The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-12-30


age.
Work on the county rock road between West Palm
Beach and Miami progresses and the gap between
Delray and Fort Lauderdale will be completed by
the first day of January, 1906. This will make a
continuous hardsurface road from point three
miles north of West Palm Beach to Cutler.
The renewal of old markings and the making of
new and complete geodetc survey of the east coast
is the work in which Isaac Winston, c. e., and his
staff are engaged Mr.. Winston, who is an assistant
engineer of the United States Coast and Gcodetic
Survey, will resurvey the coast and channels and
replace the markings.
Hon. James A. Donelly, now Vice-Consul at New
Orleans has been appointed to fill similar position
Mt Pensacola, and is expected to arrive there next
week. During the week Pensacola has seen two i'm
portant meetings held, when the Escambia Medical
Association, also the Catholic Knights and Ladies
of America in annual session.
To protect the propertyowners from loss, caused
by the theft of fruits, flowers and vegetables; the
Protective Association has been organized at st.
Augustine. The society will pay reward of $25
and will also bear the cost of the trial of any person
found guilty of committing any depreciation upon
the property of members of the association
The steamer st. Lucie has arrived at Miami, and
will be used by her owners, the Florida East Coast
Railway Company, in the construction of the extern
sion of this railway to Key West A feet of six
additional steamers, from Mobile has been engaged
for use in the work of completion Of this formidable
engineering project.
The city fathers of the Ancient City have framed
an ordinance which will relieve the congested con-
dition of st. George Street, of the narrowest
streets in the world system has been proposed
by which wagons and carriages will follow certain
routes to insure the convenience OF the public and
especially that of the tourists during the busy winter
season now at hand.
An injunction suit has been brought against the
trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of Flor.
ida by the Tallahassee Southeastern Railway Com
pany. which seeks to enoin said trustees from dis
posing OF, paying out otherwise appropratng any
money in their custody or control arising from
the sale of about 10000 of land situated in
the counties of Taylor and Lafayette, and sold by
the trustees to the Tallahassee Southeastern Rail
way Company, deeds being placed in escrow in the
First National Bank of Tallahassee
The nineteenth annual session of the Florida State
Teachers Association has been held this week ut Mi.
ami, with large attendance of prominent men and
At the opening of the session prayer was offered by
Rev. W. W. Farris, ID. Those in attendance were
welcomed by Hon. Mitchell D. Price, the other speak
ers being Prof. w. W. Hall and DR.. Andrew Sledd.
President Murphree delivered his annual address, i'm
which he spoke of conditions and needs, and gave
valuable advice as the result of his experience The
session was the best attended of any held by the
association.
The site for the Governors mansion has been
selected, as the commission has formally accepted
the site for the mansion generously offered by
Hon. Geo. w. Saxon, president of the Capital CITY
Bank, of six lots in the Long Grove Addition to the
city of Tallahassee, which lies directly at the head
OF Adams Street the street the west side of the
State capitol. The very handsome property thus ac-
qured is covered with thick growth of large trees
OF the natural forest and comprises an area approx
imating one and one.half acres. The commission
also secured at low price option on the two lots
lying Immediately north of the accepted SITE which
would make the entire about two and a half
acres in extent.