Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-07-09
RAMBLING NOTES Of 4 COUN-
TRY EDITOR
ABROAD

ABROAD
If country editor chances to go
beyond the confines of his village
home and not gives upon his return,
i thrilling and dbsor5in1lg interest
ing account Of his travels in the
vast and obscure outer world, OF
course, his dear, intelligent readers
are greatly disappointed CD. We
are sorry they are doomed to meet
with such sad (?) disappointment
in the perusal of these desultory
notes, jotted down in the hurry of
travel and pIeasurable excitement
by rs ON our recent jaunt to Chatta-
n0oga and the East
We went t. attend the annual
meeting OF the Tennessee Press AS
ISOLATION, which met this year at
Chattanooga. A somewhat detailed
account OF the proceedings of the
convention, which was perhaps the
largest attended and most interest
ing one ever held in the history of
the Association, we have already
given. A few notes gathered "on
the wing" may not be inappropri-
ate. Impossible it would be to give
in brief chronicle even a con-
densed epitOme of the sights and
scenes of attractive interest and
pleasure which were enjoyed by
the young, rntraveled ''pencil
pushers." fos
Our short sojourn OF three days in
Chattanooga was a pleasant and in
structive one. The city is situated
in a lovely and fertile plain, lying
between the foot of Lookout Mount
ain and the beautiful Tennessee
river has population of about
twenty-five thousand energetic, en-
terprising and public-spirited citi-
zens, who are open-eyed, wide
awake and prompt to appreciate
the truth that this is an age of pro-
gress that in order to ensure for
their city future of prosperity and
commercial and industrial import
anee they must put TO use and
profit the limitless and inexhausta-
bic resources which nature has so
bOuntifulIy stored at her gates.
She is fast becoming n most import
ant railroad center, and to-day has
some of the finest and best equipped
railroads in the state running into
the very heart of the city. Among
these may be mentioned the Nash
vile, Chattanooga * st. Louis. East
Tennessee, Virginia Il Georgia,
Western q Atlantic and Cincinnati
Southern. Her city officials are
young, progressive, pushing men,
quick to welcome the stranger, the
worker and the capitalist, and to
show him the most generous hOspi-
tality and encouragement. The
many kindnesses extended to the
members of the press will never be
forgotten. A triptO the many large
manufacturing establishments of
the city, on special car, provided
by the citizens reception commit
tee, was especially entertaining, and
excited the praise and enthusiasm
of the visiting editors. Among the
many large manufacturing estab-
lishments which give employment
to hundreds Of labOrers and me-
chanics may be noted the Chatta-
noOga Iron Co.'s Blast Furnace,
manufacturing pig IRON; Roane
Iron Company, making iron and
steel railroad rails; ]. b. HOyt II
Co.'s Tannery, the largest in the
United States Powell Iron and
Nail Works, the Lookout Rolling
Mill, WasOn Car and Foundry Co.,
the Fire Clay Works, Ice Factory
and many Others too numerous TO
mention, which justly entitle her TO
be proudly termed the "Pittsburg
of the South" 1t is such enter
prises as the above that make her
such a growing, thriving town,
keep up her commercial activity
and have already, in her infancy as
it were, given her a name and place
and power in the land, and made
her a vigorous, throbbing, ambi-
tious, growing city. The natural
scenery surrounding the city is sub
lime, beautiful, grand. The chief
est of these attractions is the far
famed, historic Lookout Mountain,
which rears its lofty summit above
the clouds and casts its shadow
over the city, which nestles at its
very foot. The sight-seer and
pleasure-seeking tourist will be
amply repaid by ride up its pre-
cipitous sides, along winding tor
tuous route leading to the Lookout
Mountain House, a good hotel kept
in iirst-class style, by Messrs. Jno.
7. Read d Son, and where summer
eXcursiOnists may always be found
enjoying the mountain scenery and.
health-giving, invigorating air.
From this point good roads lead to
. any point of interest on the plateau
of the Mountain.
"The Point" is probably the first
place of interest from which, as far
as the human eye can reach, may
be seen the grandest and most be-
witching landscapes, impressIng the
behOlder with ecstatic wonder, awe
and admiration. To the north lies
Chattanooga, five miles OFF, bustling
with a restless, busy people, whose
tireless energies are hourly enlarg-
ing her boundaries and working up
her vast resources. Across the val
ley to the westward may be seen
Missionary Ridge, while to the
southwest, far in the dim distance,
is pointed out to you the battle
field of Chickamauga, where was
poured out some of the most heroic
and patriotic blood of both armies