The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-07-05
Six Months Progress. |
1888 Threatens to Take
the Cake.
Incredibly Rapid 1ndustri-
al Development Es-
tablished by the
Figures.
The Wonderful Growth Of Railroad
Traffic and Railroad
Extensions.
Decatur is Getting Her Full Share and
Her Future lis Bright With
Promise.
Decatur is Getting Her Full Share and
Her Future lis Bright With
Promise.
READ THE FACTS.

There have been words and
words!
Now see the figures!
The deluge of glittering things
that have been written concerning
the south's wonderful development
now in progress have been looked
upon by many as gushing fabrica-
tions. The CITIZEN has not been
behind in advertising these things
to the world, and it has added to
its opinions the confederation of
facts from time to time; but now it
is pleased to find from the actual
figures and facts collected by the
Manufacturers Record that it has
not exaggerated.
For the first half of 1888 there
have been 2,023 new enterprises
started in the south, against 1856
for the corresponding period in
1887 and 812 for 1886. The capt.
tai invested amounts.to the enor-.
nous sum of $81, 100000.
There has been an apparent de-
preston in business activity which
can be easily accounted for. For
two years there have been multi
piled thousands of capital invested
in mining, manufacturing and va
ried enterprises that locked up the
capital so invested and rendered it
incapable of yielding any returns
until the plants got into operation.
Now the new furnaces are blowing
in, the mills are starting up, the
machinery set in motion, the labor
ers gone to work, and the returns
are beginning to come in. 1t will
bring about resuscitation OF ener-
gy and spread the benefits more
generally. This need not be am
plified to the intelligent reader.
While the manufacturing inter-
ests of the south have more than
quadrupled in the past few years, it
has not been at the expense of the
agricultural interests, but has rath-
er had the opposite effect. A very
large proportion of the new plants
are for the working up of the agri-
cultural product, thus stimulating
farm work and in some instances
actually creating sources of wealth.
For instance, there have been 227
canning factories erected-a new
source of wealth, utilizing and turl-
ing into dollars the stuff we have
wasted. There have been 81 cot
ton seed oil mills, and large num-
Der of plants covering the various
agricultural product.
All these are beginning to pass
out profits both upon the capital in
vested and in the way of putting
money into the pockets of the peo-
pie who raise the products and we
confidently look for increased bust
ness activity.
| Added TO this we must consider
the crop prospects, said to be gener-
ally better than for years. 1t seems
that all the forces of nature, the en-
ergies and efforts of men and the
blessings of providence are consplr-
ing at once to place the south in
the lead of the world in solid
wealth.
Railroad developments are no
less encouraging. The Georgia
Central has just finished an airline
form Birmingham to Savannah
where it connects with its own line
of steamers. Its 1000 miles rami-
fy all sections of the mineral and
agricultural regions south and it's
freightage now goes out though a
southern port, in it's own bottoms,
to seek the worlds markets. 1t
dates a new epoch.
The Louisville & Nashville is
pushing it's connections into every
accessible corner of the south and
it has accumulated a volume of
business that is nearly incredible
to tell-nearly all of it new, and ev-
cry dollar of it new dollar for the
south.
The Chesapeake and New Or
leans is no longer on the specula-
tive list. Between Decatur and
Shelbyville, a distance of 70 miles,
there have been $425, 900 subscribed
and the efforts of Maj. Gordon and
Judge Bond are destined soon to be
crowned with successful issue.
! The Helena, Topeka and Decatur
road is being surveyed and will at
an early day give Decatur another
western outlet.
The prediction made that 1888
will nearly equal the greatest year
of railroad construction on railroad
construction on record-13,O 900
miles 1SS7-promises to be easily
verified.
A movement has been inaugura-
ted at Baltimore for concerted ef-
fort to turn the tide Of emigration
south. Men with monev and men
who read in the north have already
realized the situation and are COM
l inp this wav With thelr troaouro