Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-07-29
Down in Tennessee"

1t may be that the many who make
Chattanooga only thOroughlarc to
other places, know but very little
about il as a city. Your correspOn-
dent must confess TO her own ign0-
rance in regard to the internal at
fractions, hitherto only having passed
hurriedly through, About thirty
eight passenger trains leave here dali
", while perhaps as many as forty
ircights pass in the same time. TO a
visitor it soon becomes sclf-evidcnt
fact that Chattanooga is decidedly a
manufacturing town, numbering
over one hundred different manufac
tories, for plainly visible from Cam
eron Hill" a natural observatory of
the city, may be seen the smoke
stacks of blast furnaces, steam tan
neries, fire brick works, nail facto-
ries, pillow factories, boiler works and
others too numerous to mention i'll
detail, so will only particuarizc in
regard TO a few
TO one interested in such things an
hour cannot be more pleasantly or
prodtably passed than in looking
through the 'lron Roane and steel
works" Here the process Of manu-
featuring steel rails seems to the un-
initiated wonderful.
The vast tanncry Off. b. IIoyt n
Co., of New York, is said TO be the
second largest in the world. Here
you can commence with the primary
steps Of grinding the tan bark and
follow it through all lis May intri-
cacics until it is ready for shipment
to New York, where it receives the
final impress of the hydraulic press.
The blast furnace next comes in
order; to this we gain an entrance
through the main stock building.
Here are piled up immense quaint.
ties of limestone, coke and iron ore.
These are rapidly transported in bar
rows to the top Of the cupOla, and
cast into the seething, burning mass
Of flame below. The heating stoves
arc huge. The lever power seemed
of wonderful strength and capacity
while the cylinders that forced the
blast upward were large enough to
have been forged by Vulcan. Every
where the whir of machinery sur
rounds you.
NUuCcorrcspondcnt visit Al the fui :
nace-with several others-at night
as we were anxious to see the iron
turned of. Preparatory 10 this, at
regular intervals the clmdcrs were
thrown out, the furnace being at
white heat, the electric flashes OF
sparks and cindcrS exceeded in bril-
liancy countless myliads of purcSt
diamonds, and far surpassed in beau
~ and brilliancy the most magniii-
cent display Of fireworks. Working
in this heated atmosphere most
surely shortens life, Looking on and
watching the heated tread mill Stcl
of those who painted with streaming
f faces, in the intense glare of heat and
light, making trenches for the iron
to be rolled into form, the thought
came unbidden, as it right lo esta5
lish free trade, that would reduce
the wages of a poor laborer like this
who day after day, goes through the
same process, exposed to the same
dangers? 1t is sand this vast fur
mace is never allowed to COOL no
even the Sabbath day being excepted
One day alone would occasion los
of thousands of dollars to the com
pany.
1t would take too much time anC
space to particularize in regard t.
: the South Trcdegcr Iron Works, ant
D many others of equal interest, so
= will not 90 into further detail.
All visitors drive out to the Ma
; tional Cemetery, and the registe
shows that they have not been sec.
, tional, but literally distributed from
the different states. The magnilicen
gateway that encloses this city of tn
| dead, is built of Alabama limestone
$ with an archway 81 feet in height, il
I which swings massive iron gate
0 1t is said this gateway by specia
a contract cost $4,000. On the Cutsid,
: as you linger here the following Ell
!. tablature greets your eye:
|, National Military Cemetery,
d Chattanooga, A. d., 1868.
G On the inside we read:
u Here rest in peace 1886 cit
Il liens who died for their coun-
try, in the years lS6l-1S65.
i The drives through the ground
&c are beautiful and the whole well KEEP
e Your correspondent recalls pleas
1t antly delightful hour spent in til
= convent of this place, a branch of S
II Cecilia, of Nashville, which is terme
d by the sisterhood here their mothC
is home. The mother Superior an
st sisters were in Nashville, so W
r found only sister Mary Joseph i
v charge, whose winning sweetne'
and chastc manners, so replete wit
dignity, and withal, so unworldll
:, that we felt we had encountered a
= angel unaware. We are indebted
= her for many courtesies and niue
= information in regard to the conven
y The Misses Quarlcs, so well and POI
" ulmly known in Kcntucky, and e
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