Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-08
rur mErHODIsT UNIVERSITY.
Knoxville Offers Thirty-F Five Thousand
Dollars.
what the Committees Did Yesterday.

and escorted to the Franklin House fol
breakfast. The committee is composed Of
the following gentlemen:
I DR.. N. E. Cobleigh. Atlanta, editor Chris
tan Aduocate, President; Rev. John A.
Edmonson, Nashville; VIM: Houston,
Shelbyville Rev. Wesley Prettyman,
| Marietta, Ga. Rev. N. G. Taylor, Dr. u.
| @, Fuller. J. Braden, Rev. r. HI. Guthrie,
| Prof. III. Pressnell, Prof. p. e. WllsoD,
Rev. j. Spilman.
| After partaking of good breakfast, the
committee held a private meeting at the
hotel, At 10, A. NJ, they adjourned to the
Board of Trade Rooms to hear from the
committee of Athens the claims they had
to present for the College.
The Athens committee was very hon
orable and creditable body of its best citi-
zens, composed of the following gentle
men: A. B. Blankenship, VIM. II. Briant,
ESQ.,, w. Nj. Bradford, Esq, Hon. L. Nix
on Van Dyke, M. A. Helm, Prof. Il. A.
| Atlee, Lon. Blizzard, Esq, and j. s. Mat
thews, Esq. >,
After some consultation Mr.. Bradford
| Chairman of the Committee announced
that they were not yet ready to report and
asked for further time.
| Col. John Baxter on behalf of the Knox
| vile Committee stated that as our subscrip-
4
culated the Committee would not then
present their case.
On motion the Committee adjourned to
| proceed at two p. NJ. to visit the different
| locations proposed about Knoxville.
ARRIVAL OF DIR. E. o. HAVEN.
DIR. E. o. Haven, the head of the Edu-
| cational Department of the M. E. Church
| i'm the United States, arrived on the noon
| train, and will be present to advise with
| the Locating Committee in reference to
the site for the proposed institution. He
| is the guest of Mr.. Perez Dickinson, to-
gether with Rev. DIR. Fuller, of Atlanta.
DR.. Haven has had large experience in
educational matters and few men IN the
| nation understand more thoroughly the
| management of universities and colleges.
VISITING SITES.
At two o'clock carriages had been pro-
vided, and the committee, attended by a
number of our leading citizens, also by
Rev. DIR. Dean, of the East Tennessee
Wesleyan University at Athens, proceeded
to visit the several sites around town pro-
posed for the location of the University.
First, they visited
GEN. MABRY's FARM,
where he makes the liberal proposition to
sell fifteen acres of land for three hundred
dollars per acre, and will, in addition,
donate twenty-five acres adjoining 1T.
These grounds are situated Just across the
pike, opposite the Fair Grounds. They
lie well and are jim full view of the city
and afford fine view of the mountains
south of us. From here the Committee
drove down Branner street and out to the
ANDERSON PLACE,
Which is situated on an eminence imhe-
diately north of the city and east of Sec
ond Creek. Tt is in full view of the East
Tennessee University, of the city,
the mountains to, the south of us.
Thirty-five acres are offered here for five
hundred dollars per acre. The committee
then examined site on
E. z. BAILEY'S
farm, where Mr.. Bailey offers thirty-five
acres at three hundred dollars per acre.
This is also north of the city, Immediately
west of and adjoining the Knoxville and
Ohio Railroad, and like that of Mr.. An
derson, affords a fine view of the city and
of the country south of us.
FORT SANDERS.
The gentlemen of the committee were
then taken to Fort Sanders, point prom
inent in the country's history and conse-
quently interesting to strangers. A gen.
tleman who was present in the fort and
witnessed the thrilling scenes of that dark
Nevomber morning in 1868, when Long
streets men made the fatal attack, explain
ed how the battle was fought, and how
the ground was covered at the end of the
conflict with wounded and dead. The
next point of interest visited was
EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY,
a place which every Knoxvillian fee Is
proud Of if he possesses enough manhood
to engender such feeling. DIR. Haven
expressed himself as delighted at the
grounds surrounding the University,
which have been laid out with taste and
skill highly creditable to the Committee
on Buildings and Grounds. A shower
came up and gave promise of a
storm, which led those present to beat
hasty retreat to the city. Arriving in front
of the Franklin House, the rain having
pressed desire to visit the grounds sur
rounding Gen. Mabry's residence. They
arrived here just before sunset, but the
dark clouds in the west prevented them
from enjoying the superb scene that would
have otherwise met their eyes. The noun
tains toward the north were enveloped
in dark cloud and were invisible. To
the south, the Chilhowee range was re-
splendent with the golden rays of the set
ting sun, while further west they Were
covered with dark cloud and the vivid
evening was unpropitious for satisfactory
view of the splendid scenery visible from
this point, but number of the gentlemen
gave expression to their enthusiasm at the
sight. The time spent here was short, as
the setting sun admonished the company
that they must return to the city. The
gentlemen of the committee We're then
taken to their several places of entertain-
ment.
Mr.. John Jones proposes to sell a site for
the University, on one of the ridges south
of the river, which, in view of the early
completion of the bridge, will be as ac-
cessible as any other locality. He pro.
poses, we understand, to sell for one hun
dred dollars per acre, but the committee
did not have time yesterday to visit that
locality. They may possibly do so before
leaving the city. The ridge west of DIR.
Brandau's, on the Montgomery pike, has
also been spoken of.