The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-07
WESTERN coLONIsTs COMING.
Col. Pope Announces "a Completion
of the Land Purchase.

General Passenger Agent Pope of the
Savannah, Americas and Montgomery
railroad announces that after carefully
properties offered to the Gov. Northen
Colonization Company. the purchase of
49, coo acres in Wilcox and Irwin counties
has been oonsummated. All titles have
been examined and found satisfactory
and the first payment on the property has
now been made.
The property is bounded on the north by
the Savannah Americas and Montgomery
railway. and on the east partly by the Alb
beville and Waycross road and on the
south by large bodies of virgin timber land,
the base point of supply for these settlers
being Abbeville, a station on the Savan-
nah, Americas and Montgomery road. The
company now has about 10000 stockholders
throughout Ohio. Indiana. Illinois, Iowa,
Nebraska, Wisconsin and other points,
who have paid their stock assessments
from month to month during the last two
years, and who can now use their paid-up
shares in the purchase of farms in the ter
ritory described at the original cost price,
reservations of alternate farms being
made to be sold in the future to other pur-
chasers at an advanced price.
posed of farmers, artisans, fruit growers
and others who seek more favorable labor,
climatic and health condition for the flu
ture for themselves and families. 1t is
their intention to begin to survey, settle
and locate on farms early this fall. They
will Immediately commence the manufac-
ture of lumber of all forms, box and barrel
material and small factories for other pur-
poses. 1t is intended to establish a town.
with churches, schools. etc, and in gen
eral to begin a comprehensive movement
for the development of this great tract of
land.
Mr. Pope says that commencing in Sep
tember and continuously adding thereto
1t is estimated that within two years the
total number of persons to be
located will be $1,000. The effect of such a
population movement as this upon the
immediate territory, upon the railroads
which penetrate that region, as well as
upon Georgia and the south at large, can
be readily understood.
Although only about one-third of the
colonists will be members of the Grand
Army, Mr. Fitzgerald states that an esti-
mate has been made showing that these
Grand Army men will bring to the colony
an aggregate of about 100000 a year in
pension payments, which in itself will be
quite an object and materially aid in the
development of the property. This will be
a new feature in southern advancement
when the enormous sums which have here
tofore been paid in the north and west
for pensions are turned toward the south
A meeting of the projectors of the plan
will be held at Tiflon this week Mr. Fitz-
gerald says 1900 heads of families have
already taken $4,000 shares representing
$3.50 600 of the proposed 100000 capital stock,
and that all the reports showing subscrip-
tions of stock have not been compiled. No
more new members will be admitted after
July 10. as there are already enough to
take all the stock without increasing the
holding OF each person to more than ten
shares, which is the original limit.