The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-02-06
col ANDREWS TALKS

the Southern Railway, with head
quarters at Raleigh, N. G., is one
OF the best informed men in the.
country. He is a practical rail-
road man, thoroughly conversant
with this business, and under
stands the great resources of the
South, second to none. In a re-
cent interview with a reporter Of
the News and Observer, in re-
gard to what the Southern rail-
way companyrwas doing to secure
desirable immigration, and addi.
tional capital and enterprise for
the territory to his line ofrailway,
he said:
at is the policy Of our road to
assist in all practical ways those
who desire information touching
our section, with q view to loca-
ting in the South. We sell excur.
sion tickets at reduced rates of fare,
to bona fide parties seeking new
locations, such as farmers, manu-
facturers, or investors and opera
tives. We treat all who come to
US courteously and afford them
the fullest opportunities to see the
advantages our section has to offer.
In order to do this work more
Systematically and thoroughly We
recently organized the Land I'm
migration Department with head
quarters at Washington, D. c.,
which is in charge of Mr.. NJ, V.
Richards, who Is a gentleman OF
exceptional ability and long and
valuable experience in the land
and immigration business. Mr.
Richards, while coming from
Southern ancestry, was raised in
the West and has been engaged
in his present business since he
was a boy, and has made a sue
cess OF all he has undertaken. He
has an extensive acquaintance,
both East and West, and, with his
quickness to learn, he will soon
master the situation in the South,
and We expect good work from
him.
1--WE have the best lands on the
continent. They are low in price
productive Of soil, easy to cult
vate, near to the best markets, are
we'll watered, have complete tran:
portation facilities, are adapted t.
all branches of farming, and as t.
an all the year round climate
genial and heathful, the South ha'
no superior. When all these fact
are made known, as we are trying
to publish them broadcast all Owe
the country, why may We not rea
sonably expect a large accession
of this class to our population
Indeed, it will be strange if larg'
numbers OF them do not come, 70
they will see il is the best thing Il
do.
"Then We have exceptional faci
lities for all branches Of manufac
turing industry. We have abun
dant water powers, in all sections
raw materials in close proximity
i climate that permits outdoo
work TO be done in comfort ever,
day in the year, and We cal
make pig iron and manufacture
cotton, and about everything ell
for that matter cheaper than col
be done either in the North o
East. Our laws in many place
exempt capital invested in man
ufacturing enterprises from taxa
ion for a term Of years, and thi
IS an important consideration
which with other inducements i
already bringing cotton and othe
mills from New England othcI
points to US.
"The South has all the rIgefu
material, such as gold, silver, iroi
ore, coal, zinc, lead, copper, etc.
only awaiting development h
produce an era Of permanent pros
perity.
"Thcn we have the finest tim
lcr tracts containing every variet,
Of woods in building and manufac
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