The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1890-07-03
THE CARNEGIE PROPERTY.
ADDITION TO JOHN !
SON CITY-SoLID I'M
PROVEMENTS.
Lots on Sale at Reasonable Terms
Substantial and BusIness-Like
Men at the Head of
the Scheme.


ture Of "P. L. g." makes the follow.
ing structures upon the rapid growth,
prosperity and Advancement of John
son City, These statements concern
ing our thrifty and fourishing town
are in no wise colored, but substantial
truths, to be convinced of which Wis
ltors have only TO drive over the va.
rious parts of the city, where numer-
GUS and indisputable evidences will
greet the eye;
JOHNSON CITY, June 19,-Nature
has done much for this promising
young southern city. The live and
energetic business men who have
chosen this as their home have done
more, Situated as it is in one of the
most fertile valleys OF East Tennessee,
the pen can scarcely picture its many
advantages. To say that this is not
a busy town is about as absurd as
the remark made by the frontiersman
who came home from his haying one
afternoon and found the Indians had
burned up his buildings, mastered
his wife, driven off his mich COWS and
killed his children, He looked over
the bloody scene, and then said to
himself with great feeling: "This, it
seems to me, is perfectly Ridiculous
Beautiful East Johnson, Carnegie"
Gen. ]. T. Wilder, who, until recently,
was resident of Chattanooga, and
who together with many others,
} had his attentions attracted to this
r favored section, and, after survey Of
: the premises, chose the property
, which the Carnegie Land Company
/ now holds. With his long experience
;, as an organizer, and in the deveope.
J ment OF iron manufacture in the south,
he was quick to grasp the possibilities
OF this favored locality. He accord
s ingly devoted his efforts to the execu-
: ton OF those measures which have
y led to the concentration Of capital for
v the Development OF the town. He
l was prompt to join in the building Of
l. the Three C's road, and in the organi.
! / cotton OF the Carnegie Land Compa-
:. ny, with 5000 acres OF valuable land
e and its varied plans for the building
If up OF the place. This Company has
l. already disposed OF more than $4,000,
4 600 in value Of its property, without
It an auction sale or advertising, which
h is now conceded TO be the surest
1t and best plan of bringing a scheme in
o. to notice.
r. Facts, figures, and conditions, posi-
i. tions and the vast and varied ro-
j, sources Of tho city clearly and unmis.
u takably established grand and bril-
n. liant future for Johnson City that its
e, future growth will almost be without
d parallel in the south, and that it will
u speedily become one of the greatest
~ commercial, manufacturing and rail
" road centres of the south cannot well
it be questioned. II there is town in
e. America that possesses such rare and
- complete combination OF advantages
ID and attractions with such q strategic
OF position, such inestimable possibilities
I'd such grand and inevitable destiny
II as Johnson City, has not been made
Or known. AS Johnson City grows ant
re prospers, so must East Johnson Ci;y
or Carnegie.
VI Carnegie is situated at the crossing
ID ID of the great North and South line o
it the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chi
re cago Railroad, and on the main lint
e. of the East Tennessee, Virginia ant
:, Georgia Railway, and is within q
n. miles Of the great Cranberry ore beds
er Two lines of railroad are being bull
o. from Carnegie to the vast ore beds
" and one is already built. The c., G.
a G. road, following water lines, is onl,
81 miles from the great Virginia Goa
or fields, over the lowest grades and bes
y alignment OF any possible road tt
"a those fields. Another great advan
Il tage possessed by Carnegie is, that it i
We so situated that Bessemer iron OF tn
T., highest grade can be made here, will
y, the c., @. and G. reaching the Poca
n. hantas, Dickinson, Wise and BIZ
al Stone Gap coke, in the shortest posi-
We BILE distance, and over extremely low
We grades. The latest addition will al
ways have steady growth. First, be
to cause OF the prominent and excellen
il business men at the head OF the enter
We prise. Secondly, because they are de
- voting the profits of sales to improve
va ments, and have bnilt, at this earl,
III SOdSC, LlOIo IIlicS vi sbIcebS Glldn Illus
US other land companies, and are estab
~ fishing various public works and in
,is dnstrial enterprises. A large bricl
n freight depot, at the East Tennessee
nd Virginia. and Georgia railway, ha
been erected the shops of the compa
nv, at cost OF 100000, are to be 10
~ Gated on this property, thus givinl
er, support to over 1000 skilled mechan
'te les and their families. The genera
" W Offices Of the company are also to b.
n. erected here. The foundations ar
10 now laid for 125 ton coke furnace
ne a rolling mill and two other furnace
n, are assured, making four in all. 4
nd large and handsome hotel Of brick ant
d. stone with an estimated cost Ct $50