The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-20
7 THOUSANDS Of
ACRES To Be
RECLAIMED
Large Tract Of Land Near Palm
Beach to Be Drained by FIOri-
da East Coast Ry.

The last issue of the West Palm
Beach Tropical Sun says:
1t is today the pleasure Of The
Tropical Sun to give about the most
4 pleasant bit of news that has been
made public in West Palm Beach in a
long time, perhaps since the inception
of the city.
While Mr.. Jas. E. Ingraham, third
vice-president of the Florida East
Coast Railway, was in the city yester-
day he gave out the information that
after due consideration the Florida
East Coast Railway. the Boston and
Florida Land Company, the Coast Line
Canal and Transportation Company
and the Model Land Company had de-
cided to join in the reclamation OF
five to eight thousand acres of the fer
tile OVERLOOKED lands west of the city,
and not only this but to build an auto
mobile and wagon road several miles
i'll length, making accessible the new
territory.
Work will be commenced at once,
and between now and the first of next
January it will be completed, at a cost
OF about fifty thousand dollars.
Not one cent for this vast improve
ment will the people Of Dade county
be called upon to pay, ana in carrying
on the great work and building up the
city of West Palm Beach, the Florida
East Coast Railway will continue the
policy it has always followed.
A canal will be cut from the sub
merged lands emptying into Lake
Worth at a point opposite the Bling
ham property some five miles south
of the city, and along the side OF this
great canal will be built county road
some twenty five feet wide, which will
be shelled and completed.
These companies propose to COM
mence the construction OF a system
of 0fkes on Clear Lake about mile
south of West Palm Beach, running
westward from three to five miles,
thence eastward as far as necessary.
On this dixie will be built the best
roadway in Dade county which will be
put in condition, for automobiles or
any kind of traffic. and aslsoon as COM
pleted the roads Will be formally turn
ed over to the county.
It Il not the intention Of the com
pany to lower the water in Clear Lake,
this vast body being preserved for
the benefit of the city, but the waters
of the submerged districts will be
lowered from two to three feet, or as
much as will be necessary to reclaim
the several thousand acres of lanG.
The lands in the proposed drainage
district are said to be the most fertile
in all Florida, and the land companies
ask the cooperation of the people of
West Palm Beach in inducing settlers
to locate here. For immediate use,
and as an inducemeGt to settlers 1t is
the plan of the companies to i'm
mediately put upon the market,
in reasonably large parcels, one
thousand acres of these lands
at $-25 per acre which induce
ment must necessarily cause the early
starting Of the cultivation of the lanos
which will make this the best truck
ing ana fruit section in all Florida.
The commencing of this great work
will Immediately have a stimulating
effect upon all lines of business in this
section of the country. and the liberal
policy of the Florida East Coast Rail
way and it's associates will be appre-
ciated by all classes.