The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-12-25
WONDERFUL GROWTH.
JOHNSON CITY, TENN. ON A YER
TABLE BOOM EVERYDAY.

'hI wires as lOllOWs u MS paper alter
IN absence OF six months from the
,ity:
JOHNSON CRY, Dec. 10 Six months
ago | left Johnson City for Lower
East Tennessee and only returned on
the 10th inst. To note changes that
have occurred, the improvements
made and tho marked evidences OF
progress, permanent, substantial, nee
essary, to be seen on every hand,
would require lengthy detail. None
OF the aspiring cities of The South
have grown so rapidly, and mono Of
them can number among their local
improvements so many manufactur'
ing industries as can Johnson City.
One does not need be told that there
is grit, push, snap, pluck, energy and
business judgment here. 1t is appar-
ent everywhere, in every department
OF trade and among the people gener
ally.-merchants, mechanics, trades
men, banks, profe sionsl men and
others-and it is this that has pu,
Johnson City forward as a live, spirit
ed, hustling place, while her geo.
graphical location, surround d as she
is on every hand by almost marvellous
mineral deposits, and the finest Of all
the hard woods in untouched forests,
has made possible the splendid devel-
Opment we have already witnessed,
and now gives assurance of continued
growth and prosperity.
The furnace of the Carnegie Iron
Company will soon be completed and
ready to go into blast Then will BE-.
gin the the manufacture of Bessemer
pig iron now so much wanted in the
production Of steel. Your readers
NAV not generally know, but it is none
the less true, that Bessemer iron can
be made here as low as the average
cost OF producing foundry and mill
iron at Birmingham and cheaper than
at Chattanooga. While we can make
Bessemer iron inside of $40 per ton,
steel rails could be manufactured At
Johnson City at $1S, being 81 less
than the great eastern mills can make
them, an, give besides a saving OF the
difference Of freight from Pittsburg
about So 30, or a fetal advantage 81
Sc 80 per ton in our favor. These ai'
figures | have used before but Their
study is 80 suggestive that | think
, they should be handled over and Ovel
again to establish our claim to super,
ority as center for the reduction anc
Il. conversion Of the rich ores all sbOu
us, the manufacture Of the highes
Grades OF steel, the establishment o
varied manufacturing enterprises, EN-
Z hracing all the industries known t
\ the machine arts, and fer the purpos,
I'll enlightening people who content
lat we have no steel ores this side o
Lake Superior. 1t is the testimony o
D the best authority in America ant
! Great Britain that the Cranberry ore
! are unequaled any where fur the man
2 ufacture Of Bessemer pig. We al
+ know what that means, and when tn
e furnace here shall be in operation mt
: the fact practically demonstrated tina
: we can make the highest grade o
v Besssmer pig at cost lower than tn
9 average cost of common iron else
n where, then we shall witness revolu
!. ton that will give us such an increa
g Of bushes and influx OF population u
9 has never struck any section of tn
/ country yet.
The furnace will go into plast earl
in the coming year.
johnson City has the largest ia !
Q merry save one in the South, and it
capacities and facilities are being cor
stantly enlarged. A large flourin
. mill is being pushed to completion
Messrs. Brown & Biddle, proprietori
y The planning mills and lumber comps
= MES have all they can do, and Will
the financial stringency affects on
people much as it does others, We
there is no apparent diminutiOn il
work going on, and there is perhap
) as little complaint here as anywher
in the country. The banks are littl
y close OF course, and it is we'll enough
y Such institutions want to he conservs
tive to be safe, and such a policy in
partially pursued goes long way tc
: ward fixing confidence in their stabi
ity. When storms appear wise me
put on their cloaks. If the banks ar
= not careful in times like these the pee
y pie will be reckless. A good SCUM
> healthy bank is great engine 70
good i'll any community, and we hav
three such in johnson City. They ar
u all we'll differed and tho management
of each Of them is what is necessar
/, to success.
+. The Three C's trouble will soon b
over. Word was received yesterda
u direct from New York that the matte
= wouId be ,djusted in very short tim
+ All the work Of construction resume,
u ut an early day. Already some So
= $4,000 have been exp nded on lh
:. line, and certainly no one believe
d that there will be any considerable
!. delay in taking care Of such interest
: as that. The Enibreeville road vii
!. soon be completed. This is the lin
n from johnson City to the Embreevlll
- iron propertle owned and Ia be dc