The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-12-21
VOLUME XXXv,--NUMBER lO2.
THE NEW SOUTH.
Big Boom for the Iron ReglonS-The Out.
look Bright for tho Future,

look Bright for the Future,
NEw YoRE, Dec, 2O,-The leading coal
and iron men Of the Southwest, whohsye
been in this city during the last ten days,
will go home to spend the Christmas holi-
days thoroughly satisfied with the bust.
ness Of the year, and more than hopeful
for the future, and they have good reason
10 be, The time for which some Of them
have been waiting Tor nearly twenty
years, when Northern capitalists will be
convinced not only Of the safety, but OF the
immense profits to be gained from the In,
vestment Of their money In developing the
almost isbulously rich coal and iron re-
sources OF Alabama, Tennessee and Geor-
gla, has come at last, Furnaces through
out the region are increasing their capa-
city; new furnaces arr building or are con.
traCted for; fresh markets are taking the
product iron workers are arranging TO ca.
tabllsh themselves in this favored region,
where they can buy their raw material
cheaper than anywhere else on this con-
Elnent; new railroads are being built aud
old ones extended, and In short, the Birm.
ingham, Chattanooga 4 Sheffield districts
are just now enjoying "boom" such as
no other section OF the South has had
since the country was first settled, and
what Ia better IT is q boom that rests on
the most solid Of foundations, and Is as
certain TO be permanent as anything In
business can be,
The simultaneous presence In this city
ot such men as General Willard Warner,
President OF the TeCumseh (Ala.) Fur
mace Company; A, NJ. Shook, OF Tracy
City, Tenn, Manager ot the Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad Company; Pro-
iessor ]. B. Killebrew, formerly State
Geologist Of Tennessee and Secretary OF
the Alband d Tennessee Coal aud Iron
Company; Mr.. Parish, Of Philadelphia,
also largely interested In the develop.
ment Of coal and iron properties'in the
Southwest, has afforded an opportunity to
obtain from the men most competent to
give It veri6cation OF the reports made
by William D, Kelley, ot Pennsylvania,
alter his return from recent visit to his
tayorite region.
The prominent and most active men in
the rapid development Of the coal and
iron industry Of the South are Enooh
Eusley, 7. 7. Hillman, J. W. Sloss, Il. F,
DeBAItlebeor, Samuel Noble and Willard
Warner, OF Alabama; ]. O. Warner, A. s.
Oolyar, Z. W, Cole, Il, s. Chamberlain
and A. NJ. Shook, OF Tennessee, and sena.
tors Brown and W, @, Morrill,, Of Georgia.
John InmRn, OIL this city, has also been
active In developing this region
since 1882. He has this year invested
more than one million dollars in iron
and coal properties there. Samuel
Thomap, the great iron master Of Penn
sylvania, and President Of the Thomas
Iron Companies, has large iron aud coal
properties near Birmingham, and he is
now preparing to build one, and proba.
bly, two, large furnaces there. Mr.. Shook
and Prof, Killsbrew are Southern men by
birth and Democrats, while General
Warnsr was from Ohio, hut Ia now q
Southern man by virtue ot twenty-five
years residence In Alabama and identif.
cation with Southern interests,