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THE NEW ROME LAND COMPANY
ROMFI GEORG-IA.
PRIPHT
THIS company has some 2,000 acres of town site
erty adjacent to the city c f Rome. The main body,
about 1,600 acres, adjoins the city on the south and
east tides. The older part oi the city is crowded upon
thenarrow tongue of land lying within the “Y” formed by the
junction as t -e Qostanaula and Etowah rivers, which forms the
Coosa. The Oostamtula and Etowah rivers are spanned with
in the city limits by nine free bridges. The 1,600 acres come
right up the to Etowah river, and the heart of this splet did
property is 1 ot more than one mile from the- center of the city.
The genera! topography of it my be describe Jas follows. A
stretch o' gently undulating knolls coming down into a shal
low basin, through which flows Silver Creek, very appropriate
ly named, for it is a crystal st) earn flowing from springs in the
mountain side s< me five miles distant, and in its short course ’o
reach the river it has a fall of iB7 feet, with a flow of 5,000,00.
gallons per day; within ifl)0 yaids of its source it turns a 3o
horse power flour mill. This property is high above overflow
the greatest flood tidefever known.
EASY OF ACCESS.
The passenger station of the two great lines of the East
Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad is in East Rome,
where this property is situated; these two arms reach out in
their difierent directions, one towards Atlanta and Brunswick,
ctrwk ia <R4- 000 000 of which $1,000,000 is in the Company’s treasury for development, and cannot be sold at less than par.
The capiUl stock is $4 000,UUU, property, where iron, fuel, cotton and woods of all kinds can bo had at the lowest
Liberal commiSSIOUS she «anierdaSn to Rome that the Ely ton Land Company does tc Birmingham, fifteen vears ago the El v ton Land Company’s property was sold fur
prices. ?: bv reason of the growth and development of Birmingham, the Elyton Land Company has paid sLooo,ooo m dividends, and has now of its original holdings
tl°so°Xremaining Sons who held of this stock became suddenly rich. Persons desiring to purchase lots,or stock in the New Rome Land
Company, will please address Sam’l h Buck j> resi(lent) Rome Ga
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fl 11 ii M’DONALD IBM HW W
One Week Only,. Commencing Monday, March 9.
Bedroom Suits at Actual Cost.
We have in stock 75 choice Bedroom suits raneing in price from $lO to S3OO We offer these suits at cost to clo:e out. We are heav
ily overstocked and will force this sale. The list below comprises some of the higher priced suits. Our line of medium priced bedroom
suits fe very extensive and will be sold at cost also. This is an opportunity seldom offered. We mean just what we advertise, and will
be pleased to show the goods.
3fo. 88. —Quarter eawed Oak hand carved,
very rich design, Dresser top 24x58.
French beveled glass 36x40, Washstand
extra large, top 20x42 French
bevel glass 24x30. First Tennessee mar
bles the largest suit for the money in
the market, $175.00. Former price
$225,000.
No. ®—English Oak Suit, richly carved of
Antique design. Large Dresser with
French bevel plate 34x36. Large Wash
stand with French bevel plate 24x24.
Tenn marble tops, price $120.00, old
prise $150.00.
No. 80.— Solid Sau Domingo Mahogany
Sait A grand impressive suit, heavily
carved and polished. Dresser top 24x
SB, French bevel glass 36x40.Washstand
top extra large 20x42. French bevel
glass 15x30. First Tennessee marbler
price $195.00. Former price $250.00.
Bring this list with you ?.nd call for these numbers and prices.
Cost means cash usually, but parties who want 30 or 60 days time can get these goods We must sell, so don’t fail to call and inspect
the prices which arc in plain figures;
The M. G. McDonald Furniture Co., Nos. 1, 3 and 5, Third Avenue.
No. 82.—Circasian Walnut oriental carv
ings,massive and very elaborate. Dress
er top 24x58. French bevel glass 36x40
Washstand top extra large 20x42,
French bevel glass 24x30. First Ten
nessee marbles. Price $200.00 former
price $250.00.
No. 27—Magnificent Walnut Suit, French
panels, made by the best factory in the
west; .Dresser top 48 inches French
bevel plates 34x34, Washstand French
bevel plate 24x24, First Tennessee mar
ble, $125.00, former price $165.00.
No. 2—Solid Walnut Suit, with wide
French panels and handsome carvings;
a perfect beauty. Dresser French bevel
plate 30x34, Washstand French bevel
plate 24x24, price SIOO.OO, old: price
I $125.00.
THE TRIBENE-OF-ROME, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 15.1891
the other towards Selma, Mobile, Ala, and Meridian, Miss,,
parting in the heart of this property. The Chattanooga, Rome
and Columbus ra Iroad; from Chattanooga to Carr »llton, Ga ,
and being rap : db extended, passes along the eastern poitionof
the entire length of this land.
A steam dummy line karts from the city proper and passes
through the property in such away as to bring most of it with
in easy reach tor h'-mes> and industrial purposes. Upon land
donaced from this tract, the Rome Iron Company is erecting an
80-ton coke iron furnace, under contract to be finished bv No
vember next, also <hv great Acia Phosphate Works, now nearly
completed. N* ai by is the North Georgia and Alabama Ex
position Company’s property, twenty-seven acres, al o donated,
upon whii— uuv uii mgs and tracks have been erected, there,
by stimulating diversified ano extensive farming and s* ck rais
ing throughout this entire section, with inestimable ' nefits al
ready resulting therefrom to the city and the cou try A nice
park has also been made, and has on it a clustor of springs
. hich feed a beautiful lake, making a very attractive resor t.
Nowhere in all this great country can be found such a group
ing of all the requisites for a great indu-t’ial community, as all
these several advantages atch~ in truthful fairness, and to
crown all a grand river, that at no distant day will float upon
its clear waters grand argosies of commerce to and from the
Gulf of Mexico, 800 miles by the river’s wii dings.
On the west side cf Rome, reached by another dummy
No. 170.—Walnut of rich Design, Bern
tifully Carved—Ciscassian panels, first
Tennessee;marble; large Dresser and
Washstand; French beveled glasses, 34
x 34 and 22x24. Price, $98.50; old price,
$125.
No. 186.—Quarter-Sawed’ Oak, Sixteenth
Century Finish—A most delightful de
sign, elegantly hand carved and decc
rated; extra large dresser, 24x54 in top,
with French; bevel plate, 30x44, Wash,
stand] extra long, 20x40, and .French
»
plate, 14x32. $105; old price, $127.50.
No. s.—Oak, Natural Finish and a Choice!
Design Tastily carved. Large!
bevel plates, 28x34 [and 2 4x24, marble
tops;’sßo; sold at SIOO.
No.; 68.—Walnut suit. Pattern that is
massive and will never go out of style.
—Large Dresser and Washstand French
plates 28x34 and 24x24. Price only S9O,
I old price slls.
No.J6o.—Plain Walnut but] of large de[
sign, bevel plates, 28x34 and 24x 24,
First Tennessee marble. Price SBS,
old price $lO5.
line, are some four hundred acres of this The C-R.
& C. railroad, on its way to Chattanooga, j asses through this
l( dy of lane; also the Ron e and Decatur railroad, in operation
as far as Gadsden, Ala. This pro| erty is especially desirable
because of the development alrf ad\ made there through an en
terprising spirit. Ti e Standard Sea e W n rks have their ex
cellent plant upon lands formerly a part of it, theGarlock Rub
ber Packing Company, and the Rome Rolling Mills, making
cotton lies and ILht men bant iron.
Thes Q enterprises already in successful operation upon lands
donated »r the purpose are sufficient guarantee of the future of
that 400 acres remaining there.
DIRECTORS.
R. P. Flower, E. W. Watkins,'
S. H. Chisholm, Dr. J. Sullivan,
S. H. Buck, T. T. Jameson,
C A. Lyerly, JEx-Gov. C. H. Sawyer,
M. S. Stokes, J. R. Stevens,
J N. Caplinge’- Bon. Marcellus Eldridg
O. W. Snyder, J. F. Fitzpatrick,
C-H. Munger*
No. 778.—Carved Quaiter Sawed Oak
Dresser, French plates 32x36. —Four
foot top. Washstand, French plates,
24x24, forty inch top. Price SOO, form
er price slls.
No. 68 J£.—Natural Cherry Suite with San
Domingo Mahogany Panels Cheval
glass, 20x50; marble-top Dresser and
Washstand, glass on Washstand, 20x24
bevel plate. Beautiful Suite ;don’t fail
to see it; $87.50; worth $125.
No. 777 —Solid American Oak Handsorm
Carvings and Quarter Sawed —French
Plates, 32x34 and 24x24, $75; a regulai
SIOO suite.
No. 4.—Suite Natural Cherry with Ma
hogany panels—Large bevel glasses
34x28 and 20x23. Tennessee marbles.
A bright cheerful pattern, $65, worth
SIOO.
No. 580.—Walnut Suite French Veneer
panels—German bevel glasses 28x34 and
20x24. First Tennessee marbles. Cheap
$65, worth $95.
No. Natural Cherry, Mahogany panels
—First Tennessee marbles. German
bevel glasses 24x30 and 20x24. Price
SSO, former price $65.
No. 42. —Walnut with Rich Carvings and
French Veneers—Very attractive suite.
First Tennessee marbles. German bevel
plates 30x30 and 22x30. A lovely suite
S7O, old price S9O.
No. 45.—Oak Sixteenth Century Finish-
Polished wood, tops of large size—
Artistically carved and designed. Price
$47.50, well worth $75.
No. 172.—0ak Sixteenth Century Finish
—Polished wood tops—French bevel
glasses and Dresser and Washstand.
$46, cheap at S6O.