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Florida West Coast Development project plans announced
Chicago officials unveil a Florida West Coast Development Company to build a rail line from Perry through Homosassa to St. Petersburg and Tampa with a new Homosassa city. The plan includes a 3 million dollar capital, 34 000 shares, hotels and a paper pulp mill, and links to potential connections with Georgia and Florida routes. Local officials and governors promote rapid construction and west coast colonization.
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Chicago
Florida
Perry
Homosassa
St. Petersburg
Tampa
Florida West Coast Development Company
Ilinois Central
H. Hoovers
T. F. Ragsdale
Harold Bartholomew
Panner
St. Louis
Gulf Coast
Suwannee
South Georgia Railroad
South Georgia
West Coast
Norfolk
Folk Southern Railway
Charlotte
N. C
Piedmont and Northern
Charlotte Greenwood
S. C
Southern Power Company
Duke
Georgia and Florida Railway
Augusta
Madison
Lower West Coast
Greenwood
Piedmont
Georgia
South Florida
B. N. Duke
Pinellas Peninsula
Seaboard Air Line
Coleman
West Palm Beach
Seaboard
Tallahassee
Georgia, Florida and Alabama Railway
Alabama
Seyboard Western Comnections
Florida Club of
John W. Martin
Middel West
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Florida Club
Suwannee River
Central West
Mr. Lenington
Pretty H. S. Hoover
L. Kelly
West
Mississippi
Rive