The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-01-28
JOHNSON CITY,
Center of Trunk Lines and
Terminal Roads.
IMMENSELY RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES
The Gateway to the Mineral and Tim
Der Laden Alleghenies
In the Heart Of the Celebrated Mag
nstiC Ore District.
IMMENSELY RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES

Johnson City is located Io6 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 beet chartered
and a preliminary survey made. 1t
is an extension of the Richmond
and Danville 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 ITS RESOURCES.
Ist. 1t is in the midst of fine
agricultural section. The cereals
tobacco, the grasses and all kinds o.
fruits grow to perfection. There il
no better section for the stockman
the cattle breeder, or the fruit
grower.
I'd. ut has at its gates an unllm
tied supply of the finest timber
Nearly all of the hard woods
abound in vast quantities An ex
cellent point for wood working
plants of every description.
cd. 1t is literally hedged IN BY
mountains of iron ores. Red anC
brown hematite abound in mex
haustible quantities. 1t lies almos
at the base of the Cranberry Noun
tains, for whose celebrated mag
netic ores it is the natural outlet. 1t
proximity to the magnetic ores OIL
the east and coal fields on the ives
} must certainly make it the stee
making centre of the South.
4th. Limestone is found here il
quantities beyond estimation, and o
the best quality.
9Th. Its railroad facilities vii
soon be all that can be desired. |
; now has four roads, 1.-TWO of whicl
; are great trunk lines with more t
follow.
} 9th. It's climate is good an,
t healthful. It's altitude is 1000 fee
above the level of the sea, and it
scenery is superb.
9TH. 1t has a population, accord
ing to the last census, of 4,I6o, a
increase of COZ per cent. over tn
census Of 1880, when it had only 68t
INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES IN OPER
TION AND IN COURSE OF
CONSTRUCTION.
Johnson City Tin and Stove Company, maj
ufacturers of tinware.
Marble Yard-W C. Remine.
Johnson CITY Foundry and Machine Works.
Johnson City Furniture Company.
Watauga Electric Lighting and Power Cor
pany.
Johnson City and Carnegie Street Railres
Company.
Watauga Tannery.
4 125ton Blast Furnace Carnegie Iron Coz
pany.
l25barrel Roller Process FIGURING Mill
!. Brown q Biddle.
Machine Shop and Foundry-Miller Bros.
Crandall- Harris Tobacco Factory.
: Cigar Factory. e Harr.
Ice Factory-W. J. Graham h Co.
Bottling Works-W. J. Graham & Co.
Johnson City Brick Works.
s. P, WINS g. co ,-Biick Works.
t J. 7. Hoss Il Co.--Brick Works.
Allison a. Shafer- Brick Works.
Campbell & Co.--Brick Works.
Johnson City Canning Faetory-A B. Downs
Watauga Lumber Company
Cooper Bros. Planning Mill
!. J. M. Carr & Co.-Planing Mill.
r John Sanders-Planing Mill.
. Bakery-Fishback & We1ger,
= City Stean Laundry.
i Soap Factory-Browning Il Co
n Watauga Water Co
There is another point, and that IL as rega
the fuel 1t is no use having good ore wit
out you have good fuel When we were o
there saw coke Of excellent quality going
our doors as it were; right through the State
:" Tennessee to Alabama, which is growing wo