The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1884-08-06

tee requested him to have it printed.
He did have an abstract of his ar
gument printed, copies Of which
were handed to each member of the
committee. The result was the APP
preparation of $780, 900 by Congress
for the work as asked for by Mr..
King and the members of the com~
mittee. Some of the members of
the committee were from North
Alabama, and they were so highly
pleased with Mr.. Kings speech that
they caused it 10 be printed in the
newspapers Of North Alabama with
the most fiattering encomiums upon
him.
For the further edification of
" Inqliring Voter" we append
few extracts from apamphlet which
was prepared for. publication by the
Hon. William Mcfarland in the
fall of 1882, of which several thou
sand copies were published by order
of tho Board of Mayor and Alder
men:
Corporation of MOrristOwn,
SATURDAY, September 2, 1882.
"At a special meeting Of the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen of NORRIS
town, held this day at the Office of
the Board, the following Aldermen
being present, viz d. w. C. Davis,
f. J. Wells, John L. Howell, C. d.
Merritt and VIM. Mcfarland, the
following proceedings were had, viz:
The following communication was
received from Col. o. G. King, adj
dressed to the Mayor and Aldermen
of Morristown:
To the Mayor and Aldermen Of the Oily Of
MOrT1st01eR, HaHsJlsH County, Tenn:
GFNTLEdEN-Some time since / in
Dictated to your Honorable body my
wish To present TO the city tract of
ten acres of land for a Public Park. |
You did me the honor to appoint a COM |
mittee to examine the property and con- !
fer with me touching the conditions
which / wish to annex to the Gift
Your committee having examined the |
and being pleased with its |
location and satisfied with the cOndi- |
tions which | annex to the gift, here
with, through the chairman of your
tender to you a deed of gift |
for the property aforesaid. Allow me.
in presenting to you, as trustees for our
city, this tract of land, to express the
hope that the trust will be so managed
by your Honorable body, and your sue
cessors in office, as To secure for us, and
our pOsterity, I'm all time to come, a
pleas ant and desirable "a well as con-
yenient resUrt-a Park that will be the
pride and de light of every citizen. Let
NE Uggest that what ever Improvement,
you make. you have an eye to the future.
Do well what you may do, so that It
nay be permanent. Let the Park be
made a place of beauty, so that il may
'e permanent Let the Park be made
place of beauty, so that it may become
! silent but constant educator of the
youth of our city, cuitivating and de-
in them taste and desire for
he beautiful.
If you can succeed, as l believe you
will, in making our Park "a thing of
to gladden. the eye," l will
eel more than compensated for the do
Iation.
1 an, with great respect, yours, &c,
AUGUST 81, 1882.
Accompanied by the following
addressed to the Mayor
nd Aldermen of Morristown:
70 th, Mayor and Aldermen ofthe T0cn of
MorristOloR
GENTLEMEN-Desirin very much to
ee eur town enter upon an era of pro-
ress and prosperity such as its natural
dvantage would seem to warrant -
nd believing that the building and
peratiug of factories must be the basis
z any substantial increase in its wealth
nd population, / herewith submit to
our Honorable body a proposition, !
Thich, hope, il accepted and acted
pen by you, will lead to the building ]
ID OF extensive manufactures in our ,
own. We have, contiguous and quite
Gee ssible to the the town large bodies
{ valuable timber, which might easily
e manufactured here. We have, adj
Dining the tOwn-ex:ensive quarries of !
raw and variegated marbles. We have ,
Ia the vicinity large deposits of iron
res of superior quality, and fine lead ]
nd zinc ores. We are not very remote ,
rom the cotton fields, and we are in the
midst Of an extensive wool growing re-
ion. Tobacco of an excellent quality
now being grown in the immediate
eighborhood and its production would
'arHa1rr fnnrnQzaA ~ iva | {
ONE market could be provided. There
re no factories within forty miles of us
or the manufacture of any of these
roducts.
Why not have some or all of them
here? Ii would add very !
much to the prosperity of both town {
nd country.
by aggregating the surplus capital in
he town we might easily start an enter I
rise or two without outside aid; but to
ecure extensive operations, we must !
induce capital from a distance to come.
My proposition is this: l will bind
~ self to donate and convey To any
erson or association of persons, whetE- {
T citizens Of Morristown or strangers,
Th o will Obligate himself or themselves
D erect thereon a factory that will give I
ontinuous and remunerative employ
lsut to twenty or more operatives,
efficient plat Of ground, in or contigu-
US to Morristown, accessible both from
ailrsads and streets, whereon to erect
factory or factories, such as hereinbe-
9re indicated provided, your Honorable
o by will make an ordinance exempting
Ich manufactures as L have indicated I
rom municipal taxation for ten years 7
-cm the time the factory is set in OPP
ration. / respectfully urge you, gen
emen, to pass such an ordinance, and |;
, give publicity to it; and / further J
lggest that you memorabilia the :
ounty Court of Hamblen county to y
ass a similar act, or ordinance.
I have the honor to be. gentlemen,
Your fellOw-citizen, a
o. G. KING. I
August %. 1882.
Which having been received and !
Dad, and this Board cordially ap- !
rowing tho liberality and public a
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