The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1905-08-11
AMBITIOUS JENSEN
TO BE IN THE RACE
JENSEN, Fla. August 7, 1905.


the north and Sewalls Point on. the
south threatening to build up to date
hotels, Jensen, sandwiched between
the two, is doing some figuring also, as
she already has a hotel and ample
grounds with location that is, or could
be made exceedingly attractive. The
hotel needs overhauling in many re-
spects, and the grounds need attention.
A few launches are needed and Jensen
would be the equal Of any place for
comfort, convenience and enjoyment Of
seeking pleasure and climate, and being
within an hours run by launch to Gil
bert's Bar inlet, and a two hours run
to st. Lucie inlet, north of Fort Pierce,
it can be made central point for those
who like fishing, and the back country
is similar to other sections along the
East Coast for hunting.
1t is pretty well understood that Jen-
sen is about to wake up and make bid
in the proper style for some of the
tourist travel that comes down the
East Coast. Accommodations at Jen-
sen have never been such as to draw
the tourist trade, but that Is no sign
they cannot be secured and now that
the hotel talk is becoming popular there
may be surprise in store for some who
think that Jensen is going to take
back seat; for things are going to hap
pen if the signs of the times are not
materially wrong
1t is foregone conclusion that the
north end of Dade county is too far
from the county seat at Miami, and as
it is improbable that the county will be
divided there is but one thing for that
part of Dade county which lies north of
and including Jupiter to do and that is
to cut off from Dade and annex to the
south Of st. Lucie county, and in this
event Jensen would then become the
logical point for the county seat, being
practically central between Jupiter and
the present north line Of ST. Lucie
county. The Importance to the people
in Dade, north Of Jupiter, in being a
part of st. Lucie county is plainly man.
ifest; one of the most important being
that, with the way the trains have al
ways, and from the very nature of
things, will always be run, they can
come to the county seat on any business
on morning train, spend the day, re-
turning to their home in the evening;
while to 20 to Miami they travel twice
the distance and have to spend night
and then not have any more time than
they would if they came to St. Lucie
county, with the county seat at Jensen.
The amount Of money they would save
in railroad fare and hotel bills by be-
coming part of st. Lucie county
would soon make showing in their an
nual expense account, to say nothing of
the convenience of being able to tran
sact ones business without having to be
from home over night.
This is no pipe dream, but the result
of business application to conditions
that the residents of North Dade have
to contend with, just as we of st. Lucie
endured before we perfected division.
This is no new thought of the writer's,
but is a sentiment that is in every way
citizens mind who gives any thought to
matters of public, and particularly
among the thinking people of Northern
Dade who are now enjoying the pleas
llre of living as far removed from their
county seat as they should be from the
State capitol.
If there is a single objection to it, the
writer would be pleased to hear it from
those who would demur. 1t looks good,
but if it is not, let us hear what the
trouble is. Yours truly,
, w. r. HARDEE.