The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-12-31

Georgia. Tennessee and tiabama in tn-
tesprsses Tending 10 Enhxnce the Cen.
ernl Prosperity of thc sunny Land.
BALTIMORE, Md. Dec eS.-The United
Press II indebted 10 the .Nasfacfar,n
Record for copy Of lcstcr received from
which Le gives his observations Of the ~
sources, progress and prospects of ,hc
south during his recent visit 70 Tenn.
cssee, Alabama and other southern States
Mr.. Kelly says:
have points Of comparison IN vivid recoler
tions of visit 70 these states IN 1877. ~ Tim.
"a Florida In 1871. and % Macon and Atlanta N
1873. The progress IN the wealth. In the mean.
az individual comfort and In productive power
made by these portions Of the country vim
which l can thus institute eosnparisons has
been marvellous In 1867 the South was Land
OF desolntion; her fields were fcneelcss and
uncultivatcd. and her people were without \,
productive stock or that with which "a uizs
agricultural implements had they been y.
slowed upon them gratuisously. They were
numerically speaking. without seed for feed
crops. except what was bestowed upon tn N h
personal friends or the Government. thrpueh
The Freedmans bureau and the agencies OF AZ
Agricultural Department.
In view OF the immense development 0f fla
coal and iron ore Of these States aud the NJ
crease In number ana extent Of industrial ecu
tiers. saw in Tennessee and Alabama, ne
states IN which had most frequently spoken
IN 1867 the recollection Of the remarks lus,
quoted made me feel that shrcwd ana uellin
structed men among my auditors must have
felt that was treating them a. children and
giving them what might he regarded a. q Kin
,icrrartcn lesson In the elements ~ The ririlisa.
ton Of the latter half Of the nineteenth cent,
ury. Certain II Is they have outfrovn the need
OF such elementary suggestions. The chang,
I'm.
Gus. and may justly be regarded a. the
work OF Titans. The various systems 81
railroads that now traverse the South are a.
perfect in construction OF rondbed track and
| bridges and In passenger cars and the means
provided for the transportation Of freight a.
| those OF the North. Lateral roads branch
| from them into such valleys as ARE known 10 "
| specially rich, not in iron alone but "a cihc
4 minerals. some Of which are found IN such Pr
| fusion and juxtapostion rs 10 seem 20 defy
T, geological laws as elsewhere ILLUSTRATED
| Nashville is spoken Of as a beautiful city
| and manufacturing and commercial cen
| ter. and OF his having visited foundry
| which uses no iron not made in Tennessee o.
| Alabama from the ores Of these two States
/ Chattanooga Is characterized a. a city
| whose industries are widely diversified
1T has a tanncry, said 10 be- the largest n
the world saws the writer, land III
labor il employs is colorcd. and Il was ID
connection with the home OF these laborcrs
that my attention was first drawn 70 ihe
striking contrast between the neat. com
modious and well-painted home 81 the
negro laborcr in mining. smelling and
mechanical pursuits and the cabin N
which the poor white growers OF cotton
live now. as they did before thewar."
birmingham Mr.. Kelly continues. lacks NJ
advantage Chattanooga derives from is situs
ton on 4 river. II Is an interior town. Whtn
the war closed It's site was tenantless wilder
ness but Il Is now an Industrial center m
energy OF whose more than 5000 inhahiian'
and the resources found chiefly within fer
miles OF the city limits which they have mad
tributary 70 thei- prosperity, would be nar't
In any country. About SIX miles out. upon M
line Of one az the railroads. are ranges ~ coke
ovens which remind one ofthc Connelisvillc an
Wesfmoreland coke regions OF Pennsylvania
and about the same distance on another roa'
parallel 70 the former and but two OF thru
miles from il. we saw large gangs y men quar-
rying iron ore by the use 81 the drill and ex
! piosives used by those in Quarrying stone Il
. view Of the fact that the narrow strip 81 Ian
1 which divides the coal and iron beds - mas
| OF limestone. II Is not surprising that the eve
sanguine men on birmingham really pciie'
they will be able 20 mpke iron 80 cheaply a. y
soon close up the works ~ Pennsylvania an
J ! force her iron masters and their employees
re-estabiish themselves al birmingham.
Mr.. Kelly was much impressed with N
towns OF Cowan. South Pittsburgh. Annis
, ! IAN ana Ironafon. South Piffsbur Oh. b
! saws. il destined 20 grow rapidly and %
come town Of considerable size and II
. portancc. He has heard much Of sheffield
ana read much OF what is 20 be done thef'
but can not speak adviscdly "a ~ pro'
poets. He continues:
. n Il noteworthy fact that Admission has
direct trade with China. ~ least 70 the cx'ei
of a part 81 the productions ~ ~ cotton mn
IL was indeed a surprise % end bales ~ Eevt
marked and breudcd for direct shipment iTv'
this interior town In Alabama 70 comme's '
I correspondent In China
4 The ores used in the furnaces AZ Annisi'
ana Irunaton are procured from mines near =
ana The wood from with u made their On
n fn.l uSca IN furnaces and shops l. derived III
the mountain spurs Fifteen thousand bales
q cotton will be handled this year. mueh q "nis
H win ~ received from poor whites ~ 'NshAp'
x sor \ very limited annual supply ~ store snod
n The Woodstock Iron 4 steel COMPANY o.
"a over fifty thousand acres 81 land IA which 4
y immense deposits az brown hematitr fos-
!, ferrous. specular and magnetic "
4 mountains III ilmestoncs and seemingly ne
Y hanssblc supplies OF woods and coklng Ra- ~.
" This company has determined % constrns' N
~ furnaces for the man uIattuft ~ YUM ''''"
y preliminary step 10 the establishment "
!. company or independent parties 81 iounu'''
Al and venture the prediction that though Z
X niston has never had "boom.' and ~ pla'
|. ing and development have been manAreN
n quietly that its name Is hardly. rccnRult'u
4, the popular ear. II will. before Two ure1"
\. shall have passed. be one 81 the most rehaa,~
BILE ccntcrs OF iron and steel and kindred i'I1
I" tries 10 be found in those wonderfully 'h"o"
n st>feS of Georgia. Alabama and Tcnnesrre I,
e In rsGs. saw the ruins o. what had psen Y
a little city OF Atlanta. which had printa w.
N I uAon the amount Of cotton ~ mttVnaa
nc handled annually. II was literally " ~
~ II may say. in asheS--but as i0oke" :.
NJ now. saw that had then Looked upon ~ I
I, ashes from which phnnix was 70 rise
\. they are Q prosperous people. y at',r.
~ every thing you behold in Atlanta in'1 y
- out on ia Union depot pass the cars p II.
ri through lines of railroads, 10 which mr. !.
p. portant and independent ones are nov ~
IT. added. As left the city In the morn.ns Z \
70 covered pregnant proof that Atlanta ~. .,'e
n grown the calculations Of it, earliest s.s' !.
4 for factories warehouses. freight u.po.s
4. other massive buildings are rapidly iaslns !
- beautiful cemetery. which. when iain ou'r !
- evidently believed TO be too remote ilpn ss
- for the possible cncronchmcnt OF ~ st'f'"s
NJ upon this quiet city OF the dead
~. have given but faint intimatons y wv ~.
nc sources OF the mineral regions o. 'ho ~ !