Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
DIR. LYON
Writes Of the Furnace Location-Widen-
ing College and University Ave
nue--A No-Fence Law.
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DAVIDSON COLLEGE, MECKLEN-
RURG Co., N. c., July.-As you
see from the heading above, good
wide stretch of country and the
whole Allegheny chain of mountains
separate me from GAINESVILLE on the
Cumberland river; nevertheless my
thoughts are often on the west side
of the mountains, and the coming of
the LEAF-CHRoNICLE is watched for
with interest, and when it comes it is
read with avidity. There is some
thing about old GAINESVILLE that
stimulates public spirit, and though
/ have lived there but five years,
there is no place in which ! have
ever felt anything like so much local
pride and interest. May the time
never come when her citizens shall
cease to look upon her and speak OF
her with pride and love.
Leaving GAINESVILLE June "a,
spending two days in Holly Springs,
Miss, and nearly week at my old
home, Columbus, Miss joined my
family in the thriving city of AT
lanta, Ga, and a few days later came
to this quiet, country village, and
am now resting amid the classic
shades of Davidson college and un-
der the hOspitable roof OF Rev,
DIR. J. B. Shearer, well and favOrably
known by so many of your readers.
His many friends will be glad to
know that while the Doctor has been
roughly handled the past winter by
that savage fellow, "La Grippe" and
has not yet recovered full strength,
he seems to be building up nicely
now, and it is hoped and expected
that after the vacations rest he will
be himself again.
would not by any means to eX-
change GAINESVILLE for Davidson Col
lege, but one thing, at least, we
might learn from these people, and
that is the great advantage of stock
law, which does away with the ne
cessity of keeping up farm fences
When will our people learn the poor
economy--the suicidal eFpenSe-need-
less expense of keeping up miles and
leagues OF fences to keep other peo-
Piles stock out of their crops instead
of making the owners of the stock
keep them off other peoples land
The law works very smoothly here
and has immense advantages. All
the cows we see grazing have
ropes about their horns, and they
seem to take very kindly To this
management. A man here fences
his pasture, horse lot or hog pen, but
the great reaches Of corn, cotton and
potato fields are open. But / wish
to say little about some of Clarks
ville's local interests l have been
much interested in the question OF
location of the Gracey-Woodward
furnace, and hope you will not let it
get across the river. One disadvan-
tage of this l have not seen men
toned. AS is we'll known, our pre-
vailing winds are from the west and
south west hence if our factories,
furnace $, machine shops, etc, are 10
Gated TO the west of us we will suffer
continually from their smoke, gases
and odors. Along Red river east
and north of town is the place for
them, where the prevailing winds
will carry the smoke from us. This
is more important matter than one
who has not given the matter any at
tention would imagine. Look at the
difference between the "West end"
and east side of Philadelphia or Gin
cinnati.
Another matter, the widening of
College street by putting the fences
back ten feet. DIR. Shearer tells me
that he feels sure the street in front
of the University and his and my
property is now wider than up at
Mr.. Drane's end, and l believe this
is so. The street should be made of
uniform width and only so murh of
it taken off the University campus as
necessary to make it az wide as at
Mrs. Hugh Drane's corner and the
fence lines on both sides straight
ened, and above all those fine oaks
near the front of the campus should
not be Injured. Such trees as they
cannot be grown for love or money
and are worth $500 apiece. l am
heartily in favor of making College |
street wide and straight and as near
ly level as possible. And in this
connection, will it not be possible for
the city to have the fences on the
west side of University Avenue,
from the University to Franklin
street, set back few feet so as to
make a comfortable sidewalk? This
sidewalk is much used and is not |
wide enough in places, for two per-
sons abreast, to comfortable pass be-
tween the trees and the fence, and
the trees are getting bigger rapidly. !
At present there are no houses on