Author: John E. Land

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-28

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9781528221801

Excerpt from Mobile: Her Trade, Commerce and Industries, 1883-4: Manufacturing Advantages, Business and Transportation Facilities; Together With Sketches of the Principal Business Houses and Manufacturing Concerns in the "Gulf City;" Historical and Descriptive Review For unimproved land, the average price is not over an acre; for im proved land, it ranges from $1 to $40, about $5 being the average price. The state possesses no land of any kind, but the United States still holds acres in the state, which is selling very rapidly, especially to the lumbermen. The government has sold more land in Alabama during the last three years than during the whole previous 20. Of the government land acres are classed as mineral lands, and such lands were, for a long time, held for sale at high prices; but during the last session of Congress a bill was passed differently classifying these mineral lands, so that they can be sold at the ordinary rate of an acre, thus bringing them into market, and allowing their purchase and development. The railroads also own acres of land within 15 miles of their lines, which they are selling at from $1 to $3 per acre, except the mineral land. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.