The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-09-22
PUSHING PALATKA
HAS GREAT FUTURE
Such is Impression OF Tampa
Editor Who Visited Here
Last Week.

The Florida Grower of Tampa is an
ably edited journal published in the in
terests of the fruit and vegetable growers
of Florida Its editor, Mr.. Edgar A.
Wright, spent some time in the city last
week and as a result of that visit this
city is richer TO the extent of very neat
tribute. The article from the Grower
has been published in other papers, but
as too much cannot be made OF really
GOOD thing the News reproduceS il in
the hope that il will reach some who
has not already read ii. Even those
who have ought TO enjoy reading II
again:
While il is true that in general, the
state of Florida is still in an undevelop-
ed state as compared with its fruit pro-
ducing rival on the Pacific slope, il is al
SO true that this state of affairs will not
exist for any great length of time.
Florida is rapidly coming 10 its own.
In the past ten years Florida has made
more gains than any southern state, and
in the last two years the gains have been
phenomenal and the tide is rising all the
lime. This year will see a greater in
flux of settlers than any previous year in
the history of the state, and, as the
SNOWFALL gathers volume as il rolls, so
will our population gain with increasing
rapidity. 1t is an old saying that moth
ing succeeds like success, and il is also
true that a stale or community that is
showing great growth, gains from The
very confidence engendered by that
growth.
Ii NAV surprise many OF the northern
visitors who have never been in Florida
when they view our handsome little
cities for the first time. The Stroller
has visited many of them in the past and
is impressed with the future OF them all.
The natural beauty of their surroundings
and the progres sive spirit of the inhabi-
tants makes this morally certain.
Among these progressive communities
PaIatka can be mentioned as one OF the
leaders. paid visit to pushing Pa
latka" this past week, and no man can
tell me that PaIatka has not future and
get away with il.
Palatka has solid business behind it,
and back country. II is sometimes
customary TO Sneer at cities in semi
Tropical countries, and the remark that
the people live on climate and tourists is
moi uncommon have heard that re-
mark applied even TO Los Angeles, Cal
ifornia. Many folks do not know that
Los Angeles is great manufacturing
city, and the same may be said oil "a
latka.
Palatka contains nine lumber COM
panies, two shipyardS, one bodybuilding
establishment, two locomotive works,
three cigar factories and various other
manufacturing establishments II is con
nected with the world by three trunk
line railways and six lines OF river steam
erS.
Located on the splendid ST. Johns
river and the terminus of the Oklawaha
river boats, il is even now an important
port, and with the natural growth OF the
fine surrounding country ii is bound &c
become of more importance. While
Palatka itself is not an orange shipping
point, il is in the center of an importan
orange section, all of the fruit being
shipped direct from the orchard packing
houses by boat to Jacksonville.
was very fortunate in my visit to Ia
Iatka to fall into the hands OF kin'
= friends, who did all in their power Il
make the occasion profitable and in
structive one. Manager Hamm of tn
w. A. Merryday Company, and his son
! Warner, were my kind hosts, and thei
little Ford machine was bucking th
= roads about Palatka the greater part c
the day was there.
The Merryday company has fin
storchouSe at Palatka, the box and crat
material being manufactured at Ocala an
, Gainesville. A quarter of a million ol
2 ange box shocks are stored at this poin
7 and glance at the map of Florida wi
= show why PaIatka was chosen for di
. tributing point, for from here the Ea
=. Coast is controlled as we'll as west Flor
da and tho north