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EDUCATIONAL
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INDUSTRIAL
EDITION.
ESTABLISHED 1887.
REGAL ROME AND ITS ENVIRONMENT.
OF UNBOUNDED RESOURCES, RMENOMENML DEVELOPMENT
MND IRRESISTIBLE /ATTRACTIONS.
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ROME’S J EW CUSTOM HOUSE.
Rome has been more exten
sively advertised within the last
two years than any town of the
same size in the south.
There are more signs of pros
perity observable here than at
,any other point in the south.
Our resources are superior to
those of any other section.
A few days ago $169,000 in
new city bonds, redeemable in
gold, were sold in New York at
par, at the low rate of 4+ per
cent, and the only expense at
tached to the sale was 2 per
cent commission for negotiating
the sale and $250 for printing
die bonds.
At a recent meeting of council
the tax rale was lowered from
$1.20 to sl.lO on the SIOO, a re
duction of 10 cents per SIOO in
the midst of these panicky times.
The $700,000 plant of the
new r branch of the New England
cotton milks has been comple
ted, and a small army of labor
ers is employed out there, their
cottages constituting quite a vil
lage. The mills are turning out
a superior quality of thread and
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ROME’S NEW $750,000 COTTON MILL.
‘cloth, and the proprietors are j
sanguine over the prospects.
Many new buildings are going I
up and a number of new enter-I
prises contemplated, among I
them the $1,000,000 Trainor j
mills, at Silver Creek, which, :
when built, will be one of the |
jbiggest concerns in the entire I
south.
The new furniture company,;
headed by a number of leading [
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
business rrien, has leased the
plant of the old Rome Furniture
Company, and is running on
full time.
Trammell & Co’s., new brick
yard has been opened during the
year and is doing a splendid
business.
Among the other enterprises
are: The Rome Cotton Fac
tory, Rome Rolling Mills, (the
only mill making cotton ties in
the south), Davis Foundry and
Machine Works, Rome Brick
Company, Standard Scale
Works, (onjy one in the south),
Rome Stove Works, Rome Hol
lowware and Iron Factory,
Howell Compress, Southern
Cotton Oil Mills, Rome Plow
Factory, Rome Ice Works,
Garlock Rubber Packing Fac
tory, Rome Charcoal Iron Fur
nace, Southern Fertilizer Com
pany’s Acid Phosphate Works,
Broom Factory, Mattress Fac
tory, Carriage and Wagon
Factory, Steam Tannery, Fur
niture Factory, O’Neil Manu
facturing Company, Trammell’s
Brick Company, Excelsior
Works, Patton’s two Plaining
M : ’.!s, City Electric Light Plant,
j Gas Works, Rounsaville’s,
1 Loeb’s and McClure’s Wheat
' and Corn Mills, Antagnoli’s
I Candy Factory, Miller’s Bot
tling Works, Steam Ginneries,
Walter’s Cigar Factory, Morris’
| Bottling Works, Curry’s Labor
-1 atory, T. E. Winfrey’s Cigar
| Factory—these, with many
smaller industries, make an ar-
I ray for Rome that will attract
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1896.
one of the best appointed hos
ieries in the South and whose
fame has extended all over the
country.
Nevin’s Opera House, on
Broad street, fulfills every re
quirement of a first class house
of public amusement, and all the
leading operatic and dramatic
companies appear there during
the season.
That “All roads lead to Rome”
favorable attention wherever
these columns are read.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The new custom house has
been finished, elegantly fur
nished and the postoffice con
veniently arranged therein.
It is a brick, terracotta and
granite, ornate in architecture,
and elegantly adapted to the
uses for which it was designed,
and was built at a cost of
$50,000.
The Floyd County Court
House is a handsome, substan
tial and extensive pile, its com
manding tower a conspicuous
object from every point of view.
It contains adequate room and
appointments for all the county’s
official business, with appropriate
offices and court rooms ; being a
credit to both city and county.
The City Hall is an imposing
structure of brick, containing
the city offices, offices of the po
lice and fire departments, and in
its ensemble is an evidence of
the public spiritedness of the
people of Rome.
One of the handsomest struct
ures in the city is the Armstrong
Hotel building, as it is likewise
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VIEW OF THE CITY FROM FORT JACKSON.
is a trite old saying, and it is pe
culiarly applicable to our beau
tiful city. There are eleven
turnpike roads radiating from
Rome to the Floyd county line
in every direction, connecting
the city with Kingston, Calhoun,
Centre (Ala.), Summerville,
Lavender, Cave Spring, Rock
mart, Taylorsville, Everett
Springs, Silver Creek and Eu
harlee, penetrating all the fer
tile valley lands of the richest
farming section of the state and
affording easy access to the city
for the thrifty farmers of that en
tire region.
These macadamized roads
are of incalculable value
and benefit to the business of
the city, assisting to make Rome
the trading centre of the vast
and wealthy territory of which
it is the pivot. As a result, our
streets are thronged with wagons
laden with all the varied pro
ducts of the generous soil for the
greater part of each year.
First of Rome’s great railway
systems is the Southern, with
direct lines to Chattanooga,
Knoxville and the North and
West; toward Atlanta and the
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SUBURBAN SCENE IN EAST ROME.
South and Southeast, and to
ward Birmingham and the South
west. The Rome railroad, a
branch of the Nashville, Chat- i
tanooga & St. Louis, gives direct ;
communication with the North
west and with all points on the j
Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The 1
Chattanooga, Rome & Colum
bus affords a third outlet in
either direction, while the Rome
& Decatur connects us with
Gadsden and all the North Ala-|
bama section. The Coosa 1
river, with two fully equipped'
steamboat companies having a'
number of excellent vessels, fit-]
tingly sums up the incomparable ,
advantages of commercial high
wavs that unite Rome to all the 1
great trade marts of the land
and give her fame and riches as
a pronounced travelling and
business entrepot. I
The Oostanaula is navigable
for 100 miles above and the (
Coosa for 250 from Rome to the
Gulf, and the latter is one of the
most magnificent water courses
in the country. The federal
government is expending large
sums annually in further opening
up the Coosa, so as to qualify it
for floating craft of greater
draught and tonnage.
FINANCIAL FACTS.
Financially, Rome is on a
sound and solid foundation.
There are three banking institu- .
tions, the First National, with,
$150,000 capital '’ t qd $175, 000
surplus aqd undiyqded profits.
The jyierchupts’ With
SIOO,OOO capital and a snug sur-
1 plus, and the Exchange, a new {
bank with a capitol of SIOO,OOO. 1
i all ably financiered and in a!
I most prosperous and healthful
condition, with large deposit ac
counts from the thrifty business 1
;men and farmers of Rome and 1
Floyd county.
There are two private banking
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
establishments, doing a large
business in loan and discount,
and there is at all times abun
dant cash on hand to keep the
wheels of commerce working
along smoothly.
Another strong feature of
Rome's business is in the line of
real estate. There are a num
bc" of dealers in city and su
burban property, and now that
everything is brightening up
there is increased activity in
that branch of business.
Never was there a time in all
the history of Rome when real
estate could have been pur
chased on more reasonable
terms, all things considered,
than at present. Population is
a rapid increase, improved prop
erty in the city is nearly all oc
cupied. and new buildings are
going up on every hand.
A telephone system cantrib
utes invaluably to the facilities
for rapid cormnuriication within
the city, while a long-distance
service has been completed by
which Rome has been brought
into close connection with At
lanta and Macon.
Myrf? H ill Cemetery is one of
the most picturesque and beau
tiful burial places in the Southern
states, the towering crest, over
looking the citv, the winding
rivers and valleys and rising
hills for miles around, being
crowned with a noble monument
reared by the ladies of Rome to
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