Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-08-24

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No point about the city presents Q more
lively and business-like appearance than
the premises of the East Tennessee, Vir-
GINA i Georgia Railroad Company, and
no company or individual is keeping better
pace with the universal boom in business
and improvement, than this company. In
addition to the magnificent three story
brick Office building, which is going up in
o substantial manner, and will highly
ornament that portion of the city, the
company now has large force of hands al
work on the building of large addition te
the machine shop. The new building il
just east of the old, and will be lib by A
feet. and devoted to blacksmitbing pur'
poses. Another building is also
being put up in connection with
the same, SO by 60 feet. to be used
for boiler shop. These additions and i'm
proyements are rendered necessary by the
largely and continued increase in business
on the road.
They have another enterprise on foot
Also the cutting of q ditch about l, $50 feet
in length, from Second Creek, at the
rolling mill crossing. to the water tank at
the machine shop. to give an increased
supply of water. Alderman Lawson Irwin
a we'll known colored contractor, is cutting
this ditch. An engine is to be located al
the creek, for forcing the water to the
tank.
The old frame building standing in the
old Virginia yard, formerly used as ma
chine shop, is being torn away, to make
room for additional side tracking and othel
necessary Improvements.
A new and important industry has beer
set on foot in our city within the past three
or four weeks, in the shape of trunk
factory, which, though yet comparatively
small in proportions, is doing q thrivin {
busiue g. The factory is located in the ole
steam laundry building. corner of Broac
and High streets. and is owned anc
operated by N essrs. w. h. Dawn s. s. S
Howell, native Tenne; seeans. They worl
only five men as yet, and have been turn
ing out about seventeen or eighteen dozel
trunks week. They purchase the mater
al for fitting them up in New York, al
except the lumber All the work is don,
in the building. They fl up neat and sub
stsntial trunk, which could not be distin.
guished from Eastern make. Thus ia
they have been chiefly engaged on com
mon paper packing trunks, for which they
have found brisk and ready sale, rs fas
as they could put them up, to some of GU
Wholesale houses. who can buy then
cheaper here than East. They now hsv
an order and have commenced making
zinc trunks, of better quality. We ar
glad to note the SUCCESS of this enterprise
which adds its mite towards building ~
our city.
The large and extensive three story bricl
building erected for q furniture manufsc
tory at MeGhee street and Second Creel
CT ossing, by Messrs Richards, Piice s. CO
is almost completed and the factory viii
soon be in operation. This is one of tn
substantial improvements of that growing
part of our city.
The brick work of the elegant new pub
| lie school house for the 18th district, whic
is being erected near Judge Moses resi-
| dence is about completed, and ready 70
the covering This is splendid ornam en-
to that suburban portion of our city.