Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-10-14
EAST TENNESSEE.
A Pennsylvania Wants to Know all
About East Tennessee-Its Soil
Its Climate, Sc
Meadville pa Republican.

Meadville pa Republican.
Mr.. EDITOR I am in receipt of the fol-
lowing letter from a Pennsylvania, which
l prefer to give to the public through your
paper, if agreeable, with my answer. l do
this in order that other parties of your great
State may read what have to say on the
subject and thus be induced to come among
US and assist us and themselves in building
up what l regard the best average country
on this continent. Here is his letter:
GENEVA, Pa, September q, 1882.
Mr.. c. W. Charlton-Dear Sir Allow
me the privilege of asking few questions
of you. What are the prices and terms. of
land in your section of the State How is
the climate and what are the best crops to
-sise there? Is it good land and is there
plenty of timber there Can man get
work ct good wages this fall? Would a
man have any show there with capital of
four or five hundred dollars to invest at
once? How long are your winters? Can
you tell how far Glen Mary, on the Cincin-
natl Southern Railroad, is from Careyville ?
Would 1t be safe to travel it Hoping you
will not be discouraged at my numerous
questions, l remain Truly yours, &c.
l can answer my strange friend that it
affords me sincere pleasure to answer his
questions, and to give him and others all
the information L can with regard to this
section of Tennessee.
l. The prices of our lands, as everywhere
else, Is rated according to their location and
productive capacity. Those near our rail
roads ard this city, are higher than those
further off Five or six miles from Knox
vile good land can be bought for from ff-
teen to thirty dollars an acre. Some fair
forms oo,, he bo,oh+ 90 low dOu,, GO aiVb+
and ten dollars an acre. The terms usually
are, one third of the purchase money down,
and the remainder IN one and TWO years,
SIX per cent. interest. Now and then, by
paying one third down, much longer time
can be had.
2. There is, in my judgment, no better
climate anywhere. 1t is neither subject to
the extreme cold of the North nor the ex-
treme heat of the South. 1t is mild, genial
aud equable.
,. Our principal crops are corn, wheat,
rye oats, sweet and Irish potatoes, cabbage,
watermelons, hay &c.
4. 1t is excellent grain land. 1t is also
well adapted to the grasses, such as blue
glass, orchard grass, timothy, red-top and
clover
s. Timber is abundant, consisting of all
Otlh LAACAC4YI "tslIIuS5 AAldEAOJ 5OS1A tLCC,
elm, white and GARD pine, ash, &c.
&, If the enquirer is mechanic he can
find plenty Of work in this city at fair
wages. If he is common laborer his
chances would not be so favorable.
7. OF course a man with only capital of
800 or $500 could not hope to make SO
small sum profitable. He could with this
amount lay the foundation for the purchase
of a small farm.
s. Our winters are short. We have no
/ winter weather of note until about the mid
| lie of December or the first of January
! Even then a Pennsylvania would regard it
as no winter. About the 18th of February
/ the farmers commence sowing oats, and the
last Of March and first ofsApril commence
/ planting corn.
/ 8. I should say that from Glen Mary to
Careyville, is about thirty-hve miles. |
know of no cause that would endanger a
mans life III travelling from one place to
another. There are no Indians in that sec
ton, no ''varmints" that | am aware of, no
bushwhackers and but few snakes There
are ON the route a number of naughty
Democrats and Repubh ans, but have no
idea they would disturb u peaceable Penn
sylyauian.
| have now answered our inquirer's
questions, l hope satisfactorily.
c. w CHARLTON.
Knoxville, Tenn, Sept, 80, 1882.