The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-06-23
SANTA LUCIA
INLET FARMS
Promoter milford Tells of the
Growth of This Section
ALL FLORIDA PROSPERS
Developments on St. lucie's South Line
Will Assume Immense Proportions
with Opening Of Inlet

B. w. milford, president of the B.
w. milford company, Globe building
Minneapolis, which has been prominent
in making known the marvellous re-
sources and advantages of Florida. is
in the city on business trip after a
six months residence on the st. Lucie
inlet farms.
1.-The north end of Palm Beach coun-
ty is becoming very active" he said
today. The people behind Port St.
Lucie, three-quarters of mile north
of US, are spending 100000 on town
site, building a 100-foot street from the
water front through to the railway,
about one and quarter miles. Just
before left they sold three one-acre
lots on the water front for $3.50. The
great rock boulevard that will connect
jacksonville and Miami is now about
completed from Stuart south; there is
much to be done yet on the north end
but when this great work is completed
it will be the finest automobile road in
America.
1.-The southern part of the east coast
is much more progressive than the
northern particularly in the matter of
permanent road building.
1.-The state of Florida has petitioned
the United States government to open
up Santa Lucia Inlet which is right in
front of our town of Port Salerno
formerly milford. This memorial to
congress by the Florida legislature re-
questng an appropriation for the Santa
Lucia Inlet has been signed by the
governor. With the state thus on rec
ord as favoring this important improve
ment, and favorable report by the
government engineer on file at WASH
ington and a body of influential men
hard at work to secure the necessary
appropriation. it would seem that a
port of entry for Palm Beach county
was assured. This project is as i'm
portant to the state as the Panama
canal is to the nation, and its compile
ton will solve the entire transportation
problem for southern products. The
new railway from Port Salerno to Tam
pa via Lake Okeechobee is perhaps
second in Importance, opening up a vast
and at present almost inaccessible terri
tory
Major j. O. Wright, chief of the
sta e's reclamation work, has 0. X. d a
transportation canal from Lake Okee-
chobee to the river in the center OF the
st. Lucie Inlet farms. This is also OF
vital interest to all settlers.
MANY Minnesota people, are deVel-
oping fine homes on our land-and many
more are preparing to go down TINS
SUNNI + and fall. Interest in southern
Florida, while perhaps centerng about
the coming deep water harbOr. Is by no
means confined to that section. The
whole state is waking up. The last
census showed an increase in population
for the state of Al per cent and for
Palm Beach and Dade county of ESQ per
cent, and yet the purchasers OF many
thousand of farms have not yet moved
onto their land and are, of course, not
counted, though practically citizens OF
the state.
Property at Daytona, Fort Pierce,
Fort Landerdale, Palm Beach and Mi
ami is in active demand and we eXpect
a BIG boom at Port Salerno as soon as
the government stai'o WIN va VIZ
port.
"A big steamship company is form
ING to put fleet of fast steamers on
the inland waterway between Miami
and Jack sonvile, specially constructed
to care for the ever increasing tratilc.
This will be more potent in adjusting
freight rates than any legislation.
I'm one short year Florida has out,
grown her transportation lines and
monstrous efforts are being exerted to
keep pace with the occupation and de.
veIopment of her land. The East Coast
railway has begun the double tracking
of the line and have announced that
thew will build l64 miles of new side
tracks. Minneapolis News.
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