Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-23
FLORIDA is FINE EXAMPLE OF
NITIA TIVE AND ENERGY OF ITS
CITIZENS; WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT

were planted upon the streets of Win
ter Haven through the efforts of the
women and these have been growing
one year without a single loss. The
trees were planted, boxed ,watered and
fertilized under direction of the lea
que.
This letter has already gone far be-
yond what was intended when | began
to set down these random impressions
OF civic work in Florida. but the little
study which it has been possible for
me to make has been so full of in
spiration that it is passed on with
the hope that it will be of some help
TO those who are giving of their time,
effort and means to the improvement
OF conditions therein and the welfare
of the community. which the Tee-
graph and the writer are endeavoring
+ to serve.
Z. S,-Among the guests here is Mrs.
/ Charles CorsS, of Philadelphia,
daughter of Governor Pollock, who
has some interesting childhood recol-
lections of Harrisburg. In the earlier
days the Governor had no perma-
nent abiding place and always had
quarters at the leading hotel. DO
you know" said Mrs. Corss, that my
rather served in Congress with Abra-
ham Lincoln and that he introduced
/ the Joint resolution providing for the
/ first transcontinental railroad? AS is
/ true of all statesmen with a vision he
was regarded with something akin to
ridicule in certain quarters, even when
| he propheSied in speech at Lewis
burg that the ladies of that university
/ town would soon be wearing silks
brought directly from the Orient over
I the Northern Pacific. When the line
across the continent was an accom-
plished fact my father was the guest
of honor at large public function in
San Francisco. He was hailed as the
prophet of the first railroad connect
. ing the Atlantic and Pacific and many
/ beautiful and costly presents were be-
slowed upon him"
There are many interesting people
here from all parts of the country.
/ There goes a man." said gentleman
in the lobby, as a portly Individual
passed the group, whose annual in
come is about a million dollars a year.
but he gets more fun out of fishing
with his little grandson for perch than
/ in cruising on his handsome yacht"
/ NJ. f. Gillett, of Tampa, who was
mayor of the city when the troops
| from this country were being sent
| from that port to Cuba during the
| Spanish-American war, has large in
terests in Florida and is a frequent
guest at this hotel. He came South
as a young man from Wisconsin and
! is an aggressive representative of that
hardy northern stock that has achiev-
ed so much in the development of the
/ Peninsula His son. Collins, is the
young man who was instrumental in
securing the necessary appropriation
| by Congress for eradicating the cit
rus canlter which so seriously threat
ened many large fruit orchards. Since
/ hearing that story of that young man s
successful achievement at Washing
ton. enlisting the support of Uncle
Joe" Cannon, the President and lead
ers of both houses, I have great re-
| spect for the rising generation of
Florida hustlers.
| Several Harrisburg tourists have
/ been here at different times. Among
them Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Herman,
Mrs. A G. Knisely, f. u. Wallower
Mrs Elizabeth Graybill and Mrs. Cas-
/ per Shaak. These had been travelling
in different directions but met here
for little family reunion one day
I last week Mr.. and Mrs. Herman, who
/ have probably reached home by this
time, however, spent several weeks
at the Villa.
| Ike Walton has no more devoted fol-
. loNGI lIlttu Ike hlnSeN, one OF lle
officials of the overland Automobile
/ Company at Toledo, Ohio, and q
prominent manufacturer of the Buck
eye State. He and his family have
| been coming here for several years
and are so delighted with the eli
mate and this region that they have
purchased a site on lake nearby and
will have "A bungalow erected during
the summer. Mr.. Kinsey is the cham
pion fisherman of the colony, his big
gest bass weighing 1Sh pounds
1 We leave to-day for Tampa and will
spend the weekend there with the
view to taking the Ocklawaha river
trip on our way northWard
/ More hotels is the demand of those
who understand the situation, one big
caravansary having declined reserva-
tions for two thousand persons during
the present season. All the East
coast hotels We're congested and it is
said hundreds walked the streets of
Miami because they could find no place
to sleep. That was the story also at
Sea Breeze, at st. Augustine, and at
Palm Beach. It has been a wonder
full invasion and now the flight is to-
ward the North. the wild fowl leading
the way. T.. ]. S.