The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-08-05
FLORIDA TOPICS


Quoted in this State, not one of thu
members will dare face his constituents
Citrus Center is to be the name of {
new town to be located as the center o.
new colony Of Illinois farmers, to be
founded on l4,000 acres of land in Lee
county, not far from Fort Myers.
According to the Kissmmee Valley
Gazette more brick and concrete house,
are in course of construction in Kissim
NEE than in any other city of Florida
The Gazette backs up this assertion by
publishing a list of buildings being erect
ell.
The reports of the Interstate Com.
merce Commission completed for the MS
cal year ending May 81 makes interest
ing reading 1t shows that the FEC.
K. r. in the 10 months from JI.y ~
1909 to May 81, 1910. had . gross earn
ing of SO, 4O4, 4i4 and net earning '.
81, 1893, lSS.
The contract for the rebuilding Of
Knowles Hall, q. W'ote- Pa-s. mas AeeH
awarded to c. =. Smith ~ Albany. "a.
It is said that the rrU hl.t'rg N.,. De
far ahead q the old one .a beauty ami
convenience. ta.a rePrs>en; an eN-
perditure ot og5r - DIG NorN On
the structure ) 90 ,r-r-nts immedi-
a.eiy.
The greatest Improvement ever made
in Macclenny Is the claying Of the streets
which is now being done by the property
owners. The clay is being furnished
by The Seaboard Air Line Railway.
which had their train put in full day :
work for the town at the actual cost of
the handling of the clay, which was
SIS. TO have the clay hauled in by
teams would have cost in the neighbor-
hood of 81, 600, Baker County Stan
dard.
There were in Florida in 1905, accord
ing to the State census of that year,
lis, 2S4 head of sheep. Of these the
greatest number in any one county was
Is, $50 in Walton, Santa Rosa coming
next with 1881. During the past five
years there has been an increase of "a
per cent in one county alone and not
of those having more than medium
number of sheep. so that fair estimate
of the number in Florida would be about
$50, 600 head. There were 80, $50 goats
in Florida in 1875.
Reports from Key West indicate that
work is progressing rapidly OH the ex-
tension of the Florida East Coast Rail
way, and that Knights and Pigeon Keys
are very nearly connected. The work.
men are handled in several shifts and a
force continues on the JOB night and day.
At Trr mbo Island temporary rail is be-
ing laid for construction cars and four
of these cars will be sent to Key West
very SOON This is work that interests
all of Florida and has drawn the atten-
ton of the civilized world.
II. A. Verrier, of Indiana, has just
made proposition to the town council
of Fort Myers for right of way through
that town for a car and interurban rail-
way system. 1t is proposed to build
the line commencing at a point at or
near the gulf Of Mexico, in the vicinity
Of Punta Russia, and then along the
Caloosahatchee river to Fort Thompson,
passing through Fort Myers. Mr.. Ver-
rier states that he is anxious to begin
work this fall and have the line com
pleted within period of two years.
If the Florida Railroad Commission
succeeds in compelling the Southern Ex-
press Company to reduce its rates, it
will have accomplished at least one good
thing for the people. We do not mean
to infer, however, that the Commission
has not already been Of benefit to the
people, for we know it has accomplish
ed good results in many instances, but
if ii succeeds in requiring the express
company to obey its orders the Commits
sion will have accomplished in behalf of
the people more than it has by any other
order, for the Southern Express Com
psny is without doubt the greatest octo-
pus in this State.
The Furst-CIarke Construction Co.,
the company having the contract to
cut the canals in the Everglades, has
started the dredge taloosahatchee to
cutting the main south canal out of
Lake Okeechobee southwark This is
a work the trustees of the Internal, I'm
provement Board werevery DESTROYS of
getting done prior to letting the con.
tract and IN This end they were work.