Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1889-12-07
THE BOOM STARTED
Northern Capital Has It's Eye
On Clarksville Manufactoriek.

harters Preparing For Clarksville Mh-
ing and Manufacturing Company and
Belt Railroad Company to be organi-
zed at Once.
The good effect of subscribing $780,
600 donation to the Il. q N. company
for the Dickson railroad is already
having its effect The fact that the
ex, client quality of iron ore near the
city, is a well established fact al
ready trusted and no experiment.
That the l.. & N is a solvent resporA
sible company and will carry out it's
contract in regard to building the
road, inspires confidence and presents
Clarksville before the country as now
offering the most attractive induce
ments to capital of any place in the
South.
Moreover the movements that ard
now on foot shows that Capt. Gracct
is in dead earnest and intends to dE
just what he said before the Board II
Trade; that Clarksville should hav\
all the benefits that could be obtained
in the way of manufacturing enter
prises by the development Of his iron
interest. 1t was a wonderful stroke
of policy for this city when he laid
hold of these iron lands, spending his
money freely to secure the benefits;
had he not done so the opportunity
would have been forever lost, because
this valuable property, made valGa-
BILE by his enterprise, would have
passed into other hands at a very
low price. Iron manufacturing, az
the CHRONICLE has all along argued
is the key to Southern development
forming a nucleus for all other mani
ufacturing.
The news has gone abroad all ovet
the county, what wonderful thing
Clarksville has done, and the enter
prise that characterizes the people
and how they stand shoulder to shOul-
der pulling all together. The press
all over the United States are talking
about the action taken here, and the
outlook for Improvement. And what
is more, not n word Of it is eXagerat-
ed and nothing too strong in regard
to the resources can be said. 1t was
certainly the best days work Clarks-
vile ever did when the citizens acI
cepted the l.. & n. proposition.
This morning a gentleman prontiI
neHrry .vrrn>ss~-a .a,--z--ii---4 III
ment and city enterprises, received
the following telegram. Names are
withheld for good and prudent rea
sons:
CICoPEE CENTRE, Mass, Nov. 29.--
If your people, to move up their iron,
want any rolling mills, locomative
or car works, agricultural implements
or machine shops, let me know.
The gentleman receiving the tele-
gram sent the following answer:
GAINESVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 30.-
We want them all, will welcome
them with open arms.
This opens the way and shows
what other people think of the out
look about Clarksville, and all that
is needed is to stand together and
keep the ball in motion. Clarksvillt
people are not ignorant Of the great
advantage the step has given them
They are not without confidence ir
the solid foundation they have tC
build on, and are showing theil
faith by their works.
Mr.. West is now preparing 8
charter for the Clarksville Mining &
Manufacturing Company, which is
headed by Capt. Gracey and will
very soon be made public with the
names of the charter members, plan
of raising the stock, locations, etc.
Capt. Gracey and Mr.. III. G. Mer
rift have on foot another enterprise
for which Mr.. Merritt is preparing
a charter. The idea is, Clarksvillt
being located in the junction of the
two rivers, is to build a road from
the l.. & n. depot circling around
the city on the banks of the
two rivers. The object of this
is to create desirable manufac, uring
sites, along the banks of the rivel
having the advantage Of both river
and rail transportation. By this road
freight can be received or delivered
in car loads at the door of every fac
tory without the heavy and-expen.
sive drayage usually necessary.
Clarksville is certainly on the eve
of a great boom and there is no limit
to the extent it may assume. The
iron is here in unlimited quantities
lime stone and all building material