The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-02-09
PROSPERITY
OF ST.LUC|E
meseeker Has Interesting AC-
count of our County.
IOUSANDS INVESTED
noes and Other Buildings Erected in
or, Pierce. White City and Other
Sections Show Improvement.

h article in the Miami llomcseeker
| January, on the prosperity of the
Coast during the year 1908, has
following to say of st. Lucle county:
brt Pierce is the county seat Of the
county, st. Lucie, and is one Of the
PROSPEROUS and thriving villages
he southern central portion of the
ida East Coast. There has been n
He'd advance all along the lines that
. the making up Of a thrifty resident
kpe and 4 prosperous commercial
er, for the past two or three years;
the wear 1905 has cclipsed all former
Is along these lines. We have no
sistics showing the amount of money
has been expended in the erection
hew residences, hotels and business
ks, but it runs into many thousands
|dollars, and ut the present writing
Ie is no decrease along these lines.
citizens Of Fort Pierce are working
|nd-n.hand" for the upbuilding of
|only the village but for that whole
ion. During the year the ladies
he'd Village Improvement Society
ch has been of great and lasting
eft, and through their efforts Il
e, modern hall with all the con-
ences which ladies (housekecpers)
Nv how to furnish, has beer built.
ing the year the shell streets have
greatly improved and new ones
/. Fort Pierce has outgrown its
her boundaries, and the demand for
room in the residential portion of
Village was so great that Hon. {.
icCarty laid out a new addition,
large portion of the lots have
sold, and many fine homes have
erected. The fishing industry
ughout the year has been most
porous, and many thousands of
hrs have been put in circulation
this source. The merchants have
Dyed an unusual year of prosperity,
come to the New Year with larger
accounts and increased stocks of
IS The real estate men have had
sy year, and many new people have
hased either village or country
perty. The great drainage canal,
by the Florida East Coast Railway
Co., extending several miles to
west OF the village, has opened up
fge territory Of excellent land for
ning purposes, and many acres of
us wild land have been purchase by
ty farmers, and many permanent
fovements have been made. The
1905 has been the browning year
he history of Fort Pierce.
De village Of White City is located
and one-half miles west from the
,da East Coast railway on the st.
river. The st. Lucie river is a
gable stream and White City is
yea at the terminus of the navigable
lon OF the river. White City has
settlement for several years,
nrst settlers meeting with varied
esses,, depending largely on their
ana energy. For the past two
there has been Il decided advance
W the farmers in planting diversi-
vroPs; put the year 1905 has shown
pre- decided material prosperity than
previous year. The planting of
y trees and pineapples has been
wy increased, and there is a gen.
appearance of prosperity hitherto
nown to this settlement. During
ear the Florida East Coast railway
y tne direction of Mr.. j. T.. Ingra-
snlrd vice president, has spent a
amount OF money opening up the
auvle river, in some places straight
nv, ,.s serpentine course, clearing it
aI ."a TIMBER, brush, etc., which has
"e ru W az great benefit to that entire
"a;a The fruit trees have put on a
,u.a growth and many of the Young
s,e holding a fine crop of fruit.
Mar iSrmers OF that section come to
~ lear IN better financial con-
vm FORT Pierce south. for about
'''es, is the old, original pineapple
r,o rSr nearly this entire distance
,,S J,'aa East Coast railway passes
e% n;u al almost unbroken belt of
a. pineapple fields. To the new
s;o oa's Is most interesting and
tio oSnt' NJ. We have often had the
ia SI Put to us: Where do these
es ~ ""a q market for all their pine
bean Although the pineapple belt
nt len extended far into the more
CSo settled portions of the Florida
saoS' yet there is no overproduc-
ed I" MI year greater and more ex-
dem markets are being opened up,
on ENC for this luscious fruit Is
"a ONE ,,e Increase. Last season the
sati staed by the growers were
ey, sltsh,aaetory; the growers made
FesuI, 'nsougha little Setback" was
the .' Oh weather conditions. Dur
led th summer old fields that had
man a,e ar usefulness have been reset
ted acres acres have been cleared and
cG .. Throughout this entire section
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