. The Southern States. pany has steadily prospered, until to-day it has a list of gilt-edged assetsaggregating $1,157,902, and its stockcant be bought in any quantity evenat a price largely in advance of parvalue. For many years past the com-pany has paid an annual dividend of12 per cent., which is of itself anachievement equaled by mighty fewcorporations South or anywhere else. 46o GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY AND ITS TERRITORY and yet the institution is a peculiarlySouthern one. While it covers a widerange of country, and in its field iswell and favorably known and largelypatronized, no attempt
. The Southern States. pany has steadily prospered, until to-day it has a list of gilt-edged assetsaggregating $1,157,902, and its stockcant be bought in any quantity evenat a price largely in advance of parvalue. For many years past the com-pany has paid an annual dividend of12 per cent., which is of itself anachievement equaled by mighty fewcorporations South or anywhere else. 46o GEORGIA & ALABAMA RAILWAY AND ITS TERRITORY and yet the institution is a peculiarlySouthern one. While it covers a widerange of country, and in its field iswell and favorably known and largelypatronized, no attempt is made to gooutside the South, the limits of its op-erations being the Potomac and theRio Grande. It has achieved an envi-able record for prompt and fair deal-ing, and wherever known is lookedupon as one of the progressive and en-during institutions of the country. Ofincidental interest is the fact that Spencer, father of the South-ern Railway president, Air. SamuelSpencer, was secretary of the company. their capacity with tourists, who, find-ing excellent accommodations athand, choose this mode of getting intoFloridian waters and among theislands and coast resorts which are sofamous for the superexcellence of theshooting and fishing they afford. A fine agricultural country fur-nishes a basis for development which,mdependently of the industrial feat-ures, would go far toward creating animportant trading centre here. Goodlands, a rich sandy loam predominat-ing, are characteristic of Muscogeecounty, and with a high health rate, anequable climate, adaptability to a greatvariety of crops and cheapprices for lands, a largeimmigration movement willundoubtedl}^ be first colony settlementin the vicinity of Columbushas just been made by for many years and untilhis death in 1880, when hewas succeeded by Mr. Coart, the present sec-retary. In addition to its otherenterprises, Columbus has alarge jobbing business, cover-ing eleven Southern States,and represe
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