Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-02-01
CHATTANOOGA.
What Il Is as Railroad CehtsF-Why Il Is
Valuable to Memphis.
From an Occasional Correspondent Of the

From an Occasional Correspondent Of the
APPEAL
| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, JaDuarv 2s.
| Ilo1l.-Ihis place is improving as
rapidly as any in the State, though
I l2bOrlng under many disadvantages ;
some OF which will mention. The
| streets are not all Macsdamized and
| graveled, although the material with
/ which TO make most excellent streets
Is here in abundance. The sidewalks
/ are not well paved and the cOnse-
! quence is the streets are so muddy
/ that it is very unpleasant to walk
! about. The business houses are gen
orally very inferior in point Of archi-
| lecture, and by mo means ornaments
70 the rising young city. The streets
| also need good drainage. NOtWith-
| standing these drawbacks, no place
! has a better chance for improvement
| than Chattanooga. She is in the
midst of the great mineral and manu-
] featuring regions OF the South. The
| mineral region commences near TUs-
/ c8lOOsa, Alabama, two hundred miles
distant and extends near two hundred
miles east Of this TO Virginia, and
equally as far north into Kentucky.
Billions OF tons Of coal and mountains
OF iron are in this region, all Of which
now Is, or soon will be, connected
with this place by river OF railway.
The Nashville and Chattanooga rail-
road intersects at this place with
the Louisville, and Nashville; the
East Tennessee and Virginia with
Norfolk, New York and other North
ern cities; the Western and Atlantic
with Charleston, Savannah and Bruins
wick: the Memphis and Charleston
with Memphis, Little Rock and the
great West; the Alabama and Chat |
tanOOga with Pensacola, Mobile and
New Orleans.
Coal and iron are abundant here, |
and provisions are plentiful and cheap. |
All that is needed is capital and labor /
to make this one of the greatest man |
ufaCturing places in America. East |
Tennessee is to be the great mineral /
and manufacturing portion OF our |
State, and as this city and Knoxville /
grow and increase in manufacturing /
Memphis will receive |
the benefits, because she is the nearest |
city on the Mississippi, and through
her must be made the connections with
the west and northwest. Memphis is
to be the commercial city for manu-
featuring East Tennessee, and Is in
terested in the growth of both Chat
tanOOga and Knoxville. The new
road to Meridian will open an inn
mense country to the trade Of Chat
tsuOOga. She Is already feeling It's
effects. The beautiful and romantic
scenery near here makes this
place very attractive. Hereafter no
house ought to be built that
is not three or four stories high and
FIRE proof. This is becoming quite
cotton market. They have fine water
works, and are soon going to put up
The water-wOTks are 50
situated that water can be taken to
the tops of the highest houses in the
place.
The new hotel, which is a magnifi-
cent structure, Will be completed !
before next summer, and will make
a delightful place for
summer resort. The irOn-TOrks that
have been established here are doing
4 very fine business.
There is very strong infusion Of
he Northern element into this sOcie-
". Some Of the most influential and !
citizens came here from |
he North since the war.
Not only the railroads but the Ten /
lessee river brings a great deal Of
rade to this place. Enterprising men }
# capital and more skilled labor are ]
much needed to make East Tennessee
What nature intended she should be,
nd as consequence Chattanooga and
Knoxville two tiOuTishing cities. \
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