Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-25

| county, Ohio, and taking the two items in
| conjunction it looks very much as though
there was going to be big rolling mill and
/ PERHAPS blast furnace or tive on the
Crutchfeld farm some day.
| We also find in the same number of the
Times Chancery Court advertisement an
| nouncing that "Thomas Webster, John L.
| Divine, S. II. Winchester, j. w. Webster,
| Julius E. Raht, j. T. Wilder, Fl. S. Cham
| berlain, and E. G.. Eaton have this day
fled their petition in said Court praying to
| be incorporated under the name and style
of the Chattanooga Foundry and Machine
| Works, Mining and Manufacturing Compa-
n.y. to have succession for 90 years, with
the right to purchase and dispose of such
property as may be necessary to carry on
the business of such corporation; to> sue
and be sued; to have and use common
seal; to make bylaws for their government,
ETC.; and for authority to manufacture all
kinds ofiIon, steam engines, mill and rail-
road machinery, etc; to mine for coal and
other minerals and provide for smelling the
same; and for all ether purposes necessary
to carry on such business. Said Company
to have capital stock Of $500, 900, to con-
sist of shares OF 500 each, and may be Or
R6l1lLCu DCn SuDSCL IPSlO1o w luO C4pk-
tai stock of the Company shall amount to
$3.50, 1000"
Who Thomas Webster is we have already
stated, and eli the other gentlemen men
toned except Julius e. Raht are citizens of
Chattanooga. Julius e. Raht Is manager of
all the Ducktown copper mines in Polk
coEnty, Tennessee, and owner of several
Of the most valuable. His annual income
is about 500, 900, probably the largest in
come received by any one man in the
State. He came to the Duektown mines
poor in everything but education and brains,
being one Of the best mining engineers in
the United States. Anything that he takes
hold of is bound to succeed.
We have given these facts to our readers
in order that they may contrast the activity
of the Chattanooga people with their own
lethargy in all manufacturing enterprises.
The natural advantages of Chattanooga are
in come respects greater than ours, but en-
terprise can overcome the slight difference
which may rest in their favor. The capital
of Nashville now locked up in bonds which
adds nothing to the welfare of the city is
much greater than the entire ca pital Of
Chattanooga. VIII our people be content
to sit idly folding their hands while Cha TIA
nooga whose prentensions we have SO long
despised and laughed at, outrips us in the
race for wealth ? ...f.s .-
ANOTHER LIVE ENTERPRISE.
1t would be unjust in closing the above
review of Chattanooga and its enterprises,
did we not refer to the Chattanooga Times,
one of the livest newspapers of the State.
1t was hazardous undertaking to COM
meEce the publication of daily paper
when Kirby and Gamble nailed their ban
ner to the breeze, but these gentleman have
proved equal to the emergency, and having
overcome all obstacles, are now in highly
prosperous condition. This paper from its
first issue has kept up with the spirit of en-
terprise which has made Chattanooga what
she is, and much of the prosperity that at
tends this rapidly growing city may be at
tributed to the zeal ever manifested by the
Times In encouraging and fostering the
manufacturing establishments above spoken
OF. Every citizen of Chattanooga owes the
paper debt of gratitude, and they should
see to it that the Times shall in the future
be upward and onward. Long live the
the Times, and may Kirby & Gamble grow
rich in its publication.