The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-05-30

t of merchandise for vast area o.
, country, and even if she was moi
q surrounded by vast stores of min
t erals, that will bring manufacture
ing industries 10 her and musl
needs become great city some
day. There IS one thing about
, the town that it were not we'll Il
forget. While many handsome
buildings are being erected and
, the natural drainage and char
taeter of HE sell preclude the pos
sibility of bad roads, very little
has been done go far in the way
of permanent improvements OF
the streets. The town has elec.
tric lights and water works, but
rents are high. The timber ia
good. There is plenty of mar
BILE and limestone and a great
variety CT fire clays. The lands
are adapted TO raising cotton.
corn. tobacco, oats and small
grains. Improved farms are quot
j ed at SO to $40 per acre. Some
northern farmers have located
here and are doing well. The
lands, it is claimed, afford graz.
ing for cattle and sheep nine
months in the year. The coun-
try roads are good. The town
has 90 industries, including two
$50 ton blast furnaces. Good
lots can be bought at from IS to
$40 per front foot, it ls said. We
found many Northern men at
Florence and our treatment was
very kind. All things consider
ed, l know of no other city we
visited that would rather locate
in than Florence.
The town Of Sheffield, two
miles away in air line from Flor
ence, was started in 1884 and is
one of the great manufacturing
centers of the South. She has
AZ industries of different kinds. |
and it is said between $4,000, 900
and $12, 2,000. 900 have been invest |
ed there. We received a press
ing invitation TO stop at this
place, but our time was so d.
vlded that it was impossible. The
readers of the SENTINEL will ap
preciate the fact that it is a hard
matter TO include all of ones i'm
pressiOns of the towns visited
in a single article, nor should
it be forgotten that our stay was
so bri. { that many good features
were overlooked, as we'll as many
bad ones. / would advise no one
10 60 South until they know
where they are going and what
they ale going 10 do, but l DO
think that people contemplating
a change should look through
lhe South before they move.
Tuesday morning. May 21, We
left Birmingham. and after a
pleasant run Of IS miles arrived
At Annlston at noon. This town
s in Calhoun county and is well
lamed one of the most progress
We cities in the new south. The !.
,ity is situated upon an elevated
able land 800 feet above the sea
evel and is walled in by the Blue
Mountains. The scenery is love-
y and picturesque, and there
vas not one of the excurslonlsts
hat did not fall In love with the
'eautiful mountain town. We
topped at the Admission Inn, a
inely appointed hotel, command =
ng a splendid view of the city I,
rom its seat amidst elegant
rounds near the heart of the :
ity. No expense had been spared
n furnishing the house, and the :
hought came unasked as one sat
pom the broad piazzas and look
d away TO the mountain, what
lore could the heart of q tired
raveler desire than such a haven
f resl2 After dinner we were "
riven about he town and given
n opportunity to look upon its
Industries. There are 33 OF these
ldustries and the amount in
ested in them is SIG, AS, 900.
he population of The town is
1000; it has water works, elec- v
ic lights. gas and macadamlzed OF
reefs, churches of all denom;- ct
atoms, one costing 100000, pri- ~
ale and public schools i; the An -
iston Inn, the most famous no. f.
! in the South vast coal and c.
q fields adjacent !; four rail-
'ads; four charcoal furnaces u
lth an annual capacity of so, -
10 tons car wheel iron two coke hi
rnaces wlthan annual output
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