Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1870-08-27
LIVING AND LABOR.


anything, less. In East Tennessee
and parts of Georgia the climate il
most salubrious and delightful, not
hot and cold, the mercury at Chatta-
nooga rarely rising above ninety-two
IN the shade; and in the winter,
should snow fall during the night, II
seldom lasts beyond midday.
Rolling mill men say that labor can
be performed with less Inconvenience
at Chattanooga, Knoxville, and at
Rome, Georgia, .during the hot sum-
mer months, than in Ohio and Penn
sylvania.
CHARACTER OF THE PRODUCTS.
The iron made at the Vulcan Works,
Chattanooga, from the Tennessee and
and Alabama pig iron very much re-
sembles Swedish iron, and this, too,
when the iron had not been rero'led,
or any selection made of the pig-iron
used, this being the quality made day
in and day out at these works.
The opinion of railroad men who
have used iron of all kinds, and from
every section, agree as to the superior
quality ofSouthern iron, not only for
rails, but for any purpose for which it
may be used.
ACTIVITY OF SOUTHERN MANUFAC-
TORIES s-PENNsYLvANIAN AND
PITTsBURGHERs IN THE FIELD.
The Scoficld Rolling Mill Company
of Atlanta, are now running the rail
mill full time, and the guide mill part
time. They have large orders for
rails and fish-plates, and make rail
of fine finish and excellent quality.
Lewis & ROssiter, of Pittsburgh, have
secured the contract for its manufac-
ture, as well as for the heavy machin-
cry for the Rome Iron Company, of
Chattanooga, and additional machin-
cry for S. b. loves Vulcan Works,
Chattanooga. The Knoxville Iron
Company are full of work both i'm the
foundry and their rolling mill. This
company have made some additions
to their Matchmaking facilities, and
appreciated by the community in
which they are located. The most of
the members of this company are
from Pennsylvania, where they were
formerly connected with the iron
business, are men of practical expert
ence.
The Rome Iron Manufacturing
Company have their mill now in
working order. The machinery en-
braces the latest patterns, put up in
thorough manner, leaving nothing
to be desired.
The business of this company is
under the general management of
Mr.. James Noble. The Rolling mill
is under the superintendent of Mr..
John Hughes practical iron work.
er, formerly OfDanville, Pa.
! The Brieriield Iron Works, in Bibb
county, Alabama, are under the man
agement of the lessee, Captain II. S.
Alvis, man who Is capable of doing
more in his line of business, than cir
cumstances thus far have allowed
him to do. brought away from his
place samples of ore and metal, not
especially selected, but taken at ran
dom from the material he is using
every day, and working into bar-iron,
cottOn-tie, ETC., that would readily
command in Pittsburg. from S55 to
S63 per ton, and which costs there
from S3S to S42 per ton. 1t very much
resembles the 1Etna brand, which is
used for special purposes in Western
Pennsylvania. If anything, the ap-
pearances in its favor over the Atna
are specially noticeable.
AN INVALUABLE DEPOSIT.
Many of the rolling mills, found
ries and furnaces of the South use a
sand rock for the interior of their
furnaces that surpasses any of the
best friedrich or fire clay for the pur-
pose ever used. The best brands of
Bolivar and Mt. Savage friedrich
will not compare atall with this Won
derful production of nature I'm its re-
sistance to the intense heat to which
such use subjects it. 1t sometimes
breaks into thin sheets or plates, and
Is crumbly in its nature; will not
bear rough handling, and is easily
shaped into II square form, suitable
for the purpose for which it is used,
aud when burned is fiexibly.tenacious.
This rock can be had for almost the
cost of quarrying and transportation.
A deposit of this rock in Pennsylva-
mia would be invaluable to iron man
ufacturers, who annually pay large
prices for bricks far inferior to this In
every respect for furnace lining.
WHAT NORTHERN CAPITALISTS AND
| MANUFACTURERS SAY OF SOUTH
ERN RESOURCES.
Capitalists, as well as practical men,
have come from the overcrowded
iron producing regions of the North
ern aud Eastern States to look up To-
cations for their business, and after
an examination of the mineral re-
gions of Tennessee, Alabama and
Georgia-the vast and wonderful de-
posits of ore found in all conditions,
but generally in strata fOrm-have
pronounced these States not only ca
pable of furnishing the whole South,
6ut the phOto country, with all the
iron 1t will require for centuries. Care
ful calculations have been made,
which prove that the supply is mex
haustible, and of a quality that only
some of the best ores of Iron Noun
tain, Lake Superior or any other of
the pcyy 6estlrom any iron region yet
discovered can compare with.
My familiarity with the iron made
in almost all of the Pittsburgh mills,
many of the Ohio mills, and many
of the mills in other States, as gen.
eral thing, Is warrant for the fact
that | do not Ego 10 blind" in the
seemingly broad assertions here made,
but that speak on this subject from
my knowledge Of the North and its
capabilities, and from the experience
and observation Of Others in the South
who are qualified to speak on the
matter, rs well as from what | have
seen in the regions here spoken of.
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The banking facilities of the South
are not what could be wished for, but
are growing better. Business men
labor under difficulties when paying
fifteen and eighteen per cent. for bus