The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-26
HELP DEVELOP THE STATE
Four Hundred and Forty Acres
of Beautiful Pine Groves
Have Been Purchased and
Millionaire Has Let Contract
For improvements To Beoin
at Once

New Bern, May 23-Pureha~.n-
from j.. w. Stewart a tract of land
containing four hundred and nf1eao
acres and also acquiring another TRAD.
from Craven county of TWENTY-FIVE
acres adjoining his first purchase. the
whOle located on Trent river. TWO
miles west Of New Bern. DIR. Ear :.
Sloan, the ~discoverer and manufactur-
er Of the famous SlOan's liniment and
whose home has for years been 1t
Boston,, Mass. plans to erect a man
sion and build up an estate which VII
equal if not SurpaSS the famous Bllt-
more estate in western North Caro-
lima.
DR.. Sloan came to New Bern sex
eral weeks g to investigate the ad-
vantages of this section and. after
travelling all over the United States in
search of a desirable location, decided
to locate here and at once began me-
gotiations tending to the purchase *
the property, which is more Familiarity
known as the Colonel Ransom estate,
| and these were concluded yesterday
Place To Be Magnificent.
The tract of land in question has Il
river frontage of about one mile. is
covered with One Of the prettieSt pine
groves in North Carolina and has IL
spring on it which has often been
called 1.-The spring Of eternal Youth
The water from this spring is crystal
clear and at all time retains an equal
temperature making it cold and
sparkling in the summer months and
of an even temperature in the WIN
ter. The overflow from the spring
will be turned into a fish pond and
this will be stocked by numerous "a
r~ieties Of the anny tribe.
Immediately after making the pUr-
chase Dr.. Sloan telegraphed Robert
L.. Smallwood, a New York architect
| n nd n rDnn Y1- n "a Doom
up plans for a home to contain about
fourteen rooms. There will also he .
home for h care-taker of the estate.
a garage, boa house. an Observable
tower and a building in which Will be
located the pumping station to be used
in securing and furnishing water for
The place and also the plant which
will generate the electricity To -
used. The contract for the erection
or these buildings is to be awarded
to a local firm and as soon as the
plans are ready the actual work q
construction will begin. The type II
the home Of DR.. Sloan will be of the
Old English style and the Architectural
beauty. it is said. will not be-sur-
passed by any in the State.
Or. Sloan will become "A citizen 81
Craven county and in conversatioT
Yesterday with several newspaper mer
he stated that he hoped to be able +
6i'C hHdtciI diu III making tnlS ttbb'
ty n of the leading sections in th'
South. While much Of his time VII
De taken up with superintending anC
arranging for the erection of his Is
tate, he has also given orders for th'
construction of a handsome zach
which he will use as a pleasure boat
Running out from the beautiful rive
SHORE on his property will be erecte'
a lock OF suitable proportions for th'
accommodation Of this yacht.
:, Or. Sloan, accompanied by his wife
l are on a visit in the North bu
VIII return to New Bern at an earl
? date and will be on hand while tn
[ work Of getting his estate in read
ness for occupancy is in progress.