The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-19

rior quality Tor building purposes Is TO be
quau.cd at many points, but Il has not been
extensively worked. Opposite Carthage
is stratum Of excellent cement rock SOW
eial feet In thickness Iron orc exists, but
Il has moi been sufficiently prospectcd 10
justify the assertion that II may be oh.
tanned In great quantities, although In the
early days there were iorgcs, and a supo.
rior quality OF iron was produced.
INTENSIVE oil noRiSGs
have been made along Spring Crock,
which Is tributary 10 Roaring River, In
Oyerton and Putnam Counties, and con.
siderable oil has boon found aud pumped,
but the low prices aud the difficulty Of
transportation has caused tho work Of de-
yelopment 10 be stopped. II Is said that
the Standard oil Company owns many Of
the wells and has plugged them. Mr.. A.
&. Crawford, OF Newcastle. Pa, Is building
n railroad called the Nashville 4 Knox.
vile. Isfollows limo almost due east
from Nashville, by way Of Cookoyllc,
until Il reaches tho plateau Of tho Cum.
bcrland Mountains, crossing the Cincin-
natl Southern Railroad ht Memo, and
thence 90 Knoxville. This road pono-
trates one Of the largest aud perhaps
HIGHEST coat FIELDS
in Tennessee. though yet undovcloped.
Mr.. Crawford owns thousands OF acres Of
coal lands, and the road II building In or
der % facilitate their development A
branch Of tho road runs 10 Carthage,
where Mr.. Crawford will establish an i'm.
mcnse c0aling station 10 supply the Cum
bcrllnd, the Lower Ohio aud tho Misss-
sippi Rivera These coal fields are only
suycnly-liyo or eighty miles from Carthage.
In conversation with Congressman Me-
Millin, 10 whom ! am indebted i0r many
facts concerning the country, Mr. CmW.
ford said that lao could compete success
filly with tho pitlsburg coal region.
"Why nol2' said hc. 81 save 1900 miles
In the round trip 10 New Orleans, as
against the round trip from pittsburg and
Ia addition have moro reliable navigation
on the Cumberland, which Is frccr Of leo
than the Ohio" Mr. Cmwiords coal il
tie hardest biluminous coal known In
Tennessee Ills banks arc In Fem
tuss aud Oycrion Counties. Already
10 much Of his road rs has been completed
pays operating expenses aud n per cent
dividend. 30 rich Is the country through
which IL passes Much OF tho land was
worth from SO 10 $40 an acre before his
road went through Il. Il Is readily 10 bo
seen that Memphis, which Is destined 10
be n great manufacturing point because Of
its geographical location, lis transportation
facilities, and convenient raw material. Il
very much interested In such improve
mont OF the Cumberland River rs will
make navigation constant and cheap. Such
Improvement would 90 to mako
MEMPHIS DEror oF SUPPLIES
derived from tho supor-abundant re.
sources Of the Cumberland Valley There
le no telling what the agricultural posi-
biliiics OF the country are. Gen. Jackson
once described II "a the orchard Of Amer.
lea. All the cereals arc produced here
and tobacco Of line quality. II Ia an ideal
country for truck farming, aud all tho per.
ishablc vegetables. But the farmers have
had TO DO content with satisfying their
own and neighborhood wants, NO diff
cult has II been 10 get 10 distant markets.
They have been compelled 90 wait until
Congress shall have been made 10 apprcci.
ate the merit OF their demand for the i'm.
proyement Of the navigation Of the river.
Owing 10 the mountainous character Of
the country, access 10 the railroads Is very
difficult, and spurs can only be built 1t
enormous expense. Tho Cumberland