The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
NUMBER 81.

than I could perform, and all that 1 have
wished. / hope your excellency will
attribute my request to the true reason,
the desire to serve my country, and TO
do all in my power to insure the success
of her righteous cause.
have no complaints to make of any
one but myself / have received moth
ing but kindness from those above me,
and the most cQnsiderate attention from
my comrades and companions in arms.
| To your excellenCy ] am specially in
debted for uniform kindness and con-
sideration. You have done everything in
| your power TO aid me in the work COM
mitted to my charge, without omitting
| anything to promote the general welfare.
/ I pray that your efforts may at length
! be crowned with success, and that you
may long live to enjoy the thanks of a
| grateful people.
With sentiments of great esteem, I
| am, very respectfully and truly yours,
r. E. LEE, General.
| His Excellency jefferson Davis, Presi-
| dent Confederate States.
Business Enterprise in Georgia.
New York Bulletin.
! The enterprising spirit which charaC,
| terizes the people of Georgia, even under
| the most unpropitious and discouraging
| circumstances, has a fresh exempiifiCatiOn
in two documents which lie before us.
One relates to the favorable progress of
arrangements for making Atlanta the
seat of an important cotton manufacture;
the other sets forth the capacity and adj
vaRtages Of the Augusta canal as means
for the encouragement of the manufac-
a-srlNu
fabrics in all that section of the state.
First, as to the cotton factory in At
lanta; the citizens, impressed with its
importance, subscribed the necessary cap
ital, directors and officers were elected, a
location selected and the business of
building a factory was formally inaugu-
rated on the 4th of July, 1875. Since
that time the plans for buildings have
been decided upon and the work of con-
structiOn has since moved steadily. The
directors agree to erect buildings suffi-
cient for 10000 spindles at first, and put
in the machinery as fast as the business
would warrant. The committee having
the enterprise in charge, we are told, gave
very careful attention to the estimates of
cost and production and compared them
with detailed statements of the best mill
of the south, also with some of the very
best mills in the north. The plans for
the arrangement of machinery is such
that it can be put in three sections. The
first section will have 9,0T2 spindles and
auxiliary machinery. The second sec
ton will be sufficient to make up the
number to Il, $50 spindles, and the third
will make a total of 20,736 spindles, 500
looms and auxiliary pickers, cards, speed
ers, etc, which will produce twenty-four
thousand yards per day. The directors
have decided to produce a finer class of
goods than are now made in the south,
and have adopted as a standard number
IS yarn to yards Of cloth to the pound.
The machinery will be arranged to pro-
duce Is to a yarn, from which several
grades of goods can be made, probably
not less than ten different styles. The
committee conclude their report by an
appeal to capitalists to come forward with
the subscriptions necessary to make the
enterprise a great business success.
Next, as to the Augusta canal, which
was projected by few public spirited
citizens Of that place for manufacturing
purposes, and for the securing of an
abundant supply Of water for the city.
The work was commenced in 1915 and
completed in the early part of 1917. In
1872, it was resolved to enlarge its capac-
ity, and that work was practically com
pleted in July last. The length of the
main canal or first level is seven miles
including second and third level, nine
miles; depth of water, II feet. The canal
is owned by the city of Augusta, and is at
present under the control of the following
board of managers: Hon. Charles Estes,
president; John U. Meyer, Thomas G..
Barrett, Alexander Philip and NJ. Z.
Hill. The location of the canal is in the
heart of the cotton raising region, and at
one of the most important inland markets
for the staple in the country, together
with the even temperature of the climate,
the moderate cost of living and the
abundance of labor, renders it peculiarly
adapted to the profitable manufacture of
cotton goods, as is evidenced in the sue
cess of the Augusta, Graniteville and
other factories in that vicinity.
At time like this, when public atten-
tiOn everywhere Is so largely directed to
the development of southern industries,
it is certainly worth while watching the
progress of enterprises Of this character,
as they seem to offer not only desirable
outlets for capital but also tempting OPP
pOrtunities for business men, which are
not over plentiful in the more thoroughly
worked states of the north and east