Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-10
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Mr.. EDITOR: The grand "opening |
dayn for the English colony at Rug |
by, Tennessee, on the 5t1 has come |
and gone, and comes with it many
grand recollections eff pleasant hours
found in the company of ladies and
gentlemen from E0gland, Scotland,
New York, Boston, Cincinnati, Lex
ington and Danvilie KY, Knoxville,
Chattanooga and Nashville Tenn.
Extensive arrangement had been
made for the accommodation of the
guests by Mr.. Cyrus Clark, the mans>
ger and everyone present will bear
testimony to the splendid manner in
which he enteltlined the people.
The inauguration ceremonies cons
sisted in speeches made by parties VINO
have been connected with the enter
prise, and these speeches were both
historical and imaginative. AS l can
not give you q report Of the proceed
ings for want Of time, I shall give you
a description of Rugby" and an idea
Of what il aimed to b9 accomplished by
the founders OF. this colony, as given
me by one of the leading spirits in the
! movement. Rugby is located in the
| Gum berland plateau 10 Morgan and
Scot. counties, GA the beautiful and
piclu rescue Clear Fork river, and about
eight miles from the Cincinns tt South
ern railway. A company OF gentle.
men from Boston located out here
| twelve years ago, for the purpose of
establishing 8 settlement for young
men and middle aged men out Of
| busipe but 1t was found that they
could not be induced ID leave Boston,
so t1e matter was turned over t. lie
English people. They have done cou-
siderable towards development in t Re
short time they have been there. A
splendid hotel win thirty rooms has
been butt and Handsomely fur
nished. l. is real pleasure
to stop at such house,
as everything abot it is equal to
the best he tel IN the land. They have
laid out the ground into squares with
avenues OF. roads, IS the English prefer
streets running through east and west
and north and south. These streets all
have names and nearly every name
is one familiar to readers OF English
literature.
lots of different sizes which are for sale
to actual settlers at reasonable prices.
failed t. learn how many acres were
laid out in this way, but know that I
got very tired by the time [ went
around the premises. The Board of
aid TO land ownership" is.the style of the
company's owning all the property,
and they now own about SO, 900 acres
of lande. The object of the coloniza-
ton ia three rold. First, it is intended
as an agricultural settlement in which
the settlers have small farms, which
are to be planted ia fruit trees Of all
descriptions, and fruits and vegetables
of all kinds will be raised, packed and
shipped to the best markets. This
will be followed then by the msnufac-
turing of everything that can be made
from wood and iron.
In the third place they expect
: to make il sanitarium
equal to tue best on the globe, where
the sick and debilitated can restort and
be taken CAFE of and restored to health
during the summer months. The COM
pany is now spending a CREST deal
of money in building a graded road
from the Cincinnati Southern road to
Rugby and will soon have one of the
finest roads in the state. The enter
prise shown by these people will dc
our state and people good deal oil
i good in teaching valuable ideas in ref
, erence to progress.
Mr.. Thomas Hughes and party left
) for England to-day. NJ.
| Rugby, Oct. 9th, 1880.