Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-06-06
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PUBLIC Spirited CITIZENS OF VAL
DOSTA, GA.

PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZENS OF VAL
DosTA, GA.
Railroads and Manufactures Built and
Owned by Home Capital-Fricndly Ri
yalry In Beautiful Iomcs-Secrct of tho
Success of a Southern Town,
To any one visiting this section Just
now Valdosta will be Il surprise, writes
correspondent of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton. Tho surprise will DO i'll tho nature
of new brick blocks, of expensive houses
in course of erection onullsidcs, of pros
porous manufacturing enterprises and
of genuine railroad buildings
Mcompany with Colonel Charles PEN
dleton l had All opportunity of looking
into these evidences of progress. The
sound of the hammer and the saw does
notremind one so much of Improvement
i'll an old city as it does of the building
of u new city, such us has been seen i'll
tho west.
This development of building is only
to be explained by the fact that our peo-
pie have been saving their money until
tho banks We're overfiowing with de-
posts. First ono citizen determined to
build Il modern style home, and then his
neighbor resolved not to be outdonc, and
he, too, studied out plans, and the re-
suit is that as you stand upon amy of the
eminences around and look over the city
you will sec the new frames dot,ing the
view OH all sides.
We have three banks of excellent
standing, all paying per cent divi-
dends and having deposit accounts prob
ably equal to their stock. This shows
that the cash is in the county. There is,
in addition to these, an investment COM
pany, With Il capital stock of 500, 900,
upon which s per cent interest is paid.
Our mill men have more orders than
they can fill for building material, Il
state of things you will not often meet
With. Among our new enterprises is ~
glano factory, with Il plant OF 800, 900,
every cent of which was furnished by
three residents of Naldosta. While rail
road men estimate that the Suano trade
i'll Georgia and South Carolina has fallen
Off G6 per cent, yet our factory has dis
posed of every pound of its product.
During the past year we have been
building more houses of first class style
than amy other city i'll the state, not even
excepting Atlanta. We have erected IL
sawmill, planning mill, guano factory, ice
factory and other establishments with
our OWL capital exclusively. Our farm
ers have gone into cattle and hog raising
IN, Ian, l,,,,
doubled i'll the last ten years. Naldosta
is the heaviest Sea Island center i'll the
world, our annual receipts running up
to 10000 bales. The people in the coun-
try are we'll otf'-not quite out of debt,
but doing we'll, and living better than
they ever have before. The enterprises
already started are to be followed by
others, such as a calriageand buggy fac
tory. Remember thispoint, that all these
enterprises are built with Faldosta mon
ey, free from mortgage or other entan-
clement.
Now I'm coming to the point based
upon what 1 have already told you. We
have determined that Il city thus situat-
ed, with such wealth, such enterprise
and such public spirit, shall not be bot
tied i'll by either ono or two roads. We
propose not only to build new railroads
to accessible points, but to build them
with our OWL money and to own them
right here, so that the big systems around
us cannot gobbio them up.
We have already started ono road-
10 miles of which are finished, to Madi-
son, i'll Florida-:, distance of 30 miles,
to be known as the Vuldosta Southern.
The probability is that this road will be
farther extended down the coast to
Tampa, opening up to Naldosta the trade
of rich section of country. The next
road that we have i'll view is one almost
straight east to FernandiMl, to be known
Us the Fernandina and Western. Fer
nandina has recently been shut out by
the railroads and seeks ;ul outlet. The
distance is 100 miles. Tho people of
Fernandina have already completed ar
engagements for the building Of 80 miles.
and Valdosta will take up the other so.
The country between Valdosta and Fer
nandina abounds i'll the richest forests of
timber i'll the world. The road will cost
about $4,000 a mile for construction.
Two other roads are projected, one on
an air line to Albany, and the other i'll Il
northeasterly direction. All of these VEN
lures are to be controlled at home, and
undcr no circumstances will be allowed
to pass into the hands of adverse Dar.
ties.
This IL No Novelty.