The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-05-01

Tire Three C's Finished in Washing
ton County and Johnson City
Pays its Money Like an
Honest Man.
Tba FIRST Passenger Train Carries
the City Council on . -FOUR
Of Inspection.
An Eventful Day in Our History.

minutes past eleven O'Clock General
Superintendent ". P. Harris shouted
merrily aalI aboard and the first pas
senger train On the Three C's left
Main Street crossing to make its first
trip thronsh Washington county,
The train was composed of only one
coach and engine aUnicoi,H No. 80,
that just arrived last week. Master
Mechanic w. e. Maher occupied the
right hand side OF the engine and
with him at the throttle the passen.
gers were at ease.
The object Of the trip was to have
the city council see that the railroad
company had complied with its con-.
tract. accept the road and deliver the
bonds. As it was impracticable to have
general excursion the company is
sued no Invitations. It is not out of
place to say here, perhaps, that as
soon as the road is completed to Min
neapolis the company propose to give
johnson City free excursion over the
entire line The trip yesterday was
purely matter of business. Those
on board were: Ike T. Jobe, Mayor;
Geo. p. Crouch, recorder; DIR. E. s..
Miller, Jr, w. b. Whiteside, Col. T T..
Matson, w. w. Faw, aldermen j. Il.
Crandall, j. w. Hunter, G. Kirkpat-
rick, trustees OF the bonds; Col. w. P.
Dunnavant, John Shea, the contrac-
tors A. N. Molesworth, chief engin-
eer Judge J.. III. Albin, the company's
chief attorney FL. II. Carr, local at
torney Robt. Burrow, Isaac Harr, w.
S. Campbell, r. P. Baxter, VIM. Jenk-
ins, w. w. Kirkpatrick, H. w. Wei
Ter, @. b. Horton, Alex De Valcourt
and the members of the local press.
The run was made to Carter coun-
ty first and the line was crossed at
IL 80. Returning short stop was
made at the depot and Watauga river
was reachedi in 80 minutes. Budweiser
had been on tap enroute and when the
river was reached the entire party
were half CCC over. After stopping
only few minutes on this side the
train passed over the river, over the
county line and soon stood ON SulIi-
van county soil and for the first time
Three C'sengine whistle awoke the
echoes in sold Sullivan" A great
many men, women and children from
fho ~ as<rI. l,o~b ~ x.,o~~ :. ! ~. = =
see the first train and they were rs
proud of it as the passengers from
johnson City. w. B. Bowman and
DR.. kirkpatrick were there and were
entertained in one end of the car for
u few minutes before the train return
ed. The present bridge is only tenn
porary. An iron one will be put in
All the false work is up now and two
iron spans $50 feet each are expected
every day and will be put up at once.
The return trip was made with safety
and dispatch and when the depot was
reached Superintendent Harris invit-
ed the party to follow and he led the
way into the large freight room where,
greatly to the delight of the guests,
were two long tables abundantly laden
with all that is calculated to make
hungry man smile and the hungry
men were there eaa foule. Mr.. Potter
had displayed singular good taste in
the arrangement OF the tables and
the first view was pleasant one but
the fear of marring their beauty did
not deter the party long from per-
forming their duty. The lunch was
supplied by Gen. Schubert, Of Knox |
vile, and was complete in every de-
tail. While dinner was being served |
a noise like sham battle was heard |
in the distance and the eyes oil know |
ing ones, cold soldiers" began to spar
kle as the merry tinkle of glasses
and the pleasant ripping sound of
the 'laughing water" flowing from
the bottleshaped canteens reached |
their ears After lunch short talks
were made by Judge Albin, W.rP.
Harris, Robt. Burrow, III. Fl. Carr,
w. S. Campbell. Mayor lobe, Col. w.
p. Dunnavant and others. All unite
in complimenting the chief engineer
and the contractors on the excellent
condition of the road and deservedly
so. The road is in better condition
than great many railroads that have
been in operation for several years. It
is full tied, well surfaced and lined up
and Is perfectly safe. There was a
great deal of heavy work, especially
in Cash Hollow and along the river.
The overhanging rocks make it de-
cidedly picturesque with a poetic ten
dency-we viii spare you this time.
On leaving the depot the guests re-
turned 10 the city and the council
held meeting, received the read and
gave the Company the $4,000 in
bonds the city voted unanimously to
the road few months ago. Thus
closed one Of the most impor-
tant days in our history. We
have now the greatest road in the
South and it passes through the great !
est town in the South as it winds its
way from the Ohio river TO the Attain
tic Ocean, opening up the purest coal
and richestiron ore fields in the world.
Johnson City voted aid like a man,
paid the money like a man and is
now reaping the reward. It will con-
inae to grow aud prosper as those
Who deserve success. and the unani- Is