There was not one foot of railroad built between Waldo and Tampa when this act ceased. when the ten years expired. For fifteen years there was nothing done. In the mean time. from every State. North and South. the tide of immigration poured into that State. and into that part of the State. which was exceedingly desirable because of its climate and adaptation to the cultivation of tropical fruit. Villages have..sprung up everywhere. the population has become comparatively large. it has increased twentyfold. Property which was worth not more than a dollar an acre has risen to five. ten. twenty. and even fifty dollars an acre.
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