The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-13
GOING TO GEORGIA.
Twelve Thousand Old Soldiers
to Join the Colony.
Marching Through Georgia in a
More Peaceable Manner
THAN WITH sTECUMP. :"
All the Stock Has Now Been
Bought.
COnfederates to Welcome Their
Former AdversarieS.

ATLANTA, Ga, July 13.-With the end
ing of this week more than 100000 will
have been paid for about $4,000 acres of
land in Irwin and Wilcox counties for
the purpose of forming thereon the much
talked of colony of old soldiers and their
families from the north.
This is not all the land that is to be pur-
chased by some fifty or sixty thousand
acres, and there will be something like
$150,O0O used for the purpose of making
improvements on the properties and Civ
ing the new town handsome start.
This colonization scheme has been one
of Ex-Governor W. ]. Northen's pet hob
bies, and he has worked faithfully upon
it. in conjunction with Mr.. P. H. Fitz-
gerald, of Indianapolis, Ind. until it is
an assured fact that nearly $4,000 fami-
lies of soldiers will come to Georgia and
make this great state their home.
It is estimated by Mr.. P II. Fitzgerald,
who reached the city yesterday after
noon at 2 o'clock and left last night at 8,
that the families will average nearly
five persons, making total of more than
$4,000 individuals who will make their
homes in the pine forests of this state.
The colonization organization is an af-
fair the magnitude of which the people
of Georgia have not yet fully apprecia-
ted, There are II, IT'S heads of families,
owners in the great stock company,
which has capital of $500.000, the first
installment of which has been paid in.
1t is a great movement.
Before any of the immigrants are
allowed to come here and settle on
lands of the company, there will be
survey of the company property
made. The town will be laid
out in proper lots and great care will
be taken with the details, such as the
naming of streets. Upon, the edge of
town the first lots will be of two acres
all about it. Further out the size will
increase to ten acres, while as the dis
tance from the city grows greater the
lots will be increased in size until they
get to 100 acres.
When the allotment takes place which
will be before the immigrants start for
their new settlement, it will be as
closely as possible in line with what
each settler wants The members of
the company will be allowed to
put in application for the
property they desire and every endeavor'
will be made to so allot it In the city
every other lot will belong to the com
pany, and these will be sold to non
stockholders to the advantage of the
members of the company.
1t Is required that each stOckhOlder
shall own four or five shares at $40 each.
Already all the stock sufficient to make
up the capital of $5OO,0OO has been sold
and the first payment was about
$125.OOO.
Mr.. P H. Fitzgerald, who has doomed
the colonization scheme in the north,
reached here yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock, accompanied by his Mr.
Fitzgerald went almost Immediately 60
the office of Mr.. Thomas II. Northen, son
OF Ex-Governor Northen, the latter being
out of the city. There they discussed
the affairs of the colony and arranged
for the incorporation of it.
"Is it go?" repeated Mr. Fitzgerald
last night in response to the question.
"Why, am on my way to the lands now
to buy up about $4,000 acres, the option
being about to expire on several thousand
acres of it. The first installment on the
stock has been paid in and the stock
holders are decidly happy over the out
look"