Milford chronicle., 1932-02-05
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.
st. Petersburg, Fla,
Jan. 81, 1892.

81. petersburg, tla.,
Jan. 81, 1892.
TheO. Townsend,
Milford, Del.
Dear Editor: .
l thought you would like to heal
something about the Sun Shine City
ST. Petersburg. | have seen a mum.
ber of letters in your paper from
Florida, but don't remember having
seen any from here. They call il
the Sun Shine City, because the sun
shines every day here, January goth
rounded out a full year of sunshine
days. Every day the sun does not
shine on St. Petersburg, the Sun
shine paper gives away its entire
home edition, absolutely free, to
everybody in the city. Their record
is 100 free issues in 21A years.
That's why came here, because OF
the sunshine for my little girl, and
she wears her sun suit every day.
So you know how warm it is. Janu-
ary the 18th had a maximum tenn
perature of so. st. Petersburg furn-
ishes an all year climate. Ideal in
winter and pleasant in summer. And
is ideally situated as a winter play
ground for the leisure class. 1t is
also year TT md place in which to
live. You may grow your vegetables
every day i'm the year. Surf bathing
may be enjoyed every day.
There are forests of lofty pine.
Sturdy oaks, hung with grey moss.
Tall palms and the magnolia of CLOS
sy leaf and immense fragrant creamy
blossoms, and many evergreens.
Some of the vines are perfect cur
tains of glowing cOlOrs. The purple
bOugainvillaea, the orange and red
bignonia and trumpet flower. The
white and yellow jasmine, and the
golden alexander. st. Petersburg's
own special flower is the vivid green
and red pOinsettie, rubber trees, not
plants and cacti are seen in perfec-
tiOn. Roses bloom al 1.-The year.
The water supply here is from
never failing artesian wells, pure
and palatable. The new million dol
lar municipal pier on the north
beach, extends from a perfect hard,
white beach, 1,400 feet into the bay,
amply for trolley way, an
automobile drive and for pedestrians.
And here is found the finest bath
house in Florida. 1t furnishes hot,
cold, salt and sulphur baths. II is
almost unbelievable. to those unac-
ouainted with the facts the large
catches of mackerel, sheephead,
grouper, trout, snapper and many
other edible fish. One fish house eX-
ports annually 2,50O,O00 pounds OF
fish, principally mackerel and null |
let. Near the new harbOr is another
municipal enterprise. One of the |
most beautiful and useful in the |
world for a resort city. A yachting |
habor of twenty-nine acres, for the |
purpose of affording an absolutely /
safe place for the anchorage of pri-
Vate yachts.
Pass-a-Grille is a beautiful island /
between bay and gulf. Noted for
surf bathing, fishing, and stone crab i
dinners. d,
Candy Bridge, 6 miles long, is be-
.ween Tampa and st. Petersburg, 7
he longest automobile bridge in the
world.
There are orange ana grapefruit
groves. Thousands of acres of them.
Fruit hanging in golden glory.
They have a open air postoffice. A
building. The Senior High
school building, also the Coliseum,
ire wonderful buildings.
They have a daily concert here in
Williams park. Feeding the pigeons
n this park is great sport for both
'oung and old And l must not for
ret the green benches where every
,ody sits down to talk and rest. We
we're out to the pier this afternoon
O a concert and they sang piece
bout the green benches, to the tune
# I'm the Shade of the Old Apple
'ree". l have only been here a
Month, so you see have lots. to see
ct. Will write again after | see
lOre.
MRS. CHARLES BENSON.
n Datapchurp Ela 2,