The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-27
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highway, the Muscle Shoals highway, and the Lee highway.
 Road projects under construction and approved, will give the city excellent highways north and south, east and west, through the country. a
 A road bond issue of $250,O00 voted byvthe county, and $25, ,O00, 900 bond issue by the state insures a permanent road building program. A modern cons crete highway from the Tennessee river bridge at the northwest city line through the city, on the Jackson highway, to the mountain, five miles south of the city will be the tourist route through the Muscle Shoals district; passing Mi trate Plant No. 2, Wilson Dam and Nitrate Plant No. 1. 2 Transportation
 Sheffield is located on the main line of the Southern railway between Mem phis. Tenn, and Washington, D. O.. Division headquarters of the Southern are maintained in Sheffield The Northern Alabama railway has it's ter minus in Sheffield: this railroad runs to Parish, Alaa there connecting with the Southern for Birmingham. This line taps the coal and ore fields, aud the limestone aduarries tof Northwest Alabama. EM-[ @ aTW
 The Louisville and Nashville railroad, main line, is connected with at Coiums bia, Tenn, on the north, and by the Nashville, Columbia and Sheffield rail- road, the southern terminus of this road is Sheffield; the main line is. also reached at Decatur by Southern rail way. .-
 Excellent rail connections with the north, east, south and west are main tained. Through trains to Washing ton, Philadelphia and New York are operated over the Southern, from Mem phis via Sheffield. Freight service is good; fast freight trains being operat- ed by all of the above railroads.
 At present fourteen passenger trains, daily arrive and depart from the Shef- field Union passenger station.
 River Terminals
 The river terminals of Sheffield will be improved by a $5O,OO0 bond issue already authorized. Iron manufacturing Sare using private terminals for shipping pig iron to the western markets. Deep water the year round, gives Sheffield water transportation to all Ohio, Mississippi and Gulf of Mexi- co ports.
 Interurban Electric
 The Sheffield company operates mod ern interurban electric cars between Sheffield ahd Florence, Sheffield and Nitrate Plant NO. 2, Sheffield and Tus- cumbia.
 Express Companies
 Two express companies maintain of fices in the city.
 Telephone And Telegraph
 Sheffield and surrounding country is by complete network of South ern Bell and American long distance graph service to Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. The Southern Bell Telephone company having recently completed an of $500,000 for the Muscle Shoals district, also constructed in Shef field modern exchange building. :. Railroad Repair Shops
 The Southern and Northern Alabama railway maintain extensive repair shops in Sheffield. Freight Terminals
 Sheffield, being the division head quarters of the Memphis division, South ern railway, the terminus of Northern Alabama railway and the N. o. & s. railway, has the largest freight yards between Memphis, Tenn, and Chatta- nooga, Tenn, and probably the largest yards in the state with the exception of Birmingham.
 Freight Tonnage
 The freight tonnage of Sheffield is the largest tonnage of any point be- tween Memphis and -ChattanOega.
 Blast Furnaces
 There are located in Sheffield three pig iron blast furnaces.
 Stove foundries, general foundry and machine shops; storage battery plant plumbing fixture plant; lumber yards cotton oil mills and cotton compress. wholesale grocery houses; wholesale grain and produce houses and bonded 
 Mercantile establishments cover prac- tically every line.
 Several auto dealers maintain sales rooms and repair garages in the city.
 Principal oil companies all maintain storage stations in Sheffield, supplying the Muscle Shoals and outlying district.
 Agriculture
 The Tennessee Valley, and particu- larIy that section around Sheffield, is noted for it's fertile soil, it's suspecHbili- ty to diversificatiOn and adaptability for profitable truck farming. Dairying and stock raising offer fine opportuni- ties here. ~
 The crops grown are cotton, corn, grain, legumes, potatoes, etc. Wheat can be grown to an advantage here. Alfalfa can be grown successfully. Fruits and berries produce abundantly.
 Fine farming lands within a few miles of the city can be bought at req sOnable prices.
 Nitrate Plants and Dam The two nitrate plants are Iocated here. Plant No. 1 is within t6etcot-