The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-15

length, by about ninety feet width,
The stack house is 1902 feetby 250 feet,
This furnace is being built under the
immediate supervision OF Mr., Har-
grave, is his twonty.fith furnace, and
"the best | have ever built" An in
teresting feature of this building is
that, its frame work is all cut from the
trees which had to be cleared from the
streets and roadways from the new
town Of Carnegie,
On this work
OF THE STREETS
upwards OF 100000 has been expend-
ed and the work has been carefully
aud we'll done, so that the new city
can boast Of rs fine roadways as any
d. the country. Having pavcments
which are left iur later work As u
sample Of the energy and liberality o!
the company in such matters, over
TWO mil, S Of two-inch oak plank side
walk, sixteen feet wide have been
i,jd on one street alone, leading from
the old part Of the town ont t. and be.
yund the new hotel at Carnegie.
THE HOTEL
is q handsome structure, built OF Chat
tsnooga pressed brick, with stone
trimmings, finished throughout in the
mcst liberal and elegant manner with
solid oak wood work, with grand stair
cases of the same material. Every
feature of the construction of this
great hotel is of the most solid, sub.
startial and elegant character. Ey-
cry room is we'll lighted, and not one
in the house is less than eighteen feet
square, most of them eighteen by TWEEN.
ty four My first entrance was in the
kitchen, where was met by silver
plate on the ranges which bore the le-
gcnd IT a. Snow, Chattanooga" 1t is
the most elaborate and completely
equipped kltchens have ever had the
pleasure Of Inspecting. Here" said
the General, II made my beginning
| paure ed the kitchen, the heart of
the establishment, and built the hotel
to it." | could take up page OF the
Times in describing this house and
yet net more than iairly describe it.
The beautif new Union Depot
near by, huilt Of Blue Mountain lime
stone in Scotch Ashlar work." by
Bogenshott & Taber of Chattanooga
is at once one Of the most comprehen
sive, convenient and attractive struct
u es EVER planned and built for such 9
, purpose.
Numerous large ard substantial
buildings ore being built in the lmme
diate locality 1t is estimated thu
upwards Of forty houses have been ad
? ded to johnson City since the Isl Z
! May last year.
BEFORE THE CENSUS WAS TAKEN,
it was estimated that Johnson CITY
had 1000 inhabitants, but the actua
count by the census enumerator
made it 4,1G9. This shows the con
servatism OF the people in estimating
I such matters, and will give ~strengtl
: to their opinion that the population
now exceeds 5000.
Everything looks bright and pro:
+ porous; numerous brickyards are il
a operation, hundreds Of mechanics ar
e busy erecting houses in all parts c
It town, prominent among which is tn
G elegant and commodious new depc
d building by the East Tennessee, Vii
g ginia & Georgia Railroad. This
S faced with pressed brick and dresse
a stone trimmings, and is structur
d Chattanooga would be proud to e.
change for some of her tumble-dow
y shacks which pass for railway depot
,e Seventy-fve thousand dollars ha
D been appropriated for additional stree
n improvements, and gangs OF workme
g are everywhere busy filling, gradin
If and preparing for the final work.
X IN WATER SUPPLY,
this city has wisely secured a mou
ie tain Sic for her reservoir, which is Il
;" by five large springs, giving the eli
~ an ample supply OF most excellent W
IL ter at a height OF 175 feet above Il
r highest point in the city, giving pre-
p sure to carry = stream over the talle
in building likely to he erected. II
10 city has been guided by the prop
:, spiritin laying her water mains
~ such size as to never require repla
TO ing. They are mostly IL inches in
I'D ameter, with smaller cross sections