Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-03-21
THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU.
Organization of the Board Of Aid
to Land 0wnership---What the
Board has Done, and What
1t Proposes.
boston Daily Advertiser, March 10.

Boston Daily Advertiser, March l0l
In September, 1877, number of
prominent Boston gentlemen organ
lied what was known as the Board
of aid to land ownership" Its pur.
pose was fully explained at the time,
and has been since, and may now be
briefly summarized as follows: TO aid
| colonists, by an advantageous pur-
chase of land in large areas, and its
sale in small parcels, at low prices,
on credit mainly of years; by syss
| tamatic plans of towns, streets,
farms and building restrictions,
t. the benefit of all by an
arrangement for reduced rates of
! transportation; loan of some labor
saving machinery, well.uoring APP
paratus, stump machines, etc, with.
| out charge; construction of school
houses, and aid to churches; furnish.
ing of steam or water power, portable
mills etc as far as practicable; secur.
| ing a population that will insure a
good neighborhoOd; sale of seed, fuel,
lumber, tools, etc, to cOloni5ts at min
imum cost; construction and orna-
mentation of roads; encouraging tree
culture; prohibiting, in original Geeds,
manufacture Of aud traffic in intoxi
eating drinks; dispensing with fences;
establishing barrel factories or drying
and canning apparatus; employing an
efficient superintendent, who shall
teach the best methods OF farming,
| etc, etc. Committees of the board
have spent many months in travelling
through the west and south in search
of an area of land sufficiently large
and adapted to their purposes,
and fiually selected tract en-
bracing about 400 600 acres of table
land in East Tennessee. The board
subsequently ascertained that the at
tention of English capitalists, led by
Thomas Hughes, had been directed to
this territory, aud that they were
taking measures to SECURE ii as 10.
cality to which young Englishmen OF
wealth who desire to follow agrlcul-
tural pursuits could emigrste John
Boyle, Esq a barrister>at-law, who
represented these capitalists ia this
country, was favorably impressed with
the plan Of the colonization society,
aud the result of conferences aud ne.
gOtistiOUs has been a union of The
English and American gentlemen in a
stock company, Incorporated in En-
gland. The company retains the
name aud the objects Of the old So
ciety, and is in sympathy with the
nrigina! plan Of It's American
founders.
The work OF colonization will be
pushed forward vigorously. A portion
of the territory has already been pur-
chased by the company aud the re-
maiuder will be taken up as soon IS
the titles are cleared. This large dis
lrict which has heretofore been inAc-
cessible is now opened to the world by
the extension of the Cincinnati South
eru railroad. Itis confidently believed
tbAt 1t is destined to become The gar
den of America. The advanta ages
clam for it are: Most beautiful
and genial climate; lands adapted to
all products; Que of the best fruit re.
giOns; one Of the best stock-raisiDg
aud wOOl-gTOwing regions in the
world; great varieties Of timber and
abund tee If water power; coal and
iron. Several families are already on
the ground, saw mill has been
erected by the society, the cOnstTuc.
ton Of hotel will soon be begun; a
road seven miles long ha, been sur~
Veyed aud wi | be laid out immedi-
ately, and prompt steps for the rapid
development of the territory are being
taken. Settlers are desired who have
soma capital, and 1t Is expected that
there will bs work for mary artisans
who have no capital except their me-
chaDIcll skill aud genius. The Bos-
ton Office is at No. IL Pemberton
square, where descriptive circulars and
All needed Information can be OBJ
| t.tned.