The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-18
WILL DEVELOP
THE RESOURCES
Mr.. HoWland's Plans for
Eastern N. C.
TO ATTRACT SETTLERS
A New York Information Office to be
Opened and Advantages OF the
Section Through Which the
A. & N. C. R. R. Runs
to be Made Known.
to be Made Known.
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New Bern, N. c., Sept. 17.-Part of
the scheme of the Rowland Improve
ment Company is the development of
the raw material found along the At
lantic & North Carolina Railroad by
giving information concerning its ma
tural resources, and to this end the
company has established an office in
New York at which information re-
lating to this section will be kept on
file. This will include description OF
lands that are for sale, their extent,
price ETC.; localities best suited to cer-
tain crops, and where industrial enter
priSeS can be most adVantageOuSly To-
Gated, having in view the nearness of
raw material, class of labor required
and climatic advantages. Also data
will be collected there relating to the
South generally-its natural resources,
agricultural possibilities and indus
trial opportunities.
The advantage of this to the people
along the line of the road and to the
country at large is obvious, and it is
believed that in it the Rowland I'M
provement Company will have the
earnest cooperation and active assist
ance of all concerned. Those, there
1cTG. WHO nave IdIlOS 10 sell nave pe0ii
requested to communicate with the
company at New Bern, N. c., giving
full particulars as to location of their
land and number of acres, price at
which it may be obtained, for what
crops it is best adapted, and such 9TH
er information as a purchaser is like
ly to desire.
Also authentic reports of large crop
yields or unusual monetary returns
H.
or high prices paid for improved land
in this section are solicited, for pub
LEGATION.
Board of trade, chambers of COM
merce and other organizations in
towns and cities along the line are
likewise invited to send any literature
they may have setting forth the adj
Vantages of the places they represent,
CT other information regarding induce
ments they may be offering for the To-
cation of factories or other industrial
enterprises. This, together with Wig
Crous advertising on the part of the
municipalities concerned, must ineVita-
bly, result in material growth of their
business and population.
Eastern North Carolina, especially
that portion of it traVersed by the At
lantic & North Carolina Railroad, is an
area possessing the physical founda-
ton for an agricultural empire, unap-
preached both in richness of soil and
mildneSs of climate. But it's adj
vantages for settlement are unknown
even to North CarolinianS themselves.
Until very recently many of them re-
garded it as a barren and inhospitable
region. Hence, land of the greatest
agricultural possibilities in this region
is remarkably cheap-cheaper, in fact,
than in any other part of the country.
Under these circumstances, it should
be an easy matter, with judicious adj
vertisng and cooperation on the part
of all concerned. to attract the very
best class of settlers to this section
until the waste places are built up
and the villages grow into busy and
populous towns.