The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-04-23
THE SHEFFIELD BOOM.
Whntis being Done at sbefiield, Aln.-m9k.
Ing Avenues, Streets aud RaIlronds-Th.
Coming sale.

ated on high bluffs that command view
for miles Of the surrounding country, The
healthfulness Of the place, its fertility
and proximity to the immense coal and
iron fields and its many other adyanta-
ges have attracted the attention Of cap.
italists and manufacturers, while the
newspapers in nearly oil the states, wi h
hardly an exception, have commented
favorably on the hattering prospects of
the new city.
A reporter, wishing to obtain the
latest information about Sheffield.
called at the Office OF Captain j. f.
| Burke, one OF the executive committee
Of the Sheffield company, and ' no has
| Just returned from the north, where he
has been absent month on business
connected with the new enterprise.
IN response 10 an inquiry about Shelf
field. Capt Burk said
1--WE shall have to take advantage Of
the columns of the press in answering
the questions that have accumulated III
regard to Sheffield, the new north Ala
bama city. We have headquarters for
information in Atlanta, Nashville, Mem
phis, Tuscumbia, Montgomery, Mobile
anu Selma, but it is impossible to answer
each man separately, 50 great is the in
terest taken in the ms ter. So we will
answer through the press
"When does the sale take placer
ut begins on May Sth "
GLOW will il be conducted?'
ain the faircst and most open way.
- -. Ia lgt In ~ %.
salo. The lots, as plated, will be put
mp Mt auction and sold without prefer
cnce or pr JUDGE. Each bidder will
stand on the same basis exactly"
"What will be the terms2"
owe will ask only one-fourth cash
and the balance in one, Two and three
years. Our object in selling for 30 little
cash is to allow the buyers to keep tho
bulk Of their money for building. Where
man with a thousand or 20 dollars can
not afford to pay cash for his land and
ut the same time hui n house, we take
only one-fourth for the land and let HIM
put the rest Of his money in improve.
ments."
"Will there he large att ndance at the
So e?p
"Thc outlook is that it will he the lar.
gest crowd at land sale ever seen in
the south We have aimed specially to
avoid making it anything Of frOlic, or
attracting the crowd that usually 20
on excursions. We will have big
crowd but it will be crowd Of earnest
and quiet business men looking for
homes and investment.
"And why should it be big crowd?
The lite of Sheffield, is in my OPT ion
and in the opinion Of everyone who has
seen it, an ideal ste for a city. 1t is
the most beautiful spot ever saw. The
blum IL from % to 1875 feet above the
Tennessee river, which is half mile
wide at that point. The ground il roll
ing, with noble fresh growth, the climate
is delightful, without tho possibility Of
malaria or epidemics. Tesides being
inc0mparably healthier and handsomer
in locality than birmingham or Chatta.
nOoga, its nearest rivals, it il rs near the
coal and iron fields as they are-is near
er st. Louis, the great iron market and
has the advantage of river transporta-
ton direct to that city. A considerable
trade is already done by the river.
When Sheffield is at work and the new
, railroad il finished, the river trade will
he immense. Iron, lumber and other
products will he sent by water to st,
Louis and the products Of the west
brought back by boat to be distributed
10y Sheffield merchants throughout the
south. AZ manufacturing and com.
mercial point it wi have no supcriors in
the south, As n beautiful and healthy
home, do not think it will have an
equal "
is the road finished to the coal and
iron iiclds?"
at is graded about 90 miles which
carries it TO the coal and iron field, and
the track liz laid about s miles More
than 1000 hands are now ut work and
the end is being pushed rapidly towards
Birmingham. The company that builds
this road own largely of the stock in
Sheffield - the personclle of the two COM
panies being virtually identical. The
men who control the Memphis and
Charleston road and the East Tennessee
and Virginia system are heavily intcrs.
ted in Sheffield This secured to the
new city n railroad of its own, rcnetra-
ting the coal and iron fields, the good
will, certainly, of u system of nearly
1000 miles of road and river which
leads from It's wharves to the water ways
Of the world"
Where will the largest number Of
purchasers come from? Purchasers will
come from every quarter. There are
already at Tuscumbia families from Da.
kota and san Francisco waiting to pur-
chase ground AMI begin business. Large
will go from Birmingham and ,
Annist imposed of those who failed
to get IN early in the speculate ons Of
these places, and are determined not to
miss the Sheffield opportunity. As an
Instance, one of our stockholders bought
a lot at Birmingham three years ago for
$1,000. After holding it one year be sold |
half it for whathe gave for the whole.
Sometime ago he directed his agent to |
close out his real estate in Birmingham, !
In order to invest in Sheffield, and he
was Informed that the remaining halt of
his lot was now worth $4,000. Now
there will probably be but one auction
sale Of lots by the Sheffield company,
and those who purchase then will get |
the "underho d. Three or tour hun
cred dollars invested ut the beginning
bids fair to be three or four thousand
dollars in very few years. We have
the history of Birmingham, Roanoke,
and other places before US
here is package of letters from persons
IN Texas, Iowa, Arkansas, New Hanp-
hire and other places, who have limited
means and youthful families. These per-
ons desire to move to the new city, in
est their means, in order that their chill
ren may become identified with the
lace, and increase their store as the
eneral property increases, the popula-
ion and the value of property. There
5 a good deal of foresight in all this
There is no disputing the fact that
heflield has the advantage in iron man.