The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-25
TLXIS COLONIz.ITIOM.
4 Town that hns Got Good Deal or Growing
to DO before n Amounts to Much.

The Texas Land and Colonization Com
pnny. whose Office IL nj 2js Broadway. is selling
lots ~ the town Of Oxford. Milan county Texas
There u no such incorporated company and
thorc "a no town OF Oxford, and no colony. Tho
r'fcrenros on The seductive cir ular Of the com
pnny were sought by reporter for THE sun
yosi rdoy.
Mr. Eothar Of the firm Of Leach and Eothar
manufacturers Of machinery Mt ia Centre
street. knew nothing OF the company. and sus-
pended his work nj the forge to say that he WIS
unaware that his firm had been referred to-
Mr. Leach WAS likewise blssfuly ignorant Of
the company or of the TcNas lands He sup
posed his name had been used 10y Mr.. Jeremy
on" Of the Tcxas company. who had formerly
boon engaged in the Grange Knitting Machine
Company. which failed He considered Mr..
Jercmy square man. but had not authorized
his name to be- used ~ u reference for the Texas
company. Capt. J. NJ. Jay of the Goldsmith
and Hoffman Collar COMPANY ut 1870 Duanc
street, whose name has been used rs n referee,
snii n1 know nothing about the TcXns Land
ana Colonization Company. and had not author
izrd Tic u.s. of his nnme for that company. He
know Mr. Jeremy. whose name appears ms sec-
rotary, ns fellow cnptnin in the Scventy-sixth
ONO Regiment during the war. and believed he
would not engage in any enterprise that was
In the ofIlrc of H. Duncan Snfr,n. advertising
nr'ni. ut ~ Aston House. through which the
TrNns Lnnd Colonization Company has boon
VIM /. Marshall, referred to ny Artist. II Gl5
Broadway" has not occupied that place for
three years. Tho culored nti 'ndant in tho Soc
9ni story looked through small hole in the
door saying. Il don't know the gcm'mnn
s,h' l. wqs suls"qu ntly lenrned from Mr..
Marshall who IL Nh" author Of tho mammoth
portrait q Christ. that he was simply an old
friend Of Mr.. 1crony, and know not ne nhout
Mr. Focti 81 Nor,h ,io"r@ sirc Of" said h. ws
q formrr partner of Mr. Jeremy; knew him from
hoyhool. and did not believe he would engage
IL Ia ia
Eric of $40 seventh avenue NJ a friend of
Mr.. Jeremy only. hut ono having no special
knowledge gf The Texas Land and Colon zniion
Company. In fact. he said. all the city. .rnfcr-
cnrcs were friends Of Mr.. Jeremy. Mr.. Wikin-
SON. WHO appears us President OF the company.
hr sud. came here well recommended from
The only person in Now York who could be
found wo has visited the alleged land is Mr.,
II. C. Wilkinson. President OF the so-called
"compnny. who was found Mt tho company's
Office Mr.. WIKI lnson admitted that thrre Is no
su n company ms the Texns Land and Cooniza-
ton company Incorporated. but said TINT that
WIS simply the firm name. used Ms means Of
selnf the land The. only other owners he
would name wrrc q. W. Jeremy OF New York.
and VIM. H. Burhcr " Cincinnati. There were
other persons h. said. hut he did not wish to
nam" them. They own $50 acres. n said. in
tls tract worth .lu an acre which they viii rut
W into building lots and farms. Til r. are
5000 lots laid out. and 500 or coo sold. and some
inrm@ Altogether he hrs sent fly PERSONS
down there who are Nil satisfied. Only on man
hns hanged his site. and he has built house
IN OXFORD. The, city of OSiord, he said, at
pres MT cons ISIS of two houses. The plan * to
sill every alternate lot Mt a nominal price and
max" the profit On the rise in valu" ~ the nd.
the land. ana n survey OF the property by r. NJ
Freeman, un rN-oni or Of the Confederate army.
hut roul refer g. no uns hut himself in tn" city
who mad personal know edge of the land. He
exhibited very nice map ~ TcNus with the
town of Oxford appearing ON the line of the
Int 'rnnt onnl ana Grent Northern Railroad, but
Admired that mo town. as yet. exists ON paper