The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1902-01-10
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ElsT COAST PROSPERITY.

Settlements Along the Indian River Rap
idly Coming 20 the Front.
In o brief review of the general pros
perity that Is prevalent along the east
coast of Florida for the year just past,
The Homeseeker touches upon the i'm
provements at the different towns and
little villas along the Indian river, COM
mencing at Oak Hill and including Jupi.
ter, as follows:
Oak Hill aud Titusviiie.
Oak Hill ia one of the favored locations.
Recently a syndicate has purchased 5000
acres of land there and will soon COM
mence the erection of large sugar mill;
also large hardwood saw mill to work
up the timber on their magnificent body
of rich hammock land. This will bring
to Oak Hill a prosperity hitherto I'M
known.
Tltusville has also enjoyed full season
of prosperity. New homes have been
erected on the bank of the historic Ind
ian river, in the south part of town, and
there is an air of prosperity throughout
the entire village which savors of old
days. In the immediate section of tt
tusville there are hundreds of acres of or
ange groves, and from their present ap-
pearance one would scarcely believe that
they had ever suffered from the cold
wave. Several thousand boxes of oranges
will be shipped from that section. There
is a renewed interest in the orange indus
try. No one can fail to note the signs of
real prosperity. Recently Messrs. w. B.
McCardell & Co., of Baltimore, Md, have
purchased the south half of the Deles-
pine grant, which has long stood as a bar
to the development of that section of the
country. Messrs. McCardell & Co. pro-
pose to make the wilderness blossom
like the rose" Sugar cane, orange groves
and pineapple plantations will be planted
and large number of new settlers will
make their homes there. This will be a
great advantage to Titusvile as it will be
the trading point for this colony.
Shapes and City Point are both pro-
gressive villages, nesting on the high
banks of the Indian river. During the
past summer several valuable pieces OF
real estate have changed hands. The or
ange industry is fast regaining its former
greatness, and thousands of dollars will
be distributed among them for their pa
tient and unremitting toll.
| Cocoa and RockIedge.
Here there has been a season of unwar
| ranted prosperity. During the summer
and fall number of fine residences have
been erected on the shore of the Indian
river. The orange groves are rapidly re.
covering. and thousands of boxes of the
real Indian river fruit will go forward tC
the northern markets, ard the growers
will again enjoy their old time bank &C.
counts. Everything and on every hand
one sees signs of real, genuine prosperity
/ New groves are being planted and the
owners are bestowiEg great care upon
their properties, and in a few years this
section under favorable conditions will
send forward a larger quantity of fruit
than in its PALMER Gays. 1t has beeI
currently reported that another syndicate
had purchased large tract of land south
of Rockleige, on the Florida East Coast
railway, and that its owners will soon
commence improving it.
Eau GaIIie and Melbourne.
Both of these villages have enjoyed a
year of prosperity. They are both de-
lightfully located on high bluff over
looking the Indian River. There are a
few groves in the vicinity of these vii
| lagos, and We hear the most favorable re
ports i'm regard To them.
The long stretch of land lying south OF
Melbourne on the Indian river, includes
the settlements of Tilman, Malabar, Val
karia, Niece and ROseland, and is essen
TALLY an orange country. Scattered
through shiS section are many fine orange
groves, the older ones being we'll laden
with golden balls. There is every indi-
cation of Il permanent prosperity. Few
| of the grove owners are DESTROYS of part
ing with their groves and there are evi
| dences of substantial prosperity Al
ROSeland there are several old groves
which have never been touched with
cold, and the trees are carrying a full
crop OF smooth, bright, golden fruit
From Roseland south TO Fort Pierce
one can really see signs of prosperity, and
groves laden with fruit, which proclaim
that the frost king has no terrors there.
At Sebastian there are several most prom
Using and interesting orange and grape
fruit groves. Captain Hardee, perhaps,
has the banner grove in all this section,
and one that will pay him a large amount
in ready cash this season.
| From there is hill stretching south
ward to Ankona, and during the las
year many acres of this hickory ham
mock have been cleared and turned eithe
into orange groves or pineapple fields
Perhaps there is no section of the Indian
River country that gives more evidence.
ofrapid development than this. Hon. G.
T. mccarthy has been instrumental in set
fling a largt. number OF nennle alnnn thi