The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1883-12-21

| works, built stores, hotels and aar..
md called the place Admission pIA
low have q city Of more than Som
labitants, growing maeically, full q finn.
| Industries aud worth several 4n;ll:
| ~ioll0rs. Besides making a model
| hat will be2Ome q great city. they
enriched and distinguished themselvas
A company Of capitalists, Within.
much capital, bought a large tract J
and about sixty miles bavond n.ssa01.
md, laying It OF into lots, called it r.
ningham. This was about twelve yaass
lgO. Birmingham 0 has from lom%
20 - 600 inhabitants, the equipment
4 great city, and is doubling up its nos
~Iiatiou and wealth every decade
industries are enormous and inerpas,n~
The land company that established ~
city had - outlay mora than returnaS
in cash dividends, and it has barely n
guu to sell it's vast property. One stoeE
holder, who has put So, 100 in the Y
iginal venture and has had about doubl.
that much returned in Dividend
estimates his stock to be worth fllIs
$3.50, 0O0.
Some gentlemen interested IN il.
Shenandoah Valley railroad thouah.
they would Try to do a little town
building. they bought u number n
farms with the Norfolk and Westeyn
and started a city which they
called Roanoke. This, was ahon,.
five years ago. The city now has S.0Nl
inhabitants, shops, factories, long strepts
of stores, water works, fine hotels. and
is a marvel Of rapid growth, The com.
pany has spent nearly 81 900 900 IN i'm.
prOvements reseTving from the sale a
lots only enough to make interest div.
idends on their stock. They could close
ont on what property they now have for
four or five million dollars profit. bnt
have no idea of doing so, as by sellino
| gradually they will make much more
The profits on the city of Roanoke
which was considered a small specula,
ton at first, if cashed at once gonld
! nearly pay for the building of the Shen.
andOuh Valley road.
These are some OF the examples If
town building III the south. Aeompany
Of gentlemen met in Atlanta astnighttCf
the purpose Of making ! similar exbef-s
in!emt. They have purchased u bod
bluff on the banks of the Tennessee liver
in Alabama, at the head of navigahon
and propose to establish a city to be
known as ShefleId. They have one "a.
vantage over the other places noted
above-a ~navigabIe stream, that
leads from the foot of their city
into the water ways of the world. With
the same abundance OF iron, coal and
timber that nave made the other new
towns prosperous, they have a rich OFT.
wing agricultural country and a nobs
naVigable river, at the navIgable head 81
which stands their new city.
What percentage of advantage this
vii! give the future will quickly decide.
TIE enterprise is in the hands Of strong
and conservative men, who move eau
Iously, deaf frankly, and have practical
ly unlimited capital with which TO back
their judgment. The Constitution liits
its hat to the new city of Sheffield and
wishes it Il brilliant and prosperous en-
reer. The tide of capital and muscle |:
drifting this way. Ii sheffield builds III
to the measure Of Admission, Birming.
ham and Roanoke, and we see no reason
why it should not do SO. il Will make
quartet Of cities of which we may safely
challenge any section of the country to
produce a match.