The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1914-02-12

| ne IOllOWluS is al oxJrdct Irom q
write-up of Crystal Springs colony in
a recent issue of the lamps Tribune.
We believe it will be of interest to our
readers rs some Manitowoc County
people are allottees of the colony.
The late r. w. Burke was one Of the
organizers of the colony and Mrs Burke
and son now reside at Crystal Springs.
Crystal Springs-Naturally this arti-
Gle will be chiefly from the point of
view of the homeseeker, as we are a
homeseeker's organization locating
here on the Cooperative Homestead
Plan.
Also many OF the advantages which
we will mention for Crystal Springs
are shared to !. greater or lesser de-
gree by Florida in general.
In fact, the first and greatest adj
vantage we claim for Crystal Springs
is that it is located in Florida-and
second that it is located near Tampa,
Florida. And having established these
two fundamental points of advantage,
we feel that anything further that we
may have to say regarding the nat
ural advantages of this place is OF
minor Importance.
But one of the very great points OF
advantage TO lie enjoyed here is the
Co-operativ. Homestead Plan of sim
ultaneous settlement and improvement,
and to properly set this plan forth to-
gether with the very many natural
advantages will be the effort of this
article.
The tremendous advantages hereto
fore enjoyed by Tampa are already
quite generally known in the CONNER
cial world, and we feel that persons
very competent will do justice to the
matter of making clea. the additional
advantages occurring to Tampa from
the opening of the Panama Canal, the
great harbor improvements, and those
yet to accrue from big canal across
the State and the many other develop
ments now in our incubator.
We believe that we are in better
position to recognize and to proclaim
the advantages and disvantages OF
the various sections of the country to
the homeseeker than is anyone else,
because Crystal Springs is being set
t1aJ an SIrnho Cn-pparativa Hon a n
Plan" and the Cooperative Home.
stead Co. is National Society oil
homeseekers-is in fact an information
al society Of honeseekers, formed for
their mutual protection and iniorma.
tion and it is its purpose to enable
every one to secure better home, in.
come and environment.
This society now numbers over 25Ot
members throughout the United States
Canada and other countries and al
various times it has sent delegates
and committees to investigate in near.
ly all the States of the Union; there
fore it is certainly significant fact
to note that after most thorough in
vestigation the Cooperative Home
stead Co. has decided upon Florida as
the most favorable State in which tc
locate its colonies.
The Cooperative Homestead Co.
was organized in 1907 and immediate
ly commenced systematic investi-
CATION of ways and means to enable
it's members to secure better homes,
incomes and environment.
AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS.
Our Crystal Springs colony tract
consists of more than 10000 acres OF
very desirable land located on the
forks of the Hillsborough and Black
water rivers, on the main line of the
Seaboard Air Line railroad, near
Tampa.
HEALTH-Government and State
reports and other reliable statistics
show conclusiveiy that Florida, with
her 200 miles Of water front, is one
of the most healthful States of the
Union and has one of the finest eli
mates in the world. The Commission
of Physicians, which was appointed
to decide upon the best location for a
National Sanatorium. after an investi-
cation covering three years, unan.
imously decided on a location only q
few miles from Crystal Springs.
DRAINAGE-Our tract is located
between and embraces the Hillsbor-
ough and the Black water rivers and
has very desirable elevation and
gently rolling slopes, which makes
drainage good without washing away
the soil. The fall on our tract is jus:
right and enables us to thoroughly
drain into the nearby streams through
bitches Of moderate size.
Observation-Disclosures, we
have the main line of the Seaboard
Air Line running directly through our
tract. Four passenger trains stop
daily two each way, and there are
daily local freight trains each way.
We have our own railway station and
sidetrack. the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway is already completed and
trains are running to Thonotosassa
within five miles of our southwest COR
ner, and when this is extended to join