The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-03-01
WAR IMMINENT.
The New South Declares War en-
Poverty and Sloth
And is Marshalling Her Industrial LIE
gions and Massing Her Energies
AT DECATUR.

All DECATUR.
The statement is made on au
thority that 1.-The enterprises that
are already located in Decatur will
necessarily employ 1890 men,"
Reckoning nalf of these as mea of
families and giving the ordinary
average number of five to family,
it appears that these workingmen
and their families already foot up
Ia, S50--or will when the plants all
ready located are in operation. 1t
is computed that the number Of
werkingmen and their families IN
manufacturing and commercial city
constitute generally one third the
population. Taking that IS true,
and it appears that Decatur has
already the foundations laid for
"A, $50 people. That is to say, as
soon rs the manufacturing plants
already in process OF construction
are finished and the business of the
city is adjusted to the usual normal
Istatus, the census will foot up A,
| $50 souls. This appears TO be ex-
/ aggerated statement, but five stop
and think of the marvellous things
that have happened there in one
short year we are prepared to ac-
cept these figures as approximately
correct.
The above calculation takes no
note of what may result sfrom other
causes towards running up the
the number of people that will be
congregated there. They are al
ready there to the very fullest num-
Der that can be accommodated and
they occupy houses as fast as they
can be built. 1t is evident tLst the
only limit to the rapid fulfllment
of the prophecy made by these fig
ures is the capacity of the city-to
afford shelter.
There are other causes operating
} to build up Decatur besides these
) already located. New manufacturing
plants are continually coming 10,
and we leave the reader to make
! his own calculation Of what the
near future will reveal in the way
Of population.
A rolling mill from Aurora, Ind,
that will employ thousand men is
I one of the secrets.
4 Another rolling mill OF unstated
capacity from Holyoke, Mass, Is
spoken of.
I A large stove factory is probable
a tack factory from North Han
SOD, Mass, is hunting site in De
t catur.
+ The Decatur Iron Co. organized
: last week with 100000 capital.
: A large furniture factory from
q GAINESVILLE, Ga, is trying to move
o there.
: There are numerous other small
: plants of various kinds being loca
e ted and men of all shades Of EN-
y ployment and business are congre
0 eating there.
: These things go on every day and
the number of them increases il
r arith netical ratio-the more they
e come, the faster they come. VIVA
}. is the inevitable result?
A METROPOLITAN CITY!
The figures and facts challenge
disputation. It's inevitable. As
! tonishing as it seems to say ,ha,
6 Decatur will shelter $4,000 souls a.
q soon as the shelters can be built ant
= tie machinery and business plant
= ed that will bring them there, it II
= not half as astonishing as it would
= have been year ago to predict one
tenth of what has already happened
a Reckoning upon the basis Of wha
. has happened and calculating upor
the facts already existing, the as
- sertion is fully warranted that De
. catur will be the largest manufac
turing city in the south.
~ The public evidently believe it
The men who invest money there
9, ny the hundreds of thousands be
;, lieve it, else they would not stalk
/ thal- all on it. No man can g,
= there and see tie things going OF
\ without being convinced of it.
a There has been over 400 lots solt
n there within the past week; Thes'
zen believe it.
Il Anothep street railroad is bein.
| L.
" away over in the blackjacks where
a year ago the dismal 'croakings 0
% the forlorn frog awoke the silen
- echoes of The night, and the syrel
sizz of the musical musquito start
: led the Voiceless gloom-as it were
:, George .kingsley of Springfield
a Mass, is there seeking a chance t,
= build 100 houses.
y L. Corey who has invested yer,
~ largely there and is building larg
- block of business houses has recent
:, ly contracted to build number O
~ residence.
, These aud numerous etaer 5ast
and incidents of the kind demon
strate not only the confidence tina
- men Of money have in the future O
:, Decatur. 5rt they are forcing tina
~ future.
y We mentioned last week the fac
- that a Systematic excursion polio,
has beeI adopted by the railroads
10 They have agreed apoa excursion
a to take place Feb. %. March IL an,
d p, and April 10 and "a, at a rate o
i. II cents per mile. from all point
d south, with stop over privileges
This will open the spring mosemen
south. This is in addition to tn
ID plan being adopted by the railroad
ot to give special passenger an
n. freight rates for year to all person
/, who viii locate south It is conf
g IDENTITY belieyed that these eAcur
~ sions will lead to large results.
re The recent terrible bliszards i
II