The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-12-29
YORK is BEING RAPIDLY
PUSHED.
Iers in Demand-AIafia and
|If Coast Road Now a Ger
|hfy-WiH Open Up a Fine
|cfion of Couniry-WH Ex-
Id ITO Boca Grande Pass,
wing a Deep Wafer Por.

8 Tampa Daily Times.
important work of extending
ne of the Alfalfa, Manatee and
Coast Railway to Plant City,
the ultimate view of extending
Z Tampa, mention of which was
exclusively in a recent issue of
Times, is now being pushed with
ossible activity, and as little time
bssible will be lost IN connecting
bt City with the deep water ter
ais to be constructed at Boca
M nde.
ion. Francis Nj. Loomis, one of
leading promoters of the big
Vement, is looking after the con.
lction work, and is at present III
city for the purpose of securing
orers with whom to push the
rk. Any number of laborers ex~
lenced in this line Of work can Sc.
te immediate employment, and it
probable that help will have to be
buried from other states.
Attorney j. p. Wall, who repre-
nts the company by which the i'm
brtant line will be constructed and
!. berated, was asked by a Times rep
Sentative this morning as to the
beginning of construction work. and
.hid:
'9Zes, construction work is now on
b earnest and, as 1 informed the
Times several days ago, will be
b-1shed vigorously until the line is
ompleted, with rolling stock oper-
ting between Boca Grande and
Plant City.
"Mr. LOOMS. who is in the city at
present, is exerting every effort to
Becure additional men to work on
the line, and has been successful in
a considerable number. A
much larger number of men is need
ID, however, and these will be Sc
cured just as soon as possible, if oth-
sr states have to be drawn upon for
"Realizing the great Importance of
having the line in operation as early
rs possible, the men behind the
will not be sparing with
unds needed for rapid work No
in Florida has heavier finan
,ial backing than the Alfalfa. Man
tee and Gulf Coast railway, which
4 an adequate assurance that the
Dad will be completed at no far dis
ant date and Will be operated with
,reat success TO the owners and to
he benefit of Tampa and the state at
arRe.
"As l have before explained, the
york of building northward is to be .
ushed with utmost vIgor in order II
0 connect thirty miles of fine road y
ow being operated by the Peace q
liver Phosphate Mining company, .
nd while the road, when connected, y
ill be a branch road, the work of U
the main line through y
he Pine Level section on to Tampa, u
nus opening up an entirely new u
sction of country which VIII be de-
eloped rapidly when once the line is =
! operation. There could be no VI
reater boon to South Florida than
le construction of the line" u
"Have the directors come to any u
inclusion as to whether the road
i'll be extended northward to con.
sct with other lines leaving the state
: to the line of the East Coast Line "
Iilway, with the same object in 90 .,
ewg" Colonel Wall was asked. :,
81 have received no information "a
rther than that heretofore given" -
as the reply. "but your readers may oU
ct assured that the ultimate plan
the company is to give South
orida another Important highway tn
lding to other states, which will to
OF great benefit. Naturally. the ID
ntlemen at the head OF the move Nj
mt. being business men of vast ex liz
rience, will consider every feature
the plan for making the northern
INJECTIONS before the final step ia
rem. The best and shortest route ha
sable will be selected and no de- Co
viii be allowed III the work. 10
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