tropica plants
and opens on two sides on Lake Mon
roe. Sanford owes its prosperity main
ly TO Hon. II. $. Sanford, the origina
proprietor of the land grant. The sol
here is sandy, with muck abundant fo
fertilzing,
Sanford is located in the heart a
, the orange belt and hundreds of thou
sands of Orange bearing trees, banan
clumps, pineappIes, citrors. lemons
and other tender plants. are eXemp
here from the frost, as the warm wa
ters 0f Lake Monroe are the protcc
ton, the frost hearing winds rige 1