Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-09-11
PAYNE's ADDITION.
A Beautiful Location for sarburban Resi-.
dences.

dences.
He who has never visited Prof Paynes addi-
ton to Knoxville, has deprived himself of a
n pleasure easily attained aud one that would be
enjoyed especially il he we're owner of one ofthe
lots contained therein. The plat contains about
forty acres and was purchased in March last by
Prof John X. Payne, who, realizing the advan-
tage of tho location, had il surveyed and map
of the property drawn divided into lots, vary
ing in size from two acres, tho largest, to lots
ninety by two hundred feet, the smallest
At the highest point Circle of nearly four
| acres has been laid out for a park, which is now
partially graded and will be further improved
from time TO time, by planting shade trees and
Circle radate from its centre and are according
| ly fan-shaped. They are the highest in price,
though so reasonable as to make 1t an object for
those wishing pleasant home outside the city
limits, yet at the same time convenient to bust
ness, TO purchase. The approach from the pike
is by
TEMPLE AVENUE,
Which is one hundred feet in width and Chan
| cellor Temple will set back his fence sufficient
| distance to make the width uniform from the
| pike TO the Circle. The sidewalks will have
Ia row of shade trees on each side,
| thirty feet apart, making six trees in
| front of each lot, which will front ninety
| feet on the avenue. This will make four rows
| of trees in all, sffording abundant shade. The
| drive will be forty feet wide, and is now being
| graded and will be macadamized, a quarry of
| suitable stone being now worked on the place
| for that purpose.
OTHER sTREETs
Temple avenue runs entirely through, cross
| ing Mofatt street. the northern boundary of the
| Addition, and intersecting Yale street, which
runs from the Ssnborn line to Clifton avenue,
which separates the plat from the College
! grounds. The avenue extends around the Cir
Gle, decreasing in width to fifty feet, extending
| the same width to Andrews street, which marks
| the southern boundary on the river side, ex-
| tending from Clifton avenue through the San
| born property.
| Andrews street can be extended through TO
! Front street, which would require only Slight
| change of grade at the railroad and could be
dono at comparatively small cost, and if re-
| opened through to its original terminus, would
be :he shortest route from there to the city. This
| will doubtless be done when the wants Of the
population require it.
LOTS ALREADY SOLD.
This property is selling rapidly, and among
men Judge Andrews, james r Story. Esq,
Prof + ID Allen, DR. Josiah Curtis, Rev J
Howard-Smith, ID. D., Charles ID McGutfey, ESQ,
Prof L Kirkpatrick, james Comfort, Esq,
Maj A ii Pettibone, John NJ Brooks, Esq,
Prof + II Bradley, w NJ Baxter, Esq, r J
Cummins Esq, Douglass Farquhar. ESQ, VIM.
Rule and A j Kicks.
II Prof. Payne selected the grounds with an
| eye 10 tnB mos.
... BEAUTIFUL LOCATION -.'
possible to be secured, he has certainly succeed.
| ed, and when cultivated taste is brought &c
bear as auxiliary to nature, in few years there
will be seen suburb combining all the advan
tages that could reasonably be desired.
The view from the Circle is one that would
satisfy poets soul. On the north are seen the
crumbling walls Of Fort Saunders, which, or
that memorable November morn, rang with tn,
fierce roar of battle; and the growing villages Q
Whites Addition. and Mechanicsville, with
their picturesque dwellings and we'll kept gar
dens. On the east we behold bird s-eye view
of Knoxville, with its moving panorama o
busy life while the smoke of its manufactures
rises in dense volumes and ''vanishes into air,
and the hum of industry ia borne on the breeze
to the ear of the beholder
Beyond and up the rolling Tennessee soon e
BIO spanned by a magnificent bridge, as far a
the eye can reach, are seen the smiling field
along its banks, while still further to tho right il
lofty hill, where Fort Dickinson once reared
its frowning battlements and from whose deeI
embrasures protruded the grim muzzles O
deadly cannon, now showing the marks of thu
husbandman's pillow, while the rumble of the
iron horse is heard, bearing in his train the
fruits of commerce, where less than q decade
since was heard the elangor of hostile trum
pets.
On the west are the mansions of Chancellor
Temple and the Sanborn estate, while the spa
ciOus grounds of the former, clothed in verdur'
and adorned with fairest flowers and fruits il
rich profusion, delight the eye.
To show that these lots are among the
MOST DESIRABLE
in the market we will state that during tn
short time that has elapsed since they have beer
surveyed about one-fourth of the mum
Der have been sold, with the intention o.
building at an early day. The buildings erect
ed will be first class and the neighborhood vii
be one of most pleasant in which to live, apar
from its attractiveness as a location.
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Words of wisdom.
In your issue of yesterday you pen an articl
headed What the People Demand" In tina
article you submit some frank and sensbl
views which every honest man is bound to en-
dorse no matter what his political creed. Fo
! myself am heartily Disguised with politics. an