Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-08-26
THOMAS HUGHES. ;,
The English Colony in Tennes

A reporter of the New York Tri-
bune interviewed Thos. Hughes, the
distinguished Englishman, last Sun
day, on the prospects of the Eng
fish colony now being built up on
the line of the Cincinnati Southern
road, as follows;
Have you decided when you VIII
leave New York;"
"On Tuesday nigh | think W.
sh all go from here t Newport, W t e
we shall inset same of our co " nkerS
from b ,ston. We shall only etay
there day Or twt-jusf long enough
to do our work. L Game over hele to
work, AID not to 'oIarney' around aud
have u good time. From there We
shall go to Cincinnati. where we will
meet the officers IF the Cincin at
Southern railway. We have some
business with them, which will lake
about day. Thy have built u sta
ton at our settlement, you know.
We have been building road to this
station, which ought to have been
finished by this time, bat it ISM, for
some reason or other. We al wanted
to go TO Corney IsIanu to dsy, but We
couldn't get Oft, [ nope 1 snail be
able to do 81 before [ sal for England.
After / get through with my work in
Tennessee | am z Ing around to sac
my friends and have good time
Until then, however, | shall kee .
quiet.
lis sVour settlement get ing along
we'll 2"
"Yes, indeed. You know this is, to
a certain extent, all American prujsc .
Three Years ago some gentlemen in
Boston formed board for eucJuraging
emigration from the Old centres OF
population IN TIL country to tne fer
Tile un0Ucupiei iauds il tne Weat aud
sou b. This Was purely PHILANTHROPY
ic sche me, and va aduLt-u rs tne
most hopeful mea # reiIelIng The
desti,uIion smnug the IabOrlng CT asses
at that tine Oi hu4nciai drpIes III.
M emil tIS Of this b Iard maie four tx
cIrsiOns in 1878 TO The western state S
from Iowa to Texas, iucluiIug kaE-
sa', Nebraska aud Arkansas, and aisu
to the upland regions of The Genital
states. They selected The present site
of the settlement as lie one best
adapted to their purposes. Some oi
the gentlemen WHO now form The
English board were makibg similar
inquiries, aud one Of them, Mr.. Boy IL,
visited this country aud Inspected the
Tennessee plateau. The Two ooard=
in England and b .stOn wee fualIy
amalgamated. The present Company
Is registered in aud governed irOm
E gland, but 1t b As au , til - ia 3 is
ton, and the Boston board l. r tanned
| as part Of the organ q i'm. The ANAL
| gamatiOn has stIeugtLe ed The. com
| pany good deal, and w Ii cDatTibute
| much tOLhe successful Develop meuL ol
| the ell terpIlse Oar progress Las mes
sessaril6 been slow, however. For IL.
stance, nearly year was Occup ri il
scrutiUiZlng Iit,es aud deAlirg Win
sQuatters, and the first purchase OF the
| board WAS not made untii early this
year. La addition TO the laud which
has been already bought, tract o
400, 900 acres adjoining The settlement
has been boude,'. Cyrus Clarke, III.
present manager of The board on III,
plateau, has made very favorable term.
for us, If We ever d7sire'to purchase II
in The future. The price is 81 20 al
acre, 25 per cent. payable at tue time U
purchase, aud the rest in instalmena
extending over three years. The com
pany can take the land in such guam
titles as it desires This arrangement
will enable US 10 develop the Who'll,
territory without haste, and under con
ditions favoIabl, TO the building vi
of simi lie. healthy and cultivated
life.n