The age-herald., 1900-08-05

 that Athens, Ala, is to have cotton mill purchased and machinery contracted for delivery by the 1st of October.
 Messrs Mcknight S Co., are building large spoke and handle factory at Athens; and Messrs. Hobbs 6 Frost have just fin- ished the construction of a large Touring mill there.
 Cullman will have ready an immense cotton-seed oil mill in time to meet the present crop; and at Cullman there is soon to begin the construction of a large cotton mill, $5O,000 of the capital stock having been subscribed by the people of that en- terprising town
 Cullman is rapidly on the upgrade. She shipped this past spring $20,000 worth of strawberries alone, and is now shipping daily large quantities of the richest and rarest fruit and grapes of different kinds
 Thorsby, the Scandinavian colony, is also growing rapidly, and her enterprises prov ing highly successful They are just now commencing the construction there of large wine cellar, and have contracted with experts to make wine on large scale which industry Is about now to begin. They will also make and ship unfermented grape juice. Thorsby Is a new colony, only three years old and is composed of Swedes, Norwegians and Danes. The prod uct of their vineyards this year will amount to 200 tons They are also shipping
 
 Vinemont, the colony on Sand Mountain, the highest point on the l.. & N. R. R. in Alabama 1000 feet elevation, now consists of about 100 families from the northwest They are making a speciality of grapes and early peaches, and are now building a fruit cannery.
 South Calera, another place encouraged by the L. & N, is again coming to the front. Parties have recently planted there large areas of peach and apple trees, and are promised great success.
 Highland Colony is a new station in Es- cambia County. colony of about 100 northwestern people has recently located there, and will enter extensively in fruit and berry culture
 The Rumph's nursery at Evergreen, Ala, Is furnishing large quantities of fruit trees for that section, which have the advantage of being acclimated.
 Asa Developer
 These points and facts are presented to show the kind of work to which the L. & N, through its special immigrant agents, Is paying special attention. This depart ment in Alabama is under the direct super vision of Captain P. Sid Jones, one of the most popular and wide awake railroad men in the south. No man living Is better suited to this most important task. A genuine de- veloper himself, he loves the work and | his de- otion to the services, his unfaging | energy, quick perception and liberal deal | ing have produced wonderfully healthy re- l suits. Without the l.. & N. Railroad and l its ably managed immigration department, Alabama could not today boast of a Gull man. Vinemont Thorsby, South Calera Williams Bay Miniette or Loxbie; and with each of these must ever be associated in history the name of P. Sid Jones. Enormous Traffic The figures given above in this article evidence the fact that the Louisville & Nashville Railroad does an immense traf- fic business. Aside from other business, it has been stated as a fact that this road handled 149,737 tons of pig iron out of Br- | .mingham last year for export to foreign countries. These figures do not include shipments to American markets which are | known to have been much greater. An av- craze of thirty freight trains and pas- senger trains per day pass out of Birm- ingham on the main line of the L. & N, to say nothing of the branch lines. The Passenger Service Is equal if not superior, to that of any | great railroad in the south. With solid trains from Cincinnati to New Orleans, composed of modern cars. comfortable and safe m construction. with a sleeping car service unriva1lel in the south, fast sched- ules prompt connections, heavy rail- rock ballasted roadbeds, and passing through 1 sections of country now undulat ting, then | mountainous, level, then hilly, presenting l a diversity of scenery, and even climate, l within a single days ride, trip over the l l.. & N. is highly enjoyable and never mo- notonous, whether one be going north, | south east or west.
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 | A roster of the officials of the Louisville