Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-30
c1ARKsv1LLE GETTING THERE.
The Iron Furnace, Bending Works, New
Town Broad Streets, New Build
ings, r. R. Construction.


The first thing people know there
will be brand new town all the wary
down from Red river trestle to Ford
street, which will spring up like
magic. a gentleman walking over
the Post0n place and Bedding Works
property yesterday exclaimed :
"Well, we'll, if old man Johnnie
Puston could be resurrected now and
see what is going on here, what
would he think ~ Mr.. Post0n was
the big merchant of GAINESVILLE and
the leading enterprising spirit of his
day. He built the block of b'ick
store houses on the corner of the
Square and Main street, opposite tn
Tobacco Exchange, over fifty years
ago, which was great enterprise
then, and which still stands as a
monument to the splendid masonry
of that day. He also built the grand
old mansion at Poston's spring, the
pride of GAINESVILLE in early times.
Now the then imposing mansion
Of over fifty years ago, is used by
Gracey, Woodward & Go. for busine :
offices for a great iron company,
building on a 100000 capital. Men
are engaged preparing the stone and
founuation for great furnace, cover
ing several acres, the ground ON
which once stood Mr. POstOn's negro
cabins, stock barn and other houses,
a mighty stack is to be reared, tow
ering over 100 feet high, which will
consume over $50, 600 in brick. An
other set of h ,nds is engaged in
grading the way for four raj road
tracks from the furnace place to the
main line of the l.. e N. near the
Bending Works being established by
McKessOn Il Shaw. The Bending
Works and furnace site are in full
view Of each other and but short
distance apart.
Town lots are being laid of and Il
wide street opened from the Bend
ing Works to the furnace by w. j.
Ely, which is called Ely street, also
another called Ohio street, running
out from the Bending Works. Mr..
Ely has up number Of neat cot
tages and will soon be building more.
The Bending Works people have
built one of thcmOst substantial houses
about the city, for their heavy ma
chjncry. No warehouse in town will
compare with it for strength. They
put in car load of machinery yes
terday and are at ork on another
So soon as the engine and boilers
are in they will commence business
in earnest. The company has a saw
mill in operation now, down the
river, saving timber for the building,
ties for two side tracks, and 100 coo
feet Of poplar lumber to fill a con
tract, when will be shipped early
next month They will sell
off their poplar lumber and
use only oak and hickory
in the factories, Then the saw mill
will be moved here placed in the
second story of Tie Bending Works,
and the logs will he brought from
their woodlands by rail to be sawed
here. The reporter asked Mr.. Shaw
if il was not cheaper to saw the lun-
Der in the woods and ship the factory
stuff ur. lie replied, no, that the
company treated them very
clever, granting every favor asked
and they could bring it cheaper in
the log ms slabs were needed for fuel. |
1t will take five ear loads of logs a
day to supply tn IN in the begin
ming and they will soon increase to
ten per day.
The l.. n n. people are doing IA
good thing Tor CiarkSVllle, ana our
people should make the best Of the
opportunity. Now it is time for
to get Il new move on nCr,
and make things hum while the
iron is hot, we want more people and
more manufacturing enterprises.
The way is open to wonderful devcI-
)pcmcnt and prosperity.