Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-05-17
THE SHEFFIELD BOOM.

There never vac m enreruri-n Ierun
under moro favorable ausr.; e. t4eo tie
projected c,ty e Sheffield. Is / ca..nn
TN he south bank d: the Ten: csc" iitrr
between TnscpnIta af.d Florence, ST.
ntel on high I,uH. tl.at co-4r9a. I Z s;ey
for mil.sat lcsulr.unalng cca:tr... liz
healthiulne-. Il tl~ place, its fertility
and proximity 70 the imlasree ce@i and
iron field. arI ia MANY cher adyant.-
cc. have attracted tie attention q cap
;tal;et4 and Manufacturers. Willie the
~nenspa,e Is III ne1r,v al tie STAT. vi h.
hardly an exception. have commented
tavorablv GA tho fa.tcr;ng prospects ot
the lew city.
A reporter, Wishing t. obtain tie
latest Information about Sheffield.
c2llct at the ct'irc II Captain }. +.
Eukc. ono Of tie er,-ut.re committee
r the ~i.e:ieii company, and s1o has
isst retained sru:n TIE aorti:, where ne
las been ah-e1t . m3a.E on business
connected WITH the lev enterprise.
N response = an-Inll::y about shef-
f"l!. CAPT. Bark aid
We -ha.i lave 70 take ~adSantasco 81
The Columns, q NE lFFs' u aIa"el.i5
'he qu'Htl"rs tia. lave accUmn'atea ~
! regard 70 @het'lr.a, the NJ" hoi'-i Ala
balna city. We la.e h"adIliarters Tor
u~is"rnaatlan II Atlanta, -Nash'fiie, Mem
pins, ln>rnmhla. N'nt@ciners' Ai"p'e
ana Selma. hut It 5 lm!o-s''ie 20 aI>"'r
each man separately, 50 efeN IS Tue III,
tcrc.t taken III tine ma ter: % we VIII
answer thr"n%h me pre-, -,
hth "'t5 ne s"le Ike lt"ce:
~ 'fGlr' on -'i'S oH -,
"itoW VII y i' f"lid''''ca;
In tie taIf'se ana m"si oI'' way.
NGt IN II 10Y VIII oe s3'o az Pi1'".a
tAle. Inc i"'S' az l1';'c', WIZ )" l''
up ut auction ana soin "''n"'tt prefer,
encc or pr J'iaice. l,ach n'",iti "ni
stand on the same OASIS eA"cty.
I What VIII ne 'iic terms.
VIII ask ohly 'he-lo"i'n t'Sh
ana We hai"h'" IN one; wv ~ VIZ
years: o'i "H!'*l II, selling '' i'.,io
cash IS !" allo" me l'lyeIs 10 KEEP the
hu!k Of thelr money TT nu'iolne. "leie
a man with a 'ho"SaId Q! 80 o''iats can,
not afford TO ray ca.h LOT hls laho al!o
at the SANE hmc bul a mousse we take
only o~ne-f"uftl iof tfle iaiid ana 1e' hlhi
put the rest OF ms money ID improve
ulents.
"W1ll there &c large att ndaEce at inc
sa e..
The outlook Is that 1t MI DE the lar-
rest crowd at a land sale ever seen IN
the south. we nave alnleu sPeclaily 10
avon! making 1t -hythlng OF a1roilc, or
attracting tie crowd liiat usually go
on exclusions. we Will nave a plg
crowd but 1t VIII be a CROWD OF earnest
and quiet BUSINESS men looking 1or
homes ard investments. !,
amt why slon!u IL pc blS crowd!
The lite Of Sheffield, IS III my OPP. Ion
and in the o.'ihten q everyone Who has
seen 1t, an ideal site flr a city. IT. Is
the most beautiful spot | ever saw. The
bun Is from p to 12o fe't above the
Tennessee river, which is halt a mile
wide at that point. Inc ground IS roll
ing, with nnbie'lfcsh CROWN TIE clila"'e
i~Sde!iGht!ui, without the Posslpil,iy OF
lnc"mparably healthier and handsomer
IN LOCALITY than birmingham or ohatIa-
n coai an1 iro1r7 eE}s az they are-is near.
Wer St Ioui-. the great iron market and
ri n as tle ad vn1sk OF Of river transporta.
,ion.hirect to that city. A considerable
1 : trade j. already done by he river
= Whom ShemtIdiss st work and the nov
ra;Irood is FINISHED he river trade viii
Il. le immense Iron. lumber and othe,
113 rrndncts vi 1,a s0nt hv water to ST
j inr,.~em}~ the-~proluets of the Yves.
Il, brouobt back hv boat to he distributed
) hv sheffield merchants throughout thu
.snuth. As a manufacturing and com
mercial pojut it Wi have no s11periors il
the south AS a beautiful and healthy
home i, not Think it will have AZ
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