Smyrna times., 1885-02-04
For the Smyrna ITEMS
CHATTANOOGA AND THE DE-
VELOPMENT OF THE IRON
INTERESTS OF THE
SOUTH.

yOdA bOWn 4dnh anu JOllu H.. as
also by the son Of Capt. Kelley, Of Will
mingtOn, the host Of the presiding
bishop at the last annual conference.
1t is refreshing to be the recipient of
the Kindness of these gentlemen in a
distant land, and have IA conversation
on things familiar
1t IS understood by the reading pub
lie that at the foot and southern slope
of the Blue Ridge mountains crop
ping out in Tennessee and Alabama,
development of mines of iron ore assO-
ciated with or in near proximity to
coal and limestone hux of such as
founding richness as to promise at an
early day to dominate the pig iron
trade of the United States. Already
Pennsylvania, the iron king, producing
66 per cent of our cOuntry's entire
product, feels her interests jeopardised
and her property depreciating.
The natural gas find and its in
PRODUCTION through the new patent
furnaces into the conversion and man
ufaCture of structure iron, has been a
source of wonderful relief to all per-
sons having vested interests in this
line of property but experience thus
far has not proven that they will be
able to cope with the Southern pro-
ductiOn.
That this should trace its develop
ment to the war is natural, and it
would have been surprising if our
practical citizen soldiery should have
gone through the conflict and not have
discovered the natural product and
advantages of the country, which in
this vicinity its every acre was trOdden
by sOldiery.
General Wilder is the man who i'm
mediately on cessation of hOstilities
returned to Chattanooga and built the
lockwood Blast Furnace, which now
has two stacks, turns out 125 tons of pig
iron per day, is in full blast now, has
proved a profitable investment, pays
six per cent. dividends and has be-
side that accumulated IA surplus fund
for building improvements, &c. We
| sat down and chatted over these
things and the general. gave me the
following data:
We have nine furnaces as follows
Chattanooga, 80 tons per day; Cidica,
! 100 tons; Rising Fawn, 300 tons
South Pittsburg, new addition two
! stacks, 200 tons; Crown Fercan, lOC
| tons: lockwood, two stacks, l25 tons
Oakdale, so tons; Dayton, 250 tons.
Gen. Wilder resides here and
superintends his own lockwood as he
| has for the last sixteen years.
Two large new ones are under con.
structiOn to 90 in blast next Summer
built by associate capital from Ohio
and Pennsylvania.
Gen. Pardee, of Philadelphia, is the
head Ofa large landed interest here ha,
| builta railroad 50 miles and is construct
ing immense furnaces.
Gen Wilder has succeeded in getting
an act passed to legalize investment.
of foreign capitalists and now som,
English gentlemen have invested $40,
600 with more to follow.
Experts III ores and metalurgy from
the United Kingdom are over here il
force and find steel ore free from
phOspherOus silicon and sulphur auC
with sufficient lime in it to fux, being
a magnetic black oxide of iron yielding
SO to go per cent of pig, better in quail
ity than the celebrated Scotch brand
The price these millmen are obtain
ing is $1,000 per ton, on which the,
make a satisfactory margin as befUr
stated.
Chattanooga takes place well to tn
front in the list of new Southern cite
in the line of material progress.
} WAR "REMINISCENCES.
If it had not been desirable militar
point sought by both armies, thos
treasures would be sleeping in tn
bosom of the earth as in the ages be
yOnd the flood.
On yonder Lookout Mountain i
where Joe Hooker fought above tn
clouds s" and East in the azure blu
against the sky can be seen Missionar
Ridge and turn again to your right
few miles flows the Chcamauqu
river; both names freshen our memoI
les Of battles as closely contested a
Antietem or Gettysburg.
The COnfederates, eXasperated b.
former defeats before the western di
vision Of the Union Army aud tn
presence of the enemy in the yer
heart of their country knew full well
they lost the day that Atlanta woul
virtually fall into Gen. Sherman
hands, and every foot of land was con
contested to Atlantas wallis, day afte
day at great sacrifice of human life
as surrounding well-hlled cemeterie
attest.
1t was during these series of battle
that Gen. Garfield was wounded an
Gen. Mcpherson killed. Atlanta fel
then followed the march to the sea.
Are we benefited by this blood? l
not the nation more unitedly prosper
Gus, enlightened and happy tO-da
than ever before? Though Chatta
nOoga has doubled her population an
resources every Ave years, she is nc
alone in the line ofprOgress. The sta
of empire is turned that way Such
land and such climate as Tennessee
cannot and will not remain an Uutly
ing wilderness, while humanity ar
hunting homes. Nashville, Memphi
and Knoxville have felt the wave {
progress roll over them. Those cit
councils are divided by old men an
young men, and the latter have abou
obtained the balance of power; the
are kicking both ends of the old cit
lines out and donating lots to enter
prising manufacturing companies wh
will build a rolling mill or u cOttO
factory.
The former domain of free trade
drifting towards protection with wOr
derful rapidity and l was assured tina
another election will find Tennessee
standing by Pennsylvania prOtectin
American rights.
Frank Caldwell assured me that
man could not be elected constable III
less he was prOtectiOnist, and nOrtl
erner, or else possesses a kindred sent
ment. fell among members of th
Legislature in Nashville and fOun
those sentiments freely uttered at tn
hotel and III the Daily Americdn, th
leading journal. The entire South
developing but some States much NOR
rapidly than others Kentucky is on
} of those who think they are goo
enough as they are-better now tina
the rest of mankind; ON that sent
! ment they stand ready for challeng
day or night. The dark and blood
ground has many lessons to learn o
: criminal law estimate Of human life.
Yours,
RAMBLER.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 26, 1885.
A California paper claims that
farmer living near Riverside, in tn,
: State, has taken seven and half tor
} of honey from thirty-three bee hive
this season. How doth the littl
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