The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1905-12-01
A RIDDLE FLORIDA TIMBER AND
LAND DEAL.
Vast Areas to be COlOnized and Devsl-
Oped by New Companies.
From the Times-Union.l


One of the greatest land deals that has
been contaminated for many months,
and one having a most important bear
ing upon the development of Middle
Florida, has recently been contaminated.
Jacksonville business men figure largely
in this deal, as they do in every deal Of
Importance in Florida, and through an
enterprising Jacksonville firm the deal
was made, as will be seen from the last
issue of the Suwannee Democrat Of
Live Oak:
Through Brobston, Fendig & Co.,
of Jacksonville, large deal, involving
developed and undeveloped interests in
this part of the State, has just been
contaminated.
Through some of those already OPP
Grating in Live Oak a great deal Of
Georgia and Minnesota capital has be-
come interested, which will involve the
operation of several hundred thousand
acres of timbered lands and the extern
sion of the Live Oak, Perry and Gulf
Railroad to st. Marks. This road is to
run for a hundred miles through the
heaviest pine belt of all Florida.
TWO LARGE COMPANIES.
This deal involves the mutualizing of
a very large territory and the organic
ing of two or more additional large COM
panies. The owners of the Florida Mill
Company, of which H. H. Tiff, the mil
lionaire lumberman, is president, and j.
Lee Ensign, vice president, has become
heavily interested with the Messrs. Dow
ling, Of this city.
1.-THE Messrs. Bowling have purchased
the interest of W. F. Coachman and p.
l.. Sutherland in the Taylor County Ma
val Stores Company, and A. d. Coving-
ton and the Dowlings have formed
large naval stores company, while w.
G. Powell, of Jacksonville, and George
H. Powell, of Oscilla, Ga, have ac-
quired an interest with the Dowlings in
some of their holdings.
1T is understood that Erwin & 0 'Bri-
en-, the millionaire lumbermen of Min.
nesota, have acquired an interest in the
Live Oak, Perry & Gulf Railroad, and
will, to some extent, involve their in
terests, which are very. extensive in
that territory Mr.. Erwin expects to
make Florida his home and will locate
at Perry or at Live Oak while Mr.. Cow
ingtOn will, perhaps, at an early date,
locate in the same vicinity. This will
throw the energy of the two men into
the work of upbulding one of the best
sections of the State, and will insure to
this section the coming of great many
other enterprises in the future. 1t also
means the adding to what capital there
is already invested here many hundreds
of thousands more at an early date.
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACQUIRED.
1T is understood that Messrs. Tiff,
Bowling and Ensign have acquired the
Natural Bridge Railway, and have in-
terested with them W. G. Vareen, Of
Moultrie, Ga, and that they will likely
form another large timber company,
and operate west of the Aucilla river.
THE various corporations and indi-
viduals interested in this latest deal Of
Florida aggregate in wealth and work
ing capital several million dollars, and
all Of the freight coming from the sec
tions named is 20 pass through this city
and go TO Jacksonville or other seaports
nearby.
WILL COLOMBO LANDS.
THE rich lands are 10 be colonized az
soon as the plan can be placed in opera
ton. Already the Dowlings are inter
ested with large colonization company
in the Northwest, which company has
commenced the advertising Of the rich
Park These lands are among the best
for general farming in the State. and
the people in the Northwest who are
contemplating coming South are giving
this section careful study. The indica-
tions are that there will be many Of
them TO arrive here in the near future,
and that they comprise a thrifty and in
dustrious class of settlers.
This latest deal will be Of incalcula-
BILE benefit to Florida, as it insures the
rapid development Of a section Of the
State which is rich in natural advan-
tages. To Live Oak it means a great
deal more than can be indicated just at
this time.
THE fact that some of those who
have had a hand in the building up of
this city and section are interested in
the deal insures to this city her share of
what would naturally come from the de-
velOpment of the sections interested
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