Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-27
A STAUNCH, TRUE FRIEND
Is Captain P, Sid Jones to the
Magic City.
HE LOVES TO TALK OF Her
And Grows Enthusiastic In Conversation About
Her Growth-Emigration and Other
Topics Discussed.

Nupl. 4. Sld Jones, OIL me south Ala
bama Emigration and Development com
pany, has been in the city several days,
but returned to Nashville last nigh. The
genial captain has his headquarters in
the Terminal station at the Tennessee
Centennial, but spends his Sundays with
his family in this city. He is nothing If
not enthusiastic is a staunch advocate of
Birmingham and a great believer in her
prosperous future.
Capt. Jones came home principally 10
meet the general manag + of his company
The companys main offices are in the
Stock Exchange building, Chicago, but Bt
is pushing its gigantic colony scheme in
Baldwin county, where it owns 10000 acres
of land and is negotiating for 26,400 acres
more. The colonization scheme is oper-
a.ed very much ON the building and loan
principle. 1t is run ON The cooperative
plan, with its stock or land certificates
being placed to settlers at 81 per month
on each ter acres.
The succ IS of the colony is Capt. Jones'
main desire. and he is working hard with
thar object In view. He said 10 a Stale
Herald representative yesterday after
noon that his company had disposed of
10000 acres of land in the past four
months, and that his mail is burdened
with Inquiries from all parts of The coun-
said that his colony was the largest and
most successful one in the SOUTH and that
1t would rival Fitzgerald, Ca, which was
started on THE same principle.
After speaking enthusiastically of the
colony scheme Capt. Jones branohtd
off on to the Nashville Centennial. 1.-THE
exposi ion in ITSELF" he said, "is perfect
iii every detail, and a view of the govern
merit and historical buildings alone is
worth the expenses attending a VISIT to
tha FNAnf 1ftx f,H1..
magnificent.
Since the reunion of the United Con-
federate Ve.erans," he contiDued, "the
attenda nee has been comparatively light,
but fair. THE excessively hot weather
seems to have affected the attendance,
but from the middle of August and in
september and October 1 feel sar isfied
thsis 1t will be even greater than the an
ticipations. My correspondence from the
nor,hwest is very large, and the universal
expressions indicate that many people
are coming south during shat time, and
they will take in the exposition on The
way"
Capt. Jones spoke in glowing terms of
the general plan of the exposition. He
said 'It is far superior to anything ever
sesn in the South The grounds are nat
urally more beautiful than those of At
lanta, 1T is a blue grass country. and the
buildings are situated nearer each
other. 1t does not tire a man out In GO
ing from one of them to the other. and
every thing Is better arranged. 1t has
everything that Atlanta had and a great
many things it did not possess. From
careful general observation it appears
that the people are surfeited with ex
positions; they desire a rest"
Speaking of the features of the expo
sition that are of more direct interest
to Birmingham and Alabama people,
Capt. Jones thus expressed himself:
Alabama has several displays which are
very creditable. There are two in the
agricultural building and one in the for
estry building. Both are neat, nicely ar
ranged and attractive. The Alabama
building is a handsome little structure
of beautiful architectural conception. In
this building Mr.. Mccall is the genial
representative of the state and has
proven himself a most competent and
courteous gentleman All in allsI believe
that Alabama is well represented at the
Centennial and that her exhibits are
subjects of much local pride"
Capt. Jones became very eathuslastic
when the steel eXperim nts were men
toned. 'fThey are experiments no long
er," he said, warmly, "but show an un-
qualified success. Beyond doubt, 1t has
been demonstrated that STEEL firsL class
steel, can be successfully made~righ here
in Birmingham, and 1t Is my belief That
it is the keynote of cur future SUCCESS.
Beyond question, 1t Is successful, and by
the same token will Birmingham attain
such a growth than even her staunchest
suppor er does not now predict"
81 am going back 70 Nashville tonight"
he continued "Lut first am going down
to the steel mill TO secure number of
small samples of the steel. These / will
take with me and display them promi-
ner,tly I'M my Office in the Terminal sta
Lion. Everyone interested in This indus
try, and, in fact, in this seotion, calls
in to see me and talk nothing but the
manufacture of steel. This question Is
one of absorbing interest all over the
country, and will necessarily attract
numbers of Industries using steel to this
city. 1 hope to be of quite little SER
vice in advertising this city through its
steel in conjunction with other ideal OPP
poritunitieS."
At this junoIalre quite a number of peo-
pie were waiting to see Capt. Jones. Be-
fore bringing the interview to an end,
however he said in earnest tones: you
can state tha. the Centennial is a great
success; our colony will outrival any,
ching in the south and Birmingham's
steel will open it's gates to idle capital
that will flow in here, and the people will
enjoy such prosperous era as Lhey havo
never known"
Capt. Jones left lasJ night for Nash
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