The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1911-08-04
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co system Is SeeklIIs W ciiIoi o"N""O"
vile through a combination of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic ano
Waycross and Southern railroads, has
brought confrmatory reports from
points in Georgia.
The Milton Gazette says an exchange
in speaking of deceased citizen, sad:
1--WE knew him as old Ten Per Cent
the more he had the less he spent-the
more he got the less he lent-he's dead
we don't know where he went-but
if his soul to heaven is sent-he'lI own
the harps and charge em rent. -
Following an application made by
Postmaster Daniel 4. Gerow, of Jack
sonville. for the establishment of a gov
eminent postal savings bank in that
city under the act of congress as APP
proved June Is, 1910, official announce
ment has been made from the national
capital, to the effect that such depos-
itory would be locate ed there on Aug
ust 2Sth.
There is another industry right at
hand for the saw mill people of Florida
the making of sawdust into briquets
for household fuel. 1t is said that saw
dust briquets while almost as easily lg-
nited as wood, burn much more slowly
owing to their having been compressed
so highly in the making, an advantage,
as the fire does not have to be replenish-
ed so frequently. European countries
are finding the enterprise a remunera-
tive one.
Resident Engineer Coe, with head.
quarters at Pigeon Key, stopped over
in Key West last night said the
Journal of July 26, "and in response to
questions said: There is no earthly
reason that can see why trains should
not be operating into Key West by jan
uary /, 1912. This of course, is pro-
vided that we have no hurricanes. The
work is progressing in most satisfac-
tory manner and l expect to see a
train run into Key West by January l. y
Mr.. Goes statement is interesting not
only to the Key West folks, but all of
Florida and other sections of the coun-
try.
A large oil concern, the Texas Com
pany of Houston, Texas, will commence
operations in Tampa in the next few
months, as announced in the Times a
couple of weeks ago. The location has
been leased, workmen and material are
on hand, and George M. Falk, superin-
tendent of the company's construction
work, is in the city. He is awaiting
instructions from New York to begin
work on a IS, 100000 gallon tank. The
company's plant, which will cost in the
neighborhood of $500, 900, will be on
the east side of Seldom island, the Sea-
boards freight terminals. They have
leased for ninety-nine wears strip of
land 200 feet wide and 1000 feet long.
This will give them a l,00O.foot front
age on the deep water channel that
will be dredged into Sparkman bay
Tampa Times.
Governor Albert w. Gilchrist has
just completed the appointment of the
advisory committee of Florida, to con-
fer with the officials of the National
Irrigation Congress, to be held in Chi.
cago, December 5 to 9 inclusive, for
the purpose of reaping the greatest
possible benefit for this state in the
approaching gathering. The members
of this committee; are: Robert Gamble,
Jacksonville; F. NJ. Simmonton, Tam
pa; S. M. Tatum, Miami; J. N. Whit
ner, Sanford and'P. A. Vans Agnew,
Kissimmee. Save the forests, store
the floods, reclaim the deserts, make
homes on the land" is the motto of
the National Irrigation Congress and
clearly sets forth its objects. Of par
ticular interest is the consideration the
congress will give at this session to re-
clamation by drainage.
Captain o. N. Bic, who was former
lv in charge of the government enpin.
eering work in Miami, and who is
scientist of ability, predicts that Flori-
da will be one of the most valuable
states in the union from her mineral
resources, which up to now have been
practically unexpected. 1t is believed
that there are aluminium deposits of
vast extent in sections of the state in
addition to other minerals that are just
beginning to be known. Speaking of
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