The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-10
TARRANTS BUY 240
ACRES FOR 100000
Adjoins Holdings of Com.
pany at Tarrant City
WANT SMALL PLANTS
Adequate Facilities for Manufacturers.
Own Mile of Creek Front-B. X.
l.. & p. Co. to Build Exten-
sion to Tarrant City

At cost of over 100000 it was an
nounced yesterday that the Tarrant Real
ty company owners of Tarrant city. had
purchased from the DUPONT Powder COM
pany 2IS acres of land adjoining Tarrant
city, which when joined with the other
holdings of the Tarrant company gives
that concern over 700 acres of land George
b. Tarrant last night said the city now
extended from East Lake to Five Mile
creek and further.
That several manufacturing concerns
are contemplating erecting factories at
rarrant City and that announcements In
this line will be made in the next 60 or 80
days was the assurances given by Mr.
Tarrant yesterday when he announced
the requirement Of this acreage.
The holdings acquired most recently are
located about three quarters of a mile from
Boyles and adjoins directly tn proper
ties of the Tarrant Land company. The
Louisville and Nashville railroad has d
line through the properties furnishing
railroad facilities, while It was announced
that the contract for a Birmingham Rail-.
way. Light and Power company extension
to the property had already been signed.
That line viii be pushed through to the
properties at once.
After Industrial Plants
Mr.. Tarrant said last night that the
property acquired to take care OF
manufacturing plants. to obtain repre-
sentative types of which the company is
bending every energy He said that now
his company owns over one mile of the
creek front thereby furnishing water
facilities for manufacturing purposes
while the problem % transportation mad
been solved admirably.
'"fhe report Is true that we have Sc
cured 2iS acres OF additional lands at
Tarrant City" said Mr.. Tarrant This
added to our holdings now give us about
200 acres of land there We have located
the National Cast Iron Pipe company at
Tarrant city and we have other manu-
featuring enterprises under way that will
locate there We are striving in every
way that we can to get the small plants
for they not only help our properties. but
add to the general wealth Of Birmingham.
In other words we are trying to become
a real valuable feeder for Birmingham
and will finally arrive with all certainty.
Mile of Creek Front
This purchase from the DUPONT Pow
der gives our company about one mile
of frontage ON Five Mile creek. That
provides unrivaed water facilities for
at this time. We hope to baye some an Il
nouncement for the press TO new in
dustries soon. Our properties now extend
from East Lake to Five Mile creek or
on top of the mountain, giving a vide
area for Developments. AS nave eiic-
ceeded in getting two or three PROPOSE
tions of manufacturing nature located
at Tarrant city we believe that 1t will
now be comparatively easy. with the
facilities we have to offer
LAS stated we have excellent railroad
facilities at the local rate while our street
car line has been contracted for. we have
water and we have lighting facilities just
the same as birmingham. We are en-
gagged in building a real live city
Tarrant City. which has been located
less than is rlorths. has developed with
rapid strides. 1t mas one of the largest
pipe plants in the district having been or
ganized locally and financed with Bir-
mngham capital chat plant when it
starts, will employ i0a or more workmen.
II is believed.