The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-02-23

A Fine Climate, Unsurpassed
Manufacturing and Agricultural
Advantages.

A Fine Climate, Unsurpassed
Manufacturing and Agricultural
Advantages.
NJ. Quad in the Detroit Free Press OF
January 5, has the following to say OF
Florence, Ala, which is being rapidly de.
veloped by the Florence Land Co.:
Every Southern paper speaks OF "Fair
Florence" And fair she is. II the men OF
seventy years ago could not foresee the
march OF Progress, they had some excel
lent ideas regarding the present. A high
and dry location was selected for the town,
the streets were laid off for comfort and
beauty. and here to-day is the site for one OF
There is beauty and the picturesque which.
ever way you turn, and enough OF the
modern has crept in to throw the old time
dwelling out in strange contrast and com.
pei your admiration.
WHAT is COMING.
This sudden and through development
OF Alabama minerals, by which the atten-
tion of the world has been SO directly call.
ed to her timber supply and agricultural
lands as well, will build up every town in
the State which has natural advantages.
Florence has set her stakes to become q
manufacturing center. Her advantages
are: A thousand miles OF waterway flow.
ing past her doors: three railroads com.
pleted and three more in contemplation;
nearness to coal and iron; the great supply
OF timber along the river. and the cheap.
ness with which it can be landed at the
doors OF manufacturing establishments.
The problem OF to day and the problem
OF the future is and will be cheap transpor-
tation. The manufacturer who secures the
lowest rates will do the greatest business.
River or lake transportation insures cheap
rates by rail. A town situated SO that
she has both, with iron, timber and coal
at hand. could hardly keep manufacturers
out il she desired to. A steamer loaded
with manufactured goods at Florence, can
go to Pittsburg one way to the Gull an.
other, and to La Crosse third. II iron
could be put into furnaces there at 15c. q
ton. she would not thave the advantages
she now possesses in being able to send the
pig to st. Louis for s. per ton.
MANUFACTURERS IN WOODS.
Along this great river, from Florence to
Decatur one way, and from Florence to
Pittsburg Landing the other, the supply OF
soft and hard wood timber has scarcely
lost tree. There is every variety known
to commerce, and it can be had at very
low prices. Inere Is lOca tea at Florence
an industry which is turning out rs, 900
butter dishes per day without being able
to fill it's orders.
HEALTH, CLIMATE AND MORALS.
Does any one die in this city OF 8. 900 in
habitants? Yes, at long intervals, but gen.
orally OF accident or old age. 1t is doubt
full ii the vital statistics OF the world can
name healthier spot. There is no health.
Ter climate in the United States than in
this Tennessee Valley, where every town
and village has perfect drainage and the
best Of water. Epidemics are unknown
here. and the fevers Of the lowlands are
never met with. There may be lookup in
Florence, but if SO it is probably rented
out as carpenter shop or store house.
There is no need OF one. 1t has all the
churches, the best OF schools, and state
of society which any city might be justly
proud OF. All the Influences are for good.
They are honest, big hearted people, with
honest faces and hearty hand-shakes, and
1t does a stranger good to pass a day
among them.
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