Name/Title
Florida in the makingEntry/Object ID
Library.429Description
xix p., 1 l., 351 p. front., : illus. (map) plates, port., diagrs. ; 21 cm.
Florida in the making by Frank Stockbridge and John Holliday Perry ; with a foreword by the governor of Florida.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes index.
On half-title page: "With the compliments of Frank Parker Stockbridge, John H. Perry to Henry James Forman, Jan. 11, 1926".
Available online: https://palmm.digital.flvc.org/islandora/object/ucf%3A41718#page/1/mode/1up
Selected contents: Florida's natural resources -- Agricultural opportunities -- Staple crops of Florida -- Florida's grove and orchard crops -- Cattle, dairy and poultry farms -- Bonanza crops of Florida -- Industrial opportunities -- Railroads, steamships, and highways -- Political and educational systems -- Business organizations -- Florida's 3 great cities (Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami) -- Florida's East Coast -- Everglades -- Florida values and the Florida boom -- Appendix I: Florida investments analyzed -- II: Commercial organizations in Florida -- III: Real Estate Boards in Florida -- IV: Florida newspapers -- V: List of Florida banks -- Index.
Selected Jacksonville information (pages183-188,203-204):State census of 1925 says 95,486 population -- In the fall of 1925 Jax claimed a population above 130,000 due to extensive territorial additions -- Bank deposit growth for Jax from beginning of 1924 to Sept. 28, 1925 for Barnett National Bank, Florida National Bank, Atlantic National Bank and State Banks in Jax -- Real estate prices at the end of 1925 were very low for Jax -- Areas of city growing (San Marco sold out in a single day withour advertising; San Jose & Venetia are attracting buyers outside the state) -- Volume of traffic in/out of Jax harbor 265 craft entered the port during Sept. 1925 -- Young engineer Mr. H.H. Buckman investigated possibility of added harbor facilities nearer the sea on the north bank -- Jax passenger terminal had to be enlarged in 1925 until became largest passenger station in the world in the number of mkiles of trackage and the number of trains handled through it daily -- Jax owned & operated its own electric light & power plant since 1895 -- Mayport.
Selected Jax black/white photos: Sky line -- Municipal docks -- Jax Beach with swimmers -- Springfield Park -- Aerial view of business section -- Toll bridge -- Terminal station.
Appendix I information on Jax: census1900,1910, 1920, 1925 -- Population by month from 1919 to 1925 -- Building activity July 1925, July 1924, jJune1925 in dollars; Appendix II: Harry Hoyt, President, Jax Chamber of Commerce -- J.A. Bussey, President, Jax Beach Chamber of Commerce;
Appendix III: Real Estate Board President, Joseph R.DunnCollection
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Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Florida., Florida -- Economic conditions., Florida -- Description and travel., Duval County (Fla.) -- Census., Jacksonville (Fla.) -- Population -- Statistics.Publication Details
Author
Stockbridge, Frank Parker, 1870-1940., Perry, John Holliday, jt. authorPublisher
de Bower Publishing Co., ThePlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
New York ; Jacksonville, FLCall No.
F 311 .S85LCCN
25025224