Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-05-03
THE CITY.
NoRFm NAsHvILLE.
The Cotton Factory, etc.

1 ~Cr1OA 4 ACIOrYs etc
hundreds of our citizens awaited them.
serves OF the beautiful day and desire "a
breathe the fresh air of the suburbs. TO
Visit North Nashville, and the. cotton fac
Tory In process of erection, on Sunday last,
nney were all amply repaid for their visit.
me sohd improvements springino up all
around IN that region is wonderful. :, That
portion OF the city, really, has been trans
formed during the last twelve month
without noting the various buildings ooing
up IN detail, we viii present few facts i5
regard to the progress Of the cotton factory.
one OF the most extensive private enter,
prlses undertaken in tae city for wears
The work is progressing energeticallv
Inc foundation Is being rapidly copnpIet-
ed, and the walls of the dye-house and ma
chlne shop are already up, and the latter
Is being covered. The huge chimney has
reached an altitude of one hundred feet
and will be when finished one hundred and
twenty-five feet high. The building alone
VIII cost 100000. The inner walls of the
building are to be entirely of pressed brick
OF the very best make. LARGE quantities
OF lumber and building material are beino
accumulated on the ground. The nina
lumber Is brought from Georgia. and Wills
1t IS Of excellent quality, the distance II Is
brought suggests the utility and the imnor-
lance OF the early completion of
the Tennessee and Pacific raj
road, which bring us in close prox-
unity to exhaustless quantities of the
same timber produced in our own State.
The oak lumber is brought from the Ten
nesSee river by the Nashville and North
western Railroad The company burn
their brick right on the ground, the fuel |
used being towed in barges up the Cum
Derland, and the water, granted by the city,
is obtained by attaching pipe to the water |
pipe running to the Ash Barracks. The
company do the work themselves, employ /
ing their own hands instead of letting il
out IN parcels by contract, and every thing
will be procured for the building at home
that they are not compelled to go abroad |
for. They have a cistern completed
which contains near 1000 barrels |
water for the conyeniences of the establish |
lishment. The furnace is built and the |
large boiler in its place. This boiler is |
the workmanship of Wood 4 Simpson, of |
this city, and is made of Tennessee iron.
1t is a remarkable fact that no boiler made /
Of this iron has ever been known to burst /
or explode. The building is to be four
stories high, the walls to be constructed /
Of the very best brick. Mr. Plunket, the
Secretary, occupies brick house built by
the late DR.. d. II. McGavock sixty-fve i
years ago, the walls of which are as solid
and good as when first erected. The factory
Is to be built of brick manufactured of the
same native material A large number of
hands are daily engaged on the building,
The pay roll to workmen alone amounting |
last Saturday to the sum of $500. As evil
ience of the improvements going on in the
vicinity, We will mention the fact that |
one gentleman already has the foundation
for the erection of house on a
lot opposite the Factory, purchased at the
and sale two weeks ago to-day. 4