The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1912-03-06
effective ORGANIZATION
FOR DEVELOPMENT WORK
row the Land and Industrial Depart
ment OF the Southern Railway
Is Conducted.

AS an agency for the solicitation
of men and capital for factories and
for other industries and for immlgra-
ton into the Southeast and for gen.
eral promotion and development work,
AGRICULTURAL and industrial, within the
territory of the various lines Of the
Southern Railway System the indus
trial department is organized.
The Land and Industrial Depart
ment, with jurisdiction extending over
the lines of the Southern Railway.
the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, the
Georgia, Southern and Florida Rail.
way, and the Virginia and Southwest
ern Railway, has direct charge of mat
ters pertaining to general develop
ment. At the head Of it is the Land
and Industrial Agent, with headquar-
ters at Washington and with SUBJ
stantial corps Of assistants and large
offices located there. Along the lines
of the roads are district Offices at
st, Louis, Mobile. Macon, Bristol, Co
lumbus, Miss; Asheville and Colum'
bia. The agents in charge Of these
Offices give their assistance to all ef'
forts to promote, in any direction,
the growth Of the territory adjacent
70 the railroad lines, find locations
for industries or help in their organi-
zation, aid homeseekers or colonizers
in securing the lands they wish, work
with the farmers and others in solv.
ing the, problems of markets or crops
which come up, gather information
about the opportunities or facts which
will advertise their districts and IN
every possible way extend their CO.
oneration and that Of the railroad to
the people of their territory in devel-
onment efforts. The work Of these
agents, as that OF the Washington OF.
fee. has to do with both the ednca-
tionaf and other efforts, with the peo-
nle Of the territory and in the bring
ing in of new people and new CAP
itai
From the Washington and St Louis
offices industrial and immigration
agents travel throughout the North
in advertising the Southern's; territory
and in soliciting farm settlers. and
manufacturers TO- locate aions us
lines. An office is also maintained
for this work at Harrisburg, Pa. and
for several years European agency
has been established with hsadquar'
tsrs in London. The agents o. ,sae
company include specialists In timber
minerals and clays, In industrtaf 10
cations and in other hneS
For the Queen and Crescent Reats
, similar line of work Is carried oo
hv the Agricultural and Industrial
Agent located at Chattanooga, Tenn
In the early days Of the Southern
Railway System it was believed prop
or that. while the needs Of the ter
ritory in the way of immigration and
~ the development Of the farm re-
sources were not to be neglected, spe'
-;al effort should be made to call at
tention to the immense natural re-
sources and advantages for industries
~ various kinds. The reports from
rho communities alons the lines rep
resented in the Land and Industrial
Danartment show that in the decade
tron, 1900 to 1910, s4o0,0o0,00O were
invested in industries. A good pro
nort;on Of this sum represents the
r.or,, If the Industrial Department.
At Dresden there is in the course
Of construction what is said to be
the largest radiator in the world
This radiator is intended for the mo
TOR CT an &.irship Of 30o-horse,power
and u made entirely Of aluminium.