The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-30
SEEK HOMES
S0UTRERNIsI|'A|1[:s;.
Great Tide of Immigration Jtoi
This Section Feature of Pres;
NJ cnt industrial Conditions. liS$
WORK oF ADJ 'E L: 4 ST VA A.
New Settlers Write to Former
Neighbors AZ advising Them AZ 4 ,.B2
tS}3s to Come Here. ~ AZ
Special 10 III ! 1Y.nes. roispa teh.)6

f8S Especial to The Times. risp teh.) sIIss n
Il BALTIMORE, MD. s Deo. q. LIN 4, the
midst Of tho business OF carrying would-s
DO homcsoekcrs 10 desirable local Ties and
~ locating settlers a number or the IN
dlstrinl and lmmigratio agents 81 South
5eri railroads have found time to oontri.-ll
4 butte to this week, d issue OF tho Marlu-t
facturers, Record som details about their
methods and facts about results. "A pio.-Ii
5reer In this work Is tho Southern Rail-
way which Is experiencing the c,lnnula-
tive effect Of coteries iof satt SIZED ettlers
adding their testlr on y To the demand
In the Il South for moro people. 1t has
taken years to Great 9 such a stnau on.S
which Mr.. M. v. n chards we'll describes
In the stat ant that he 10 In q ct torch
VI the it !, g. Ioo otia-
TO ioaaSt iehs for gre dustraiS piarts
tThiacun,nlatiye effect s what capt,ain =
calls his UPON line and prscent npon,
the result Of h the years I opera
sis lina eludss ss1Xss
stlod ii Tennessee, Mississippi and Louis-.,
lana, bort GO per cen i. Of HON have,
gone to- citieB anu Lne resi- &uSAltS
small ifrntts the loca ton of g colon yet 4
Danes iii Mississippi; OF g. Il lngarl,a q
families In olsana ach bringing with u 2
fne oo ss q ss land tsues
farm 5 :sof a iermaTi colony in N lsslsslppl
and a Swedish olonyy in Louis ianas
Advertising Virginia.
T york q b q done n h npe dysr
m lRlaans "a sSy'H1e
1T TIC number 81 homcsee kers 90 Oh so per
cent. OF whom have pure sed farms I! a z.
the others nave Ideeiareo =
they can dispose OF their hole ngs TN the
North The settl ers. too have WITH ten St 10
their former neig hbors .adylslng e. ~
To- bea II rich fruit AIR Fran nae 7 n
son 9of the Ala ban,a$ G reat Sou thern Raj
road reports that In dd,t1on % 90 loeaL's
ling and numbering he mas t iahas
TOTES families and has leased ~. tracts 81
land to parties who prefer q laase
chasing u The J Frisco Y system % recording
to the stimate OF air! 81. Il. Hug - ha 81
carried into the SoTt 9, IL N 4
frst trip, s1,5oS who have pure ased 1t4, o07
acres. Re presenting an ycstment sof n ore
than $3.50 COO the set tiers. coming <, phi
cipally from the sa1 no q ,rs,.a
Of 81 mn Il hun dred families Betted along;
this line, as well as arge nllInper g. ~
aild BUSH ess g ser pr'sss
'Colnpm tary$ to the work Of the rail- 4,
roads spreading abr e. q atn =.
other
narts az the country and frorn o. abroad Itind "a
suitable locations have been the efforts - o.
Industrial tI Ils ~
Sprotl cttve narke ct convent emil y located q
lands Typical OF the work accprnp :,
ara e Steel paii bridge and the
al Eseyen5 indus tries, repr Ing an AZ d
Yes iment Of more than 81, ooa GOO and the
emplo i,e9o pe9sp4,e ya a,
w Mfta 20 az y NGissshs, snn. tie iistngo
several thousand acres res q ~ Iitt
adyertising Of them III he y orth and 7!
orthwest and the actual bringing y. the
bOrhood of Shreye port. La q Los
c4s Is M lso enc ayy ge
ment Of truck growing and fruit Ero W.ng
near ,i.s Calvert, TEX. and the establis
there OF e = 81 hG y
Ken lucky succeeded Within one year "a q
bringing about the con e ~ =, =
lard gauge railroad Il0 IL inAies lo,ts q
Connecting the town Wi tn g Il trunk line,
and is nov prepared to dis play the same n
Spirit IN the encourage Mt Of new IN NJ
dustrles. 8s .s,i 81 ~ l3ss5l
Railroad G Construction
4rhe Manufacturers Record presents IN,
this week ssissues the results OF a gcareIu!
reviewSo OF railroad tconst ructio on: conf ed
during the year 190 In the South togetaler
With Missouri, Indian Terri 70 " q nd w.
sIa11onln. 1T shows that since ~ January, ~
last there were built 24g0 mile OF IN g,
ma tina about 4O5OS miles will probably
,basbuilt during 1906 In these States and
Territores there are mot
Included any figures for new corpora,tio,
wfici, have nd q begun cons rnctlon, not
Wi thstandlnE that N some instances zcot,,II
amount electric is no ted, &C so u
viii al Will perform service for 2bo " l1f g.
sengers and freight, as DC steam roag l a. &;
This covers but miles for 1oVt ana y
miles for 1905. ai u e . !, ~
of line built In 1904 and the new I'm, pro
looted for 1905 In ca oh State and SIerrltory
- 'lN,E ~ e. Miles built Ni!les TO be
"a Fl Y. 3 81 sl3 in 1904. built III, l9vb.
state and Terrltorle q ~ n. !, Y "