The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1899-08-11
MT. PLEASANT.
The biggest Town of Its Size in IL
South,

The biggest Town of Its Size in the
South.
The Mt. Pleasant correspondent of
the Nashville American, writing
under date of August Z, says.
During the past week Messrs. Xii
Hebrew, Hill d Co. have had a crew
of 100 hands, scrapers and teams. at
work on the new street which they
have opened up from the Square to
the depot. The City Engineer has
completed map of the territory
and lots are being sold verv rapidly.
Already about fifteen of them have
been sold to parties who will build
business houses. In every instance
these lots were sold for from two to
four times "a much as the company
paid for them.
A new street will be opened up by
DR.. r. r. Williams and other par
ties, extending from South Main
street back to the railroad. This
street will open up some valuable
business and residence property,
which will be Immediately put on
the market.
The Mt. Pleasant Real Estate
Company have manipulated some
very important sales in town proper
ty. Several large deals have gone
through which involve a large mum
ber of residence lots, and the Amer
lean correspondent now has in his
possession a list of over 100 parties
who will begin the erection of nice
dwellings as soon as contractors can
be secured. Owing to the great
amount of building going on around
town, carpenters and bricklayers
are much 10 demand, although there
are hundreds here from Nashville.
Columbia and other places. The
new dwellings now going up, and to
be erected, are to be occupied by a
respectable class of white people
who will make good citizens for the
town.
On account of the immense amount
of work done on the phosphate
mines last week, yesterday was a
very busy day in town. The mer-
chants did the best business ever
known in the place, there having
been at least $50 900 turned loose in
trade channels, one company alone
paying out $4,000 for labor. Besides
the immense amount of money paid
out by the phosphate men, other
lines of business has been very ac
, tive, aud necessarily much money
has been put in circulation by build
erS, contractors, etc.
Owing to the great amount OF
building material now being used
here, an effort is being made by
some of the representative buslneS,
> men to have large saw and plain
ing mill located here. They are now
7 in orrespoudence with several par
ties in regard to the matter. and the
e new concern will no doubt b'
l secu red.
:; One of the wealthiest citizens o.
Mt. Pleasant is now interested il
establishing another large role
mill here. The site has already
> been secured, and it is an assured
y fact that Mt Pleasant will soon hav'
. the second up to- date Touring mill.
The Nashville, Florence q Shef
y = field Railroad has crew of severa
u hundred men at work on their yards
. preparing to lay about five miles o
. additional side track.
= Several of the richest farms o
. phosphate producing lands in thu
y section are now under option a
u u prices ranging from 5000 to $500 pei
q acre, and some large deals will prob
. ably 90 through during the presen
} week.
u The proposed street carnival TO
{ the early fall is meeting with tn
. best encouragement from the lOca
. people, and meeting will be he'll
soon to formulate plans, appoiu
IL committees, etc. From correspond
s. ence now being held, it is believe
5 that fully 25,000 people can b
y brought here at that time.
- The Central Phosphate COmpan
u and the Tennessee Phosphate Com
. pany are busily engaged in fillin
e some large export orders.
IL +. M. Ricketts, is erecting larg
. store house On Blue Grass avenue
l. which he has already rented to
= Nashville firm.
IL f. Cole, of Nashville, has erecte
!, , store-house near the depot and pu
u in large stock of goods.
10 The business men of Mt. PleaSan
70 are discussing the abvisability of en-
% gasing an agent to travel in the Eas
10 TO interest capital and hOmeseeker
,,o here.
/, The boom in Mt. Pleasant is on
20 of the most remarkable ever know
l. 4 in the history of any town in tn
d State, and it is a matter to be wor
IL dered at that there has not bee
more "plunging," but it is yer
81 noticeable fact that there has not a
10 yet been bad investment made
~ town property or mineral lands.
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