The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1907-03-22
ROGRESS OF
| EAST COAST
nderlul Work of Development
rhieved by HenryM. Flagler
MEXICAN RIVIERA"
] [. Mayes, editor Of Pensacola
.rnal Writes Interestingly Of His
Visit TO the Fast Coast.

ank l.. Mayes. editor of the Pen
h Journal, attended the meeting
. Florida Press Association at Key
lie is writing a series of articles
his paper, giving a description of
he saw on his trip down the East
t. lie writes.
brida is such a great state, the Oc-
lions and interests of its people are
hmerous and varied, its resources
1 respective sections are so differ
h character, and its means of COM
cation are, comparatively speaking
10 limited, that the old saying that
alf the world does not know how
thcr half lives is more than true
e people of Florida. We Of west
da know little or nothing of south
Middle Florida, and the people of
sections know little of US. When
hngcr asks us about some place in
outh part of the state and we can
him nothing about it, he is sur
b. He fails to realize that Key
is as far from Pensacola as Chi
is, and that it would be just as
nablc to expect a Pensacolian to
all about Chicago as it would to
et him to know all about south
BIZ.
B 1863 miles from Pensacola to Jack
lle, 1865 from Jacksonville to Miami
rom Miami to Key West. The trip
be make by both rail and water,
in that journey from the Perdido
keys and from the keys back,
ind as many different conditions
bill, climate, occupation and re-
+ as you could find in journey of
br length anywhere in the world,
you have still not seen half of
ia nor gained an idea of what the
Is producing or can produce when
Sources are developed.
greatest transformation that any
IN has ever experienced is found |
Sc On the East Coast Of Florida,
heD,y NJ. Flagler and the people
Followed the building of his East
railroad have converted one vast
Sting wilderness and jungle into
garden spot of the world with a
y that cannot be described and a
iicence and splendoY that can
be comprehended even when
had heard of the East Coast, read
beauties and attractions, seen
res of the great hotels where the
h and luxury of the world congre-
for Il brief time each year to
in the joys of the land of eternal
Ter, hut no description can con-
imagination conceive the splen-
pr the magic transformation which
pra'n of one man, in league with
Prces of climate and nature, has
Bht in that now almost enchanted
be great Flagler hotels are the
Ell of modern times. The Ponce de
at st. Augustine is, presume,
ost splendid creation that has ever
from the hand and brain of the
Fr' OF Spanish architecture, it is
prlately typical Of the early days
he ancient settlement when the
sh cavalier after whom it is named
from the courts of Spain, planted
lie western hemisphere the first
OF eastern civilization while at
anne time pursuing his unrequited
Tor the tabled fountain of youth.
ut no Spanish king or cavalier ever
wed court so gorgeous, no en-
NJ defender of ancient faith or
ever dreamed of a pile so costly
magnificent example of modern
and achievement. The Caesars
Id IN the palmiest days of the
n empire held sway over nothing
'ou'd approach it. Their gardens
courts We're not to be compared
the great landscape creations
the Flagler hotels furnish and
roman palace could equal in