The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-10-31
THE COMET.
johnson City. Tenn. Oct, 81, 1899.
Another Line to the Atlantic,


Another Line to the Atlantic.
Two direct trunk lines to the At
lantic Ocean and the world! That is
what Johnson City will have; what
other town can say as much? A great
many OF our readers will read with sur
prise and delight that Johnson City is
to be the terminus OF one Of TIE great
est East and West trunk lines in the
South. But such is the fact. There
has been nothing said about the line
here, but johnson City busy bees have
not been idle, and it is now an assured
fact that the Danville and East Ten
nessee road will build to Johnson
City. The road is built from Norfolk
to Danville, 100 miles is in operation
and the balance is ready for the track.
A few weeks ago Danville subscribed
$4,000 to the capital stock, and the
road will be pushed this way at once.
1t is the intention of the company to
begin work in 60 days and complete
the line in Is months. The Johnson
City people are always ready to lend a
helping hand, and with their charac-
teristic enterprise, have had the Wa
tauga Valley road chartered to run
from here through Elizabethton and
up the Watauga river to the North
Carolina line, and there meet the
Danville and East Tennessee road. A
preliminary survey will be made at
once. The counties OF Garter and
Johnson will be split wide open by
this trunk line, and the world will be
able to see the vast deposits OF mag
netic iron ores, hematites and manga
nese that lie hidden in their hills, and
each county will give 100000 to have
the operation performed. A PROPOSE
ton will be made to Johnson City fr
few days to take stock, and it goes
without saying what it will do. 1t will
give as long as it can as corporation,
and then the citizens will take it up
and no amount can bluff them. They
know what railroads do for town, es.
pecially trunk lines. Some one may
ask why the D. & E. T. is coming tC
johnson City? We will tell you some
OF the reasons as briefly as possible. l
you will get a map and rule, and lay
the rule down with one end resting OF
Norfolk and the other on johnson
City, you will find that you have GOV
cred up Danville, Va, and Mt. Airy
N. G., both of which points the roaC
intends to pass. 1t is an air line t,
Johnson City from Norfolk. Whel
the road gets to North Carolina, it vii
strike the Wautauga river. BY throw
ing chip in the river and following
down the stream, you will find John
son City. It is valley route, an
there will be no grades over 20 feet t
the mile.
Should they t.esire to build to an!
other point, they will have to cross in
Vulnerable water sheds from 200 I
1000 feet high.
The road is being built for coal, an
by coming to Johnson City they con
meet with the Three C's, the grandes
North and South trunk line in tn
South, which reaches the coal fields Q
Kentucky and Virginia over 2O.foo
grades. They can get all the coal, an
any kind OF coal, here they want.
In coming here, the road rasse
through the Cranberry ore district an
through mountains of the finest ore i
the world, and which needs just sue
road 10 reach the markets.
At Johnson City they get connet
ton with the E. T., V. & G., c., G.
O., and E. T. & w. N. G. railroads.
We will guarantee connectio
from here to Cumberland Gap.
A railroad will be built to Embre,
vile and extended to meet the Kno1
vile and Northeastern running
Knoxville.
The Cape Fear and Yadkin Vale
road will build to this place.
These are only some of the Undue,
ments offered by johnson City. W
have not the space to speak of the bla'
furnaces, steel and nail mills that al
to be located here.