Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1873-01-04
MANUFACTURING IN CLARKsyILLE.

Clarksville has all the natural ad
vantages necessary to carrying on
extensive manufactures of all articles
made of iron, wood or leather. And
for the production of these three sta
plies themselves, this place is most
conveniently situated. Within thir-
ty miles of here are located several
furnaces for smelling ore, that have
produced the finest quality of pig
iron. Most of thefaase now in oper-
alton and their yis'sser could profit
ably be increasfd They have gener-
orally used charcoal. But the ore
which has hitherto been smelted in
these furnaces could readily be
brought to this city, and smelted with
the coal which can so conveniently
and cheaply be brought hither, by
the proper use of our facilities for
transportation present and prospect
i've. Down the Cumberland could be
floated a world of coal at a very cheap
rate. While only forty miles distant
are the great coal fields OF Kentucky.
There would be economy in bringing
the ore for smelling to this point
nor would the cost of transportation
be considerable. Mt. Vernon furnace
is only ten miles distant, Cumber-
land furnace, in Dixon county, is
twenty miles, Rough and Ready,
about thirty, and LaGrange, say
about forty or fifty miles distant.
Ali these furnaces are in operation
now, or recently have been and in
the vicinity of each of them there
are abundant supplies of excellent
ore. These, then, are are some of
our advantages:
/. Coal that can be brought down
the Cumberland, coal that can be
brought up the Cumberland, coal in
Kentucky, coal admirably suited to
the purpose on every hand; ore
abundant in the southern part of
Montgomery county, and in many
parts of Dixon, Houston, and Stew
art, almost looking up out of the |
earth and begging to be brought to
light and usefulness; the surround
ing hills and valleys, rich in unde-
veloped wealth ready to yield uptheir
treasures and our noble river plead
ing to be made the bearer of burdens
for our good; these are all ours for |
the taking.
2. In the manufacture of leather
quarter of million dollars could find |
a richly remunerative
investment here. The fine forests of
this and adjacent counties abound in
supplies of tan bark. 1t is enough to
make us blush for shame to think of |
what we, as consumers, 5lindly pay /
for the transportations of raw hides
to the Northern States, then for
bringing the leather, manufactured
there, back to us again, to say moth
ing of the many profits and commits
sions of middle men, when here at
our doors is the raw material inviting
capital and enterprise. Leather is an
article of prime necessity. 1t enters
into the composition and construc-
ton of many articles indispensable
to civilized man. Itshanufacture in
this city need invosve no risk; and
the profits would equalthose realized
in the North, with the cost of trans
not only of the raw mate
rial but also of the article itself, as so
much clear to the Clarksville tanner.
1t will be difficult to find anywhere
Else in the world an opportunity for
an. investment more promising and
safe.
8. AS to articles made of wood, it is
only necessary for one to go fifty
miles in any direction from this city
to be fully satisfied with the re-
sources surrounding us. Here again
the Cumberland can be utilized, and
from far up toward her source tribute
can be brought, in the shape of valu-
able lumber. Factories for making
buckets, tubs, helves, spokes, hubs,
and every variety Of wooden manu-
can be located here with all
the natural advantages to start with.
4. In addition to what has been
limited at above, the climate of the