, 1869-03-05
TENWNSHEE.

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ID LIZA city On tna E4In tndt, From tho In.
1pftauce Of this work to tho growth and de- /
yelopmont OF several Htatea, eod To tha In.
teru.l comuerco Of thc unIon. th,s en,e,.
rise hhs atsumea aat'onal importance, and
1t was hitting and proper that delegates
should be present ftom many, or alt, OF tho
Etatea. Tbene wers nhnut an Belor.ts,
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present 'onl ee,eu e'ntee' seseta' u 1tne toost
pfo1n'aeus men o. Luz oouta among the
number.
Governor P1tteu was tho temporary ChaIr-
m,n- and C;ovrInor Bnllock orcaorJ. ncr.
snsnt I pees,srnt A; sha9t :dd,-ssa. eoss' pei.
msueo. 1ts .u"ft AoH1esses' aPP.o'
pfla1s 10 sAe occasaon, were Delivered by
both these gentlemen. aud the convention
took hold Of bn,,rea, with the earnestn,.s of
men xbo corn. for n n,1,1,oxe and vvor.- .rtth
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Colonel ". B. Gan, the Chief Engineer of
the River Improvement, was called upon By
thp rnnventtnn ,or an address or5 ,a.a \.
cTcs,,tnt n.r.r t,,..t.s,,rs ~ 49, a .eau ~
saeea.n. papeF ltius.tas,se OF inc ensifc lea"
slnillty Of the undertaking and the advan-
tages to be derived from the work. Among
other thinps Colonel Gan ra1a The Tenrao.aa
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:. .n,at,a ~ t.e. s.ee ~ ~ s ana
nsss1.e msasen ,s9m Inc me- ,ops auss'e saoa De-
Ohio River, distae &C OF es6 miles, and from
Dccatur, Ala. to Knoxville, Tenn, oyer 800
Inues, iof nit g months In Tho year. The en-
tire tal irom this city 10 waterloo, 2ta ulles
below here, Is zoo feet, and Of this fall 65 teet
Is i1cluded In the Y miles at Muscle Shoals
beloW Decatur. With the Tributaries Of tho
Ttuucssec there Is over 700 miles Of. SIX and
nine months navigation aborc Musclt Shoals.
with only Two or three Teeks' prrcar1ous
1ayigasian At the shosis-so .a:.t preea.toQs, u
tA at the shoals, consequently, where the
! principal Improvement Is to be made, as
Sla0,Guo VAL clear MI ebstfucGons above aud
below that point.
At present produeets shipped to this city
Hol4tou Rtyers but when We consider the
| immense mineral rssource. Of Southwestern
! Virginia, East Tennessee, North Georgia and
| North Alabama. which are shut ont from
market ey tnls obssIuet1on; TT. ne agricultural
co@pastson s.a The raIlrssd tnts,e:,s q 'nS
this section, Eteat rs they may seem, are ~
| nothsrE % this FtveE Improvement.
a prncnGal test o. tne Valne q the ieon tu-
te1e!t ot Eatt tennessee, Which will apply
| equally we'll to the other States nane1t has
recently been made a. lockwood, iu Rosne
County About one year ago conpsny Of
Northern capitallsts were induced BY Geueral
John 1. wilder 70 JON nlm tn the erection
g Msnace II drat Polnt ioF the nanufac:
tnie o. non. tns t,;, unaerlaKin& vas based
upon the prooanl!ltf OF making Iron with
httrmmoua coai-an experiment which had
neTef oeiare been fied tn Tennessee, aud
Wn.en nany .Eua Cnen pfealeseo Would proTe
1,oons. aa iae 'nrnnee nt We IVES completed IN
January. md has been ,turniug out from
twelve to df+eu tora daily OF No. foundry
tsor, manufactured With raw coal. II may
be inse1essi-r E 70 Iron men 10 know something
Of the location Of the Iron orc, coal and
Limestone Ta1;a supplies the fuEnsce, and
FeJ. The GRE bank y; thsee.diths Of mile
from the furnace, and tho orc Is known as the
! rea aossllitcsous, yleldmg Iro1o bfty to sevcn-
an3 e1a acss wornf csn nt.y PER esn The
md @ depesea es Il amos Rh
veins: ln ,act, II Is estimated that two acre:
:: IN extent along The vein wta! supply the far
mace one 5ear. The ore Is transported to the
furnace ~ tram rea1 up yezy easy grade
$ The coal, Which s Of the finest quality, Il
5 the mouth Of the furnace, to which 1t 4
? transported down tram road having = grad,
Of $50 teet 70 the mile, and Of courEc 20 1r
uhcial mouye power Is needed to take Il
> doTn. The Limestone used Tor d1x Is about
q oue.haH mile from the iusuacc, to whlch !!
u Is also transported bv tram rond.
! General Wilder was delcentc to the con
yeutlou, and was called upon for statemeu
a regarding the practical working, OF his fur
d nacc, and delivered = short address full q
!: useful knowlesc and information. Genera
d | Wilder has traced tho iron aud coal dunoslls
|. which run panlle1 Al d close to each othc,
il for 100 miles along the Tennessee Valley an
: proneunces The fsri'l'ics for mining and mar
Q thoee cpioscd by liz company, The prcsen
cost Of m1ning The coal used At bis fuluacc
> thFre ceuts per buahel, while the cost
u Peppsylvan,a ia four aud a half Cents M
e iurnacc usps over HOOOO bushci. 81 20:
<, yrarly. Il will be tecn this il uuito savinr
The cost of del,rr RI HI. inn nrr At ~, II,
race is seventy cents ncr inn whfle the ~.
lc ~ riponIv Dis ths IN anJ Setsye1snr Il
y tue Mt.sls.jppI River fiom Irou Gountsj,
e. llrnfstonn usd for fnr In II
Of fnrnarr. of F,t,.hnrrh r,.ts mn
e. prr tou thlu the cn,{te cost of iron ore An
o. fimeatone delivered al the Rockwood II
ID pnt,hnrrS !. ,Sinnea frnn, fate ~ snnssto useS
q, l.l5o miiee by water. md If0 by rsji. M
II al hrr nrra Tram f,nnaf.. ia or3rr ~ N ~
r. such a quality Of iron M is bere manufactur.
or fran II I'D fn.t11Iferons arr II
III thc opin,on OF General Wilder that = fnrnae
ct dIs.ar Ct trpm here Ia Cufpherlnud Gan.
10 The ssne Te,n worked A. Rockwood. wi
Cd the ssmc adrau,aers Of coa1, ore and lin
r. | stone enjoyed at his furnace, and ther con
Ct be pro1inhly worked IL q market could
In iouud ior tic pruduct. The adysutarr {
It. loved here In The utpufacture of Iron n AZ
Dc The act nal cost Of manufacture about SO le
ny per ton than at Pitt sbursh. But while II
ed nroduct Il subjected TO the etpensfre n
! nopol5 or railroAd transportation, t
eat country cannot profit by this rrdu
ne tion IN mannfactofc, ~ the rrauets
lis. In a.st cost Is countcrbaianeed, md Ia sol
ley instances more than overcome, hy the trciE
lay charges asscsecd in bringing The Iron to nj
70. ket- The speaker also referred tn the Il
OF | that Il costs morc to transport marble, viii
!s, /, found along the Tennessee IN sresi an'
ee dance, to the clts Of New York than 1t co
- to bring the same from lsa15. 11dced,
70 Errat usrb1e ard siate beds, and the iron 3
hse e Tenne:tee, Nosth Geozgta snd North \
sse bams, must etcr remain almost totally
en- productive and ee4led to the market ol
Dnlon, unless that cheap exit can be o5tail
which the opening Of the Tennessee RI
OILY adords
proven berocd Atl question Of doubt that
h1est quall1S Of iron can be manntactureA
the Teonetste Valley cheaper than 10
other section ofthe United States, and
uthis Interest alone Vas the only one de-
ooed, the nasion Is Interested. ID great
gree, In the prosecution and oulpfetio1
:n.ss ibis great work Of improving md opel
ert. the Tennessee Rfytr.
= The Committee on Memorial to Congs
tu / Sotoctl ~. r oan ana stnGA VAoe1 pe
memoess, Tll Probably ask for about 8
aed 90 to carry forward the improvement