The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-04-11


n.. the State of Tennessee.
.'.'.' CAPITAL, $4,000:
In 1900 Shares of $40 Each. =
The liability Of the Shareholders to Be
limited By the amount cftheir shares
It'is proposed to f"rm q company as
above described, forihe purpose OF &C
curing 4 certain tract land contain
ing very valuable clay beds located At
Rugby Road, Scott County, State Of
Tennessee, now owned by the Beard OF
: Aid to- Land Ownership, An English
orgauizatiu,,, and for erecting the ne
sessary ovens, k,lus, buildings, etc, for
manufacturing Pottery ware, Rugby
Roud is situated Oh the Cincinnati /
Southern Railway, 22l miles from Gu
ciunuti. Ohio, and ia from Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.
The Pottery industry is NJ yet
scarcely developed in the Southern
States, while at the same time 4 Iere
is large aud rapidly growing demand
for the different kinds of ware Proposed
I" be made by this company. A pottery
located at Rugby Road would lave
many advantages in supplying tn,
Southern market over its N"rl bern
competitors, who now do u large and
Z profitable business throug hout TIN. ex-
1tnsi7e section Of country. The Martin
srn manufacturers have to purchase
The whole If their clay, some 81 whieA
il brought long distances, eil'.Illng
heavy transportation charges; this Can
psny will have it's own clay bells, val
uAb!c sea,ns # which ui exc.lignt qi,,-
t,,aal practically 'liMte i qta."
iu,y b. ing found ol, tbs si t, can 'e
easily aud cheaply worked, Tie work.
OF Northern CON 'e,itors are mostly
lcAted considerable distance tr,h.
rv;l mugs, whilst this conpany can
obtain rnal IT the inat qhHi'tv ;uG
highly s'li'cd to t''r purpose at dis
ta.ce Vt ouly : miles lN rail, and c.'l'
he delivered at Rugby Road Vt mt
paorc than half the price paid b.,
others. Iii the matter OF wages, also, n
considerable saving can bc effected 10y
ali, company The Northern p",terl.s
brinya iouy distance from this msr.
ket, have to pay, heavy rates Of freight
OH their ware. In this mattsr Of freight,
alone, the advantage in favor Of this
Company is such as t. form a not in
considerable profit Of itself. Bya special
Arrangement which has been made
With tile manager OF the Cincinnati,
New Orleans and Texas Pacific Rail.
way Company, very low rates Of freight
will lie charged ON everything going
from and to the pottery, and applying
to the whole Of that compauys system
from Cincinnati t. New Orleans.
A large market is open to this
company; the following among other
proniueut towns and cities may Lr
q mentiened;-- Nashville, Chattanoo.a
Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn; Bir
minxham, Selma, Calera, Meridian
Montgomery and Mobile, Ala; Rom,
Atlanta, Macon and Augusta Ga.
New Orleans, La, DC, &c.
The land required can be obtained
Oh almost nominal terms. By a,
arrangement already made betwse,
Mr.. Crossley and the Board of Aid t,
Land Ownership, the clay land will b
purchased ut specially low rates, ant
al ad. quate site for the erection of
n,ansfactory will he given free Tn
land proposed to be- acquired, in All
di.ion to the site for the works (whicl
Is douatedj il about 20 acres, close t,
aud adjoining the town site Of Rngl
Road, about 500 or 500 yards frn
the railway station, and shown on ma
herewith.
The clay has been fully tested, bot
tue United States and in England
4 L. Ill II.