The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-17

HoN. ASA FAULKNER, successful man n
facturer of Coffee County, made an able e
peech at Manchester on the 4th of July. .
Ills remarks on the importance of manu- P
acturing are so pertinent that we make e
, few extracts. What he says of the ad-
vantages of utilizing the water power :
afforded by Duck River is even more APP |
plicable to this vicinity, inasmuch as that I
same stream flows through our county
and affords much greater supply OF
water here than in Coffee County Mr..
FAULKNER once remarked TO friend OF
our that the strangest thing to him was
that he had been successful in manufac-
turing in Coffee County, and yet this did
not stimulate others to follow his exam
pie:
Now. gentlemen, l have barely mem
toned your valuable water-power
wish to bring its value more directly, 10
vour view. for fear, from your neglecI
heretofore. that you do not place cor
rect estimate on what / look upon as one
of the greatest elements OF wealth tnat
has been placed by an Advise creator
within the reach of man. This VIII
do bv comparison, which is the only way |
| arrive at the value of almost every
thing. Look at our immense coal heIIs
that we truly boast of extending from tue
line of Kentucky to the line OF the S'ate
of Georgia, covering territory equal ~
20 miles square, according to the esIl-
mate of Prof. Stafford, the value OF which
cannot be estimated by dollars and cents.
Still we must admit that every ton taken
ont leaves that much less. Then our
banks of iron ore, cOextenslve IN amount
and value, are profusely scattered over
| Middle and East Tennessee, for which we
| must make the same admlsslon: every
| ton taken out leaves only that much less;
| Then our immense and varied forests OF
| valuable timber, far excelling the timber
of any other State in the Union, both In
it's variety and value; still we know that
the axe-man is making rapid inroads up
| on it every year. Again, we boast Oh on4
fertile vallies and productive plans, Sor
we know to our sorrow, that by !LhPiTip r.
suicidal cultivation it is growing lcsS
productive year by year, now Is ~ WI" tbn
our water-power! Onnke Sl'lIoI -,
Elements enumerated, it is the same every
ar and has been so since creation, ana
! LII he the same until the end OF time
D | Yes. the beautiful Duck River that skirts
YOUR town has been rolling over theSt
falls from period before man was, ON
| waiting to be put into harness and mau'
h subservient to your will by your cooper
j. at,ye effort. and even then you canno
., impair its value. Ii serves your purpose
and then goes bounding Onlts way to lapo
% for other parties further down Its chanhel
IT It is the only element of wealth that cai
e he trulv called inexhaustible, and tina
. | cannot be weakened nor destroyed by IN
hand of man; aud when long dro9t
weakens its power, as 1t may some vi
e season, God, in his own proper way
IS and in his own good time, replenlsheS
q without the aid of man. 1t costs nOthlh
70 snstajn it, neither does it charg
u wages. Now, will you reach forth you
x hand and receive this rich bounty, or WI
Won let it continue to roll over .yondt
falls without rendering you any 6enet !
4 1t is q willing servant, appointed by Goo Il
&c your uses, and only awaits your olodlhl
Erect your works, put in your machiner
Dr. and this God-given friend of man Will
n bounding over your wheels, turning ],
" thousand spindles joyously, seeming
Glad that it has the privilege OF adding
d the wealth and prosperity and happlne
ne of him who was created in the image
h., his Maker.
% I wish, if possible, to further show yo
- the inestimable riches that lie at yo'
&c very door, awaiting your effort TO harhe
all Duck river. In order to do SO more III
to ", let me compare its adaptablhty al
- cbeapness with different water-poWe
that are being used and made prohtab
ne hv the people of the New England State
ne Look at Lowell in the State of Massach
nv setts ON the Merrimac river, about twen'
g. n,;Ies from Boston. 1t is the large
manufacturing city in the United stat
ne tits larger than Nashville and is almC
IN entirely engaged in manufacturing teAt
Die fabrics BY water-power, and at great co
4, The river is, perhaps, as large as
10, Cumberland; still at time OF low water,
I'LL does not furnish water enough Ior
the various machinery to be run at IuII spe'
~ To remedy that deficit the several co
- panies have jointly purchased the "at
ue' Shed of the river, which contains as i y
lze territory as your county, lncluulns Ia
est Winnipiseoga, one hundred hlIeo "JC
;nq Lowell in Maine. There they have b'
dams and locks to let out the water
Is r;nC the drv season OF the year as
and factories NAV need it. This has cost
5 so manufacturers of Lowell over three II
nse lions of dollars \,
Arain. at Mill River, in Northern NJ
leu sachusetts, near Northampton, the see
ual of the late terrible disaster, where
1ur- two hundred lives were lost by the pre
,are ING of their reservoir dam, there are SIX
ots EIGHT factories and machine shops; \
Axe river is mountain stream, very huct
MD tinw and nearly goes dry in the dry
nee SON of the year The different ma
fo,.- featuring companies united and built
: a reservoir, which was in mountain g0i
and by constructing dam torty-hve feet
cess to lock up the water in the Spring; 10
Ion used as they might need 1t in the. dry
MI son of the year. This reservoir contai
IT, an area of l04 acres, and was al
three miles from the factories and IL
hundred feet above their level. IL
bors the manufacturing companies about
a. 900.
the Now, compare these WATERPROOF
vile which are used proftably, with
cheap Duck river, and you will see .,
o., Won have been favored by an all
ooLs Providence Will you improve the WI
- fo power, or will you let the stream cont cont
- anS to roll on, without any effort to utilize
the riches that God has given you SO boz
wing fully?