The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-04-24
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1ty on the higher character of thes
ores: Genl. ]. T. Wilder, know
everywhere as the pioneer in th
manufacture Of iron in the South an
q competent authority, says mo ore
make better pig for Bessemer stee
than these Cranberry ores" /" and speak
ing prospectiyely of the furnaces no,
being constructed by the Carnegi
Iron Company at Johnson City, tn
General adds: "The best Besseme
iron will be made here as cheaply a
the lowest grades of common iron 20
foundry irony can be manufactured a
Birmingham and Chattanooga.
j Prof. John r. Proctor, State Geolo
gist of Kentucky, says: "The near
ness of the very pure ores of Eas
/ Tennessee and Western North Caro-
Elina to the pure Goals in the upper
Cumberland region are an assurance
THAT, with transportation secured, thai
region will be one of the great iron
and steel producing centers of the
world y
Mr.. Henry Hargreaves, who has
built nearly all the Southern furnaces,
and is now constructing the Carnegie
furnaces here, says: "My opinion is,
and am not in the habit of making
superficial observations, that at john
son City better iron for steel-making
can be produced at lower cost than
cheaper iron can be made anywhere" !"
The late Pref VIM. 3. Rogers said
just before his death that he thought
"the time was not far distant when
the centre OF iron and steel manufac-
trre of the United States would be
located between Eastern Kentucky
and Western North Carolina; that a
combination unequalled anywhere,
was there to be found"
Prof. Shaler, of Harvard University,
says "I believe it will be found that
no ores of like richness and purity
will be found SO convenient to pure
cheap Goals" Mr.. Jonathan Barret,
of Pittsburgh, civil engineer of large
experience, on his return from recent
trip through this section, said to the
Pittsburg Telegraph
This ore is of very superior quail
ty. and exists in large quantities. It
lies within comparatively short dis
tanee-not over one hundred miles at
the farthest-from, an excellent cox
ing coal, which makes coke equal to
that of the Connellsville region, and
which forms part of the Flat Top
field. Pittsburghers three
years since hooted at the bare possi |
bility of any thing like active or dan
gerous competition coming from that |
source, but the experience OF the last
three months has demonstrated the
fact that they were mistaken in their |
and to-day with the close
proximity of their magnetic ore with |
the limestone and coking coal, it is
not matter Of any great degree OF
but that steel works locat-
ed there at Johnson City will, within
a comparatively short time, be able to
turn out and put upon the market
steel rails at price not very largely
ia excess of the present price of max
ing Bessemer pig in Pittsburgh"
l might go on and quote such au
Ihority, but this is enough for my pur
pose, except that l want to add the
statement that our magnetic ores are
nearer coking coal than any other
known deposit, and that the extent of
the coal field and the cheapness by |
which it may be mined, is sufficient
10 excite the remark from Prof. Proc
tor that 'sthe like has never before
been seen in any country"
In recent letter to the Nashville
Banner I called attention to the wen
derful richness of iron and coal as the
basis of the remarkable progress be-
ing made at Johnson City. The coal
fields are cut through their richest
parts by the Charleston, Cincinnati
and Chicago Railroad now being
rapidly pushed to completion. This
line will extend from Charleston har-
Dor on the Atlantic to the head of low
water navigation on the Ohio River
1T Ashland, KY, and will be the long
est line ever built by individual or
private means in the country. Lon
put in operation, but they have en-
oyed government aid, while this road,
which is to open up the wealthiest
under the sun, and is destin
ed to become the most profitable and
of all southern trunk lines
depends upon mo subsidy for its crea-
ion and life. It is almost an air line
rom Ashland, (where it has immedi-
ate connection with the Ohio river
md by rail with the great northwest) |
o Charleston, where it touches the
Atlantic ocean, and will have impor-
ant feeders all along its route-at
sumpter, Camden Junction, Lancas-
er, Blacksburg, Marion and other
points with a special link in its sys-
EN- from Blacksbnrg to Augusta di-
ect. Through its North Carolina
the road viii have sea
coast connection from that state. At
Johnson City it connects with the
Cast Tennessee Virginia & Georgia