The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-11-21
Our Own Reporter
Visits the City
Of the Falls.
And Takes a Glance at
the Mercantile and
Manufacturing Es-
adjustments.
His Impressions of the Solid Growth
and Future Prosperity of
the Great Emporium of
Southern Trade.
THE MERCHANTS OF THE FALLS CITY.

THE MERCHANTS OF THE FALLS CITY.
The generous action of the city of Louis
vile in behalf of yellow fever sufferers, in
throwing wide open the doors to those who
were driven from their homes, and in refusing
to quarantine against the fleeing refugees
from Southern cities, has brought that city
into favorable notice and gained for her the
lasting gratitude of the Southern people.
We have heard so much in praise of the
bold, fearless and self-sacrifcing spirit of this
noble city that it has occurred to US to say
something of the advantages of Louisville as
a mercantile and manufacturing center.
In pamphlet recently issued by the Blu
reau of Agriculture of the State of Ken
lucky, entitled "a General Account of the
Agricultural Commercial and Mineral Re-
sources of the Common wealth of Kentucky"
the following just tribute is paid to Louis
Vile:
alt seems strange to say that State en-
dowed by nature with such immense agricul-
tural resources as Kentucky should, at the
same time be one of the most advantageously
located for mechanical and manufacturing
trades of any other equal-sized territory
the globe. Yet such is the fact, as the statis-
tics of the raw materials, climate, cheap fuels,
water power and centrality of position will
show. Situated midway between the Gulf OF
Mexico and Northern lakes end also between
the eastern and western ranges of the North
American mountains, Louisville, the largest
city in the State, becomes the focal point OF
the great Mississippi valley. Here, by easy
water communication and railroad facilities,
can be concentrated the cheapest iron, coal,
hard timber as we'll as cabinet timber, potters
q Il rtl hTr oTgkaT
stone, fine-grain building stone, cement glass
sand, mari and Auor spar to be found on the
continent"
With the advantages named here of course
the manufacturing facilities of Louisville are
very great and while many of the resources
of the State have not been taken advantage
of as they might be, and 1oiU be some day
not far distant, yet there is no city in the
West or South that can compete with Louis
Vile in the price and quality of the goods
manufactured there. There is kind of
machinery needed in our manufacturing bust
ness, no implement wanted on our farms, no
article that is needed in our kitchens and our
homes, which is not made sold in Louis
vile as cheap as the same goods may be made
or found in any other city. A glance at the
map shows at once the geographical position
of the City of the Falls and her superior ia
cilities for shipping goods to every portion of
the South. From her grand trunk railroad,
the Louisville and Nashville and Great South
erA, are scores of branches reaching out into
every section of the country below, while a
dozen majestic steamboats, pillow the waters of
La Belle River, laden with freights and pas
sengers to and from the city.
How the city has grown since the war
And this reminds US that, following close upon
the heels of the war, famine threatened many
portions of the crippled South. Then as in
the recent emergency, Louisville established a
Relief Commission, and divided what she had
with those who were in want. There was nc
room for her to grow in generosity, in benev-
oience, and in that sweetest of all graces
charity. But there was room for the devel.
opment of her manufacturing facilities and
room for a commercial growth, as is shown
by the results that have followed. From
10000 inhabitants she has grown to Ice, OOC
in less than sixteen years. No city in the
country has grown so fast. Any one who
has not visited Louisville for ten or twelve
years would fail to recognize it as the same
place. Her streets have been extended, grand
massive buildings have been erected, public
improvements have been made, manufacture!
have sprung up in every direction, and Their,
is evidence of substantial prosperity every
where. 1t was once bat little more than
big village; now it can boast of as fin
churches, as many school buildings and a
great educational facilities as any city in tn
country.
The merchants and manufacturers OF. Lou
isville are substantial business men. Blu
few failures in business have occurred anon;
the principal business men of Louisville a
compared with other cities. The bankers an,
merchants are careful solid men who, though
liberal in their dealings with their customers
are seldom led into unsafe speculations an,
heavy losses, but, content with doing mod
crate business, safe basis, they hav
gradually established themselves on a firm
and safe foundation.
The commercial interests of the South ar
fully represented in Louisville There is n
article of merchandise needed in tbA South
ern States that may not be had in Louisvill