{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3470", "width": "2206", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "Ctass\\nBook.\\nCOPYRIGHT DEPOSIT", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "U. -l lA. X ^i= t^ .t .J y-*\\nV(j^ ^v V ^y\\nO;^\\n^J I L LS BO ROU GH _ COU NTY\u00c2\u00a3^\\nWITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AND MAPS, ^i^fe\\nPUBLISHED BY THE\\nHILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REAL ESTATE AGENCY,\\nI^AIVLHA, KLA.\\n-^.Jx^Jx^J^^k^^h^^^_J^_^JL-^^A,A-.A^^^^^\\nTHE SOUTH PUBLISHING COMPANY, PRINTERS, 85 WARREN ST., NEW YORK.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "^^SCl^lP-nVE PAMPHLET op\\nHILLSBOROUGH COUNTY,\\nFLORIDA,\\nWITH NUMEROUS MAPS, ENGRAVINGS, ETC.\\n1885.\\nv.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0n 1/\\nPUBLISHED BY THE\\nHILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REAL ESTATE AGENCY,\\nII\\nTAVIPA, FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "fLLUSTRATED AND PRINTED FOR THE\\n-Jl^HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY-^)^-\\nBY\\nTHE SOUTH PUBLISHING COMPANY.\\nNO. 85 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK.\\nCoPYKiGHT, 1885, By The hillsborocgh County Real Estate agexcy.\\nHUUU", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "f\\nORGANIZATION.\\nBOARD OF DIRECTORS:\\nHON. JOHN T. LESLEY, WM. B. HENDERSON, S. A. JONES.\\nOFFICERS:\\nJOHN T. LESLEY, Piesideiit. LAWSON CHASE, Secretary.\\nS. A. JONES, General Miina-er. G. T. CHAMBERLAIN. Treasurer.\\nMEMBERS:\\nStephen AI. Sparkiuau, Esii., Phil. H. Collins, Wm. B. Henderson, T. C. Taliaferro, Bank o\u00c2\u00a3\\nTampa; Geo. B. Sparkman, Esq., John T. Lesley, S. A. Jones, A. J. Knight, Ci. T. Cham-\\nberlain, Lawsou Chase, W. A. Givens and T. K. Spencer, of Tampa, Fla. P. E.\\nWarburton, of Aclon, Fla. C. L. Mitchell, Commissioner of Lauds,\\nTallahassoe, Fla. Samuel N. Honaker, of Abingdon, Va.\\nREFERENCES\\nJoseph F. Norris, Charleston, S. C: Hon. S. F. Fleharty, Antelopeville, Neb.: Hon. S. J. A.\\nFrazier, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Hon. Francte Colton, Galesburg, 111.; Rev. Chaa. Foster Garralt,\\nLittle Few Grange, Extono, O.von., England: O. H. Piatt, Esq., Hyde Park, Chicago, 111.: E.\\\\-Gov-\\nernor Albinus Nance, Osceola, Neb. Hon. E. H. MarvUl, Stromburg, Neb. Dr. Sol. Smith, Den-\\nver City, Col. Jas. L. Gilbert, Sulphur Springs, Texas: John A. Middleton, President Trader s\\nBank, Shelbyville, Ky. John C. Williams, Detroit. Mich. Hon. Jerome P. Chase, Florence, S. C.\\nS. Johnson, Newton, 111.\\nADDRESS ALL COMMINICATIONS TO THE\\n-K HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 9 REAL ESTATE o AGENCY,!\\nBo.x 104,\\nTAMRA. FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "A. S. LENFESTEY,\\nFURNITURE DEALER\\n;;^:::::::r7^\\nAND\\nUNDBRTAKBR.\\nI cau guarantee prices on all grades of furniture as low (if not lower) freiglits\\nconsidered, as in any market in the United States. Stock comprises eveiy thing that\\ncan be called for in the furniture line. Parties intending to settle will save money by\\nselling their old furniture, thereby saving expense of packing, freights, and risk of\\nbreakage while in transit.\\nWe are prepared to attend to the last honors that friends can wish for departed\\nones but as no one comes to Florida to die, we wish to mei ely announce the fact\\nthat this is part of our business.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "INDEX OF CONTENTS.\\nPAGE.\\nIiitrodiictioii, 7\\nGeneral Description of County, 11\\nGenercal Description of Tampa, 23\\nGeneral Description of Plant Cit}% 33\\nGeneral Description of otlier Places and Post OIHces in County, 33\\nSoil, 3.5\\nFruit Growing, 37\\nEailroads, 41\\nFisli, 43\\nTimber, 4r\\nCattle Raising, 49\\nTampa Bay, 53\\nEarly Vegetables, 57\\nBcliool Sy.stem, 5!t\\nSponge Trade, 1\\nClimate and Health, 63\\nConclusion, 0.~\u00c2\u00bb\\nAppendix, 07", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "JOHN JACKSON,\\nDEALER IN\\n^GENERAL MERCHANDISE.t\\n;\u00c2\u00bb:;.ijSSjpS^.;-::SV\\nOne of the oldest and most reliable houses in Tampa. Carries a heavy line of\\n^GROCERIKS,^\\nDry Goods General Fnrmsliing Goods.\\nAGENT FOR HOME MEAL FERTILIZER.\\nlEONARDI S OINTMENT.\\nThe curative properties of this Ointment are truly wonderful, astounding not only the\\npatient and friends, but also the intelligent physician, by its almost miraculous cures of some\\nof the most obstinate cases of Tetter, Ringworm and Itching Piles, on record. Below we give\\nsome extracts from testimonials\\nI Vas cured of Tetter of nineteen years standing, by three applications of Leonardi s Oint-\\nment\u00e2\u0080\u0094Thomas P. Kennedy, Tampa, Fla. Less than one box of Leonardi s Ointment cured me\\nof Tetter, of seventeen years standing\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Jno. L. Taylor, .Jr., Member of Florida Legi.slature from\\nHillsborough county. One box of Leonardi s Ointment cured me of an aggravated case of\\nTetter of twenty-seven years\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Lew E. Sparkman, Sparkman, Fla. I had Tetter for three years\\nand was cured with Leonardi s Ointment\u00e2\u0080\u0094 G. B. Sparkman, Ex-Mayor, Tampa, Fla.\\nWe are now putting up two sizes 50 cents and 75 cents.\\nAgencies: S. R. Van Duzer, 35 Barclay St., New York; G. R. Finlay Co., and\\nJ. L. Lyons Co., New Orleans.\\nPREPARED ONLY BY\\nS. B. LEONARDI CO.,\\nDRUGGISTS,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "INTRODUCTION.\\nThe changes which Time, with his majestic and\\nenchanting wand, has wrought, can be no more fully\\nrealized and understood than when we contemplate\\ni vifH, that section of country whose venlure and beauty in\\nlandscape jind water scenery called forth the admira-\\ntion and rejoicings of Hernando DeSoto, as he, with\\nhis followers, sailed up the waters of Tampa Bay in\\nthe budding spring time of 15(19. With good reason\\ndid he gaze in Vjewildered astonishment and wonder\\nat the fi-eshness and vigor of its vegetation and the bloom and blossom of its flowers.\\nIt was with a just and not a mistaken pride that he meditated upon the glory and\\nrenown which would flow to his beloved King and Queen, as the possessors of such a\\nland, when he stopped upon the siuuly shores and planted, for the first time, deep in\\nthe fertile soil, the staff which spread to the genial breezes of the sunny clime the\\nsilken folds of the flag of Spain.\\nWho can even faintly imagine the sensations and sentiments which would swell\\nthe l)reast anii fill the soul of that ancient explorer if, through Divine power, the\\nbreath of life should be once more breathed into the mouldering renuiins, and in life\\nand flesli he should visit again this same beautiful section in its present state of devel-\\nopment, and view from the highest attainable piimacle the wonderful impressions\\nand changes which Time, aided by the progressive spirit of the Americans of\\nto-day, has stamped upon its eveiy feature Great indeed have been the changes\\nHe would find that the Ked man, with his wigwams, his bows and arrows, his\\nwar-whoops and paints, has betaken himself to other paits and other climes. He\\nwould see that instead of the rude huts of these aborigines, scatteretl here and there,\\ncomfortabl houses and elegant mansions, embellished with all the architectural skill,\\nand fitted with all the comfoits and conveniences of the modern day, have been erected\\nin the shady groves, the thriving villages and the flourishing towns of this prosperous\\ncountry. He would note that where once, only the light, shadowy canoe could be\\nseen skimming along the surface of the blue watei-s, now, hundreds of sail-boats and\\nmany larg and elegant steamers, laden with the rich products of the soil, and freighted\\nwith hunuin lives, plow these waters daily and hourly. He would see, instejid of the\\nindistinct trail over which the stealthy hunter lightly threaded his way through the\\ngreat forest, whose silence was broken only by an occasional war-whcwp or the hoot of", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "MORRISON PACKWOOD\\nJOBBERS AND RETAILERS OF\\nSTOVES ;\u00e2\u0080\u009eD\\nOlliver Chilled Plow. Kalamazoo Cultivator.\\nS. L. ALLEN PLANET, JR., TOOLS.\\nCROCKERY AND LAMPS,\\nWOOD, WILLOW AND BLASS WARE.\\nAGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.\\n,i^ig TAMPA \u00c2\u00bb^4\\\\\\n^M,^^.^ FLA, ^a\\nCo^ OPERA HOUSE", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "If you want a home in Florida apply to this Agencj Facilities unsurpassed by\\nany in the State.\\nMoney Loaners or Borrowers.\\nLANDI\\nSellers or Buyers Avill find it to their interest to read what is said on\\npage 70 by the\\nHILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REAL ESTATE AGENCY.\\nD. S. Macfarlane. H. E. CleaveijAND.\\n1MACFARLANE S CLEAVELAND,I\\nWholesale Retail dealers in\\nBOOTS, SHOBS AND SLIPPKRS,\\nFranklin Street, opposite Court House. Tampa, Fla.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "10\\nthe owl, the iron track, over which the daily train, bearing the commerce of the worlil\\nand the tourist of the colder climes, comes bounding, waking the echoes of the most\\ndistant regions, as it safely speeds on to their destination the hundreds who have\\navailed themselves of its accommodation. In all around he would see and acknowledge\\nthat an enlightened civilization, with all of its natural outgrowths and a Divine\\nChristianity, with all its benign influences, had played well their parts. And as he\\ncontemplated all these changes, instinctively and irresistibly would he contrast the\\npresent condition and occupation of the white man with that of the first one who\\nvisited these shores, and whom he fomid a prisoner of the Indians upon his arrival\\nhere. Though somewhat shrouded in mysteiy, yet it is a fact that Hernando DeSoto\\nwas not the first white man to land in Florida. A youth to fortune and to fame\\nunknown, filled with the spirit of adventure and discovery which characterized that\\nera of the world s history, sailed up the beautiful waters of Tampa Bay, and, like many\\nothers since then, even down to the present day, was so enraptured with the salubrity\\nof the climate, the fertility of the soil and the prospect of an orange grove that he\\ndeclined to Journey further with his companions and allowed them to set sail without\\nhim. His life was one grand holiday, and all with him and the Indians was as\\nsalubrious as the climate, until it was discovered that he was wooing the daughter\\nof the chief of the tribe. He was then made prisoner, and after trial condemned to\\nguard and keep watch in the future over the graves of those who had gone on to enjoy\\nthe chase on the happy hunting grounds in the Beyond, and so DeSoto found him.\\nHere we must drop our Spanish discoverer, for twould tire the X eader for us to follow\\nhim through all his amazements and peculiar experiences, his final settlement and\\nabode in this prosperous country, his second death and burial, for the country is our\\nsubject and he is only an incident.\\n^^fmi^ ^i^. -v xj i^ iZjiy^Tr*F^-\\nIffiS^iiSi^jg^^j\\n^:^i", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF COUNTY.\\nThe section of which wc speak you have no doubt already recognized at anj- rate,\\nit is now known as Hillsborougli county, and we invite and oarnestlj- soUcit your\\nattention while we set forth its claims to the world, in frankness and in truth.\\nHaving its boundaries defined on the west by the briny watei-s of the Gulf of\\nMexico, it extends from 27 deg. 20 min. to 28 deg. 50 min. north latitude, and from\\nH2 deg. to 82 deg. 50 min. west longitude from Greenwich. Its sister counties ai e\\nHernando, Polk and Manatee; Ht^mando bounding it on the north, Polk on the east\\nand Manatee on the south. Its boundary lines meet each other at right angles, and\\nits shape woidd lie that of a rectangle wore it not for the coast line, which is very\\nim^gular and whi(;h is indented from north to south with many small estuaries and\\nliayous. It is situated on the western coast of the Florida peninsula, as you know,\\nand contains within its limits 852,480 acres, taking into count both its land and water\\nsurface. It is divided into forty-eight townships, each presumed to be six miles scpiare,\\nat which calculation the county would be thirty-six miles in length and forty-eight\\nmiles in width. Nature, in her freaks of generosity and numificence. could certainly\\nhave bestowed but little more upon this section for the happiness and enjoyment of\\nits inhabitants. Slie has given it a Bay which extends inland to such a distance that\\nit becomes almost land-locked, thus furnishing one of the most inviting harbors,\\naccessible to the thousand vessels engaged in the Gulf trade, and which come laden\\nwith the rich merchandise of the world. And it takes no wizard or prophet to clearly\\nperceive that Tampa Bay, by virtue of its geographical position and natural advan-\\ntages, is soon to become the connecting link between the freighted cars of the rail-\\nroads of the North and the palatial vessels of the outer deep, which will carry on the\\nfast growing commerce with the nationalities of Central and South America and the\\nislanils of the sea. But for the presi^nt we have premised sufliciently concerning this\\nnuignilicent Bay, which adds so materially to Florida s facilities for comnnmicating\\nwith the remainder of the world, and which, with a reasonable appropriation by Con-\\ngress, can and will be made the best and most desirable haven for the many ships\\nwhich now [iroudly plow the waters of the Gulf. Then, too, she hjis given us a climate\\nof which we could not complain if we would. Far enough South to be free from tho\\nsnow and ice and chilling blast of the North, and fanned by the gentle zephyrs and\\nAustralian breezes which come wafted from the cooling waters of the Bay and Gulf,\\nwe are in the continual enjoyment of the most salubrious and equable climate. And\\nin this connection we may, with propriety and fitness, quote from the Statistical", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "12\\nKeport on the mortality in tlie armj-, compiled from tlie records of the Surgeon\\nGeneral s Office\\nCLIMATE.\\nThe climate of Florida is remarkably equable and proverbially agreeable, being\\nsubject to fewer atmospheric variations, and in its thermometric ranges much less\\nthan anj- other part of the United States, except a portion of the coast of California.\\nAnd again, in a few passages further down, we find The mean annual temperature\\nof Augusta, Ga., is nearly eight degrees, and of Fort Gibson, Ark., upwards of ten\\ndegrees lower than at Tampa, yet in both these places the mean summer temperature\\nis higher than at Fort Brooke (Tampa) and it further states that such facts are\\npositively shown by meteorological statistics on file in that bureau. We can state,\\nunqualifiedly and with truthfulness, that in the summer months we suffer much less\\nfrom the heat than those who dwell in the more northerly climes, which fact can be\\nreadily seen and appreciated by a comparison of the number of sunstrokes which\\ndailj occur in the Northern cities and the rare, rare ones in our section. In fact, so\\ndelightful and fascinating is our climate to our Northern friends that some of them\\nhave, notwithstanding the real fertility of our soil and the black rankness of our\\nvegetation, remarked that we sell the climate and throw in the land. Such remarks\\nare intended as no depreciation of our soil, but only as a very emphatic manner of\\nexpressing their honest appreciation of our balmy air and sunny clime. They spring\\nfrom the same source as did the opening sentence of Florida s favorite Governor,\\nwhen, on Florida Day, at the Louisville Exposition, several years ago, as he stood\\nup before the eager, anxious thousands who had gathered round him, even amid the\\nfog, clouds, damp and cold of that dreary November day, to hear something of the\\nLand of Flowers, he wished for forty acres of Florida climate to spread over the\\nExposition grounds.\\nPKODUCTS.\\nAs to our soil, we would have no other if we could for its many productions, in\\nfruits and vegetables, conclusively prove that our temperatures and upper stratum of\\nearth are in harmonj and accord with each other.\\nFrequently, parties from further North, when down here, enjoying our genial\\nclimate, are struck with what they term our poor sand, and frequently remark,\\nOh, if you just could have our soil down here in this climate, what a country you\\nwould have. They lose sight of the fact that the arrangement was made by a Divine\\nhand, and with the same propriety could change the sentence a little, and say, Oh,\\nif we just had your climate up there, what a country we would have. And so man\\nproposes, but God has disposed of this subject long ago, and we are satisfied. For\\nthere is something peculiar in the composition of even our poor sand. From\\nobservation and experience we know that vegetables, of almost any and every variety,\\ncan be cultivated and grown to perfection while oranges, lemons, limes, shaddock,\\ngrape fruit and other species of the citrus family, together with guavas, mangoes,\\npomegranates, bananas, pineapples, alligator pears, sugar apples and many other\\ntropical fruits are in their native element and clime, and produce prolifically. The\\narrowroot, too, grows in abundance, and if the inhabitants would only turn their\\nattention to its culture, soon its convei sion into flour and starch would, beyond all\\ndoubt, yield the operators an annual income of several hundreds of thousands of dollars.\\nAnd then, again, we should desei-ve reproach were we to omit to say that hemp grows\\nwell with us, and its cultivation could be made profitable. Now these statements, the\\ntruth of which can be easily ascertained by a visit to these parts, are introduced\\nsomewhat in the nature of proof as to the fertility of Hillsborough county sand.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "13\\n^^N. DIXON,-?^\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nMANUFACTURER OF\\nvow\\nr^^^^ AND ^f^z\\ncWressTumber\\nFLOORING,\\nDROP SIDING AND CEILING,\\nTurned and Scroll Work Pine and Cypress Mouldings Latli and\\nShingles.\\nORANGE AND VEGETABLE CRATES.\\nFancy Pickets a Specialty.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "AN AVENIE IN AN 01lAN(iE GKOVE.\\nffi 3]an4:n\\\\i o:^/} nifi^", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "15\\nWATEES.\\nThe principal bodies of water may be suiniiied up in Tampa Bay, Old Tampa\\nBay, Hillsborough Baj and Hillsboi ough river.\\nThe industries are as diversified as the character of its iiduibitants is varied.\\nFISH AND OYSTERS.\\nThe waters which we mentioned above and the many Ijeautiful lakes which are\\ndotted all over its surface afford admiralde fishing grounds, where the amateur can\\nfind sport with his rod, and the regular flsiierman tish for the market, and wages for\\nhis labor, while in the bays oj sters and clams are found in plentj and abundance.\\nFRUIT.\\nThe fruit grower has no occasion to lament over the profits which he reaps from\\nhis groves of oranges and other fruitage, even under the present greedy grab system\\nof the niiddle-men.\\nCROPS.\\nThe farmer finds a remunerative emploj-ment in tilling a soil which readily l)rings\\ngood crops of sea island cotton, tol)acco, sugar cane, rice, potatoes and all truck stuff\\nand which alwaj S finds a ready market.\\nPASTURAGE FOR CATTLE.\\nIl is hardly necessary to say that some portions of our land furnish e.Kcellenl\\nnatural pasturage for cattle, and that so profitable has it proved that there ai-e many\\nin this county who.se wealth, ac([uired solely by raising and shipping cattle, is\\nastonishing.\\nTURPENTINE.\\nThe Queen of the Forest, as some one has called our large, tall pine tree,\\ninvites the attention of the turpentine farmer, and opens to the saw-mill men emploj--\\nment in which there has already been found, by some in our nudst, independence and\\nwealth.\\nTRUCK GARDENING.\\nTruck gardening is also extensively engaged in, and during the entire year\\nvegetables of various descriptions and variety constitute in part wholesome food for\\nthe tables and in the early spring time fine large strawberries, whose luscious appear-\\nance would bring water to the mouth of the most fastidious epicure, are served at\\nhome as ambrosial delicacies, while in large (luantities the juicy berries are shipped to\\nthe frozen homes of our Northern friends.\\nPURSUITS.\\nOf course, as a matter of natural and necessary onsequence, we have among us\\nthose wiio follow the ordinary pursuits of life, and do mercantile and other business;\\nsome being engaged in the retail, others in the wholesale trade, while frequently the\\ntwo are combined. But the further consideration of the many and various ways (for\\nonly a few have been mentioned, and those in only a cursory manner) in which a\\nlivelihood and, quite often, independence can be attained, we must defer for the\\npresent, trusting that the patient reader will follow us on to that part of this pamphlet\\nwhich will treat more in detail the different pui-suits and avocations of the inhabitants.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "1(3\\nPOPULATION.\\nThe population of the county has increased within tlie last few years in an enor-\\nmous ratio, the census of 1880 giving us only 5,814 inhabitants, while present calcula-\\ntions give us upwards of 8,721. And as long as the present tide of immigration contin-\\nues to inundate our every section with respectable and desirable citizens we need have\\nno fears that our fertile and productive soil will remain untilled that our fish will by\\ntheir continued reproduction block our streams in their course that our oyster-bars\\nand clam-beds will remain unnoticed and untouched that our swamp and overflowed\\nlands will not be drained and converted into rice and sugar plantations tiiat our pine\\nforests will continue in their primeval wealth and grandeur that our natural pastures\\nwill not be utilized, or that any of the other many natural endowments and facilities\\nwill not meet with the high development of which they are susceptible and for which\\nan all-wise Creator designed them. Already many sail and steam vessels, burdened\\nwith rich and valuable merchandise, many times more valuable than the fabled\\ngolden fleece, continually glide into our harbors and proudly ride the rolling waves\\nof our lovely waters. Even now, the iron steed, manacled by man to the narrow\\ntrack leading from the North, comes whistling through our choicest sections, bringing\\nin his train of cars the rich products of the North and West, and many settlers from\\nevery portion of the globe, making us cosmopolitan in our citizenship. Owing to a\\nshortness of time, as well as some unfavorable circumstances, we have been imable to\\nascertain with correctness and exactness the value of the vessels and cargoes which\\nyearly deposit their freights at Tampa and other points along our coast. Yet this\\nmuch we have observed, that notwithstanding the completion of a railroad to this\\npoint, the freights arriving by water have not diminished one iota, but on the contrary\\nhave materially increased, as is evidenced by the fact that only a few weeks since the\\nTampa Steamship Company were necessitated to make additions to their already\\nspacious warehouses. We have also further observed that it was necessax-y several\\nmonths ago for the South Florida Railroad Company to increase their freight depot to\\njust double its original capacity.\\nSuch facts as these, the reader will confess, evince pi ogress, enterprise and a\\nglorious future. We must confess that the old fogyism, which has to a great extent\\nexisted to the detriment of progress and push in other sections of our State, did for a\\nlong time retard the growth of Hillsborough county bvit, owing to the overrulings of\\na Divine Providence, or to the skill of our efficient and far-seeing physicians who prac-\\ntice the ..Esculapian art among us, those who were imbued with no ideas of advance-\\nment or progress ai-e now enjoying, we hope, sweet rest upon the plains of Elysium,\\nand if not, then Pluto is the one whom we are to commiserate in his continual conten-\\ntions with their stand-still spirits and Micawber-like enthusiasm. In closing these\\nweneral remarks, we do not hesitate to say that the mortality of this county will bear\\nus out in stating that almost total freedom from sickness and diseases can and may\\nbe enjoyed among us however, we anticipate, as we design devoting an article to the\\nhealthfulness and immunity from diseases in this county.\\nPOST OFFICES IN THE COUNTY.\\nAlafia. Diston. M.4^ngo.\\nAnona. Dunedin. Peru.\\nBay View. John s Pass. Pinellas.\\nBloomingdale. Key Stone Pakk. Plant City.\\nClear Water Harbor. Keysville. Tampa.\\n(j^jjK. LiMONA. Tarpon Springs.\\nYellow Blitff.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "17\\na\\nH. B. PLflNT.\\nTHE LEADING HOTEL\\nOK TAMPA\\nNear (U\u00c2\u00bbi ot and steamboat wharves and overlookiiiK the lilver au l Bay. Fii it-class in every\\nrespect, anil ample aecomniDdatloa for 150 puosts. 8i ecial atteiilloii slveii to -ulinary dei art-\\nmeiit. After a flcnirisUuiK .season of only four nu^ntlis last winter, 2,067 were entertained, and the\\nhouse is now closed tor extensive repairs. Opens 1st of Ociotjer: terms $:i a day and upwards,\\naccording; to location of room. The following notice of the house is from the Tiihann.\\nThe H. B. Pl.\\\\xt.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The above-named hotel was openeil to the public December 12th, and has\\ninstantly established itself as a tlrst-class hostelry in all respects. It is located on the river front.\\n100 feet tro/n the main depot of the South Florida Hailroad. fifty yards from the steamboat land-\\ning and one square from the office of the Southern Esiiress Comjiany. The buililing is a hand-\\nsome two-story tranie, containing forty rooms and covering an area of 8,100 squjirc feet. A\\nstriking feature of this hotel Is its sujierior arrangements. The halls and stairw;iys are broad,\\nand so constructed as to give the most e.xcellent ventilation. The rooms are all front or\\noutside ai)artmeuts. each with two i)late-glass windows, large, fitted with marble-toi) furniture\\nand the best beds that can lie procured. The rotims on the ground floor are all furnished with\\nblack walnut. The parlor, office and reading rooms are all specially flue and conveniently\\narranged. The dining room seats 100 people. The kitchen is a model of perfection, while the\\nice-house and store-room Is all that could be desired. Surrounding the house Is 6.o0(i square feet\\nof piazza. Mr. Anderson will shortly have an artesian well on the grounds, and will spare\\nneither pains nor money to make the H. B. Plant above -ompari3on In Southern Florida. He has\\nbeen in the hotel business for many years, and Is thoroughly versed In efficiently managing a\\nhouse of this superior character.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "18\\nSPENCER HENDERSON X CO.,\\nWHOLESALE DEALEKS IN\\nBUGGIES, s WAGONS,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nHORSES AND MULES\\nBought and sold, and for hire.\\nHAY AND GRAIN FOR SALE\\n^TEAIVIS AT ANY AND ALL HOURS.\\nTERMS EASY.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "19\\nS. P. Hinckley. H. W. Fuller.\\nHINCKLEY FULLER,\\nORANGE BUYERS AND PACKERS,\\nAND V/HOLESALE DEALERS IN\\n-^^aRAIN, HAY, KLOUR, ETC.^\\nTAMPA, FLOEIDA.\\nFLORIDA ORANGES\\nSS)^\\no Vy I v o\\nOranges selected, packed and shipped to order in any amount. We make a\\nspecialty of this business and pack nothing but clioiee fruit. Fruit guaranteed to bo\\nperfectly sound and in good keeping condition WHEN SHIPPED.\\nTerms Cash in advance.\\nBank of Tampa, or any of the Reliable Merchants or Citizens of Tampa.\\nPrices qiioted and special reference given when\\nreciuired.\\nOrders respectfully solicited.\\nHinckley Fuller, Tampa, Fla.\\nN. B.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 The Orange Season is from Nov. 1st to May 15th.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "21\\n^_JI\\\\^AES Ho 7\\nFRANKLIN STREET,^\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nH\\nKJ\\nH\\nFIRST CLASS IN ALL ITS APPOINTMENTS.\\nHas Four Hniulred and Fifty Feet of Covered Veranda, with all the\\ncomforts of a family home.\\nCaptain Thomas White, late proprietor of the Magnolia\\nHonse, Darien, Ga., will be pleased to entertain\\nhis friends and the traveling public\\nwhen they visit Tampa.\\nTHOMAS WHITE, MANAGER.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "22\\nTAKE\\nTHK^ KKY LINK\\n(Florida Railway and Navigation Co.\\nto all Points North or West.\\nLOW RATES. THROUGH CARS. QUICK TIME.\\nTHE\\nQUICK -=i^ THROUGH ROUTE\\nFROM\\nSOUTH FLORIDA POINTS,\\nIS NOW VIA\\nOrlando, the Tavares, Orlando and Atlantic Railway and the Key Line.\\nTHROUGH SLEEPING CARS ORLANDO TO MONTGOMERY, ALA.\\nThe finest and most economical Summer Resort, AMELIA BEACH, Fernandina,\\nFla., is reached only via this line.\\nSEND TO ADDRESSES BELOW FOR FULL INFORMATION.\\nD. E. MAXWELL, A. O. MacDONELL,\\nGeneral Superintendent. Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agt.\\nFERNANDINA, KLORIDA.\\nW. G-. COLEMAN, G-en. Trav. Agt., Jacksonville, Fla.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "TAMPA.\\nsituated upon the right hank of the Hillsborough river, from which the county\\ntakes its name, and at a distance of several hundred yards from its mouth, which\\nopens into Hillsborough Bay, Tampa is, geographically, the most interesting and\\npleasing ftjature of the whole county, and, by virtue of its position, is destined within\\nthe near future to rival the present metropolis of the State in every respect and par-\\nticular.\\nUp to within a very recent period, Tampa, as has been said with truth of all sec-\\ntions of Middle and South Florida, was comparatively little known, on account of her\\nvery limited communication with the outside world, notwithstanding the fact that her\\nhistory dates back to tlie year 1824:, at which time Captain Brooke established a military\\npost for five miles on and around the row existing Federal reservation, known as Fort\\nBrooke, and which, during the old Indian troubles in tliis State, constituted the prin-\\ncipal general hospital for the army. But most of the buildings which then stood upon\\nthe reservation have been destroyed either by time or the hand of man, there remain-\\ning only two, which serve as monumental memorials to the by-gone days. And with\\nyour permission, kind reader, we will here digress somewhat from Tampa proper, and\\ncursorily glanc\u00c2\u00ab at this lovely spot, which lies adjacent to, and of a right should, and\\nin all prol)ability will be a part of Tampa, for no act of Congress would raise to a\\ngreater degree the high appreciation and hearty endorsement of any session tlian that\\none which would donate Fort Brooke to Tamjia, to be used for a park and other public\\npurposes. We hesitate not to say that in pi)int of pictures [ueness and beauty it has\\nnot a rival spot even in the poets loved Italia. In the center, and in fact surrounding\\nand all over this lovely creation of Nature s, there are clumps ami clusters of large,\\ngrand old live oaks, which are adorned and bedecked by Nature with the festoons of\\nbeautiful mosses which hang touching the grassy ground beneath the swinging l.toughs\\nof the spreading trees. These gray-green living monuments of ages past sen-e not\\nonly as beautiful and natural ornaments to the place, but at the same time afiford a\\ncool and refreshing shade to the invalid and tourist, whose ejaculations of surprise,\\nadmiration and pleasure evince his gratitude to that star which directed him to these\\nparts and to such a spot. In the spring time ami summer months the festive picnicker\\nmay be found on almost .3verv day under the shady branches of the beautiful grove,", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "PALMETTO HOTEL, TAMPA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "25\\nTampa, Florida.\\nJust built and newly furnished, is one of the largest, handsomest and most com-\\nmodious Hotels in South Florida. Three stories high, with a five story observatory.\\nWide halls and spacious verandas affording ample promenade space on two sides.\\nOne hundred rooms, large and airy, and finished in elegant papers. Furniture and fixt-\\nures complete. Bath-rooms and laundry-rooms, etc., attached. The South Florida\\nKailroad has a special platform in front of the Hotel for the accommodation of its\\nguests. One acre in the hotel grounds. Observatory affords a splendid view of the\\nBay and surrounding country, and opportunity to drink in the sea breeze.\\nThis Hotel can be leased by application to the\\nHillsborough County Real Estate Agency,\\nTAIMPA, KLA,", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "2G\\ndrinking in aad enjoying to the full the soft Gulf breezes which come stealing to him\\nthrough the mossy branches of many a tree.\\nAt present the normal beauty of the place is somewhat marred by the fences\\nwhich have been erected around and through it by private citizens, one person having\\nattempted to homestead it, and six others having pre-empted it. No satisfactory end\\ncan be seen to the contentions of these private parties, and it is the opinion of many\\nof the people that no one individual will get possession of Tampa s natural park, their\\nprayer being a petition to Congress to bestow it where it properlj- belongs to the\\ncity, pro bono publico.\\nBut to return to Tampa, from which we did not intend to stray so long however.\\nFort Brooke is naturally a part of Tampa, and is so closely allied and so situated\\nthat we may as well consider it technically as a part of Tampa, and so dispose of it\\nnow. As we premised above, the military reservation extended in its original for five\\nmiles around but in 1847 Congress donated 160 acres of it to the county as a site for\\nthe town, the situation of which 160 acres we have given in our description of the\\nlocation of Tampa, and from time to time the limits of the original reservation have\\nbeen narrowed down by placing portions of it on the market until it has reached its\\npresent size of 148 acres and over which the fight between several parties is now going\\non. Without the least fear that the truthfulness of our statement will be called into\\nquestion, we assert that there is no other citj- or town in South Florida, aj-e, or in all\\nFlorida, which offers to the tourist and invalid as many and as varied natural attrac-\\ntions and advantages as Tampa, the Queen of the Bays. Here, those who come from\\nthe chilling blasts and freezing weather of their Northern homes to find in mid-winter\\na moderate and bracing atmosphere and a salubrious climate, have not only a charm-\\ning and desirable resort with the qualities they seek, but also free from fogs and\\nrainy days.\\nCYCLONES.\\nAnother striking and favorable peculiarity of our section is that it is situated in\\nthat belt which exempts it from the disastrous cyclones and tornadoes which so often\\nvisit other sections both north and south of us. It would be gross injustice to our\\nsection, and an unpardonable fault of ours, were we to omit to say that instead of\\nfogs, and damp and chill and rain in winter, our skies are usually bright and clear\\nand blue, and our atmosphere free from over-moisture, w^hile here, as in all South\\nFlorida proper, the rainy season genei ally commences along towards the latter\\npart of June or first July, and extends to the middle of August or first September.\\nDuring this rainy season, which is not a continual deluge of rain, but more like\\nApril weather, giving us an abundance of sunshine and showers, most of the\\norange groves are planted, though some practical growers prefer to plant in mid-\\nwinter, while the sap is down.\\nBut while Tampa holds out such advantages and inducements to the tourist and\\ninvalid, it offers equally favorable oppoi tunities to all practical business men and\\nworkers who desire a home in this favored spot of the American Italy for even now,\\nAvith not a thickly populated tract of country extending all around it for miles, the\\nfall of hammers, the humming of saws, the blasts of whistles, and the hurrj- and vim\\nof its busy, active citizens, tell plainly of present progress and a fixed determination\\nnot to fall short of the greatness which is continually- predicted for the place by the\\nthousands who now annually seek its balmy air and genial climate for health or\\npleasure. It is the county site of the county, and although its incorporation only\\nincludes the original grant of 160 acres with a population of from 1,200 to 1,500, yet,\\nwithin a radius of a mile, the suburbs, all of which are laid off consistent with the\\nstreets of the city proper, are so well settled up as to swell the number of inhabitants", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "27\\nto 2,500 and at the next municipal election it is proposal to extend the limits of the\\nincorporation so as to include all the subur) an portions to which we referred just\\nabove.\\nNATIONALITIES.\\nIt is true of Tampa, as of the count}-, that the society here is extremely cosmo-\\npolitan in its character, almost every State in the Union, and nearly every civilized\\nnation of the world, being fairly represented among us which fact, we take it, offers\\nspecial inducements to any who desire to become permanent settlers among us. Here\\nthe German can find Germans, the Frenchman French, the Swede those of his native\\ntongue, while the English and Scotch are as numerous as our citizens from our own\\nNorthern States.\\nRELIGIONS OR CHURCHES.\\nThe religious facilities, too, of the place iiave also peculiar attractions for the\\nstranger, there being a pastor in charge of an organized church of nearly every\\ndenomination, and on the Sabbath morn the chimes of many church bells, riu dn\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2out from all parts of the city, invite the devout to participate in the services of the\\nday.\\nSCHOOLS.\\nIn point of schools we have kept pace with the times, there being now one well\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2organized public school and several fine private ones, some of which prepare pupils\\nfor the freshman and sophomore classes in our colleges.\\nTELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH.\\nWithin the past 5 ear the Bell Telephone Company has stretched its wires\\nthroughout our streets, and these, with the lines of two telegraph companies, act as\\nobstacles to the flight of the average small boy s kite.\\nHOTELS.\\nAs to accommodations in hotels and boar ling houses, Tampa keeps pace witli\\ncommunities of exceedinglj* greater and denser population. We must confess, how-\\never, that up to within a few years back Tampa was behind in this respect but at the\\npresent writing the H. B. Plant, the St. James, the Palmetto, the Collins House, the\\nOrange Grove and the Craft House offer to the public accommodations well worthy\\nof a larger city. In fact, all of these hotels were so well patronized during the last\\nseason, and which is admitt^ed by all to have been one of Florida s poorest, that they\\nfound themsehes crowded for room, and the H. B. Plant, though a new house, built\\nduring the past year, is now closed for extensive additions. Besides these hotels,\\nthere are various Ixiarding liouses, some of whose appointments and conveniences\\nadmit of no superiority in the State. The price of board varies according to the\\namount of style, etc. good aeeommodations, however, can be had for from $1 to\\n$3.50 per day.\\nSPORTS.\\nDuring the winter months Tampa is the headquarters of quite a number of\\nsportsmen, who make either daily or weekly excursions for game or pleasure, down\\nthe Bay, up the river or into the interior, and they always report a most successful\\nand enjoj-able time. Deer, bears, squirrels, ([uail, wild ducks and innumerable kinds\\nof sea birds and every kind of fresh and salt water fish are found easily and in abun-\\ndance. In the summer months, turtling and turtle-egg hunting, as well as graining\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2or gigging the tarpon, jew or other large species of fish, with frequent baths in the", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "BRANCH S OPEKA HOUSE, TAMPA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "29\\nbriny waters, give amusement and healthful exercise to the tourist and sportsman.\\nIn mid-winter, the spacious piazzas of our hotels and boarding houses present a\\npeculiar appearance to the Northern stranger, who, for the first time, strolls down\\nour streets; for while he remembers, with a shiver, that the chilling breezes and\\nbleali hills of the higher latitude, from wiiich he has come, prevent any outdoor\\nexercise but that which is absolutely necessary, he sees crowds of comfortable, cosy-\\nlooking loungers, in large easy chairs or comfortable benches, drinking in the balmy\\nair and genial sunshine, while they discuss the. pleasures of a semi-tropical resort.\\nAnd the natives who find time to lounge themselves, are gratified, interested and\\noften amused in watcliing the movements and actions of the tourists as thej* saunter\\ndown our wide plank walks, stopping here to admire the beauty and elegance of the\\nspreading oak or natural shade; there, to wonder at the freshness and fragrance of\\nthe beautiful flower yards yonder, to guess at the variety of some growing tropical\\nfruit, or halting in astonishment before the show-windows of some taxidermist to\\ngaze with enthusiastic pleasure at the plumage of our beautiful birds or the forms of\\nour peculiar animals, oftentimes going into ecstacies when they have purchased a\\nsmall gator or some other curio to send back to Northern friends.\\nDuring the season, the pleasure-lover and seeker can betake himself to the\\nopera or theatre, where he will be entertained by first-class traveling troupes, or in a\\nmore quiet way enjoy himself in the brilliant parlors of the social-loving at a pleasant\\ngame of cards or a Jolly game of thumbs.\\nOur spreading oaks with their bending branches, overhanging the steep banks of\\nthe picturesque Hillsborough, afford a magnificent shade to the amateur fisherman,\\nas he throws his fishing line into its clear waters and brings into his boat, with\\npleasing rapidity, the ma:iy fine and different species of fish found in these waters.\\nSafe and comfortable row-boats can be easilj- and readily hired for a small considera-\\ntion, and nothing is more healthful or delightful than a row upon the river late in the\\nafternoon, when the heat and toil of the daj is done or, better still, in early evening,\\nwhen the diadem which crowns the night of our cloudless skies sheds her soft\\nand delicate light over the silent earth and the rippling waters.\\nOn account of the increased demand for speedy transportation between Tami)a\\nand points along the Manatee river, which the completion of the South Florida Rail-\\nroad has made, an elegant and commodious side-wheel steamer has been put on, and\\nregularly makes the run Ijetween Tampa and all the points along the Manatee river.\\nTo make it all the more pleasant for any who may come to these hospitable siiores,\\ntins magnificent floating palace, under the command of one of the most experienced\\nand courteous officers of this coast, makes tri-weekly excursions down the Bay as far\\nas Egmont Key, where it stops long enough to allow the gay passengers a stroll upon\\nthe sandy beach to gather the beautiful shells and crystals washed up by the ever-\\nrolling surf, or a pleasant bath in the briny deep then pi oceeding on its return, calls\\nand.stops at every place of special interest or attraction along the Manatee.\\nThe other many ways of amusement and pleasant diversion, which lie within the\\neasy reach of every visitor, we cannot stop to enumerate or notice, but sincerely hope\\nthat the reader will soon have the pleasure of experiencing them all in person, and\\nof testing the truth of our every statement.\\nWe have already spoken of the city s size and limits but in this connection we\\nwish to say further that the streets are laid oft at right angles running nearly north\\nand south, east and west, and are eighty feet in width, thus giving ample room for\\nshade trees along the sidewalks and in the center of the streets. The blocks are an\\nacre square, and while in the business part of the city the buildings are closely and\\ncompactly built together, in those parts where the dwellings are found the blocks\\nare usually divided into only four lots, so that around nearly every private residence", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "30\\nCLARKE KNIGHT,\\nWholesale aud Retail Dealers iu\\nHARDWARE, STOVES,\\nTINWARE, Etc.\\nAgents for the HAZARD POWDER CO. Also\\nfor the celebrated ACME HARROW, the best\\nknown Cultivator for orange trees.\\nS. A. JONES CO.,\\nTHE OLD RELIABLE\\nFOR\\nSASH, DOORS, BLINDS,\\nPAINTS,\\nAnd all kinds of Builders Supplies.\\nEstablished 1879.\\nThe Hillsborough County Real Estate Agency,\\nPUBLISHERS OK THIS BOOK.\\nSEE SIGN OVER CUT.\\nW-A.siiinsrG-TOisr st., T^^nsdiiP^^, if-l^^.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "31\\nis the largo old-fai-hionod Southern yard in which are planted orange trees or other\\nornamental evergreens, while a portion of it is devoted to fiowers of not only the\\ncommon and hardier kind, but plants and exotics of the most tender and delicate\\nnature, whose fragrance and perfume and freshness and bloom add so much to the\\nIteauty and attractiveness of the place during the whole year.\\nSoiuo people in the past have been inconsiderate enough to complain of the heavy\\nwalking through the sand of our streets, and therefore, recently, the city fathers\\ndetermined to have wide plank walks, made of the best and most durable timber,\\nput (town along the line of all the principal streets, and ere this goes to press there\\nwill not be a lot in Tampa around which there will not be a new plank walk, so that\\nime can go all over the city and never step in the sand.\\nThe Court House, a large, well-built and well-proportioned two-story frame\\nIniilding, is a creditable temple of justice, situated in the center of one of the cen-\\ntral blocks, and besides containing the court rooms and necessary offices for the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ounty officials, has also a large hall which heretofore has been used as a town hall\\n:.ut as the city is so rapidly developing, of course the day is not far distant when it\\nwill have its own elegant structure. The yard, which is well kept, is enclosed with a\\nnice picket fence, while from its towering cupola may be seen and heard the town\\nolock.\\nThree weekly newspapers are published here, viz, tlni Tribune, the Guardian and\\nthe South Florida Messaiger; the two first are political organs, and the latter one\\nonly an instrument to advertise the real estate handled by one of our real jstate\\nagencies.\\nTampa is quite a business place, there being merchants engaged in all the various\\nbranches of merchandise, some doing a general business, while others confine them-\\nselves to the wholesale or retail trade in some particular line, and they all seem to\\ndo well. This is tlie most convenient and accessilde market for a very large scope of\\n)untry, so that really its business extends into nearly all of the neighboring\\niiunties.\\nThe city proper is situated, as we have before said, on the east side of the river;\\nliut within the last few years so rajjidly has the western side been settled up that it\\nnow goes l y the name of West Tampa, and to establish convenient communication\\nbetween this suburb and the city proper a ferryboat is run back and forth continually\\nduring the day l)ut we have good reasons for belie\\\\ing that soon this will be done\\naway with, and that in less than a year s time a bi idge will span the river, connecting\\nmore closely the two places. Leading out from the northern part of the city are\\nthree avenues about a quarter of a mile apart and running parallel with each other\\nfor more than five miles, and from the limits of the city to their ends are scattered\\nall along these avenues flourishing orange groves, generally of live or ten acres in\\nsize, and upon which nice cosy-looking cottages have l)een erected by their respective\\nowners. There are also several smaller and less imi)ortant avenues leading out from\\nthe eastern side, and all of these, both great and siuall, have been called after some\\nNorthern or Western State. Tampa s prospective railroad connections are more than\\nordinarily good, there being a number of railroads now building which by their char-\\nters are compelled to come to Tampa, and if only one-half of the prospective roads\\never reach us th( re will lie no place in all Florida, or perhaps in the South, which\\nwill be so favored with railroad facilities. From its geographical position and water\\ncommunication, Tampa must and will be the distributing point for the traile from\\nthe North and Northwest for South Florida, and the key to the commerce of the\\nWest Indies and Central and South America, Already we have one railroad the\\nSouth Florida completed and nicely equipped, and which runs daily trains from this\\npoint to Sanford on the St. Johns river, giving a pleasant ride of five hours and a half", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "32\\nfrom the grand old river to the glorious old Bay, so that passengers leaving Jackson-\\nville on the mail boat at 2 :30 P. M. one day arrive in Tampa at 2 :30 the next day\\nfare, $11.75.\\nAs yet her population has not warranted gas works, but the town is well lighted\\nwith street lamps, which give the place quite a citified air at night.\\nThe Masons have a lodge building, in the hall of which they and the Odd Fellows\\nhold regular meetings, while other societies formed for culture and sociability hold\\nforth in other quarters of the city. Her Base Ball Club continues to retain the belt\\nover all other clubs of South Florida, while the Tampa Guards enable her to boast\\nof the average militia organization. And now, in concluding this imperfect sketch of\\nthe county site and its attractions, we can conceive of nothing more appropriate than\\nto say the half has never been told. After all we have said as to her many attrac-\\ntions and her desirableness as a place of resort or permanent settlement, we promise,\\nin all the sinceritj of our hearts, that you will never regret it if you come among us,\\neither as a visitor or a settler. Some one said of Italy s famous city, See Venice\\nand die. We say, See Tampa and live.\\nKESIDKNCE AND ORANGE GROVE.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "OTHER PLACES.\\nWhile the many other attractive and desirable towns which adorn this county\\nwith their enterprise and facilities, and beautify it with their architectural edifices\\nand buildings, are by far inferior to Tampa in point of size and population, yet none\\nwill admit of any superiority in prosperity and glorious prospects for the future; for\\ntins whole county is enjoying a boom, which will not suffer one section to remain\\nfar in the rear of the others, and it is a boom, too, wliich will continue as long as the\\nsweet winding waters of the Hillsborough wend their way to the ocean stream, sing-\\ning merrily of the balmy air and the sunny skies which reflect the brilliant rays of a\\nsemi-tropical sun upon their dancing waves. Among the most important of these is\\nPLANT CITY,\\nnamed in honor of H. B. Plant, the principal factor in the Plant Investment Com-\\npany, which controls such an ovenvhelming interest in the railroads of Florida. It\\nis situated twenty-three miles east of Tampa on the South Florida Railroad, and\\nwithin a little over a year s time has increased in population from several scattered\\nfamilies to fifteen hundred bona fide inhabitants. Such an enormous and nuraculous\\nincrease is due to the scope of country surrounding it, and also to the push and energy\\nof those who had invested in lands at and around that point previous to the completion\\nof the road. For its age, we cavil not to say that it is the largest and most thriving\\nlittle city in the South. It has recently been incorporated, and its orderly yet busy\\nand active citizens declai e that its present prosperity shall ever continue, and that\\nits rapid growth is not of the mushroom character. Its accommodations in hotels\\nand boarding houses are pronounced good by all those who have visited it, either in\\nsearch of a home or in the pursuit of health or pleasure. There are, as any one\\nwould naturally suppose, a number of stores, doing all the different branches and\\ntwigs of merchandise, and all the other many avocations of life have their quota of\\nrepresentatives.\\nPINELLAS\\nwe will next consider, which, on account of its other many natural facilities besides\\nits accessibility to the health-restoring breezes of the Bay and Gulf, is the proposed\\nsite of a sanitary city to be constructed after the suggestion of Dr. Richardson, of\\nLondon, a movement which is attracting the attention of the whole world, and one\\nin which all the civilized nations of the world are expected to enter. The fact that", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "34\\nDrs. Toner, of Washington, Chadwick, of Boston, Wilson, of Pliiladelpliia, lieaded\\nby Van Bibber, of Baltimore, all eminent physicians, visited this section for purposes\\nof investigation, and the still further fact that their reports were most complimentary\\nand flattering, is sufficient evidence that this design, which has already enlisted the\\nsympathies and well wishes of every thinking man, will be crowned with success.\\nAught else that we could say of Pinellas would sound of mockery, so we will now\\nview\\nDUNEDIN,\\nas she is situated upon the coast of the Gulf. The settlements in and around this\\nplace are quite numerous, there being, too, some of the finest orange groves in the\\nState all through that region. The character of the land is tlie first-rate pine which\\nwe describe in our article on the soil, and several saw-mills have been erected to\\nutilize the magnificent timber to be found on all such.\\nALAFIA\\nis situated on the river which bears the same name, and that section of country em-\\nbraces Peru and many other small towns. The indispensable pursuits of life are of\\ncourse prosecuted there but that feature which attracts more attention than all\\nothers is its abundance of hammock and swamp lands, upon which are cultivated\\nthe vegetables of every variety. Though at the present time it is lacking in railroad\\nfacilities, the river affords a fair transportation, which has for many years been taken\\nadvantage of. We might, were we not tenacious of time, go on to enumerate and\\npartly describe the many advantages and oppoilunities of Anona, Bay View,\\nBiiOOMiNUDALE, Mango, Keysville, and so on but we will draw these sectional\\nremarks to a close by noticing in an extremely cursory manner,\\nTHOKOTOSASSA LAKE,\\nwhich for beauty and grandeur has not a rival sheet of water this side of Niagara\\nFalls. At the time of writing it is at its lowest, but now measures two miles in\\nlength and one in width. Upon the beach of this small inland sea are situated beautiful\\ncottages, encircled with the native oak and the evergreen orange. It teems with the\\nmost delicious quality of trout and other fish, and it is quite notorious that this lake\\naffords one of the best fresh-water fisheries in South Florida. It is the pride of the\\ncitizens of the community, who feast upon the beauty of its waves and\\nbreathe the puiity and vigor of its breezes.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "THE SOIL.\\nIf one should travel through this county at a reasonable rate, notioinj; oabiially\\nits white- sandy appearance, and having his eyes blind to its varied vegetation, no\\nconclusion would be more plausible and probable to him than that one which would\\ndeclare the productive lands to be of a very small per cent. Its exceeding diversity\\nand varied character might in all probability escape his observation, and con-\\nsequently the fact that it is susceptible of the cultivation of crops not only not\\ngrown in the states generally, but also of those things which characterize tlie tropical\\nclimes. If one would avoid a mistake as to the character of the soil, its white-sandy\\nappearance must not in any instance be taken as evidence against it, for there is\\ncertainly, as we have said before, something peculiar in the composition of this sand\\nwhich peculiarly adapts it to the growth of the fruits and plants of this climate, and\\nfrequently a more close and thorough examination will bring to light the fact that a\\ngoodly per cent, of it is compose l of the debris of shells and carbonate of lime.\\nAnd potash, which is found in the palmetto flats, and which is generally pronounced\\nthe poorest land, is a constituent element of plant food, and evinces th\u00c2\u00ab^ fact that in\\nthe presence of alkaline salt nature provides what is lacking in the soil. On account\\nof its diversity and vai ied character the soil is commonly classe l as first, second and\\nthird-rate pine lands, and as high and low hammock, and swamp lands. The pine\\nhinds, as is observed by all, constitute much the larger portion of the countrj-, and\\nall the classes can be utilized in one way or another. The poorest soil, even, in the\\nthiril-class pine lands is not woi-thless, for upon it can be found the most desirable\\npasturage for cattle and the palmetto, which generally grows in such an abundance\\nupon it, is now being converted into the best and finest wrapping paper, while its\\nciioicest leaves are made into fans.\\nIn regard to the first-class pine land, we quote from J. S. Adams, ex-Commis-\\nsioner of Immigration, who published a pamphlet in ISfiO It has nothing analogous\\nto it in any of the other states. Its surface is covered for several inches with a dark\\nvegetable mould, beneath which, to the depth of several feet, is a cliocolate sand\\nloam, mixed, for the most part, with limestone pebbles, resting on a sub-stratum of\\nmarl, clay or limestone rock. The fertility and durability of this description of land\\nmay be estinuited from the well-known fact that it has, on the upper Suwannee an l\\nseveral other districts, yielded during fourteen years of successive cidtivation, with-", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "3G\\nout the aid of manure, four hundred pounds of sea island cotton to the acre, and the\\nlands are as productive as ever, so that the limit of their durability is still unknown.\\nThe second-class pine lands are the most numerous, and are found from exper-\\nience to be quite productive, and from their fertility and healthfulness they are pre-\\nferred to the richer hammock lands, which are more or less sickly. This class is\\nthe kind of land upon which are found most of our beautiful bearing groves. The\\nhigh hammock lands are not, as is often erroneously supposed, either very damp or\\nsubject to overflow during the greater part of the year but, on the contrary, do not\\nrequire either any drainage or ditching or levees. They are spots interspersed here\\nand there throughout our pine lands, and as the same Mr. Adams suggests, can be\\neasily cultivated, while the cultivator can reside upon the healthy pine lands, pro-\\nvided his residence upon the hammock land should be found to produce sickness.\\nThe low hammock lands are generally wet, and as a consequence have to be drained\\nbefore they are fit for cultivation, and from experience it has been proved that this\\nclass affords the best soil for the cultivation of rice and sugar cane, neither of these\\ncrops being injured by great moisture. The swamp lands are considered the richest\\nand most desirable, and it is mainly upon these lands that our early vegetables, which\\nare shipped to the North, are grown. Sugar cane also does exceedingly well upon\\nit, and in some instances as much as four hogsheads of sugar have been made\\nfrom the cane produced upon an acre, and fair and reasonable estimates show that\\nthese lands of Florida Avili produce sufficient sugar to supply the present demand of\\nthe whole United States. But we must return for a few moments to the pine lands,\\nof the abundance and quality of which we have already spoken, as we failed to notice\\nthe timber interest. The pines, which grow upon the first and second-class lands to\\nbe very large and tall, supply the many saw-mills with most admii able timber, from\\nwhich is sawed the most durable lumber. And, by way of digression, we may here\\nremark that the lumber business is carried on very extensively in this county, many\\nof the mills taking advantage of the convenient location of the Hillsborough river\\nand other streams to raft their saw logs to the mill and their lumber to market. In\\nthe third-class lands, while the trees do not by any means grow to any great height,\\nnor are so well adapted for lumber making, yet they are quite valuable, as they are\\nsufficiently large in circumference to contain an abundance of sap, which gives us\\ncrude turpentine from which is made the spirits of turpentine and rosin, two articles\\nof commerce which ai e daily enhancing in value, as the demand is broadening and\\nincreasing, while the supply from the old sources is rapidlj- declining.\\nFrom the many facts we have already stated, we hardly think it worth while to\\nparticularly enumerate the many different varieties and kinds of crops and vegetables\\nwhich may be grown in this county, for from its varied character and conditions you\\nmust be satisfied that with proper care and attention anything and everything nearly\\ncan be successfully raised.\\nIn reference to the advantages and favoring peculiarities to farming here, we can\\ndo no better than to quote the following, which we extract from the Florida Gazetteer\\nOne striking peculiaritj of the Florida soil is its easier culture than the staffer soils.\\nAnother is that most of the farm labor and tillage can be performed in those months\\nof the year when the ground is frozen further north. Still another peculiarity is that\\nthe fertilizers are applied with a better effect, both because the applications are not\\ncarried away by the rains as frequently as they are in higher regions, and because\\nthe more porous soil lets in the atmosphere more readily to aid the fertilizer in the\\nwork of decomposing the minerals of the soil, and setting free the food elements\\nthey contain for the use of the crops grown.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "FRUIT GROV/ING.\\nThe tioitieal and semi-tropical fruits which are groAvn in this county are of such\\ngreat variety, and include so many difforcnt kinds, that we are pardonable if we omit\\nto mention (juite a number, and fui-thcrmore, if we only mention some which justly\\nmerit elal oration. Oi^ango cidture will of course be the principal object of this chap-\\nter, if we may call it such, while the other fruits will be considered in a cursory\\nmanner. In taking up eneh genus of fruit, we do so as they come to our minds, and\\nwithout any reference either to their natural or logical order.\\nThe PiNKAPPLE, which is to a great extent an air plant, is very profitably and\\neairily grown in every section of the comity, the climate being very suitable for its\\nproduction, and the plant depending very little upon the nutrition of the soil. In\\nmany of the yaixis of the private residences in Tampa these plants can be seen in\\nnumerous small patches in every stage, from the time of suckering to full bearing.\\nWe do not hesitate to say that as soon as we have more thorough and speedy means-\\nof transportation for the delicate fruits, this one, which is so juicy and delicious, will\\nbe quite an item in the lists of shipments to the Northern markets.\\nThe Gt AVA, a tree which is so numerous and so prodigal in its growth and bear-\\ning that it almost impresses upon the mind the belief in spontaneous generation, gives\\nus an abundance of its elegant fruit. While its shape and manner of growth resem-\\nbles the poach more tha7i an^-thing else with which pei haps the reader is familiar, its\\nfruit, in size and general appearance, is more similar to the pear. As yet experiment\\nhas devised no other way of utilizing the guava than converting it into jelly and mar-\\nmalade and preserves and so superb are the three considered, by even the finest\\nepicures, that if carried on to any considerable extent it would prove one of the best\\npaying industries of Florida. Of course it is understood that the guava is considered\\none of the most desirable and palatable Iruits we have when fresh from the tree.\\nThe Mango is simply superb nothing can excel it, and but few fruits can com-\\npare with its deliciousness. So far but little attention has been given to its culture,\\nas its fruit is too dehcate to bear shipment by the slow transportation we have had,\\nand it was considered too great a delicacy for those who had to look close after those\\nthings necessary to secui e meat and bread. There is only one objection to the\\nmango, if objection it be, and that is it is one of those things wiiich 3 ou cannot eat\\ngracefully. It has a skin like the apph and. is about the color inside and out of a\\nwell-ripened banana, with a seed like an almond, except a1)out four times as large,", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "38\\nand is shaped like a mango. One gentleman living near Tampa planted two mango\\nswitclies in his yard about eight years ago. Now thej- are luxuriant trees of about\\nfoilj feet in height, and he says the crop from one of them this year will bring here,\\nin Tampa, $2i0.\\nThe Sugar Apple, which is a shrub in growth, thrives well as far north as\\nTampa, and is especially peculiar, as its name indicates, from its extreme sweetness,\\nwhich renders a taste for it, as well as for many other of the tropical fruits, more or\\nless acquired.\\nThe Fig is readily grown from cuttings, and so vigorous and rapid is its growth\\nthat it frequently comes into bearing in two years from planting. The fruit, as all\\nknow, is so palatable and healthy, and the cultivation of it so easy, and its prepara-\\ntion for market so simple and inexpensive, that no doubt it will soon command\\nspecial attention.\\nThe Bais ANA is one of the most popular and prosperous fruits grown in our sec-\\ntion, and is propagated from suckers planted in rich, moist soil. There are quite a\\nnumber of diii erent varieties, which vary in size as well as in flavor, and all will agree\\nwith us in saying that few fruits equal a well-ripened banana in delicacy and flavor.\\nPiiTJMS of nearly every description are found growing wild in every section of the\\ncounty, and from these are made some of the finest and most marketable jellies.\\nIn a few of the yards in Tampa the Coffee Plant is successfully grown, and its\\neasy cultivation will warrant its becoming, in time, one of the leading industries of\\nthis and other Southern counties. In the sister county below, the first pound of coffee\\nproduced in the State was gro\\\\vn last year, and the fact of the grower receiving a\\npremium from the Agricultural Department is evidence of its excellent quality.\\nLuxuriant Geape arbors, giving fruit of endless varieties, flourish throughout\\nthe county, and in point of fact they grow wild in tlie hammock and swamp lands, fre-\\n|uently beautifully and gracefully festooning the trees with their climbing vines.\\nThe Scuppernong is the general favorite with us, and is a success beyond all doubt.\\nThe Alltgatoe Peae tree (from whence or why it gets its name no one can telli\\nis a beautiful ornamental shade and fruit tree, much taller than the orange, but of\\nless denseness, both in the branches and foliage, resembling in its growth and appear-\\nance the magnolia. The fruit when matured is not very unlike the pear in color and\\nshape, while its size is perhaps two or three times that of an ordinary-sized pear. It\\nhas a flavor which is peculiarly its own, and cannot be likened to anything we have\\never tasted, and as a relish it is much liked by almost every one who tries it. This\\nfruit suffers no more from transportation than the orange, and as soon as it receives\\nthe deserved attention its cultivation will be increased and the Northern markets\\nsupplied.\\nThe Peach, which is grown more or less in all the Southern States, but which is\\nnot indigenous to this State, does well with us, in a measui-e. That is to say, the\\ngreat difticulty Avhieh seems attached to its cultivation with us is our mild winters,\\nwhich cause irregularity in its fruiting, frequently blooming so early and so often as\\nto cause the tree to drop every bloom for two or three consecutive years.\\nBut the most prominent, important and widely cultivated of all the fruits that\\nare properly and easilj- produced in this county, as well as in the State, is the Oeange,\\nwith its sister fruits of the citrus family. And under the citrus genus is compassed\\nall the varieties of the orange, lemon, limes, citron, shaddock and grape fruit, num-\\nbering in all more than one hundred species. In respect to the cultivation of the\\norange, Florida, on account of her peculiarities of climate, soil and season, stands\\nsuperior to all other sections of the globe and will ever maintain her present\\nsuperiority. But it is only within the last few years that orange growing has assumed\\nthe proportions of an industry, although it is more than probable that the Spaniards", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "39\\nupon their first settlement of St. Augustine planted and successfully cultivated this\\nnow popular fruit. True, that in ante-bellum days, many Floridians planted groves\\nnear St. Augustine and along the St. Johns and Indian rivers, and even some on\\nTampa Bay but those were more in the nature of ornaments and embellishments of\\nthe houses of the independent and rich. Go back twenty years, and you will find\\nthat the large proportion of people in South and Middle Florida were too poor to give\\nanj- attention to orange culture. The struggle was a daily and continuous one for\\nthe necessaries of life and no time was left for anything else, and then, too, there were\\nno means of transportation so that really it was not until after the late war was\\nONer, and our State became renowned for its salubrious climate and was flooded with\\nour Northern friends in pursuit of health and pleasure, that the delicious delicacy of\\nthe rich golden fruit, hanging amid the dark green foliage of its mother tree,\\nattracted the eye and awakened a craving for it, which soon increased the demand\\nand tliereby .started what has since been appropriately termed the orange fever.\\nAnd since then down to the present time thousands upon thousands of tourists, in-\\nvalids and speculators, drawn thither by the reports of the happier forerunners, have\\ncontinued to come, and hundreds of them, enticed by the promising profitable invest-\\nment, have purchased lands and planted groves, until now the State is dotted from\\nJiieksonville to Punta Rassa and from the Atlantic to the Gulf with orange groves of\\nevery age and size, from the seedlings fresh from the nursery to the full-bearing\\ntrees.\\nOn account of the immense number engaged in this industry, it is son)etimes\\nasked bj unthinking men if the market will not be over-stocked when all these groves\\ncome into bearing, and as a necessary sequence the profits become a minus\\nfiuantitj-. The question on its face is absurd, and is almost as foolish as that one\\nwhich queries, Will not the boom fall out of South Florida after a while? To the\\nfirst question, as to the market becoming over-stocked, a thinking mind will reason,\\nthe demand creates a market, the supply controls the price. Where the supply is\\nsmall the price is high and the demand is limited. Where the supply is great the\\nprice becomes low and the demand more general. To bring all the groves in Florida\\nnow into bearing simply means to open a larger market for oranges, and to place\\nwithin the reach of those too poor to buy now this delicious fruit of the South. The\\nprices of oranges may go down, and of a right ought to when the crop is increased,\\nbut if a man can get a cent apiece for his crop he can coin money out of a five-acre\\nbearing grove. Moreover, further than this practical way of looking at this question,\\nit is estimated that of the consumption of oranges in the United States only one-\\ntwelfth is furnished by Florida, the remainiiiir eleven-t\\\\velfths being received from\\naliroad. And right on the face of this it is admitted by all fair judges that of all the\\noranges in the markets the Florida orange is by far the most supeiior, which fact is\\nillustrated practically by the ever-recurring fraud of palming dfT foreign oranges as\\nthe fruit from Florida.\\nAs to the second idle ([uestion, Won t the boom fall ovit of South Florida? Yes,\\nwe answer, that is, when they will have no cold, ice and snow in the North, when\\nangel health sits ever on their breezes, and they have no pidmonary diseases\\nwhen Tampa Bay freezes over, and the orange trees of South Florida are laden\\nwith icicles and snow-fiakt S when you bankrupt the North, and destroy the balmy\\nair and genial climate of South Florida then, and not till then, will the boom fall\\nout.\\nBut to return to the orange culture. We might here in thi.s connection enter into\\nan analysis of the climatic influences and the soil to show why the orange is more\\nsuccessfully grown here than in other counties but when a fact has been generally\\nadmitted, we consider that time would be wasted in advancing other proofs. Already", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "40\\nat the very lowest calculation there is now invested in orange groves throughout the\\nState more than $10,000,000, with a large and inviting field for much lai ger invest-\\nments. This, as well as other Southern counties, did not at first take the fever\\nand give much attention to the culture of the orange, owing to the very poor and im-\\nperfect modes of transportation for the fruit to market. But now that we are at the\\nterminal point of many railroads projected, and one already completed, this county\\nwill not long remain second to any in the State. The soil in nearly eveiy section of\\nthe county is adapted to the successful cultivation of the citrus fruits and where the\\nlands are classed poor, nature has provided an abundance of good and cheap fertilizer\\nwhich can be readily and cheaply applied in such a manner as to render them very\\nproductive. The soil, as has been already remarked, is peculiarly fitted for the appli-\\ncation of such fertilizers, and some of our finest groves are on our poorest pine lands.\\nIn this connection we quote from Capt. K. W. Shupeldt s (U. S. Navy) Report of\\nExploration and Surveys The soil in which these fine Chimalapa oranges grow is\\npeculiar, being a very clean white sand, and it is on account of this\\npeculiarity of the soil, no doubt, that the fruit is so unusually fine. As to the profits\\nwhich have been received from such investments, we can only say that time and again\\na thousand dollars have been cleared from a single acre, and there is one tree twenty-\\nthree miles east of Tampa which in 1880 yielded a few over 10,000 oranges. Yet with\\nthis, as with all other businesses, thei e are some few obstacles in the way of certain\\nsuccess. Being a very recent business pursuit, much has yet to be learned by exper-\\nience and experiments, so that many of the theories in regard to the best modes of\\ncultivation are somewhat conflicting.\\nIn 1880 the number of bearing orange trees in this county was estimated at\\n18,683, and their yield at 4,409,150, and their value at $45,410.2.5. Of course with the\\nfour years boom the number has enormously increased, and their yield and value\\ncorrespondingly. We do not think we would be far from right if we were to say that\\nthe number, etc., is now double what it was in 1880. The other members of the citrus\\nfamily, with their numerous diiferent varieties, are also extensively and successfully\\ncultivated throughout the county, although our space forbids an extended notice of\\nthem. Below we give an approximate estimate of the cost to bring a piece of wild\\nland into a bearing grove. The price of the land avUI vary according to location, char-\\nacter, etc. Our calculation is based on a ten-acre tract\\n10 acres, say at $1.25, Government price 112 -50\\n(Private lands run all the way from this to $100 per acre.)\\nClearing and fencinia; with rails, at $20 per acre 200 00\\n(This of course depends lai gely upon the character and location of the land, as\\nwell as the accessibility of rail-timber.)\\nDwelling and houses (the dwelling, a cottage of i rocjms, and plain, rough outhouses) 250 00\\n1,000 one-year-old trees 75 00\\nLabor setting out trees 10 00\\nExpense of cultivating and fertilizing same for eight years, at $75 per year 600 00\\n$1,147 .50\\nThis is on the assumption that the proprietor does no labor himself and buys his\\nfertilizers. Many ten-acre groves in this county now worth many thousands of dollars\\nwere made with far less expense than what this estimate shows. We have in our\\nmind s eye one grove in this county that cannot be bought for $20,000 to-day, that\\nreally cost the owner nothing except the original price of the land and his own labor.\\nAnd now, in conclusion, we say for further information concerning orange culture\\nwe cordially invite you to come to our county and be an eye witness to the means\\nand processes used in it, as the limits of this publication forbid greater elaboration.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": ",,^v \u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abn^a\u00c2\u00bb.\\nRAILROADS.\\nThe railroad facilities of this section are as yet comparatively little developed,\\nthere now being but one road which traverses this county, and which has its ter-\\nminus at Tampa. This road furnishes gooil transportation and accommodations,\\nand the many passengers who continually fill its coaches attest its convenience. It\\nis known as the South Florida Kailroad, and connects the St. Johns river on the cast\\nwith Tampa bay on the west, making the distance of 115 miles in five and a half\\nhours, including stops at the many thriving little villages and towns which have\\nsprung up all along its line. Besides this road eight others have been chartered, and\\nmost of which number propose to have their terminus at the head of Tampa Bay,\\nwith branches running to various points in the lower counties. Prominent among\\nthese proposed roads is the International Railroad and Steamship Line, and very\\nrecently Gen. John B. Gordon, its renowned President, remarked while stopping at\\nthe H. B. Plant Hotel that in less time than a year he woidd retiu-n to this place on\\nthrougli cars from the North. The Yulee, system, or what is now known as the\\nFlorida Railway and Navigation Company, already has trains running to within\\nforty miles of our county line, and is making rapid strides towards Tampa, while the\\nFlorida Southern and the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West have a large number\\nof hands grading their road-beds to our desirable city. Gf course we do not pretend\\nto say that out of the eight proposed roads none will fall through, although we have\\nno right to question either the good faith or ability of any of them, and we do believe\\nin the sincerity of our hearts, and not without good show of reason, that the larger\\nper cent, will be constructed, not including the International and Yulee systems,\\nwhich are certain and fixed.\\nThe day is not far distant in the dim future when Tampa, as (juite a railroad ter-\\nmini and center, as well as the entry port for the many large vessels sailing between\\nthis and the countries of Central and South .Vmerica, will have assumed the propor-\\ntions of a city which will surpass anything in the State of Florida, and will place her\\nin the rank to which her position as the Queen of the Bays so justly entitles her.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "42\\nAPPLY TO THIS AGENCY FOR ANYTHING REFERRING TO\\nLAND OR INVESTMENTS.\\nOFtE^^ID\\nThe Advertisement of the\\n^HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY^\\nREAL-E8TflTE*AGENGY\\nON F\u00c2\u00bbAQK TO.\\nCITY*HOTEL,\\nTAMPA, FLA.\\nJ, FORQUER SON, PROPRIETORS,\\nThe City Hotel is situated near tlae South Florida Railroad depot and convenient to the differ-\\nent wharves. It is entirely new and equipped second to none in Tampa; has forty well-ventilated\\nrooms, each room having an outside window, and rooms of all sizes, single, double and for fam-\\nilies. Three stories with halls each way also open and closed piazzas; and will be ready to open\\nOctober 1st, with all the modern improvements, with two dining rooms on the European Plan.\\nTERM8-$2 PER DAY; $10 PER WEEK: $35 PER MONTH.\\ne BAGGAGE o HANDLED FREE TO AND FROM a HOTEL*\\nWrite to this Agency for information on the best and cheapest route to this part\\nof Florida. You can save nionev ))V it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "FISH,\\nThe artificial propaj ation and raising of fisii has within recent years attracted\\nmuch attention and caused many experimental tests to be made both in America and\\nEurope but with us in Hillsborough county, who possess such an extensive coast\\nline, and whose large bays and many lakes afford such admirable fishing grounds,\\nthis (luestion has no practical intei-est. The great abundance and variety of fish to\\nbe found in our bays, rivers, creeks and lakes, make fish ponds of an artificial nature\\n(luite unnecessary. All our waters abound in fish of the most excellent quality, such\\nas the black bass, pike, jack, trout, bream and the many varieties of the perch\\nfamily, among which may be classed the red snapper, grouper, sheepshead, red fish,\\nblack fish, pompano, Spanish mackerel, rock fisl mullet, and a long list of what are\\ncalled pan fish. As an economical and delicious article of food, fish is appreciated\\nand used throughout the length and breadth of the universe, so it is no surprising\\nfact that catching and selling them constitutes an industry fi-om which no inconsider-\\nable revenue is derived. Along the coast of HilLsborough and at many points in the\\nbays fishing is engaged in very extensively, and besides the immense quantities which\\nare consumed at home, numbers are packed in ice and shipped fresh to other states,\\nwhile large quantities are cleaned, salted, dried and sent to the interior, where the\\nlisli are not so abundant. The fishing as a business is done chiefly with seines and\\nnets, and the strikes, as they call the catch, are frequently astounding to an inland\\nstranger, often running up to hundreds of barrels. Fre(iuent pleasure or sporting\\nexcursions are made down the Bay to the principal fisheries, and sometimes parties\\nwith their families spend several weeks in the enjoyment of this nomadic life and\\nfascinating sport. The run of the nsh, as the season for fisliing is called, begins\\nabout the first of October and lasts until sometime late in the spring, during which\\ntime many small boats containing parties of two or three can be seen anchored all\\nalong the bay and river. Under this head we may also mention the gieen turtle,\\nwhich is a staple commodity of these waters. They sell readily here in our markets,\\nand large numbers of them are shipped North alive, where the fastidious taste of\\nepicures makes the demand great and the remuneration for catching and handling\\nconsiderable.\\nOysters and clams are to be found in great abundance all along the coast and at\\nmany places in the bays, and are very large and fine indeed. These are only to be\\nfound in salt waters, and are taken by means of iron tongs fastened to long Vooden", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "44\\nliandles, and on short notice the oystermen furnish them, to places in the interior,\\nfresh from the beds. In this county all kind of fishing is yet in its infancy, but no\\ndoubt as the county becomes more thickly populated, a business of great importance\\nand magnitude will spring out of the fishing interest. In this connection we may\\nthrow in a few words in reference to the shell mqunds of the State, the largest of\\nwhich is perhaps found on the old military reservation of Fort Brooke, adjoining\\nTampa, and which, on account of its size, speaks eloijuently of the palatableness of\\nthe shell fish as food for the Indians. The archaeologists have examined these\\nmounds with much care and interest, and the theory generally arrived at is that once\\nevery year or season the Indians, either as a tribe or family, came down to some\\nconvenient point on the coast to have a picnic on shell fish, and coming frequently\\nto the same place, and dropping the sliells where the fish were eaten, unconsciously\\nand without design on their part these mounds grew to the proportions we now find.\\nPerhaps this is the most rational, common-sense view of accounting for the shell\\nmounds which everywhere bedot the coast of Florida.\\nA FLORIDA LAKE.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "TIMBER INTERESTS.\\nStrange, indeed, would it be did not this county, whose fine timber, both of pine\\nand cypress is so plentiful and abundant, engage to a considerable extent in the lum-\\nber ti-ade, in which, as we have before remariced, there has been found independence\\nand wealth. With a land surface of about 542,928 acres (rough estimate), which is\\ncontinually being cleared of its timber for purposes of agriculture and improvements\\nin many other ways, our saw-nulls are constantly supplied with the most desirable\\nmaterial, the sale of which, after it has undergone the process of sawing and general\\ndressing, is accomplished without any effort whatever on the part of the seller.\\nI ntil recently, on account of our linuted and poor communication with the outside\\nworld, the immigration to this section was not nearly so great nor were improvements\\nso general, and as a consequence no small per cent, of the timber which was cut by tlie\\nnatives ui the clearing of land for agricultural and horticultural purposes was not\\nutilized, but was on the contrary suffered to remain in heaps of logs, which of course\\nwould in a reasonable time decay. Oidy tliat portion of it was used which the then\\nlimited home cousumi)tion demanded and now, when our facilities for transportation\\nare improving and broadening both in respect to quantity and time, our people would\\nindeed be dead to the times and their interest did they not follow the example of Pen-\\nsacola and other ports along the Florida coast and establish lumber j-ards for the ship-\\nment of lumber to all parts of our great country. But the excuse which they now\\nliave for not so doing, and it is a most legitimate one, is that this section, on account\\nof tiie immense number of buildings which have been, are being and will be erected,\\ndemands more than can be supplied. We clearly see, however, tliat not far in the\\nfuture a foreign lumber yard will be established in this county, which, on account of\\nits advantages in the way of water communication, will be one of the best patronized\\nof any in the State, there l)eing but two harbors on the Florida coast which carry on\\nany extensive trade in this line of commerce, and over either of which Tampa Bay can\\nboast over one because of its not so convenient accessibility to timber, and over the\\nother because of its greater distance by several hundred miles from those pouits on the\\nAtlantic coast where are found the great lumber markets of the North and East. As\\nwe have already endeavored to impress on you, Tampa is quite a commercial center,\\naround which in the radius of many miles there is an extensive scope of countrj-\\ndepending upon her for supplies and since it has been found, by those who have", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "46\\nexperinieuted sufficiently to judge, that goods of an imperishable nature can be brouglit\\nto this point by water with less cost than by rail, we can see no good reason why a\\nforeign lumber yard cannot be established, and instead of allowing the vessels which\\nbring such goods here to return to the Northern ports empty, fill their holds with our\\nsawed yellow pine, which, on account of its quality, and also the spai-seness of good\\nbuilding material in other regions, will always enjoy a ready and (luick sale in the\\nNoi thern ports. Both Mexico and Central America depend upon Florida for the cross-\\nties to be used on their railroads, and points on Tampa Bay are ceilainly as convenient\\nfor their shipment, and in some respects more so, than any of the other harbors so\\nnotwithstantling the insufficient appropriations of Congress up to date, we predict that\\nTampa within a comparatively short space of time will be the center of a veiy consid-\\nerable lumber trade with foreign places, and by foreign we mean such as are not within\\nthe limits of the State of Florida, for already from some stations on the South Florida\\nKailroad, and points on the Bay and Manatee river, orders are continually received for\\nfine building material from the mills in this vicinity. As to the quality of Florida\\ntimber in general, we can do no better than to make use of a quotation from the New\\nYork Mercantile Journal, which is also to be found in ex-Commissioner Adams\\npamphlet of 1873\\nYellow pine flooring and step planks from Florida are in fair demand at $30 per\\nthousand feet, while inferior lumber made in North and South Carolina moves slowly\\nat from $23 to $25 per thousand. The yellow pine, so-called, growing in the Carolinas,\\nis objectionable for many reasons. In the first place, the tree is of a different and less\\nenduring species, and has a greater proportion of sap wood and black knots and in\\nthe second place, it is from those trees from which the manufacturers of turpentine and\\npitch get their material, thus depriving them of the ingredient upon which the durability\\nand pecuUar excellence of this kind of wood depends. Owners should always require\\nin their specifications that the yellow pine to be used in first-class buildings should be\\nof the growth of Florida. So we can clearly perceive that which explicates the\\npeculiar and constant demand for the Florida pine is its excellent quality. As to the\\nextent and vastness of the growth of the pine in this and otlier sections of the State,\\nsome idea may be gathered from General Andrew Jackson s celebrated observation,\\nthat the forests were so overgrown with trees of large spreading branches, it was\\nwith difficulty that a man even on foot was able to travel through them. Estimating\\nthat on a general average each acre of land now contains -5,000 feet of timber, which,\\nhowever, is an exceedingly low calculation, this coimty would have in its limits\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2426,204,000 feet of available lumber, and as the pine is ordinarily generative, the sup-\\nply of timber in this comity, according to the rate of its present consumption, is, we\\nmay say, almost inexhaustible, especially as it is positively asserted by parties com-\\npetent to judge that in the country adjoining Pensacola, notwithstanding her immense\\nmill capacity, the timber grows faster than it can be cut down.\\nThe Bay, the Hillsborough and Alafia rivers, as well as the many smaller\\nstreams, aft ord ample water for the drifting of tlie many rafts of logs which are con-\\ntinually floated to the mills. The trees having been cut down and cut into convenient\\nlengths, are hauled by the large log-carts to the nearest stream and there connected\\ntogether into a raft, which, as soon as the tides are favorable, is allowed to drift to the\\nmill, where long ago they have been bargained for. But the pine, we wish you to\\nunderstand, is not the only ti ee used in our lumber-making and lumber commerce.\\nOur swamps contain large bodies of the finest cypress, from which can be sawed the\\nmost desirable shingles it is also well adapted to nearly all the pui-poses for which\\npine is used, besides it is considerably used in boat and ship-building, and the trans-\\npoi-tation and sale of this wood to the North and East will in the course of time foi m\\nno insignificant branch of business.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "A FLORIDA UIVEK AND HAMMOCK SCENE.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "48\\nCedar is also found in large quantities in our swamps and low hammock lands, and\\nit is principally from the Florida mills that all the Northern factories are supplied\\nwith their wood material for making pencils and various other articles, and notable\\namong these are Faber s and Dixon s factories. Upon our high hammock lands the\\nlive oak, so durable and lasting, is also of very considerable growth, and it is from\\nthis tree, which is frequently enormous in size, that most of the ship knees are made,\\nit being the most suitable wood for this and other purposes in ship-building. There\\nare now in this county, by actual count, over thirty mills, some of them not only doing\\nthe usual common mill work, but in addition to sawing and general dressing of lum-\\nber, some convert it into doors, sashes, blinds and window-sills of various kinds and\\ndesigns.\\nBlack walnut is also grown in this section, though to a limited extent, but since\\nthe cheapness and fertility of the lands will admit of it, and as it is a most vigorous\\ngrower, it is proposed to plant a forest of this timber, and fi-om the experimental tests\\nalready made nothing shox-t of success is predicted and expected. All along the banks\\nof the streams both large and small, and along the coast, the large and elegant mag-\\nnolia, with its beautiful and fragrant flowers, is found in its native soil, and also in\\nmany places the red bay, which, however, is only a different species of the same\\nfamily. From these trees is obtained a most desirable wood for cabinet work, on\\naccount of its dark color and beautiful veins. It is commonly known as the Florida\\nmahogany, and as it is of considerable worth and grown without any culture what-\\never, it will command careful attention and consideration. We are not disposed to\\npraise the Florida pine and other timbers beyond their true worth and just merit, yet\\nwe would impress upon those who have been so patient as to read the simply stated\\nand unvarnished facts, not to let Florida be undervalued and misunderstood in this\\nrespect, since timber constitutes one of the important industries of the world. And\\nsince in our county grow well nearly all the various kinds of woods woods from which\\nwe can make houses, ships, furniture, barrel-staves and hoops, in fact, articles of\\nnearly- any and every description we would indeed be blind to our own interests, as\\nwe remarked in the beginning, did we not vigorously grasp the many natural advan-\\ntages and not allow them to pass untouched and unnoticed.\\nx:", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "CATTLE INTEREST.\\nNo other industry in South Florida up to within a few years past was engaged in\\nnear so extensiveh or by any means embraced so much capital as that which is\\ncommonly known as stock-growing, the principal and chief branch of which pursued\\nin this county being the raising of cattle of the more important stamp. Until quite\\nrecently moi e wealth and riches have accrued to the dealer through this investment\\nthan any other, a fact which conspicuously explains the number of shrewd men con-\\nnected with it. Even the tillage of the soil was a secondary- mattei-. And at present,\\nas in the past, in all parts of the countj- are to be found numerous herds of larger or\\nsmaller cattle. They are permitted by their owners to run at -large through the\\nwoods, and they thrive and prosper in a manner remarkably well and entirely satis-\\nfactory to the parties interested. Mr. F. A. Hendry, a large cattle owner, in an article\\npublished in the Semi- Tropical Journal, says Hillsborough is a beautiful county,\\nand regarded as very pleasant and healthy, and formerly a large stock-raising district,\\nbut as the country beco^ies settled, farming and fruit-growing have to a considerable\\nextent taken the place of cattle- raising, though the county is still sparsely settled and\\nfeeds about 50,000 head of cattle, and is regarded as a fair attle range. Tlie\\nI xpenses involved in raising cattle are extremely small, there being none whatever\\nrounected with the pasturage, and it is only twice during the whole year that they\\nround up, mark and bi and the new calves, giving little or no other attention other\\ntlian this. In fact, so little expense attends tliis investment that the hide and tallow\\nof a four-year-old steer will return a surprising profit upon the cost of his keep. The\\ncharacter of the cattle raised in this county is very different from the Texas cattle\\nours presents a sm.all appearance, with thick, heav necks and fore parts, while the\\nloins are contracted, and at the age of three years will generally clear 300 or -iOO\\npounds. The beef is sold readily at from six to ten cents per pound, the price varying\\naceoiding to the selection of parts. It has been stated by some supposed to know,\\ntliat on account of the comparative lack of nutrition in the Florida grasses, tlie\\nbreed would not admit of improvement; but from our own knowledge, and from\\ninformation given us by those who have given it a fair test, we are satisfied that\\nthoroughbreds of the Durham, Devon, Jei-sey, Ayrshire, Hereford and Alderney\\nbreeds can be introduced and crossed with the natiye stock to their marked improve-\\nment. Stock-farming of all descriptions is being generally fostered by planters as a", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "50\\nremunerative addition to their farm interests, not only because it furnislies tliem with\\na fine quantity and (quality of manure, but also because the benefits of the daii-y are\\nquite profitable in this county. We have in our mind several farms of this character,\\nwhich daily supply our numerous hotels and boarding houses with milk and cream of\\nthe richest flavor. The butter also made from this milk is simply excellent, and it\\nnow bids fair to take a place among the rapidly growing industries of the many local-\\nities in this county.\\nBut to return to the cattle industry in its largest phase. To one wholly unac-\\nquainted with this subject, or one only partially so, the manner of management and\\nrearing would possess a peculiar interest, and as we could not in the least wise describe\\nit more perfectlj^ and concisely, we quote the following from the same article of Mr.\\nHendry s, to which we referred above First, the cattle ownei s are numerous and\\nwork in harmony for the common good, as the success of each depends upon the faith-\\nful co-operation of all. Cattle pens are erected at convenient points for gathering m\\nthe stock, always selecting localities where there is plenty of water, shade and good\\ngrazing. Our pens are built of pine logs generally, but sometimes of palmetto and\\ncypress, and are so arranged as to have partitions for parceling into small lots or\\ndivisions. These pens are located generally from ten to fifteen miles apart, so that\\nthe herdsmen can pen their stock conveniently in whatever direction it may be found.\\nThe hunting parties generally consist of ii-om six to ten active young men, well\\nmounted on tough, hardy and fleet ponies. Each party has a wagon and team to\\ntransport the camp equipage and supplies, and each cow boy is prepared with a good\\ncow whip, tin cup, wallet and saddle-bags. The teamster acts in the double capacity\\nof teamster and cook. The party generally separates from the team but one day,\\ncoming together at night. Thus equipi3ed, the hmiters start out early in the morning,\\nthe leader laying out the day s hunt, the party generally dividing into two or three\\nsections. The leader is generally a man thoroughly conversant with the range, the\\nmarks and brands of each owner, and has the general supervision of the hunt, keeping\\na strict account of the supplies, the cost of the same, and also the counting and num-\\nbering the calves marked, and the beeves gathered and sold of each owner. The meji\\nare all in the saddle by sunrise in the morning, ready and anxious for their labors.\\nThe cattle are heard in the distance the calves bleating, the cows lowing and bellow-\\ning in every direction. Orders are given to drive everythhig, great or small, and to\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0pen or bring together at night all cattle found in a certain scope. The cattle are gen-\\nerally collected on burns, where there is plenty of green wii-e grass, and are in small\\nlots of from three to fifty head, where they are found and collected in one large drove,\\nthe gathering continued until the heat of the day, when the droves are conducted to\\nsome kno\\\\vn spot of shade, water, etc., the cattle ready to stand quiet, and the order\\ngiven to rest for two or three hours, the hunters dismoimt and strip their tired horses,\\nand man and beast find refreshment. By this time a large drove of from five hmidred\\nto one thousand are collected, consisting of calves from one to two days old to the\\nlargest bulls and steers that roam the forest. When refreshed, all hands mount their\\nhoi ses and start the drove in the direction of the ranch or pens, moving at the rate of\\nabout one mile per hour. The herd is driven into the pens, the bars or gates are\\nsecured, and all hands, wearied, dusty, himgry and thirsty, repair to the camp\\nand after supper the horses are rubbed down, watered and fed, and turned loose on\\nthe luxuriant grass which abounds in almost every loccility. The marking\\nand branding is the most laborious labor of any connected with the whole business,\\nand it usually takes a whole day to mark, brand and regulate one of these herds.\\nAfter the beef cattle are selected and separated, the calves are all marked and the\\nhei d are all turned oack upon the range whence they came, and the party proceeds to\\nrepeat the same labor in other directions.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "52\\nThe above account, which is true as well as miaute, will enable you by your own\\ncalculations to arrive at the small cost of this line of business, and as the cattle trade\\nhas proven profitable in the past, so in the future will it rank high among our indus-\\ntries, until all the available lands in this and the other counties shall be subjected to\\nthe purposes of agriculture. Tlie cattle men, however, are generally speaking the\\nshrewdest men in the county, and certainly deserve encomiums for the manner in\\nwhich they have trained themselves to forestall future events, and when their own\\ninterests and the good of the country require it, which, however, is yet in the future,\\nthey can and will turn their talents and attention to something else. Apart from home\\nconsumption. Key West and Cuba are our most important markets. The trade with\\nthose points was first established by Capt. James McKay, Sr., whose memory, though\\nhe has long since departed from the sorrows and trials of this life, will ever remain\\ndear to a grateful people. We may safely say that on an average there are annuallj-\\nshipped to Key West and Cuba about 18,000 head of beef cattle from the five counties of\\nHillsborough, Polk, Manatee, Monroe and Brevard. It may seem strange, but neverthe-\\nless it is a fact admitted, that the Florida beef finds readier sale with the Cubans than\\nheavy Texas beef and the reason given by the Cubans is that the meat is so much more\\nagreeable to the taste. The trade with these markets continues for about four\\nmonths, commencing about the last of May and terminating some time in September\\nor October. In reference to the gathering and herding of cattle, it strikes us that few\\npictures can be more pleasing and beautiful than an immense prairie covered with a\\nfresh coat of green grass as far as the sight can reach, whose surface is dotteil all over\\nwith the scattered herds like the cattle upon a thousand hills.\\nAs to that branch of stock-raising which has sheep for its object, the very least\\nwe can say is that wherever a fair trial has been granted it, profitable results have\\nalways been experienced. We are free to admit that in those portions of the county\\nwhere vegetation is comparatively sparse and coarse, while sheep will prosper on it at\\na fair rate, they produce an inferior quality of both wool and mutton yet by their\\ncontinued presence and under their gx-azing, the pine lands become enriched, and it is\\nfound that sheep and new characters of vegetation prove of mutual benefit to each\\nother. Of course the better class of lands furnish pasturage, upon which the flocks\\nflourish more than ordinarily well from the beginning, and the profits received from\\ntheir wool and mutton give a large per cent, upon the capital invested. In compailson,\\nwe may say that notwithstanding the fact that cattle-raising has ever been a paying\\nindustry, it is thought by many that sheep will prove somewhat more profitable.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "TAMPA BAY.\\nSeiisations of utter inability, begetting the most disturbing apprehensions, fret\\nthe bi ain, as we propose to dwell for a few moments upon a subject which has inspired\\nthe romantic writers to their greatest and most glorious effoils. What child in all\\nAmerica has not had his little breast to heave with emotions of excitement and fei-vent\\ngratitude, as he devoured with eagerness page alter page of that pleasing little volume\\nentitled The Young Marooners. And it was in Tampa Bay that this family met\\nwith all their wonderful experiences and mysterious mishaps. This beautiful and\\nniagniticent expanse of water, which has often been pronounced by U. S. Coast Sur-\\nveying parties to be the best harbor south of Pensacola, is wholly situated in Hills-\\nliorough county, and extends from the Gulf on the southwest for more than forty\\nmiles in a northeasterly direction, having an average width of twelve or fifteen miles.\\nAt its northern extremity a projection of land divides it into two large anus, which are\\ncommonly known as Old Tampa and Hillsborough Bays, and at the head of the latter is\\nthe present site of Tampa, which city we have already spoken of. Emptying into\\nit from all directions are numerous interesting and highly picturesque streams, some\\nof them taking their source from far inland, among the most important of which are\\nthe Hillsborough, Alalia and Little Manatee rivers, whose waters are Uiavigable for\\nsmall boats for many miles. A person standing upon the deck of one of the elegant\\nsteamers plowing this grand body of water at the rate of twelve^ or lilteen knots an\\nhour, will be charmed and enriianted with the tropical and semi-tropical scenery\\nwhich meets the gaze on every side, and many are the ejaculations of admiration and\\nastonishment. The forests of cabbage i)alm tto nodding their evergreen plumes in\\nthe nioniing sun, the statelj date palms and olive trees on Snead s Island, on tlu^ north\\nside of the Bay, and the pretty villas surrounded by the young orange and banana\\ngroves on the south side, form a landscape of rare tropical beauty, unexcelled in the\\nLand of Flowers and unrivaled by the fairest scenes in Italia s famed land. The\\nTampa Trihtine of recent date contains an article on Tampa Bay by Mr. S. A. Jones,\\nwhich for its clear presentation of truths and a straightfonvaixl statement of facts\\ncannot be excelled. From it we extmct the following\\nStranger, have you ever thought of a lake forty miles long and over one huiulre l\\nmiles of shore, and all these shores visible to the traveler of the Southern coast?\\nThis wonderful lake will and does float the largest size vessels, and also this wonderful\\nlake has an outlet that all the trade by ships, and from all over the world, can come", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "54\\nin her waters and find a good and safe harbor, and railroad connections to transport\\ntheir cargoes to all the North and West, the only air line route from the great\\nBahamas, West Indies, Cuba and the South American and Caribbean ports. This\\nbeautiful lake is surrounded bj a rich, healthy and fertile country, and it abounds\\nwith every kind of scale and shell fish in superabundance. This lake has bathing\\ngrounds superior to those of Saratoga, and a great and surprising thing is that its\\nwaters are wann and pleasant to bathe in from one year s end to the other. Those\\nliving along her shores are fanned by the soft salt breezes that purify the air and per-\\nmeate the system with health and strength, no matter from whence the wind maj blow.\\nThere are no swamps to distribute the malaria that mox e or less prevails in all of\\nthem. This wonderful lake assures all who settle near her shores a healthy home, and\\nsure and cheap transportation to market for all their fruits and vegetables. Eight\\nhere let me say that on the shores of this lake can be produced all kmds of tropical\\nfruits and many of the finest and most delicate varieties that cannot be raised any-\\nwhere north of these waters. This lake has a number of feeders in the shape of\\nnavigable rivers penetrating far into the comitry, to induce those in the interior to raise\\nmany products on accoimt of easy and cheap transportation to the great markets of the\\nworld. This lake has so many advantages over our sister counties lakes that we fear\\nto say more about it, else we may break the charm. While we do know and feel that\\nthose little inland mirrors are beautiful reflections from our great mother lake of them\\nall, but to find a business home and pleasure home combined none can offer the\\ninducements, convenience and facilities that we offer. This lake has not long been\\nknown to the outer world, but is now just begimiing to invite people to come and air\\nthemselves in her gentle breezes. None have ever rested on her bosom that have not\\ngiven her a pledge that soon they would return and cast their lots forever by her\\nenticing shores. There is also a beautiful little city filled with live and enterprising\\npeople on the shores of this lake a city that is destined to be the metropol is of the\\nSouth. It has all the conveniences of a modem city under construction, and in a short\\ntime will be filled with people from every clime. Already the great medicine men\\nhave heard of her glory as a home for the sick and feeble, and have come to discuss\\nher merits as to the advisability of sending their sick here to be cured not by\\nmedicines, but by the health-giving breezes that rise from this beautiful lake. And\\nright well do they talk over the wonderful pure air that they could not believe existed\\nuntil they came to see for themselves. Now there is room for many thousands on this\\nlake, and we will welcome you to its shores. Just read the papers that go out from its\\nshores shortly, and you will find a cheap way to come and a cheap way to stay. This\\nis one of God s choicest blessings to the American men and women, and none should\\nfail to come and see it. There are no great swarms of insects, and ponds of crocodiles\\nand snakes there are no swamps and pestilence, as has been so often told you for\\nfear that you might come for none have ever come who did not pledge themselves to\\nreturn. For the fact is self-evident that this lake region is destined to soon be the\\ngrand winter and summer resort of tlie United States. It is told abroad and also in\\nour own State, to the discredit of our neighbors of the northern and eastern parts of\\nour State, that this great lake comitry is filled with cut-throats and that malaria is\\never present, none of which is true and it is a burning shame that the people visiting\\nthis State will hear people abusing all sections but the dear, beloved spot on which\\nthey live. It is either that the railroads will entirely miss this or that locality, and\\nthe absolute fact that some of our near neighbors are foolish enough to trj to make\\nstrangers believe that this great lake which we speak of is to be left out entirely, and\\ntheir beautiful pools are to be the great commercial centers of the State. Now we\\nwant to see a fine sanitarium and village on the banks of them, but do not try to\\ndelude the unsuspecting strangers with the idea that these little pools have anything", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "55\\nto do with the great commerce of the world. All we ask is that all who come to\\nFlorida, take the map of our State and county, when one glance will convince you\\nthat this lake I have tried to lay before you possesses advantages possessed by none in\\nthe South showing, beside, when the railroad gives us through lines north, we are on\\nthe only practicable air line east, west and north from the great world south of Florida.\\nAlready the enterprising men of the South Florida Railroad are fast arranging to\\ncarry the great Northern mails south through this lake and return with the sugar, tea,\\ncoffee and fruit trade of the South American ports. Soon this lake will be made a\\njiort of entry, and it is onlj a question of time as to when tine custom houses will be\\nbuilt on her shores. We will close by saying, when you start to Florida cast your eye\\non the map and look closely at Tampa Bay, and buy your ticket straight through.\\nYou can tind all these advantages, beauties, comforts and health here, and in the\\nfast-growing city of Tampa, beautifully located on her banks. Let those that under-\\nstand read and be wise.\\nAX OllANOK NllSSKKV.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "A MAMJlcJTH FLORIDA TREE.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "EARLY VEGETABLES.\\nThe production of early vegetables in Florida has of late years been engaged in\\nliiite extensively, and especially in the Southern counties in geneml and Hillsborough\\nin particular, and their shipment to the Noilhern markets is assuming such enoi-mous\\nproportions that in time Florida will prove as famous and renowned on accoimt of her\\nvegetables as she is on account of her fine oranges and other fruits. It is already\\nadjudged by those who engage in it a most important and profitable feature of her\\nindustries. It is on record that in the early season cabbages were shipped from\\nTallahassee, and the returns from the Northern markets to the shippers showed a net\\nprofit of SiJOO per acre; and since Hillsborough county is situated several hundred\\nmiles to the southward, and can and does produce almost every description of vegeta-\\nbles, there is no good reason why the same handsome profits cannot be realized from\\nthe shipments of this place. In Sovilh Florida more than any other section of the\\nState, tomatoes, cucumbers and beans hav been the most important articles for siiip-\\nluent up to the present time; but on its fertile soil pe.as, potatoes, cabbages and many\\nother vegetables can be grown at seasons which will command for them fancy prices.\\nAt the lowest and most liberal calculations, it is estimated that from $400 to $700 can\\nlie easily realized on one acre of cal l)age or potatoes, and such calculations are made\\nfrom a few experimental shipments which were made during the past season. The\\nprofits which have accrued to the truckman from cucumbers alone are really surpris-\\ning. The great difficulty which has attended this brancli of Hillsborough s industries\\nwas her lack of quick and reliable transportation but at present her facilities may bo\\n^-aid to be fair, and the good promise of their nudtiplication and enlargement predicts\\nan era in vegetabkvgrowing in this county hitherto unknown in these Southern States.\\nThe sweet potato is the most universal, or more nearly so tiian any of the other\\nvegetables, tiie cause, perhaps, lieing its ea.sj- propagation from the roots, sprouts or\\n\\\\ines. It may be planted any season of the year, and need not be taken from the\\nground until required for use, except in mid-winttu\\nThe Irish potato, or white potato, is not indigenous to these parts, but, it is said,\\nwas introcluced into America by the Spaniards, from whence it was earricnl to England\\nby Sir Walter Raleigh. It is more than probable that it got the name of Irish from\\nthe excellent quality of them produced in the soil of Ireland. This tuber has within\\nlate yejxrs attracted special attention, and is one of the most profitable of the early\\nnops in Florida. On account of our mild and equable climate, this species of potato", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "58\\nis capable of being grown from nearlj one end of tlie year to tiie otlier, and fancy\\nprices liave been realized when they have been shipped to Northern and Eastern mar-\\nkets about the time the native crop is planted or exhausted. From $125 to $150 have\\noften been realized from an aci-e of potatoes, and in some localities these figures have\\nbeen gi eatly exceeded. Considerable attention is also given to the egg plant,\\ntomatoes, onions, cabbages, peas, cucumbers, beans, squash and many others, all of\\nwhich do exceedingly well and pay surprisingly. Come and tr3 a truck farm while\\nthe orange grove grows.\\nAN OKANGE GKOVE AND LAKE.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "EDUCATIONAL.\\nThe times demand more education and less illiteracy, and the educational system\\nof this State, as provided by enactments of the Legislature, though it does admit of\\nimprov( monts in some particvdars, certainly evinces a marked determination on the\\n{)art of the people to meet so popular a demand. The system of Public Instruction is\\noverlooked by a State Superintendent, assisted by a State Board of Public Instruction,\\na County Board of Public Instruction and County Superintendent of Education for\\neach county; together with local trustees of each school. The numerous public\\nschools in each county are supported by the interest of the Public School Fund, a\\nState tax of one mill on the dollar, coupled with a county tax of not less than two and\\na half and not more than four mills on the dollar. The interest from the Fund and\\nthe receipts from the one-mill tax are distributed among the respective counties in\\nJ proportion to the number of children ranging from four to twentj -one years of age,\\nliut tliey are apportioned to the schools according to the average attendance of\\nscholars between the ages of six and twenty-one years. A teacher, in order to obtain\\none of tiieso schools, must be in possession of a certificate of qualification granted by\\nthe county school 1)oard or the State Superintendent after a due examination, and\\ntliese certificates are retiuired to be renewed every year. As to the quality of schools\\nin this county, we do not doubt but that Hillsborough can boast, since our teachers\\nare generally paid salaries which do not, as in many of the other counties, depend\\nentirely upon the public monej- which is given according to the average attendance,\\nbut are helped by private contribution or tuition, and this fact draws to us from other\\ncounties and other states a host of well-educated and well-trained teachers in search\\nof schools, and from these we have our pick.\\nThere are now in this county sixty -seven well-established schools, whicli luive\\nterms of five months every year. Besides these there are many private schools,\\ntaught by graduates of some of our best-known colleges, and in tliese, as well as in\\nour public schools, the pupils are fitted for at least the ordinary pursuits of life, while\\nin a few of a higher character sufficient education is bestowed for purposes of business\\nand profession. The scliools are all well attended, and since the teachers are not only\\nrequired to stand the regular examination to show up tlieir educational qualifications,\\nbut also to give the most satisfactory proof of their moral character, the educational\\nadvantages of this county are good and will compare very favorably with nurnj- older\\nand more thickly settled sections of the country at large.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "SPONGE INTEREST.\\nThere was a time within tlie niemoiy of the present generation when all the\\n.si)onges used in the United States were fumisheil by ships from the Mediterranean\\nVint about the yfiar 1852 the western coast of Florida began to attract minute and wide-\\nspread attention on account of the immense numbers found in the waters along this\\ncoast, and since then sponge-ttshing has been carried on all along the western coast of\\nFlorida. The fisheries are chiefly confined to the southwestern pait of the coast,\\nextending all along the shoals and reefs from St. Marks to a point oft the coast of\\nHillsborough county, a distance of several hundred miles. At fii-st these sponges\\nwere easily obtained from the fisherman at ten cents per pound, but as soon as it was\\nasceilained that their (juality compared favorably with those obtained from the\\nMediterranean, merchants began to engage in the business actively and extensively,\\nami as those gathered in the Mediterranean began to grow scarce, their demand and\\nvalue increased correspondingly.\\nAt one time the first known fisheries on the coast of the kind under discussion\\nbegan to fail, and it was tlien that an area of much more expanse was discov-\\nered, and which contained the most excellent quality of sponge. This discovery\\nseemed to endow the enterprise with a new impetus, and in that and succeeding years\\nmany places along the coast fitted out vessels for the special purpose of engaging in\\nthat basiness. Tiie effects of the weather upon the residts of the fishing are of no\\nsmall conseq\\\\ience, real rough weather rendering it entirely impracticable. A com-\\nplete failure has been experienced in some years, but such is a veiy rare occurrence,\\nand those years may be numbered upon the exceptions.\\nAs the price of any article fluctuates according to the supply, it nuitters not\\nmateriallj- whether large or small quantities are caught, the profits remaining gener-\\nally about the same. The method pursued by the spongers on the Floriila coast\\njiresents a striking t ontrast to that used in the waters of the Mediterranean. There\\nthe sponges are obtained l y the fisliermen diving for them. Here, small vessels con-\\ntaining crews of twelve or fifteen men are sent out to cruise on the sponging grounds,\\nand on arriving upon them they divide into paii s, lietaking themselves to small skiffs.\\nOne of the pair manages the skiff or dingy, as the small boat is called, while the\\nother leans as far over the side as possible, scanning as closely as possilile the ground\\nover which there generally is not a great many feet of water, and wiiich is usually\\nt lear as crystal, ami this is done with tlie aid of a common wooden bucket witii a", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "62-\\nmagnifying-glass bottom, which is put over the water and the face thrust as far into it\\nas convenient. As soon as a sponge is spied the boat is brought to an immediate\\nstand-still as near as possible by a dextrous use of the oars, and the sponge then\\nsecured by means of a two-pronged iron hook fastened to the end of a long pole. No\\nsmall amount of skill and care is required of both of the men in the boat. The pre-\\nparation of the sponge for market is also an interesting feature. They are placed\\nalong the deck of the vessel in an upright position, in order that they may defunct in\\na natural position, and while decomposition is transpiring allow the gelatinous matter\\nto escape freely. They are then thrown into pens of water built along the shore,\\nwhere the remaining matter is soaked and pressed out. From May until August is\\nconsidered the principal season for these cruises, but even in the winter months it has\\nbeen carried on with surprising success. We would not even unwittingly praise any\\nenterprise beyond its just deserts neither would we do so for selfish reasons but we\\nverily believe there is a remimerative field open to a live man in the sponge fishing,\\nand with Tampa as convenient headquarters, many vessels might be profitably\\nengaged m that trade off the west coast of this county.\\nSTEEET SCENE IN A SOUTH FLORIDA TOWN.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "CLIMATE AND HEALTH OF HILLSBOROUGH.\\nThe clLaiatc of Florida is so generally understood throughout every section of the\\ncivilized world that the reader would indeed have just cause to complain of our taxing\\nhis patience did we propose to be very prodigal in our observations upon it and to bo\\nfrank upon this subject, we would remain silent, were it not so closely connected with\\nthe health. It is not a hot climate in summer, Ijut on the contraiy is mild and subject\\nto very few atmospheric changes.\\nThe winters are neither cold nor freezing, but uniformly cool and bracing, and\\nduring the whole year the cloudy and disagreeable daj S may be regarded as the excep-\\ntions, fair, bright and sunny days being the general rule. We recognize that the sum-\\nmer is longer, but the heat is less oppressive than mid-summer at the Noi*th, which\\nfact you can gather from the following meteorology, which we extract from a pamphlet\\npublished by Dr. Wall\\nTampa, being nearly centrally situated on the Gulf coast, and some thirty miles\\ninteriorly from the Gulf at the head of Hillsborough Bay, is selected as a fair medium\\nlocality for the following meteorological observations. These are taken from the sta-\\ntistical report of the Surgeon General s Office, published in 1856 The mean temperature\\nfor the seasons and for the whole year for twenty-five years is, spring, 72 deg. 08 miii.\\nsummer, 80 deg. 20 min. autumn, 71 deg. Oi min. winter, (J2 deg. 35 rain. whole year,\\n72 deg. iS min. Tlie mean rainfall for the seasons and for tiio whole year for sixteen\\nyears is, spring, 8.51! inches summer, 28.21 mches autumn, 10. 3 inches winter, 8.01\\ninches whole year, 55.17 inches. The following summary of the weather is the mean\\nfor nine years. (The capitals indicate the direction of the wind, and the figures the\\nnumbers of days from that direction.) N., 27; N.E., 73; E.,f)0; S.E., 14; S., 10;\\nS.W.,13; W., 13; N.W.,29; fair, 215 cloudy, 143 rainy, 98.\\nFor days together New York, Boston and other Northern places show in summer\\nteniperature as high as 100 degrees it is very seldom that it ever reaches that degree\\nin Florida for a single day, generally ranging below 90 degrees. The atmosphere is\\nnot oppressive, sultiy, close or humid, but the mornings and evenings are alwaj s cool\\nand refreshing. As to the diseases, we quote from Dr. Wall again in his same publica-\\ntion. He says that the endemic diseases only comprise those of malarial origin, such\\nas intermittent and remittent fever, and of those the types are mild, tlie pernicious\\nand malignant cases being the exceptions.\\nOf the continued fevers, such as typhoid and typho-malarial, not a case lias", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "64\\noccurred within an experience of fifteen years. Tliis will be a fact of important\\nsignificance to tliose wiio recall the scourging devastation of typhoid fever at the North\\nand West. In a residence of seventeen years in Tampa, yellow fever made its appear-\\nance once, which was in 1871 since that time Tampa has been entirely free from its\\nvisitation, while Jacksonville, Femandina and Pensacola have not, a fact which goes\\nto prove that the people of this section are alive to the needs of good quarantine regu-\\nlations and also to a good internal sanitaiy condition. The dengue makes occasional\\nvisits to this section, and while it is very painful, mortality is a very seldom conse-\\nquence. This disease first made its appearance in Philadelphia, having been imported\\nfrom the West Indies. Both the j ellow fever and the dengue can be as easily stamped\\nout in the Southern as in the Northern cities, since it is not endemic but an exotic.\\nThe yellow fever has existed as an epidemic as high north as Portland, Maine.\\nIdiopathic diseases of the liver, with the exception of an occasional case of jaun-\\ndice, are unknown to Dr. Wall, and are very imcommon. Acute inflammatory affec-\\ntions of the respiratory organs except an occasional catarrh, with some bronchitis\\nare extremely infrequent as a rule, though here, as elsewhere, an epidemic influenza\\nsometimes pi-evails, during which serious pulmonary complications in some cases are\\nde^ eloped, taking their departure apparently from the epidemic disease. But idiopathic\\npneumonia and pleurisy occur very rarely, and are never so common as to be considered\\nas even approximating an endemic or an epidemic character. Diarrhoea and dysentery\\nonly occur as sporadic diseases, and never in an epidemic or malignant form. These\\ndiseases are generally mild, and readily yield to ti eatment. No case of acute rheum-\\natism has ever come mider my observation, except when the patient was also suffering\\nwith a gonorrhoeal discharge more or less acute.\\nCerebro-spinal meningitis, whether as sporadic or epidemic, is unknown in the State\\nsouth of Ocala, where it is said to have prevailed in the winter of 1863-4. Traumatic\\ntetanus occurs but very infrequently after womids or injuries, and the Doctor further\\ndeclares that this section has escaped diphtheria, though there are not wanting physi-\\ncians here, as everywhere, who, either from ignorance or an unprofessional anxiety for\\nreputation, call almost every affection of the throat diphtheria. Insolation or\\nsunstroke never occurs in either town or country. No instance of hydrophobia, in\\neither animal or human, within the State has come within our knowledge. The mor-\\ntality of this section is extremely low, and that from malarial fevers for the last few\\nyears has been nil, and so far as statistics can be made available they show a less per-\\ncentage of mortality than any other State in the Union. The entire absence of many\\ndiseases moi e or less fatal in their character, and the greater mildness of those of\\nmalarial origin, cannot fail to demonstrate the natural salubrity of the climate. Much\\nof this exemption from the graver forms of disease depends doubtless upon its great-\\ner freedom from the extremes of temperature.\\nWe have thus quoted rather fully from this valuable pamphlet, not only because\\nof our appreciation of its intrinsic value, but also because of our own Inability to treat\\nso difficult a subject in the scientific manner it properly merits. Out of justice to\\nDr. Wall, we think it highly proper for us to state the year of its publication, which\\nwas some time in 1874.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "CONCLUSION,\\nIn concluding these pages upon a section of countrj which is favoreri witli all the\\nnatural advantages and facilities for so many of the callings of life, we wish it to be\\nremembered that we have endeavored to steer clear of all exaggerations, and we have\\nendeavored to set forth nothing except sucn facts and opinions as arc justified by\\nexperience, observation and study. We are frank in our confessions that tliese pages\\nare intended to attract people to our midst wlio will help to swell our population and\\ntiike advantage of our many unbounded resources; but, nevertheless, we have confined\\noui-selves to the path of truth and honesty, which fact will manifest itself to you upon\\nyour arrival among us, for you will then see that there are many attractions which we\\nlia\\\\t^ not even mentioned, and that those of which we have taken notice are not painted\\nas vividly and glowingly as a just and fair estimate warrants. By a careful penisal\\nyou have no doubt observed that we have tenaciously clung to our purpose not to plact^\\nintfutionally any other section of our beloved State in an unfavorable light, nor have\\nwe in the least intended t() disparage any of our sister counties l)y clo.se comparisons\\nwith our present subject, for it ha\u00e2\u0080\u009es not been our object, nor will it ever be, to praise\\nour own section to the detriment ami danmg*^ of another. Come among us, and by\\nour congeniality and hospitality we will try to cause you to think of us as friends and\\nold acquaintances few of us are natives to the manner born, for we are either immi-\\ngrants ourselves or the offspring of immigrants. We do not invite any to come into\\nour midst who have the mistaken idea deep down in the recesses of tlieir hearts that\\nhere people are exempt from that inexoi ablo rule, in the sweat of thy brow thou\\nshalt eat bread, and that money grows on trees, or that full-bearing orange groves,\\nand fruit farms spring into existence simply because one will settle in Florida on the\\ncontrary instead of advising such to come, we advise them to stay away, for we want\\nno such fools. Florida is good and great enough in all her advantsiges, and God\\nAlmighty has in a wonderful way lilessed Hillsborough county, but if you allow imag-\\nination to run away with you and to paint in glowing colors wondrous things to V)e\\naccc^mplished in this sunny clime of ours outside of the pale of connnon human effort,\\nyou will be greatly disappointed when you come. So we sa, liyto be practical in\\nyour ideas, and keep youi-solf on a plane of human life and earthly coimtries. We\\ndesire all who will do this to come and live among us, foi- here you can be healthy,\\nl rosperous and happy.\\nWe not only wish the rich anfi imlcpcndcul with thtur capital to come, but also", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "66\\nthose of the humbler walks of life, for Hillsborough county needs one as much as the\\nother, and offers to the poor and rich alike opportunities of the rarest kind. We wish\\nyou to fill no subordinate places, except from choice, for if you are scarce in pocket, the\\ncheapness of our many vacant lands and the easy terms upon which they can be pur-\\nchased will admit of your becoming proprietors in fee simple. And especially- do we\\nwant those of an agricultural and horticultural turn of mind, so that the cultivation of\\nour earlj^ vegetaVjles may receive the attention and development they deserve.\\nMechanics and skilled artisans we wish also, for there is no vocation among us which\\ndoes not admit of greater attention and development. Most earnestly do we insist\\nupon those coming who have capital for investment, for we wish to see all our\\nresources put upon the footing which their merit and greatness commands. In fact,\\nthere are none but the lethargic and inert whom we do not want to come and identify\\nthemselves with us.\\nWe are satisfied that you understand our invitation well enough now for us to\\ndraw these imperfect pages to a close sayiby ng that if you come into our midst, the\\nfull right hand of every citizen in Hillsboroign county will be extended to you in hon-\\nest and sincere friendship, so we say in farewell. Come one, come all, and see what the\\nLord hath done for us.\\nAVENXE BOKDEltlNG ORANGE OEOVE.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "APPENDIX.\\nSince tho foregoing was written and arranged, se\\\\eral matters of no small impor-\\ntance have attracted our attention, and out of common justice to tliem it is necessary\\ntiiat they be at least mentioned and briefly noticed. At this juncture, also, we would\\nl)eg the indulgence of the patient reader while we express our deep regrets that slioit-\\nness of time and unfavorable circumstances have prevented the insertion of statistics\\nin any of the branches of business, both mercantile and otherwise. However, by a\\ncareful perusal, you have acquired sufficient infornuition to permit of your arriving at\\nan approximate estimate of these and other things of peculiar moment.\\nBy our seeming negligence, one of the most praiseworthy features of Tampa was\\non the verge of being omitted, for very recently a Board of Tiade was organized, and\\nits actions already convince the veriest pessimist that by organizations of that char-\\nacter much more can be accomplished than by the non-co-operative efforts of individ-\\nuals with their petitions and prayers. We have examined the constitution and by-laws\\nof this association, and as one of its many objects is to foster, encoui-age and develop\\nttie mercantile, manufacturing and other interests of Tampa and its suburbs, it has\\nand will retain the sympathies and assistance of every class of the citizens. Already\\nit has put on foot a movement which in all probability will give us within a reasonalde\\nlength of time street-cars thi ough all the principal thoroughfares out into convenient\\nparts of the vicinity; but its many determinate purposes we find ourselves unable to\\nconsider.\\nAnother item of .significance is in reference to a Journal which will be published\\nl v tlie Hillsborough County Real Estate Agency, and beyond even the shadow of a doubt\\nits proposed system of advertisement and general management is simply- unique. This\\nJournal will be called the Tampa Courier, and in tli\u00c2\u00ab^ sincere and honest opinion of the\\nwriter (apart from all other considerations), its advertising advantages are of such a\\nnature that it will afford opportunities whicli have never before been in the reach of\\nany section of Florida. The writer speaks not without sufiicient knowledge.\\nThe following letter was received a few days previous to the present writing, and\\na.s it speaks for itself, we simply apj)end without any comments\\nTo\\nDear Sir\\nMr. S. A. Jones informs me that in the descriptive article\\nyou are writing for the Hillsborough County Eeal Es-tate Agency you will want to men-", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ab8\\ntion the various branches of business, insurance with the others and to enable you to\\nsay what you desire on this subject, I submit the following data\\nThe following fire insurance companies are represented hi Tampa and Hillsborough\\ncounty by Thos. A. Carruth, agent\\nHome, of New York Continental, of New York New York Underwriters Agency\\nHartford Fire, of Hartford, Conn. Liverpool and London and Globe; Springfield\\nFire and Marine, of Springfield, Mass. Providence Washington, of Providence, E.. I.,\\nand New Orleans Insurance Association, of New Orleans, La. Also the Travelers\\nLife and Accident, of Hartford, Conn., and the Equitable Life Insurance Association,\\nof New York. Thos. A. Carruth, agent, and Dr. John P. Wall, medical examiner.\\nRespectfully,\\nThos. A. Carruth.\\nALACHUA SINK, FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "MK. \\\\V:M. a. .M )|!I!1S(IS S VII.IA M I \\\\MIV.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "71\\nJNO. T. LESLEY, S.A.JONES, LAWSON CHASE, GEO. T. CHAMBERLAIN,\\nPresident. Gen l. Manager. Secretary. Treasurer.\\n^^^^SBOROUGH C0U,ry\\n^^r\\nREAL ESTATE AGENCY\\nTAN^IPA, FLORIDA.\\nThis Agency offers the best and most complete facilities to huyei s or settlers, of\\nany Agency in South Florida. We ai-e prepared to give you the cheapest and most de-\\nsiral lie routes to come to Florida, and special facilities for locating here. We have\\nlands and property of every tlescription to suit the wants of all classes. Wild land\\nfor colonies, improved lauds, houses, groves, plantations, truck-farms, etc., on creeks,\\nrivers, lakes and baj S for private parties. Town lots and town houses in all the towns\\nin tliis county. Valuable lands, groves, farms, etc., in all of the adjoining counties.\\nWe locate lands, look after homesteads, contract for and superintend improve-\\nments, i)ay taxes, perfect titles, secure abstracts, procure deeds and look after and\\nattend to any and all kinds of business in our line, entrusted to us. Furnish any in-\\nformation relatmg to this pax t of Florida to any and all seeking homes to settle on,\\nor for investment among us. This agency will make loans for parties desiring to\\nplace money in Florida obtain paying rate of interest and guarantee ample and safe\\nsecurities.\\nWe are a chartered company, and besides being responsible, arc amenable to the\\nlaws of the Stati; that granted us our charter. So all who contract with us or entrust\\ntljeir funds to its can feel safe and sure of fair dealing and protection in their trusts,\\nand not being speculated on. We do not speculate; but buy and sell, strictly, on\\ncommission. We take property at a price. We sell at that price. All of our tran-\\nsactions are regularly recorded, and our books are our and your protection and proof.\\nThis is our home. It is the most desirable part of Florida. We want it known. We\\nwant to build it up and are working to that end. We publish to this end and with this\\naim one of the largest papers in South Florida. Send us your address. Come and\\nsee us and we promise you the best the market affords.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "72\\nWm. B. Bakek, Pres. Kobt. A. Hintze, Treas. Eobt. B. Farson, Secy.\\nHINTZE BAKER COHPANY.^*\\nc5^ ^Ss^^iS^?if^5K??^iSf3 ^s\\nJIANUFACTUr.EKS OF\\nSASH, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS,\\nSTAIR WORK, Etc.\\nLUMBER ST., COR. TW E^^XY SECOND,\\nCHICAGO, ILL.\\nRAILROAD LANDS.\\nIn Putnam, Marion, Alachua, Hernando, Polk,\\nand Hillsborougli Counties.\\nLANDS OF ALL CLASSES AND GRADES, ON RIVERS AND RAILROADS, AT\\nPRICES RANGING FROM $2.50 TO $10 PER ACRE.\\nADDRESS\\nS. I. WAILES,\\nLand Commissioner,\\nFLORIDA RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION COMPANY,\\n108 West Bay Street, Jacksonville, Fla.\\nP. O. BOX 723.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "ARE YOU INTERESTED IN FLORIDA?\\nS UBSCRIB E\\nSOUTH FLORIDA COURIER,\\nPUBLISHK1 AT-\\nPLANT CITY. FLORIDA.\\nThe Courier i^ an eiglit-columii, rimr-pagc wi ekly iii \\\\v.s|)ap r, dcvotod to tlio\\ninterests of Florida in general and Hillsborongli county ami Planl City in particular.\\nTerms: $2.00 per Year; Six Months. $1.00.\\nDemocratic in politics but polities are secondary to our aims and |iurpo.ses of\\nbuilding up and developing this favored section of the world.\\nSAMPLE COPIES SENT ON APPLICATION.\\nF. W. MERRIN SONS. PROPRIETORS.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "74\\nJ, D. CLARKE CO.,\\nDEALERS IN\\nDRY GOODS\\nBOOTS, SHOES IHD HATS IND GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.\\nAlso Light Groceries. Shoes a Specialty,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nJOHN F. BROWNING,\\nAGENT\\nDOMESTIC AND WHITE SEWING MACHINES,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nFOURTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE.\\nAfter a close application to business for a number of years, in machines, I can safely say\\ntliat I am now offering to the public superior machines and on better terms than they have\\never had before.\\nThe Domestic and White, two of the best machines now in use, both with new and elegant\\nwood-work, new steel sets of attachments and attached to the machines without the use of\\nscrew or screw driver, and so simple and practical that a child ten years old can tuck, fell, cord,\\nbind, puff, plate, shirr and gather with perfect ease.\\nIf you have an old machine, exchange it for a Domestic or White. Call and see or write for\\ncirculars. All kinds of machine needles, oils and attachments genei-ally.\\nWashington Street, next door to E. A. Clarke Co., Tampa, Fla.\\nAGENT.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "75\\nTHE TAMPA TRIBUNE,\\nTAMPA, FLA.\\nTerms of Subscription, $2.00 Per Annum.\\nThe Tribune is regarded by all as one of the most reliable papers in the State, and\\nis tlevoted to the encouragement of immigration and the development of the vast\\nresources of the Peninsular portion of Florida, consisting of the Counties of Hills-\\nliorougli, Hernando, Polk, Manatee, and the Caloosahatchie region of Monroe. It\\nhas a lai gt; and increasing circulation in all the Counties bordering on the Gulf, and\\nis therefore the\\n*BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN SOUTH FLORIDA.*\\nTAMPA\\nis the largest town on the mainland in Soutli Florida, and located at tlie head of\\nHillsliorougli Bay, a subdivision of Tampa Bay, wliicli is the largest bay and best\\nliaibor on thi Gulf Coast of the Peninsula. Tampa is the terminus of the South\\nFloritla Railroad and also of several projected railways whose construction will be\\nconsumnuited at no distant flay. Steamers ply regularly between Tampa and Key\\nWest, Havana, New Orleans, Cedar Key and all i)()int.s on Tampa Bay and the Manatee\\nKiver. The hotels are large and commodious; the markets are supplied with the\\nlifst lisli, oysters and other salt water delicacies, and in less than twelve months the\\nt(\u00c2\u00bbwii will Vie protected against fire by tlie Holly .system of water works.\\nA ldress all coniniunicatioiis relating to subscriptions or advertisements to\\nSPEXCKR SCALBS,\\nTAMPA, FLA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "E. A. Clakke. a. J. Knight.\\nCLARKE 5\\nESTABLISHED 1854.\\nOne of the oldest established Arms in South Florida and we proudly refer to our\\nlong standing and present status in tlie mercantile world, as a proof of our worth and\\npopulai-ity with our people.\\nDuring the times that tried men s souls we were of the people and with the\\npeople, and endeavoring to give them dollar for dollar. We are yet laboring in the\\nsame line.\\nEvery body knows us and our location. Evorj- l)ody knows we deal in\\nGENERAL MERCHANDISE\\nand keep on hand everything a fii-st-elass store should keep and every\\nbody knows our\\nPRICES ARE REASONABLE,\\nand if any one should ask why then do we advertise at all? We say, because we\\ndon t want it all, but want to give the papers a chance. We will always be glad to\\nsee you. Give us a call.\\nE, A, CLARKE CO.,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "\\\\iYSiDE Nursery,\\nFORT MEADE, FLA.\\nORANGE TREES OF ALL SIZES AND VARIETIES ON IHAND,\\nBudded fruits and flowers a specialty. Everything delivered t^\\nmost distant points in perfect condition.\\nTHE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REAL ESTATE AGENCY\\nARE MY AUTHORIZED AGENTS.\\nPrices cheerfulh furnished.\\nc.\\nL. iVLlTCHBLL,\\nFORT MEADE, FLA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "78\\nL. S. Dawes, Dillmgham Co.\\nTAMPA IRON FOUNDRY\\nSOMETHING NEW.\\nThe only Iron Foundry South of Jacksonville.\\nAll kinds of Work in our line promptly attended to. Patronage Solicited.\\nC. W. ANDREWS,\\n?f NOTARY PUBLIC STATE AT LARGE, f.\\nA N D .-g^\\nDEALER IN REAL ESTATE,\\nPLANT CITY. HILLSBOROUGH CO.. FLA.\\nI offer the lands of the Florida Land and Mortgage Company, and the Florida Land and\\nImprovement Company, at graded prices, on time and for cash. I have the finest farming land.\\nnear Plant City, to be found in Florida at low prices; orange groves, improved i)laces, resideni-e\\nlots of 5 and 10 acres etc., and offer a large list to select from. Lands bouglit for non-residents,\\ntaxes paid, groves kept up and improvements made and titles examined. Correspondence\\nsolicited. Strangers are invited to call at my office, where they will be courteously received.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM M. BIRD CO.,\\n201 East Bay Street, Charleston, S. C.\\nDEALEKS IX\\nPAINTS AN D_2AiNTER_S;_ MATERIAL\\nof all Descriptions.\\nRAILROAD, STEAMBOAT AND MILL SUPPLIES,\\n-SsSHIF CHANDLERY, ETC.i\u00c2\u00ab-\\nAGENTS FOK\\nMARVIN S SAFES AND HOWE S SCALES.\\nPrice Lists c Sample Cards Furnished on Application.\\nDOORS, SASH, BLINDS\\nund Builders Hardware, Wholesale and Retail.\\nGEO. F. DREW CO.,\\nJacksonville. Fla.\\nMECHANICS TOOLS JND FARMING IMPLEMENTS.\\nSOLE AGENTS FOK THE STATE OF\\nBucktliorii Barb Wire, Herring s Safes, Buiialo Scales,\\nLongman S: Martinez Prepared Paints.\\nSTEAMBOAT MILL SUPPL1B.S A SPECIALTY.\\nWe carry on an extensive\\nPlumbing. G-as and Steam Fitting and Tin Shop.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "80\\nTHOMAS A. CARRUTIi,\\nINSURANCE AGENT,^^TAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nKEPRESENTING\\nHome Insurance Co. (Fire), ot New York Assets, $7,395,090 55\\nContinental Insurance Co. (Fire), of New York 4,938,501 92\\nNow York Underwriters Agency, N. Y 3,637,180 48\\nLiverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co 5,771,959 71\\nHartford Fire Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn 4,491,830 01\\nSpringfield Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Springfield Mass 2,562,510 29\\nProvidence Washington Insurance Co., Providence, B. I 879,970 82\\nNew Orleans Insurance Association, New Orleans, La 530,371 56\\nTlie Traveler s Life and Accident, Hartford, Conn 7,826,456 83\\nE(iuitable Life Insurance Association, New Yoi-k 58,161,925 54\\nAggregate of assets $96,195,797 71\\nAll classes of insurable property or lives in any portion ot Hillsborough county placed at\\nstandard rates.\\nJ. T. BOYETT,\\nREAL* ESTATE* AGENT\\nAND NOTARY PUBLIC STATE AT LARGE,\\nHas in his hands for sale, $175,000 worth ot improved real estate, consisting of Orange Groves\\not all ages and sizes also unim] roved land of any amount. Prices from ^1.25 to $150 per acre.\\nWill locate Homesteads and improve gnnes for non-residents. For further information, address\\nme at\\nPEEU, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA.\\nGEO. B. WEEDON, M. D. F. GHIRA.\\nWEEDON GHIRA,\\n-DEALEK-i TN\\nDRUGS AND MEDICINES,\\nPAINTS, OILS AND TOILET ARTICLES.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.-\\nPEOPLE S JEWELRY STORE,\\nCORNER FRANKLIN- AND JACKSON STREETS,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nA fine stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Optical Goods constantly on hand. Rare Florida\\nBirds, Sea Shells, Sea Beans, coral, etc. The finestcoUeclionof Florida Souvenli-s to be seen in the\\nState. Orders by mall or otherwise promptly filled. Fine watch-work, and the fitting of the eyes\\na specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. Eyes tested without charge.\\nC. L. AYRES. PROPRIETOR.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "81\\nCRA FT HO USE.\\nQuiet Locality. Large, Airy Eooms.\\nFirst-class Private Boarding House.\\nTerms, 2 per clay Apply to\\nMRS. HIVIIVIA M. CRAKT,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\ngeneraOusiness agency\\nOF\\n^W. N. CONOLLY,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nAny and all business attended to promptly. Collections made Deeds, Mortgages\\nand Contracts dra\\\\\\\\Ti at short notice. Special attention given to land matters of all\\nliinds. Correspondence solicited,\\nGREAVES BURTON,\\nMANGO, FLORIDA.\\n^J. O. BURTON,^\\n^PHYSICIAN AND DRUGGIST,t o\\nDeals in evcrythlug usually kept iu a\\n,^KIRSX-CLASS DRUQ STORE. 4\u00e2\u0082\u00ac-\\nWm. B. Lyxch. N. p. BrsHOFF.\\nSAN ANTONIO,\\nHERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA,\\n^THE AN/LERICAN ITAT.V!^\\nFine Lands Pure Water Health Unexcelled\\nMany acres of beauHful land (Improved runl unlinprciveU) in tliis charming soctlun ef the\\nLand of Flowers, are now oITori d tor sale, l)y us.\\nFor all Information In regard to the same, address\\nLYXeH BlSHOl-F. RliAL ESTATl- AGEXTS.\\nSAN ANTONIO, FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "82\\nAPPLY TO THIS AGENCY FOR ANYTHING REFERRING TO\\nLAND OR INVESTMENTS.\\nIt you want a home in Florida apply to this Agency. Facilities unsurpassed by\\nany in the State.\\nTHE TAMPA GUARDIAN,\\nTAMPA, FLA.\\nNeutral in Mhmg Independent in Everything.\\nTWO DOLLARS A YEAR.\\nThe Guakdian is in its 11th volume. It gives newsier, fresher, more and bettei\\nreading matter than any paper in this section.\\n-mm. J. ^f- COOPBR,^\\nEDITOR AND MANAGER.\\nBRANCH S OPERA HOUSE.\\nThe largest and finest Public Hall in South Florida.\\nSEATING CAPACITY OF AUDITORIUM AND GALLERY, 800.^\\nADDRESS\\nH. L. BRANCH,^\\nTAMPA, FLOKIDA.\\nS. p. HAYDEN,\\nLIVERY, SALE AND FEED\\n^STABLE.*\\nTeams at any and all times. Stables at the\\nAlso Dealer in General Merchandise.\\nTAMPA, FLA.\\nWrite to this Agency for information on the best and cheapest route to this part\\nof Florida. You can save money by it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "83\\nFLORIDA FERTILIZING COMPANY.\\nFLORIDA ORANGE FOOD.\\nThis Company h.as been organized by orange growers of Florida, for the purpose of proeuring\\na reliable Fertilizer at a reasonable price, and one especially adapted to orange trees and suitable\\nto our sandy soils. It has been tested in Florida for the past Ave years, and will prevent the\\nscale insect, and has been tested alongside of the high-priced fertilizers, and has been found\\nsuperior to any, as its lasting effects have been shown for two years. It is purely mineral, and\\ncontains no ammouia. It has a very largo (luantity of potash and phosphoric acid, the ingredi-\\nents most required by the orange tree.\\nANALYSIS.\\nBone phosphate of lime, 30 per cent. phosphoric acid. 14 percent.; sulphate potash, 12 per\\ncent. magnesia, t l pei cent. sulphur. 5 per cent. Price, $23 per ton.\\nFlorida Vegetable Food containing :t per cent, of ammonia, $28 per ton.\\nFor circulars with full description send to\\nE. T. PAINE, PRESIOEN i\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.\\nBUY YOUR TICKFFS IN JACKSONVILLE,\\nVia East Tennessee, Vii-ginia, Georgia Railroad, North and South, from the courteous\\nand popular agent,\\nB. H. I-iOPK INS.\\nYou will find iiiiii equal to all emergencies, and ready to assist all who travel by the\\npopular route he represents.\\nOFFICE, CORNER HOGAN AND BAY STREETS,\\nJACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA.\\nHEADQUARTERS FOR FLORIDA FRUIT IN CHARLESTON, S. C.\\nC. BART CO.,\\ni:\\\\rroRTF.us of\\nAND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,\\ni^iS, ~7 i Sz y .~0 MA] ;ivK r STREET,^\\nCHAR^I-iESTON, S. O.,\\nUespecttully ijflfer their services to the growers of Florida, f ir the sale of Oranges, Melons\\nand Vegetables. References: First National, and Peoi)le s National Bank, Charleston, s! C, and\\nChemical National Bank, New York.\\nC. FL.OYD,\\n-PE.\\\\TiElt IN-\\nWINES,WHISKEY AND CIGARS,\\nDRAUOHT BEER A SPECIALTY.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "84\\nAPPLY TO THIS AGENCY FOR ANYTHING REFERRING TO\\nLAND OR INVESTMENTS.\\nIf you want a home in Florida apply to this agency. Facilities unsurpassed by\\nany in the State.\\nJ. C. FIELD.\\nPORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE\\nPHOT OGRA PH KR.\\nViews of Tampa and vicinity for sale.\\nOLD PICTURES COPIED A.ND ENLARGED.\\nBOX 225, TAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nMRS. F. C. BINKLEY,\\nuMs^FiSlNG JOODS,*\\n-^NEXT TO OPERA HOUSE,^\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nHERMAN GLOWGOSKI,\\n-DEALER IN-\\nCLOTHING AND GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.\\nBOOTS AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS,\\nTAMPA, FLOKIDA.\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nWrite to this Agency for information on the best and cheapest route to this part\\nof Florida. You can save money.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "85\\nIf you want a home in Florida apply to tliis Agency. Facilities unsurpassed by\\nany in the State.\\nApply to this Agency for anything referring to land or investments.\\nW. K. WINGATE,\\nMiller Henderson Block, Tampa, Fla.\\nGENERAL MERCHANDISE^\\n-AND\\n^IFANCY GROCERY STORE.\\nDEALEE IN VEGETABLES AND COUNTRY PEODUCE.\\n-^W. G. FERRIS,^\\nDEALEK IN\\nI GENERAL MERCHANDISE,!\\nWHOLESALE AND RETAIL,\\nCORNER OF WASHINGTON AND MONROE STREETS,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nJOHN r. LESLKV CO.,\\nTAMPA. FLORIDA.\\n^DRUGGISTS, PHARMACISTS\\nAND DE.VLEKS IN\\nDRUGS. MEDICINES AND CHEMICALS,\\nFancy and Toilet Articles, Sponges, Brushes, Perfumery and Cigars,\\nPhysicians Prescriptions Accurately Compounded.\\nPliysiclans and country dcnliT.s will find our .stock complete and prices as low as any in the\\nState. All orders :vlll receive careful an l prompt attention. Satisfaction guaranteed.\\nWrite to this Agency for information on the best and cheapest route to this part\\nof Florida. You can save money by it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "86\\nAPPLY TO THIS AGENCY FOR ANYTHING REFERRING TO LAND OR\\nINVESTMENTS.\\nIf you want a home in Florida apply to this Agency. Facilities unsurpassed by\\nanj in the State.\\n^KIB BEE HO USE l\\nRESTAURA NT AND BOARDING.\\nNICE AIRY ROOMS.\\nNEXT TO THE OPERA HOUSE,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nTIVOLA SALOON,\\nSample Room and Billiard Parlor,\\nJackson Street, one door west of Franklin,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.-\\n^WA/[. H. WKBB, PROPRIKTOR.^\\nAlways on haud, the Quest brands of Brandies, Whiskies, Gins, Wines, Beer and Cigars.\\nFancy Drlnlcs, compounded by an ext)erienced compounder of drinks and beverages, a specialty.\\nGive him a call.\\nJ. P. ANDREW,\\nWHOIiEIiALE DEALElt IN\\nFINE LIQUORS, WINES, CIGARS.\\nFANCY BAR AND BILLIARD HALL.\\n-^AN ORDKRLV HOUSE KERT.^C-\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nWrite to this Agency lor information on the best and cheapest route to this part\\nof Florida. Y oii can save monev ])v it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "87\\nARPtvY TO THIS AOEKCY KOK ^^.NVTHING REKERRINO TO\\nIvATMlD OR IXVESTMliNTS.\\nIf you want a home in Florida apj^ly to this Agency. Facilities unsurpassed by\\nany in the State.\\nA. PREVATT CO..\\nDeah r-( in all kinds\\nFISH, OYSTERS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES\\nAND POULTRY,^\\nTAMPA, FLOKIDA.-^\\nORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.\\n^STEWART JACKSON,\\nwild has liad tliirty years experience as Steamboat Cook, keeps a first-class\\n^RKSTAUl^ANT^\\nMEALS AT ALL HOURS.\\nCAN/[RBELL BLOCK,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nRESTAURANT AND ICE CREAM PARLOR,\\nLAFAYETTE ST., NEAR TAMPA ST.\\nFIRST-CLASS IN ALL APPOINTMENTS.\\nThe undersigned have opened the above place, which will be kept in first-class style In every\\nrespect, and open the year round. Special attention will be given to the table, which will be\\nsupplied with the best the market affords, and meals served at all hours. Ice Cream, Ice(J Tea.\\nMilk, Cool Drinks and Confectioneries always on hand, and families or parties supplied on short\\n-^J. M. EDDINS TINDOLPH, PROPRIETORS,^\\nTAMPA, FLOEIDA.\\nWrite to this Agency for information on tlie best and clieapest route to this part\\nof Florida. You can save nionev.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "88\\nAPPLY TO THIS AGENCY FOR ANYTHING REFERRING TO\\nLAND OR INVESTMENTS.\\nIf you want a home in Florida apply to this agency. Facilities unsui-passed by\\nany in the State.\\nW. F. BURTS CO.,\\nWholesale ami Retail Dealer In\\nGROCERIES, HARDWARE,^\\nGRAIN, HAY AND PRODUCE.\\nProduce taken in exchange for goods. Give us a call.\\n-m PLANT CITY, FLORIDA.^\\nPEMBERTON ROBERTS,\\nDEALERS IN\\nDRY GOODS, GROCERIES,\\nFURNITURE AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE,\\nPLANT CITY, FLORIDA.^C-\\nWe carry a full and heavy stock, and sell at the lowest cash prices. Buy from us and\\nCOLLINS FRANKLIN,\\n-THE OLD liELIABLE-\\nDry* Goods and Grocery* House,\\nKeep constantly a full supply of\\nOBNERAL MKRCHANDISE.\\nThe first established house in\\nPLANT CITY, KLORIDA.\\nWrite to this Agency for information on the best and cheapest route to this part\\nof Florida. You can save money by it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "89\\nR. B. McLENDON.\\nW. H. YOUNG.\\nMcLendon Young,\\nREAL* ESTATE AGENTS\\n0^5^\\nc5?^g -o\\nPLANT CITY, FLORIDA.\\nIf you want a bearing orange grove or a nice young grove, unimproved farming\\nor gardening lands in the vicinity of tliis young and rapidly growing town, which is\\nsituated in Hillsborough the best county in the State for growing all tropical and semi-\\ntropical fruits, vegetables, sugar cane, corn, oats, rye, peas, potatoes, (Irish and\\nsweet,) and other things too numerous to mention, now is the time to buy. We have\\nseveral nice residences, also business and residence lots in town which we are offer-\\ning low, for cash, if sold soon.\\nWe have good vehicles and will take pleasure in showing you our country, free of\\ncharge. Correspondence solicited. See article on Plant City.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "90\\nApply to this Agency for anything referring to land or investments.\\nnUGUST PETERvSON,\\nSign and Ornamental\\nD M. WELLS, M. D.,\\nPAINTER AND GRAINER. y\u00e2\u0080\u009e\u00e2\u0080\u009e gypg^Of^^\\nPaper Hanger and House Fitter\\nSatisfaction Guaranteed\\nTAMPA. FLORIDA.\\nPL.\\\\NT CITY, FLORIDA.\\nF.\\nP. SECLOR.\\nR.\\nB. McLENDON,\\nDRUGGIST PHARMACIST,\\nProprietor,\\nDealer in\\nDrugs, Chemicals, Fancy and Toilet\\nArticles, etc.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nPLANT CITY HOTEL.\\nAccommodations good, and board at reasonable\\nrates.\\nPLAXT CITY, FLORIDA.\\nE. HAYNSWORTH, J B. ROBINSON,\\nTINNER AND JOBBER GENERALLY,\\nKeeps constantly on hand Cooking and Warm-\\ning Stoves, Roof-flanges of different pitch for\\nside or comb of roof, and Stove-piping of all\\nsizes and kinds. House Furnishing Tins, such\\nas Valleys and Flashings: also Shingle Tins.\\nRoofing and Guttering a Specialty.\\nT.\\\\MPA, FLORIDA.\\nROBINSON HOUSE.\\nBoard by the day or week at reasonable rates\\naccommodations good.\\nGive us a trial.\\nPLANT CITY, FLORIDA.\\nWrite to tlii. Agency for information ou the best and eheape. -t route Li this part\\nof Florida. You can save nionev by it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "91\\nApply to this Agency for anything referring to land or investments.\\nW.\\nJ. MORSE,\\nL\\nEO. TAUFKIKCH,\\nARCHITECT AND BUILDER, BUILDER AND CONTRACTOR,\\nTAMPA. FLORIDA.\\nTA5IPA. FLORIDA.\\nHK. J. A. GIDDENS,\\nD\\nR. DUFF POST,\\nDENTIST.* DENTIST.*\\nGraiUiate of Peuusylvaula College, Philacleli)lHa.\\nGas administered.\\nOffii-e over Mactarlaue Cleaveland s Shoe\\nSU re,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nOffice Hours\\n.I A. M. to 12 M., and 2 to r. p. U.\\nOffice over Leonardl Jt Co. s Drug Store\\nTAMPA. FLORIDA.\\nD\\nit. M. M. HILL,\\nH\\nAMPTON JONES,\\nPHYSICIAN P.^ SURGEON, REAL ESTATE AGENTS.\\nOffice over Leonardi s Drug Store.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nWrite to this Agency for information on the best and cheapest route to tliis part\\nof Florida. You can save monev bv it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "92\\nApply to this Agency for anything referring to land or investments.\\npETTINGILL CO.,\\nJ H. WELLS,\\nSTATIONERY,\\nMACHINE SHOP.\\nSchool and Blank Books, Wall Paper, Pictures\\nAll kinds of Mill Supplies furnished and all\\nand Frames. Stationers Specialties of all sorts\\nkinds of repairing In iron and steel done on\\nat wholesale and retail. Circulating Library.\\nshort notice.\\nFranklin Street,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nJ T. GUNN CO.,\\nlUES. S. D. VAUGHAN,\\nWholesale and Retail Dealers in\\nLadies Hats, Hosiery, Shoes, etc. Dresses made\\nStaple and Fancy\\nto order.\\nr^T^ or^i^T^ T T^^\\nA/TTT T TTvTT^T^^^\\nFlour, Grits, Meal and Bacon, etc.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nH\\nEEMANN WEISSBEOD,\\nManufacturers of\\nFancy and Dress Goods.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nC.\\nL. FEIEBELE,\\nOld Reliable\\nSADDLES AND HARNESS. GENERAL MERCHANDISE,\\nRepairing nicely and cheaply done.\\nBuggies nicely re-covered.\\nT.\\\\MPA, FLORIDA.\\nHouse established in 18.58.\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nWrite to this Agency for information on the best and cheapest I oute to this part\\nof Florida. You can save money by it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "93\\nPROKESSIONAIv PAOE.\\nU AMMOND ct JOHNSON,\\nU/ALL TUBMAN,\\nATTORNEYS AT LAW, i ATTORNEYS AT LAW,\\nOffice opposite Campbell Block,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nOffice 111 the Opera House,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nS. M. Si ARKMAN,\\nstate s Attorney,\\nG. B. SPARKMAN, LUCItTS FINLEY.\\nNotary Public\\nBARRON Phillips.\\nS. M. A- G. B. SPAKKMAN,\\nATTORNEYS .IT LAW\\nAnd Solicitors in Chauoery,\\nWill practice in all the State Courts of South\\nFlorida and the United States Circuit and Dis-\\ntrict lor the Southern District of Florida.\\nFINLEY PHILLIPS.\\nATTORNEYS AT LAW,\\nOffice In Henderson s Building,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nLjUGH C. MACFAKLANE,\\nW\\nM. J. BERRY,\\nATTORNl^Y AT LAW, FIRST-CLASS TINNER.\\nOffice over Macfarlaue i: Cleavelaud s Shoe\\nStore,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nGuttering and Roofing done in best style.\\nGhira Building,\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nWrite to this Agency for information on ttie best antl cheapest route to this p;irt\\nof Florida. Y ou can save money by it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "94\\nAPPLY TO THIS AGENCY FOR ANYTHING REFERRING TO\\nLAND OR INVESTMENTS.\\nIf you* want a home in Florida apply to this Agency. Facilities unsurpassed 1iy\\nany in the State.\\nJas. H. Bkown. J- Geddie Fkaser.\\nBROWN ERASER,\\nPLASTERBRS,^\\nTAMPA, FLORIDA.\\nBrick Work, Cementing and Kalsomining.\\nCORNICING AND ORNAMENTING A SPECIALTY.\\nWork done in any part of the State. All work guaranteed.\\nTAMPA LUMBER COMPANY,\\nManufacturers of all kinds ot\\nFine Lumber Brackets and Mouldings.\\nALL KINDS OF FANCY WORK DONE.\\nKOREION AND HONdE ORDKRS SOLICITED.\\nNEW PAINT HOUSE,\\nJ.VCKSON STREET, TAMPA, FLA.\\nA. B. MCKKNZIK, PROPRIKTTOR,\\nHas just reooived and will keep constantly on hand a full supply of paints, oils, glass, putty,\\nvarnishes and all painters and glaziers supplies. Orders for work in any kind of painting, var-\\nnishing, glazing and kalsomining will receive prompt attention. Estimates of any work fur-\\nnished. Give us a call and work, and satisfaction guaranteed.\\nWrite to tliis Agency for information on the best and cheapest route to lliis part\\nof Florida. Yo\\\\i can save money hy it.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "95\\nTHE SOUTH FLORIDA RfllLROflD\\nThis popular tourist route and imporliiiu freight Hue eoiuiecis Tainiia with .lacksouviUc ami\\nthe eastern coast of Florida, via the St. Johns river. Upon the southern shore of I.ake Monroe,\\nii i)ortion of the St. Johns, Is Santord, the eastern terminus of the road in Orange county.\\nFrom Sanford the road runs in a southwesterly course to Tampa, 115 miles, passing through\\nthe most beautiful and i roductive section of Soutli Florida. From the car window the tourist\\nsees constant changes of landscape and new scenes of beauty, as he is whirled around and among\\nthe sparkling fresli water lakes that dot the entire surface of the cfiuntry in Orange, Polk and\\nHillsborough counties. In Orange county are seen thriving orange groves and evidences of pros-\\nperity and thrift not equaled in any other place in the South.\\nOrange county is referred to as especially prosperous and thrifty, not because it is an older\\nsettled county, but because it has had for a longer time better transpoi-tation facilities tlian\\nthose enjoyed by the counties of Polk and Hillsborough further to the west; but the amazing\\nstrides that these two counties have made during the past year, since the South Florida Railroad\\nhas been opened to the Gulf of Mexico, give promise that at no distant future they will not only\\neiiual but outstrip their more advanced neiglibor. Orange county, in the race for wealth.\\nThe Soil along the line of the road is sandy, but capable of an extraordinary j)roduction and\\nis wonderfully responsive to cultivation and care. In the hammocks a deep and fertile soil is\\nfound, and there can be grown, without the aid of fertilizer, all the products that man can de-\\nsire. While the line of the South Florida Railroad passes through this delightful scenery and\\nthese rich lands It is important, not alone for its local business and to those who dwell along the\\nline, but it connects South Florida with the North and West by lines of steamers and rail, giv-\\ning rapid and safe transportation to those who travel either tor T)usine9s or pleastire, and to the\\ntender fruits and vegetables which are, by it, pushed forward, without delay, to the Northei-n anil\\nWestern markets.\\nKt Sanfonl a line of fast mail steamers connects with the fast mail trains of the South Flori-\\nda Railroad, and makes the run in one night from Sanford to Jacksonville, there connecting with\\nthe fast mall trains of the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway, over the .\\\\tlantic Coast line\\nlor New York.\\nWithin a few weeks an all rail outlet from Hillsborough county, Tampa and points on the\\nline of the South Florida Railroad, will be opened via Lakeland, Gainesville and Savannah, re-\\nducing the time from Tampa to Savannah more than eight hours and taking the productions of\\nthe west coast of Florida, without reloading or change of cars, direct from Tampa to tlie ship s\\nside at Savannah; or, if rail transportation be preferred, to Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York\\nand Boston. I( a Western market is desired the same jjroduce can be carried there without\\nchange, without delay thus Insuring to producers on the west coast the surest and (piickest\\ntransportation known in the South.\\n.\\\\11 property along the line is rapidly increasing in value and the new towns and villages con-\\nstantly springing up, give evidence that th )9e who have settled in Florida have come to stay and\\nmake the State their future and permanant home. It is the policy of the South Florida Railroad\\nto encourage immigration and settlement on the land near its line and to offer to those who come\\nto build up the country all the inducements consistent with strict business principles. The I oad\\nis first class In every respect, steel rails, a smooth road bed. first class (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(juipment, air brakes.\\nJauney couplers and platforms, heavy and powerful locomotives and a large corps of men on\\nfreight trains insures a rapid handling of freight, while careful management and strict orders\\nand regulations guarantee that property shall be properly cared for and safely delivered at des-\\ntination or to connecting lines. Passenger trains will compare favorably with those on tlio\\nlargest Northern roads and parlor cars give comfort and elegance to those desiring the luxury.\\nat a lower rico than is generally charged for similar service elsewliere.", "height": "3364", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "descriptivepamph00hill_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "96\\nThe principal towns along the line of the South Florida Railroad are Sanford, Longwood, Or-\\nlando, Kissimmee, Auburndale, Bartow, Lakeland, Plant City and Tampa. At Lakeland a branch\\nof the South Florida Ballroad extends north to Pemberton Ferry, there connecting with the\\nFlorida Southern Railroad which extends to CTainosvllle, at which point it connects with the\\nSavannah, Florida and Western Railway, giving quick transportation ti^ all points in the North,\\nEast, South and West. Telegraph ofQces are at all these stations named and visitors will find\\ngood hotels and ample accommodations at all seasons of the year. At Tampa, the western ter-\\nminus of the road, connection is made with steamers (during the season) for Havana, Key\\nWest, New Orleans, Cedar Key and all points on the west coast. This Is a favorite passenger line\\nto Havana, as by taking It passengers avoid the long and tedious voyage from New York and save\\nthe miseries of sea sickness, making shorter time to Havana than by any other line. As an in-\\nstance of the time to Havana, New York papers of Wednesday are delivered by this route, in\\nHavana, on Sunday morning. At Tampa, connecting daily with the trains from Sanford, the fast\\nand elegant steamer Margaret of the people s line (the same line that operates the fast mail\\nservice on the St. Johns river) makes dally trips to all points on Manatee river, that is Palma\\nSola, Braidentown, Palmetto, Manatee and Ellenton, the great vegetable producing section of\\nFlorida, and she also stops at that Gem of the Gulf, Egmont Key. The sail down the Bay from\\nTampa to Manatee river is one that no traveler should miss for the beauties of this trip are un-\\nexcelled in the United States, and the bay is said to equal in beauty the far-famed Bay of Naples.\\nTwice each week mail steamers leave Tampa for Key West, making the run to that noted city\\nand returning the following day; thus bringing to Tampa from Key West and Havana the varied\\nproducts of those tropical regions.\\nThe health of the country through which the road passes, will not only compare favorably\\nwith other sections of the South, but the health statistics of the Ifnited States show that the per-\\ncentage of deaths from sickness is smaller in Florida than in any other State in the Union. All\\nthe more violent forms of sickness known In the North, such as diphtheria, pneumonia, scarlet\\nfever, etc.. etc., are here unknown, and, by ordinary prudence, even the slightest case of chills\\nand fever can be avoided.\\nFor full particulars and information apply to,\\nKREDERICK H. RAND,\\nGeneral Freight and Passenger Agent, S. F. R. 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