The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-06-23
PUTNAM LEADS
FLORIDA COUNTIES
In Colonizing, in Hard Road
! Building and Other
Enterprises.

County Tax Assessor Bullard, in a
recent letter to his "old-home- -up-in-
Georgia" paper, the Telfalr Enterprise
of McRae, Ga, tells the following story
of Putnam county's progress
SIN your last issue noticed an article
headed, selling Florida Lands and
statement therein where they were be-
ing sold near Tampa by one Mr.. Hobbs,
who had charge of their office in Phila-
delphia. Seeing this, makes me want
to tell you and my friends of Teltair
county, in the way of colonizing, build
ing hard roads, factories of various kinds,
farming and fruit growing, we are in the
lead of all counties in the state. think
the newspapers of the state give US this
credit.
"Our county is divided by the St.
Johns river. On the east side, between
Lake George and Crescent City, one
tract of twenty thousand acres was sold
for colonizing, and the company has
spent already, including a hard road they
are building from Lake George TO Cres-
cent City, about $4,000. These are
pretty lands and dotted with nice clear
lakes. And just here | will say that
Crescent City now is one of the prettieSt
places I've seen in Florida and has the
credit of entertaining more northern
tourists than any inland town in the
state. For fact, any one who has visit
ed our state and failed to see this place,
failed to see Florida right, or, in other
words, missed seeing very pretty place
and a place that is naturally adapted TO
orange culture.
"On the west side of the river two
deals have been closed, taking over
about 145, 900 acres, the amount paid for
both being about $4O0, 900. These three
companies are now selling these LANDS
continuously, and ere long there will be
but few waste places in Putnam county.
"All over our county are TO be seen
pretty clear lakes. These abound with
fish and fine drinking water and in course
of time will be used for irrigating. On
lower lands, where there are not many
lakes, it is easy to get flowing wells and
presume ii is so over great portion OF
the state.
"We bonded for $19O, 900, and with
this amount we have hard roads, new
court house, and bridges across the St.
Johns river Palatka, our county seat,
has this river, three railroads already
one, the Ocala & Northern now build
ing, and another proposed by Mr.. Flag
Ter from Lake Okeechobee TO East Pa
latka. With such transportation facili-
ties, and with about fifteen miles of nice
sidewalks, nearly all streets paved with
brick, the largest cypress mill in the
state, bucket and tub factory, machine
shops, cypress tank factory, cold storage
plants, hotels in abundance, opera houS-
eS, ETC., with all these things now, what
is to hinder us from keeping in the lead
of other counties and holding TO the
title we now have, the banner county OF
the state?
"The spirit of progression seems 10
prevail all over the state. More people
coming in and more buying land than
ever before. With these facts, | am in
clined to think as Mr.. Hobbs, Our state
will be one of the most populouS, and
will be termed the winter garden OF the
United States
sc. +. BULLARD. "