The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1907-08-23
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The Lake jackson Tobacco Growing
Company, which embraces an area of
1850 acres, has changed hands.
Messrs Hirschberg and Rosenberg, the
former proprietors, have sold the prop
erty to two well-known firms, Cans &
Co. of New York City. and Harry
Hirschberg, Of Philadelphia, the trans
fer to take place on September LIST.
Messrs. Hirschberg and Rosenberg
are the pioneers of the Leon county to-
baceo growers, and have made their
business an immense success. A geo
logical survey, made by a Government
expert, Of the soil in this tract, found
it to be, taken as a whole, the best
adapted to tobacco culture of any SINH
lar tract in Leon county. Lying be-
tween and extensively bordering upon
both Lake Jackson and the 0cklOcknee
river, the water facilities are excellent,
and the new management proposes to
put in a system Of irrigation during
the coming winter. Three hundred
head of cattle find sufficient pasturage
on the lake border all the year round,
and are kept for fertilizing purposes.
About fifty cottages, scattered about
the plantation, are occupied by the en-
ployes of the company, and each cot
tage has a liberal plot of ground at
tached, which the tenant plants in
vegetables, ETC., for his own benefit.
This plantation is unique in being the
only tobacco farm in Florida situated
directly upon line Of railway. The
G., F. & A., going north from ITALIA
hassee, runs close by the packing
house, making the cost of transportation
much less than is usual 1t is also sup
piled with a fine commissary and a
postoffice and express office.
The local management Of the COM
pany is entrusted to Messrs. l.. r. Nc
Queen and w. L. Clark, who, with all
the other employees, will continue to
work for the new proprietors
This transfer embraces two planta-
tons, the Upper and the Lake jackson
tracts, together with the whole of the
1907 crop The tobacco from this plan
tation is grown from Sumatra and
Cuba seed, and is famous in the north
ern market, ranking among the best.
The business has grown steadily from a
ten-acre tract, planted ten years ago,
to eighty acres, which is the present
area under shade. The new owners will
add thirty acres during the coming sea-
son.
Messrs. Hirschberg and Rosenberg
will still retain possession and control
of FL Provedo Cigar Factory, although
they intend to retire from active work,
and will turn over the business to the
care of some of the younger members
Of the firm Mr. Rosenberg, however,
will continue to act as buyer for the
factory each year in Cuba.
IL is largely due to the excellent bust
ness ability of these gentlemen that
the tobacco industry has received such
a boom in Leon county. Mr.. Hirsch-
berg is one of Tallahassee most pro-
gressive and valued citizens, highly re-
spected in both public and private life,
as an upright and genial gentleman,
and the rumor that he contemplates re-
moving his family to make their home
elsewhere is regretted, not only by
their many friends, but by all those
who have the welfare of their city at
heart. His partner, Mr.. Roseberg,
lives in Philadelphia, but is well and
favOrabiy known to Tallahassee by his
frequent visits here.