Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-09-21
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 81. 1880.
Bristol Connections. :
A Chain Of Narrow Gaug.
Large Meeting at the
MaVOr'S Office.


A forctold In last weeks Ee,cs the
conference Of Narrow Gauge gentlemen
at johnson City on Tuesday Of last week
adjourned to Bristol and held their meet
ing at the Mayors Office, Goodson, on
Wednesday. The Board of Trade as
sembled to meet them at 9:45 A. M,
Prof. J. II. Winston In the chair.
Gen. Imbodcn announced the object
OF the conference to be the adoption Of a
route for a through system Of Narrow
Gauge railroads from the Lakes, via
Pound Gap to the Carolina coast. The
B. ca J.. N. G. was the key to the sit
nation, and he had this A. M. received
from the Tinsalia Coal & Iron
Co., at Pittsburg, letter which render
cd the speedy completion Of the B. &. &
]. an absolute certainty. The company
had formally ratified and confirmed the
contract made at Estillyille Aug. 27, aud
had already shipped him the tools with
which 70 commence operations the goth
inst. and had ordered him II these did
not arrive by that date to proceed to pur-
chase others 10 that work might not be
r. delayed a day. This was received by
the large audience with immense ap-
plsuse. lie then introduced to the au-
dicnce PROF. PRoCTER, of the Geo
logical Survey OF Kentucky.
Prof. Proctor said every Kentuckian
except two or three Was said to be a
speaker. He claimed TO be one OF the
two or three. He was much pleased to
visit Bristol. We had here more Of the
elements that make life pleasant than
any other country oil earth, but we were
inaccessible. M reach here from Ken
tucky he had to come by way Of Geor-
8ia. Ky. had In the age Of wagons more
communication with us than now. He
had recently met the Hon. Thos. Hughes
Of England, who said there was going 70
be q perfect exodus from that country TO
this. They were the best class OF Eng
liph farmers aud wished TO come here II
they could have II made accessible. In
In 1870 81 per cent. Of all the pig Iron
had been made Into stcel aud the Gran
berry ore made the hest Bessemcr
stctl In the l.. 3. Oar Goals made bet
ter coke than was made at Pttsburg.
The best camel coal In the Union was
10 S. X. Ky. II surpassed that Of Eng
land, scotland or Wales. The hnest
soft aud hard wood timbce he knew Of
were In .. ". Va. and N. G. They had
the fnest belt OF Walnut timber yet un-
touched and II was wanted w soon AZ Il
could be reached.
osn. Inibodsn then introduced GEN.
BLAEDING OF i. c.. President Of the
y. q. line from aeofgetown 4. G. 10
Ienolr n. G. a point only 80 miles from
Cranberry. lie mas real live little
steam engine.
Gen. BlandIng sald railroads were not
built by correspondence nor by town
talk. but VIC had to 20 20 our Iron safes
70 build them. The question frat TO be
settled after we wero satisfied OF the
means would be, IN Il worth doing"
lle was from one of the poorest little
states In the Union. They were poor as
uhunh mlce but they were proud. y.
&. was there still. In ls0b II she had
been like one OF our coal nelds he bcliev-
I'd she would have been burned. Iron
Nas richer thsn gold but II WA useless
uutil brought into contact with fuel.
You have the wealth but you must have
combination ~ utilize II. We In >. G.
have what you need. Our yellow pine
that makes planks 10 aud 20 feet long
aud u inches wide without knot. Our
pitch pine that When PIT In the ground
~ poets or piles will last M long as the
foe simple title OF your lands. Some oi
them even planted In 1901 are yet
sound. Used as pIlsa II had lasted 90
years. wo have cypress trees no tall
you could not shoot squirrel from the
lowest limb with the finest rife. blh
feet, from the ground they are seven and
oIght feet In diameter. These aud our
cotton for your mills We can ship YOU
In return for your Iron and coal, which
we could carry to 0sorgetown harbor'
that was fed by verlvers Gen. Bland-
lng declared his belief that by the Use
Of phosphstes we can raise cotton here
20 great proai. In y. q. their landg
were worn out aud they had no manure
for them. The phosphate would push
tho plant 80 Il would mature IN our sea
sod aud our lands would produce three
,imss as much per acre as the r. G.
sands. HI.E.N .f
Gen. imboden neat introduced hr
Lrpsi, . director along With Gov Ste
ysnson of Ny. and 4. y. bsnstor Geo
II. PsnalstoB Of Ohio IN the Kentucky
bsnlhsfp n, n, which runs now from
CovinGton Via Lexington 10 Parls. and
IA aiming for The Csollps connections
Nh. HRrsr
u from Covingten, Il a gentlemen OF th'
hlghsst Of businrss rank, and . gcni''
ipAu VI great wealth. Ito ssld he wal