The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11

rise in beauty more than 100 feet above the
level Of the sca, and there the future will
see, as surely a. that humanity shall demand
the gArnerIng OF sarth's treasures, the rich,
thriving and populous city known 80 steven.
son, Ala. and OF whose present appearance
we give in this issue Of THE TRAVELLER =
bird's-eye view. In q few years the strag.
Cling village of to-day will have become a
city. with miles OF paved streets. great build
ings. handsome residences and q score of mills
and furnaces furnishing employment to thou.
sands OF men.
WHAT is OFFERED INVESTORS.
A strong syndicate of Memphis. New York.
New Orleans and Nashville capitalists have
determ ined to build a manufacturing town in
jackson county, Alabama. The county is in
the extreme northeastern corner of the state
and is rich in every resource whose develop
ment may make . community wealthy. ste.
/ yenson, at the intersection OF the Memphis
4 Charleston railroad, running east and
west, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis railroad, running north and south. Is
the point selected by the syndicate as most
favorable for their purposes. largo tract
OF land contiguous to the village has been
purchased and plated by the syndicate. The
distance from the railroad intersection To the
river lie less than three miles, the intervening
country being gently undulAting and covered
with a fine growth OF timber. Back Of the
town rise the spurs OF the Cumberland range
of mountains. That the site 10 adapted to the
purposes Of the syndicate and calculated to
fulfill their every expectation IL indicated as
much by the character OF the gentlemen W no
have organized the Stevenson Land and I'm.
provement company, which has undertaken
the work, as by anything else. They are
known all over the south to be sagacious, sue
cessful and honorable business men of the
highest hnanclAl standing. Among them are
the following Napoleon Hui. X. Dudley
Frayser. r. b. Snowdeu, s. Mansfield. Il. Low
enstein, Hon. James Phelan, NJ. h. TreEevant,
II. J. Black. Sol Coleman. a. h. GOodbar and
other prominent citizens of Memphis, J. G.
Latham. of Latham, Alexander y Co. New
York city; Edgar Jones, J. Compton. r. T.
Lea, Nashville; Rev. Telfair Hodgson. Sewa
nee; John ii. VauRht. W. W. Howe. stevenson !,
l.. Craddock, Dallas, Tex; T. X. Roach. VIM
Cohen. New Orleans, and others.
The good faith. the feasibility and preemi.
nent propriety of the enterprise which the
Stevenson Land and Improvement company
has undertaken is proved by the names of the
projectors. who are men that have won the
public confidence An enterprise in which
such men are interested will command the
attention of manufacturers and capitalists
everywhere Here Is coal. iron, timber, In
ineXhaustible quantities, to say nothing of
other resources. Added to her picturesque
and healthful location 10 the special advantage
which Stevenson enjoys in the fact that here
two of the most important railroad lines Of
the south cross-one giving communication
with all the great cities of the east and west
the other with those of the north and south.
and assuring low freight rates. The railroads
are not prospective; they are here now:
Nature and man have joined in preparing the
conditions for great manufacturing city.
There is nothing for the manufacturer TO do
but to go to Stevenson and begin operations.
He will not have TO wait for railroads to be
built or mines to be opened. All ;ha; has been
anticipated. glance st the accompanying