The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-03-13

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with the East Tennessee, Virginia &
Georgia system and with the East
Tennessee & Western North Carolina
road. Other important connecting
lines at this point are contemplated
and being surveyed.
As furnishing some idea OF the sit
uation here l may say that the Carne-
gle Land Company has laid eff and is
grading and otherwise improving
wide streets through some 5000 acres
of land-a beautiful site for consid-
erable city. Hundreds of men with
mules, wagons and scrapers are daily
at work on this property, which is be-
ing rapidly sold for business and resi-
deuce lots. The same company has
commenced building l25-ton blast
furnace, TO be followed by three 9TH
ers, the first to be completed this fall.
The stock has been taken in roll
ing. plant to cost $225,000; the
"Three C's" Railroad Company has
laid off the grounds for their machine
and car shops here, to cost $250,000
and to employ 800 skilled workmen f;
a 100000 hotel is under construction !;
Lawrence, Kan, capitalists have Sc
cured property interests here and will
at once begin to put up coke furnaces !;
Hater-works have been let to contract,
j. T. Foley, of Nashville, to have
charge Of the work, and arrangements
are being made for Capt. Dunnavant,
of Memphis, and associates to build
street car and dummy lines. While
these are some of the many new enter
prises on foot it is proper to say that
we already have one of the most ex-
tensive steam tanneries to be found
anywhere foundry and machine
shops that can make all kinds of ma
chinery, even to locomotives plain
ing mills, furniture factories, cigar
factory, and other industries, and
that our thriving, hustling, bustling
rustling little city of 1000 people is
lighted by electricity, and we shall
this year have graded public schools.
Altogether, we think johnson City
the coming town of Tennessee, which
is the coming state OF the south, which
is the coming section OF this great
country of ours. We have merchants
in all lines, in splendid buildings,
with splendid stocks, and we are every
day building for Others as they come
Strangers with money to invest are
pouring in every day. Property is
not high, but is advancing. Prof
Proctor, state geologist of Kentucky
was here yesterday and bought six
teen lots in the Carnegie plant, having
sixteen more reserved until his return
in few days. He says he regards
johnson City as "the hest field for in
vestment anywhere" and he proves
his faith by his works when he left
his money here.
The wonder is that this great de
yelopment has not broken upon III
sooner. The moving spirit here is tht
same Gen J. T. Wilder, who built thu
first furnace in the south, and it is h'
whose indomltable will, pluck anC
energy, coupled with his superio
knowledge Of such affairs, has giver
the world to understand by practica
demonstration that cheaper and bet
better iron can be made south thar
north, and that Johnson City is to b,
great iron centre ut no distant day
The elements that assure this are i
sight After twenty FIVE years care
full thought and experience at Chatts
: nooga and elsewhere and a full an
! thorough investigation of every set
tion of the southern country, and q
= ter following trace after trace OF irol
and coal, aud seeking the best qualit
J of both and the most advantageor
Z place for their conversion, Gen, Wi
q der decided that Johnson City ou
d rivaled all other points, and we 81
the result so far attained in this in
Q perfectly written letter. 1t is con-
y dently believed that we viii have x
t 600 people inside OF five years, ar
!, that no place in the country will 0
p cupy more important position IN
,, commercial and manufacturing sens
't 1t has required no spread eagle spou
} ing or blanket sheet advertisement
% to bring us our present prosperity al
is future promise Of rapid progress, t
y, whole OF it being based upen natur
Ie facts and conditions that are undeni
At ble-iscts and conditions that stal
it out "the wonder and admeration
it poets, sages and philosophers" a
lg excite the envy OF less favored b
c. aspiring towns. Weare not hoomin
N don't want to boom but we are sin
TX ly going on to munifcent destil
u and we invite everybody, his wife a
tn his children to come in and part
i'll pate in our glory, 10 ]. WINS