The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-06-08
COL. NcGHER AND THE SUPER
IHTENDENT or EMO ALTON
AT CASTLE
Knoxville Dispatch,

Col. y. M. McGhee. Vice President
of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad is by no means, inImi.
cal to the work of immigration, as facts
in our possession attest. In the first place
he has bad prepared an important and
valuable work, entitled Guide to the
Summer Resorts and Watering Places
of East Tennessee, North Georgia and
Alabama, including a brief historical
sketch and description of ats tOpogra-
ply, climate, agricultural and mineral
resources" 1t lie a neat pamphlet Of
forty five pages, gotten up in the finest
style of the cart prese-vative," contain
ing plates or pictures of the principal
public buildings Of Knoxville ard Of
the towns Of East Tennessee and its
watering places. Every town from
Bristol to Chattanooga is briefly, but
accurately described, so that it affords
vast fund of information TO those deSir-
Gus of becoming better informed as to
our section and enabling them TO arrive
at more intelligent conclusions on the
SUBJECT. II contains mUltum IL paruO-
much in little. Its value To this inn
mediate section cannot be fully apprc-
ciated, but ought 10 be. We have long
needed such production, and the want
of 1t has, no doubt, kept hundreds of en-
terprising citizens from abroad from
settling in our midst East Tennessee
has been almost a terra iHcOQRita-An
unknown country. A similar work
was issued from the press one year ago,
and which we alluded to at the time in
betting terms. Hundreds If not thou
sands of copies were scattered through
out the country and In Europe. That
has been succeeded by the one under
consideration and will go forth upon
the same grand mission. Let 1t go, and
let every East Tennessean say, Amen
Again Col. McGhee has recently
inaugurated another movement, which
deserves more than a fiippaht notice.
We allude to the fact that he has ar
ranged with the Superintendent Of En-
igraliOn at Castle Garden, New York, to
send OUT fifty emigrants for the Knox.
vile Il Ohio Railroad Company, to be
used in the prosecution or the work
which the company is doing in the i'm
pruvement of the line. In addition 10
this he Is arrangiging to bring on: City
more for one Of the contractors upOn the
same line. In the meantime las has es-
tRblished rates IT fare so reasOnable-in. |
deed so extremely low AS to put il with |
in the reach OF the poorest man of get |
ting 10 this section. He can travel all |
the way from New York to this place |
for aiae dollars. just think absut that. |
Unprecedented low rates. Not cent
a mile. Certainly the Immigrants Of
Castle Garden cau't complain that the
fare is too high, and If they are properly
posted, as we presume they will be, il /
will be the means, ultimately, Of bring |
ing no inconsiderable plumber Of Them 10
East Tennessee. Col. McGhee has done
q wise net in this matter, one that viii
pay his road and benefit biz section.
We should praise the bridge that car
ries us safely over.
Now, how can We aid Col. McGhee
in carrying forward his well conceived
schemes an'i plans la inducing heav-
Ter tide of emigration into our country
This is an important enquiry, one we
confess, we feel incompetent 10 an
Swer lntelllgently. or course the East
Tennessee Virginia ana Georgia railroad
has no land for sale. but people have
and large quantities Of them. There
are thousands Of acres Tor sale aud in
every county in East Tennessee. The
owners are anxious to sell aud 20 sell At
moderate prices. They, therefore,
should make move In the matter by
only . small amount tb en-.
able some organized association, either
formed on private basis or by each
county court, u embOdy them Ia pam
Dhlet form and scatter them where theyl
will likely do good. Knoxville and
every town along the railroad and away
rom them, could not do BciIer. tliiaR
han to orgAnizA for the prosecution Of
'oEne such plan as thus. briefly fore
lIadowed.