The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-10-31
Passenger Agent
Is Enthusiastic
Over Prospects

i Over Prospects
i After a months travel in the
| Northwest advertising Florida,
Cole Danley, Florida passenger
agent of the Nashville, Chatta-
nooga and St. Louis railway, re-
turned to Jacksonville Monday
night and is very enthusiastic
over the prospects of a big sea-
son here this winter, both in
tourists and in homseeekers.
Recently the Atlantic Coast
Line, the N. c. & St. L. and
other roads interested in the
Dixie Flyer route, appropriated
$4,000 to be used in advertising
this State throughout the West
and since that time Mr.. Danley
has been busy booming a big
passenger traffic for Florida.
His views on the subject are
very encouraging to business
men and hotel proprietors here.
He has seen the conditions in the
West, has talked to citizens
there in every walk OF life and is
| prepared to tell the exact situ-
alton.
There is plenty of money
coming into the pockets of Flor
ida people this year as there will
be more wealthy tourists here
than ever before at one time. !
have carefully studied the stu
alton and am convinced that the
people are going to travel re-
CARELESS of the pressure caused
by the present war.
Florida has been more extern
sively and widely advertised this
year than ever before in the his
tory of the State. The railroads
and land companies are directly
responsible or this increase i'm
advertising and should be given
all credit.
There are fully fifteen repre-
sentatives of local railroad COM
panies in the Northwest work.
ing in the interest of southbound
travel. Most of them are caus-
ing literature to be distributed
among thousands of people and
the inquiries received by agents
there, after receipt Of such read
ing matter by the peope speaks
of the splendid results obtained.
"One feature that pleases the
people of the West is that they
can get on a train in their home
town and come straight through
to Florida in forty-eight hours.
California is greatly advertised
among these people, but Florida
is yearly becoming more widely
known, and in time will be far
in advance of her rival State.
Another thing that is a sure
ty is the prosperity of the Wes-
tern people this year. The
greatest crops ever harvested
have been cut, and every farmer
has a neat pile set aside. The
only business suffering any is
the banking. No one wants to
borrow money and banks cannot
be prosperous without loaning.
The people have too many safe
deposits to want to borrow.
with all this money they will
surely travel, and I firmly be-
lieve that we are going to have
them here by the thousands.
"A better class of homeseekers
than have ever before been here
will come this season. Several
years ago the people that bought
farms and land here did so mere
ly from speculation, and many
did not even see land before buy
ing.
To-day the. farmers are COM
ing from the West and have to
be shown before they will invest.
This has a better moral influence
and causes the higher class Of
homeseekers to come here. The
land companies have had many
agents stationed throughout the
country and should do fine
business this year" Jackson
vile Metropolis.
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