The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1889-05-11
STEVENSON, ALABAMA.
The Hub" of the Most Important
Colliery District Of the South.
A Section which Presents Rare Oppor-
tunities for Manufacturers, Capital
ists and Home-seekers.

Although but twenty years have passed
since the south began making crude iron by
the cheaper processes. the industry has devel
oped with amazing rapidity. and has been the
most important factor in the recovery OF the
south from the paraly zing effects of the civil
war. a country that contains iron and coal
cannot help but become great among the
nations of the earth The towering stacks Of
mills and furnaces are evidences of nations
prosperity, and bear witness to it's advanced
civilization. gold field may bring popula
ton TO a country, but IL alone has never made
8 region permanently populous OF substan.
TALLY prosperous. The iron countries EN-
brace the progressive communities of the
earth. and the section which nature has
endowed with iron and coal cannot but become
region of wealth and bulwark of Industrial
strength.
OF all the territory embraced in the great
iron and coal belt of tho south, Alabama is
conceded To he the leader IN mining and
manufacturing enterprises. The story Of
Rirmingham's magic growth and continued
prosperity is known to every reader, but the
sudden rise of Birmingham to metropolitan
dignity is but an auspic ious incident. There
Is reason and room for a dozen Eirminghams.
and they will be. for they ntust be
1t mas Dcen hATCiy u utCAuC since kne Atb@n-
ton Of capitalists was seriously fixed upon
the possibilities of profitable investment In
opening up the mineral resources of the
northern part OF Alabama, and in locating
there such manufacturing enterprises as
might prosper, because of the convenient
accessibility of the raw material Since that
time what has happened one needs but
glance at the magic cities of the region to find
the answer-an answer eloquent of marvellous
progress and speedily acquired fortunes for
those who have had the sagacity to perceive
that the same natural conditions which have
hIled Pennsylvania with thriving communi.
ties exist in Alabama. But the grand work
OF development has scarcely begun. The
world needs more iron, more coal more timber
every year. shall the world wait upon Penn
sylvanla, and be content to receive what the
controlling corporations of that state may
dole out according TO the condition of the
market, the prices of which they x them
selves? Shall it refuse the treasures of Ala.
bama's hills and wales which may be had for
the asking? The history OF trade gives a most
emphatic negative. This region rarely
blessed must yield it's possessions to q
clamorous world. Already is Alabama iron q
welcome staple. Already have hundreds of
millions of dollars been added to the wealth
of the state by shrewd pioneers who have
invested in this vast field, so lately discov-
cred, but so magni1cently profitable in the
fulhllment OF it's promise
THE BEST LOCATION.
Some points are better than others The
considerations which should govern the in
vester are four: Industrial advantage, con-
venient communications, healthfulness, and
agreeable typographical environment. One
might travel the wide earth over and hnd no