The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-02
CHATTANOOGA.
A Short Study in Municipal Life.
Amazing Development of the His
toric and Enterprising City.
Factors That Hava Contributed to
It's Growth and Prosperity.
Relative Importance of Cotton
Bales and Fig Iron Bars.
Some Reflections as to the Duty of
Memphis and Some Prognostica-
tions In Line With Certain
Conclusions.

AS / stood upon the brow OF Lookout |
Mountain and viewed the city OF Chatta-
nooga lying in the valley below me, it was |
easy to conceive the beginnings Of the
community. When the Indian tribes had |
fled this lovely region before the resistless
tide OF Eastern immigration the pioneers |
1Aidr here the foundations OF city, |
with probably no other thought than
that the spot was healthiul, pictur-
esque and well watered. II was I'M
doubleday the environment that chiefly
engaged their attention. Encompassed
by hills and mountains, yet COM
mercially accessible, with the ever-fowing
Tennessee winding amid the valleys un-
dulations, it was an ideal location for
settlement. The soil of the region round
aboutamply repaid the effort OF the farmer;
the climate was neither too hot in summer
nor too cold in winter; the air was
touched with the invigorating breath Of
the pine, and all things tended to
make life serene and the people content
ed. One sees a vertable dreamland
stretching beneath and away from the
solemn peak OF the great mountain that
commands the view. The charm Of the
scene upon asummers day lulls the senses
and one, il forgetiul Of history and unap-
preciative OF the conditions OF A merican
life, might well wonder why men whose
lines had been cast in 80 pleasant place
should have deemed II necessary TO con.
vert an elysian field into vast workshop.
As it is, the smoke OF hundreds Of factories
beclouds the prospect and locomotives
shrek along score OF tracks
through this Throneroom OF Nature.
How came these changed conditions
and when2 The city is barely
half century old. For half Of that period
il lay in yillage-embryo, dormant, unas-
seriive, inconspiououS Then came the
scourge Of war and the enactment OF
tragic episode, that will forcenturics afford
themes for the philosopher poet and
painter who may wish to find example Of
heroism in American history. Chattanooga
became
FOCAL POINT
In the in,ornecine conflict. The front OF
the mountains, the outlying and interlying
hills and ridges. the shores Of the bcauti.
full river were balhcd in the blood OF en-
battled patriots. each side uplifting what
II believed TO be the Banner Of Right
Armies met in desperate struggle here,
because the stratcgisIs saw In tho posses.
n Of Chattanooga APPOINT Recommending
lantagc. They fought here as at n gate
But the war over, those who had
aged in bloody strife upon the noun
top or In the valley remembered the
sory upon which tho great battles Of
Missionary Ridge. Lookout Mountain and
Chickamauga werc fought There came
10 them the quick and natural conclusion
that tho site for which the military sirate.
gisls had 20 ficrccly contendcd must be Of
importance as commercial coign OF
vantage. Great wars have often taught
this lesson. Il IL not strange, therefore,
that VIC should find In Chattanooga such
MISGLIN0 on VETERANS
Of both armies, now that. as President
Norvin Grccn, Of the Western Union Tel.
ograph Company, said In recent address
at Chattanooga, Jehovah has set the bow
Of peace In the sky, and man the banner
of progress In the valley" But the men
who set about rchabilitaiing the demol.
ished city found here something more
;. shan fortunate commercial site They
discovered that the traditions Of the re-
gons with regard TO mineral resources
were subsianiated by exploration. They
sent the news abroad. II was laughed at
in Pennsylvania and dismissed N incense.
quontial In Europe. But they persisted In
dclying In demonstration and In dcterm.
nation. They made the world know that
the iron was as valuable ~ Il was plenli.
ful, and that tho coal was a. good as II was
abundant Railroads were built, furnaces
erected and mines opened. Then relucI.
ant capital began TO
CONE wrfm 4 RUSH
and today Chattanooga challenges the
attention Of investors everywhere, each
day witnesses the setting out Of new en-.
tcrprscs her population is swelling her
limits extending her streets growing
beautiful IN their algnmonts Of attractive
residences and imposing places Of bust
ness. Pennsylvania no longer laughs al
Chattanooga; she fears her. The CONNER
clal news Of tho day bears many evidences
Of this. aud ono Of tue greatest iron mas
ter Of the world, with a plant on the
other side Of the Allcghenics. has pro
claimed In Europe the belief that Chaiia'
nooga lies In the hear, OF The iron empire
Of the future. No man who visits the city
and the region round about, becoming
filed with manufacturing aud mining VII.
lagos, can fail 10 agree with Mr. Hewitt.
The energy Of tho people who have set
their hands 10 the work Of development i
tremendous The stranger feels imms
dliicly on coming iHto touch with them
TmE ELEcrmcAL ToRcE
Of tho aggregated vim Of the community,
The people claim everything, and can proy'
Il. Tho Government believes In Cha,ta
nooga This IL oyinccd by the razing Of .
mountain Of stone upon one Of the mar
ihoroughiarcs In order that a Fedora