Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-01
Nashville In a Manufacturing Point
Of View.

One great element of the prosperity of /
large city is in It's manufactures, affordins
as il does home market for the agrieul
tursl products Of the country surrounding
1t 80 largely enhances the value of ever
article consumed as to draw them from q
much more extended field for supply. Dur
ing the past year considerable progress has
been made in this important branch Of our
city's wealth. --
The large cotton mill of the Tennessee
Manufacturing Company is now In fu | and
successful operation, making cloth equal,
If not superior to that Of any other estab.
lishment in the country, and giving employ
ment to many operatives, who add greatly
to the ability OF our citizens to engage In
other skilled labor by thus making room for
this lighter occupation.
Two large establishments now turn out
vast quantities of cotton seed, oil and cake,
one Of these having added grist mill, has
thus increased the number of four mills,
all Of which ara now in full operation,
making more -four Of the celebrated brands
so Justly famed in every market than has
ever been produced before, the demand
being larger than their ability to supply
with increased facilities running day and
night.
More attention has been turned to en-
larging the operations inlumber and manu-
featuring from the splendid timber 50
abundant with us. Furniture, chairs,
carriage and wagon material, handles,
cedar ware, wagons and carts, carriages, all
have been made to . GREATER extent than
heretofore and the coming year promises to
increase the extent of production.
If Nashville should ever become a great
city 1t will grow out of her central position
Ia the vast coal and iron fields by which she
is surrounded. Every new effort TO work
up these resources has bsen marked with
success, and the improved facilities for cast
ings has enabled our founders to make
most of the work heretofore done north
of this place.
The splendid display at the Nashville In
dustrial Exposition gave fair chance to
see some Of the improvement and progress
made the past year, perhaps nothing more
so than the Fryer engine, invented BY him
and constructed by j. b. Romans. The
establishing by our citizens OF first-clsss
machine shop for the manufacture Of these
engines and such other work as eau be
produced, will effect wonderful change in
this department. 1t will not be loIg before
the region dependent upon this city viii be
filed with fUlrnsces-rolling mills and
foundries will start up in every direction,
and there Is no reason in the world why
Nashville should not, like Philadelphia, con
troll this immense product and convert ii
into the many uses for which it is in
tended.
By inviting to this place as great centre
the Cumberland and Ohio and the o Hens-
boro railroads we will have guaranteed TO
us close connections with every point in
the South and Southwest, as 1t will be
msnifestly to the interest of every road
centering here to extend It's connections.
This will naturally make this the most
eligible as it is now the most suitable
manufacturing centre Of the South.
The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad
Company contributes largely TO the manu-
featuring interests Of this city by her i'm
mense machine shops. Let Us hope that
the centralizing of 80 many railroads and
their depots at this place will show the ad-
vantaSes we have in this respect.
There has en- an increase in the max
ing Of pottery and bricks and in marble
working; the beautiful new buildings re-
Gently erected which grace our city, show
the style and elegance Of the work.
In printing and book binding, our city
has been taking rapid strides towards ex-
cellence, and in both branches compete
successfully with any market elsewhere.
There has been marked incr ease in the
production of whisky. Several large es-
Adjustments are now engaged in this busit
ness, whose sales are to a greater extern
than heretofore. Nashville brands being
celebrated for their purity and freedom
from deleterious articles. The Breweries
and bottling establishments are far ahead
of last year.
Few persons are aware of the extent 10
which the cooperage trade has grown. The
number Of casks, barrels and kegs made
here for the pork packers and Touring mills
is much greater than is generally known,
and has proved a great accession TO our
manufacturing wealth.
The success that has attended the paper
mills have enabled them to extend the char
acter Of production and with increased IA
cilities they make many varieties of paper.
This has become successful institution.
The making Of cotton and paper bags has
also become an important feature.
In the lighter branches, such as the man
ufscture of jewelry, hair-work engraving,
and lacks, it IS pleasing to notice the pro-
gress and skill exhibited, showing the 1e-
mand that exists among our people Tor arti-
cles Of refinement and taste.
The production Of leather continues to
arow. and there Is a marked increase In
the uianufacture ofclothing which promises
to develop to great extent
When our people shall appropriate each