The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-07-09
JOHNSON CITY,
Center Of Trunk Lines and
Terminal Roads.
IMMENSELY RICH UNNATURAL RESOURCES.
The Gateway to the Mineral and Tim
Der Laden Alleghenies
In the Heart Of the Celebrated Mag.
nHtiC Ore District.

Johnson City is located 100 miles
Northeast of Knoxville at the inter-
section of the two great trunk lines,
the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia, and the Charleston, Gin
cinnati and Chicago Railroads and
at the termini of the East Tennes-
see and Western North Carolina,
and the Johnson City and Carolina
Railroads.
The Johnson City and Green's
boro Railroad has been chartered
and preliminary survey made. 1t
is an extension of the Richmond
and DanvilIe line from Greensboro
to Johnson City, via. Wilkesboro.
The Johnson City and Cumber-
land Gap Railroad Company has
been organized.
The Southern and Western Air
Line is building from Shelby, N.
c., to Cranberry, to connect with
our East Tennessee and Western
North Carolina Railroad.
tits not speculative paper town,
but it is a substantial young city
one whose progress within the past
two years bears favorable compari-
son with any other city in the
South.
SOME OF IT'S RESOURCES.
1st. 1t is in the midst of fine
agricultural section. The cereals,
tobacco, the grasses and all kinds Of
fruits grow to perfection. There is
no better section for the stockman,
the cattle breeder, or the fruit
grower.
I'd. 1t has at its gates an unllm.
} tied supply of the finest timber
. Nearly all of the hard wood:
abound in vast quantities. An ex'
cellent point for wood working
plants of every description.
! sd. 1t is literally hedged IN by
! mountains of iron ores. Red anc
| brown hematite abound in mex
S haustible quantities. 1t lies almos
t at the base Of the Cranberry Noun
tains, for whose celebrated mag
netic ores it is the natural outlet. tt
, proximity to the magnetic ores OF
the east and coal fields on the Yves
must certainly make it the stee
o making centre of the South.
e 4th. Limestone is found here il
+ quantities beyond estimation, and o
e the best quality.
y 9Th. Its railroad facilities will
soon be all that can be desired. /
. now has four roads, 1.-TWO of whicl
n are great trunk lines) with more t
r follow.
9th. It's climate is good ant
n healthful. Its altitude is 1850 fee
n above the level of the sea, and it
scenery is superb.
9TH. 1t has population, accord
!. ing to the last census, of 4,16o, a
e increase of COZ per cent. over tn
q census of 1880, when it had only 68s
If INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN OPERA
d TION AND IN COURSE OF
t CONSTRUCTION.
J Johnson City Tin and Stove Company, NAL
n ufacturers of tinware.
4 Marble Yard-W. G. Remine.
Johnson City Foundry and Machine Works
81 Johnson City Furniture Company.
r Watauga Electric Lighting and Power Cor
T. pany.
Johnson City and Carnegie Street Railres
Company.
II Watauga Tannery.
a. 125-ton Blast Furnace--Carnegie Iron Co
pany.
y 125-barrel Roller Process FIGURING Mill
If Brown & Biddle.
,r Machine Shop and Foundry--Miller Bros.
Crandall-Harris Tobacco Factory.
W Cigar Factory. E. Harr.
l. Ice Factory-W. J. Graham & Co.
10 Bottling Works--W. J. Graham & Co.
johnson City Brick Works.
"a s. p WINS & Co. --Btick Works.
d J. T. Hoss & Co.-Brick Works.
re Allison & Shafer--Brick Works.
Campbell & Co.-Brick Works.
Johnson City Canning Factory--A B. Bowmi
Watauga Lumber Company.
70 Cooper Bros. Planning Mill
II ], NJ. Carr & Co.-PIaning Mill.
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