Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-28

/ HIpill TIE Atlanta lDs.i CCusti tuti,n
| The most remarkable special rbaScs o.,
ern growth and development. are H., -
OF quick town building thar have haen
Two gentlemen OF moderate rsr.,,,. -,
several thousand acres OF land and n ,no,,.os'
OF IRON some ten years ago in Aiahsr., -
built charcoal iron furnace and ss..s,
town around il. They graded Ito 100. my,
out parks, made a system OF wsi,r-,,..-,- =
stores. hotels and depots. ana c7r.. - -
Admission. They n1W have atftv IN r,,,,, . 20
300 inhabitants, growing nagcalf, .,r "a "a
huge industries aud worth sav,r.B rrri,f'' u
iars. Besides making model CITY ths-W,f-f..
come great city, they have eurI,seJ "a a..
| tinguishud themselves 49,
company OF capitalists. without ,.,-..a .-.
ltal bought large tract of Land aha.!, =
mics ley oAi Annl~tcn. and, laying 81 all
lots. called n Birmingham. This ms --
/ twelve Years ago. Birmingham noog 81. !. ~
I-.oP - l3te1 inhabitants, the ecu. t,,-.. ri =
great city. ana Is doubling MP its u...f..,.-o
anu wealth every decade. Its Industries IA,
enormous ana increasing. The Ind r..--,..
that established tue city had =, a,.f t, -,
than returned Ia cash dividends ar3 F., ~
barely begun 10 sell lis vast proper, 80
stakeholder. who has put SIP Geo ina TIE, .-'-..l
venture and mas had about double tia. ,-.r.S
returned in dividends. estimates his So. n. -. -
worth fully $3.50 coo.
Some gentlemen interested IN thr Sl,a~,-,..-h
Valley ra lroad thought they wou.dtrs To- -.
tie town building. They bought ul.r.. ..... -...,
AT the point where their Toad Wa r. ...-.-. F.
with the Norfolk and Western. and started f,
city which they called Roanoke. Ih'- was ..... (.
five years ago. The city now hae : rHl .r.f.4H.
itants. shops, factories. long streets az .--..
water works, fine hotels. and il q IsarE.9 >
rapid growth. The company has Sl't.r. r.,.f.g
Sl.UOb.up0 in Improvements. reServinL f..rl "a
sale OF lots only enough 70 make in,,rest .t.-
u. md IN
what property they now have FOR four r- "a
million dollars profit but have no idea ~ g.! ~
So as 10y selling gradually they viii ua..a ..s..I
more. The profits on the city OF Erqr.,p
which was considered 4 small specul' an ~
first. # cashed al once, wond nearly Iay In Ill,
building of the shenandoah Valley Toad
These are some of the examples q N
building I'm the south. 4 COMPANY of reuf 'rru,n
met IN Atlanta last night for the Iaii1..-a Z
making similar experiment. They have iI..-
chased a bold bluff on the banks OF the I..urS-
SEE river. In Alabama, at the head If .s.-s-
ton, and proposeto establish a city 10 br hauna
as Sheffield. They have one advaaiag" rv.r
the otter places noted aboye-a natissIle
stream. that leads from the foot of tler c.'y
INTO the water ways of the world. NIL tie
same abundance e iron, coal and timber ti..t
have made tie other new towns rrosr .ra.s.
they have O rich Cut!vinE a-r.tg.-f,-al
country and noble nayigable rl1er. n
the nayi@able head OF which stands tlaIr ra,y
CITY. NAT percentage pf advantage ti..- II
give the future Will quickly decide TL,. ,-ta--
prise Is in the hands of strong and CONSERVATIVE
men. Who move cautiously dead frankly. and
have practically unlimited capital with VI .h 10
back their Judgment. The (OH.-.'1,,.s. l.t-. rts
hat to tie new city of Sheffield aud wishes II \
brHIlalt ana prosperous career. Tie tide -
capital and muscle is drifting this way II ~har-
Held builds up to The measure Of Admission Bin
min-ham aAd Roanoke. and we see no reason
why h>hoUia not do So il VIII make a quartet
Of cities OF which we may safely challenge any
Sectio OF the country TO produce match