The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-02-18
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| Knoxville Rome-In the Eroa Region-The Alaba-
/ ma Iron Company-Northern Capital-why
/ it Does not Come to East Tennessee-Tallade-
/ ga-etc., etc.
! EALABANA FURNACE, ALA, Feb. 10, 1874.
EDITOR GAZETTE when / left
your pleasant town, came to Knox
vile. and was much gratified to find
that growing city so full Of life and
energy Its business increasing and
a disposition upon the part of its cit
liens to make it what it is destined
to be, the great centre of trade for
East Tennessee, Western North Car
DINA, Southwestern Virginia, North
ern Georgia and Northern Alabama.
Knoxville may we'll be proud of her
enterprising business men. The well
known firm of CoWan, McClung &
Co., is as much spoken of, in COM
parison, as the mammoth establish
ment of A. T. Stewart & Co. and
In this condition, l must also speak
word of eulogy and praise in favor
of those enterprising and deserving
wholesale houses, Wilson, thinner
man & Wilson, Carpenter, Ross &
Lockett and Coffin, Martin & Co.
These houses do a very large whole
sale business and justly deserve the
patronage of all those sections Of
country I have mentioned.
Leaving Knoxville came to Rome,
Ga. found it to be a pretty little
city, full of life and enterprise. It's
railroads, iron furnaces and founder
les, and other industries, is making
it point of trade for all of North
Georgia and a good portion of North
Alabama. 1 found several East Ten
nesseeans there, and for their kind
ness and fayors, so generously ex-
tended, / am much indebted.
Leaving Rome, came on to Tai
adega, passing over the Selma, Rome
& Dalton Railroad, and through one
Of the finest mineral regions in all
the South. must be permitted, in
this connection to speak Of the Ala
bama Iron Company, which is one of
the finest charcoal foundries in the
whole South. The company is I'M
der the control and management of
Col. S. S. Glidden, President, and by
the way, one of the true and genu-
inc type Of Northern gentlemen. l
have had the pleasure of enjoying
the hospitality Of his Office, and of
seeing with my own eyes the mex
haustible beds of the richest iron ore
l ever saw. 1t seems that the whole
face Of the country, in and around
these works, is almost solid bed of
ore. The average number of hands
working at this furnace is about 200
at wages averaging 81 rs per day.
The inexhaustible mineral resources
of this section are being rapidly de-
Yeloped, by enterprising Northern
men, who have the brains and the
capital, as well as the energy, to push
business right along, Why is it we
cannot prevail upon the men of the
North. with their capital. to come
to East Tennessee? We certainly
have more, or at least as many, min
eral resources to day, lying in our
mountains and vallies, as there are
in any portion of the South, which
if developed would make our people
rich. Are there political barriers in
the way? Is it our hatred for the
Northern people that keeps North
ern capital away? If so, it is high
time this feeling is done away and
the sooner it is done, the better it
will be for East Tennessee and the
whole South
Talladega is a beautiful place OF
about 5000 inhabitants. There are
two newspapers published here-One
of which is Democratic and the 9TH
er Republican-both ably edited.
The Republican party is greatly
in the ascendancy in North Alabama,
and particularly in this Congestion
al district, now represented by Hon.
Charles Pelham, a native of this
State, and a man of ability. Among
the leading Republicans may men,
ton the names of Ex-G0yernor
Parsons, Judge Samuel Rice and
Alexander White, the two latter of
whom were rampant Secessionists
at the beginning of the late war
for Southern independence.
Yours truly, j. r. P.