The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1892-04-28
SI,288,05!.
These Are The Startling fig.
ures Which Tell of
The Growth and Activity of The
Plueky, Magnetic City
In 1S91..COmplete List of Improve.
ments During the Year.
What own can beat it?

What town can beat it?
There can be no doubt that the i'm
provements in Johnson City during
1891 amount to more thar those 0,
any previous year in the history OF the
town, except it be 1890, when money
was more plentiful and there was moth
ing but life and activity on every
hand.
For a year of financial stringency,
when every wheel Of Southern pro-
gress seems to have been retai ded, the
improvements in our town figure up
surprisingly.
More than n million and a quarter
of dollars have been expended in
plants, business blocks, school houses,
residences, street Improvements, Wa
ter works, railroads, etc.
In the main the structures are OF the
most substantial nature, and for the
most part, the cottages are cozy and In
accordance with modern taste.
We have e~ndeavored to put a con
sentative estimate on all buildings, and
Improvements in the list, and to this
end the reporter has in some instances
reduced estimates made by property
owners.
1t has been our aim in getting up
this list not to make a mere show, but
to give, as nearly as is possible, a COZ
rect idea of the Improvements, reck-
oned on a cash basis.
We may have omitted some in max
ing up the list and it therefore stands
open for corrections and additions.
Here it is in detail, and it is a most
forcible refutation of the assertion by
outside cranks that "the bottom has
dropped out of Johnson City"
J.C. & G. R. R. exclusive of
right-of-way, $4,000
Carnegie Iron Furnace 10000
Electric Light & Power Plant
and j.. G. & G., Street Ry 10000
Watauga water works 100000
Hotel Carnegie, LIST avenue 100000
J, Il. Wilder, block, 10000
Hotel Carlisle, E Main street 10000
Ice Plant, Proctor Addition, 1900
ETV & 6 Depot, 10000
Singiser.C Chandler block, End
avenue, $4,000
r. s Boyd business block, 2nd
avenue, $500
H~argrcaves & Harris, Free
Congo Cottages $500
Fl W Hargreayes resident, End
avenue, $500
H Spuriar, by Hargreaves resi-
dent, 2ud avenue, 1000
q E Elmandorf res. 9th ave. 5000
] NJ Brown resi-. 3rd avenue 1900
Capt D S Mcintyre, 4 residents
9Th avenue 1000
Mai A Cantwell res. 9th avenue $500
5 I Harris res. 9TH avenue, 1900
ThOs J Salts res. 8th avenue, 1000
Ii E Dean res. 9th avenue, $500
School Building Myrtle aud
New streets, 1000
School Building Pine and
Roam streets, $500
Street improvement (25,200
lCCU SlddCu allh O,AIO iCCO
macadamized) 24,S26
Carnegie Street imprOv. 10000
Joe Pierce res. Oaklands, 2,400
S H Pouder " Watauga ave. $500
G R Hurlbut Myrtle $500
Rev L B Russell res. 1000
G f Leib res. Watauga Z" 1000
n 7 Allen End 1000
G N Brown =" Watauga $500
G N Brown Unaka 800
| N Beckner 1900
DR. j w Cox 5000
L G Hoss 1900
Col J L Wofford $500
Frank Evans 5000
f Templin 209r
Gid j Harris 2,0U,
j D Weaver les Holston $500
j N Harris Unaka 5000
T J Galowaw" 9TH 1000
Mrs J E McKenney res Hols-
ton avenue 1000
] B Cox res Sth avenue 5000
M H Cannon res Ivy street 1000
Frank Ling res Myrtle venue 1900
D w Orumley res Z,UUU
RI Lusk cottage and improve
ment 1850
Col t E Matson residence :
Roam Hill $500
Hugh 0'Boyle business block,
Buffalo street 5000
J F Crumley 8 cottages r R ave 1900
Will Harr block, Buffalo St 5000
I j Anderson res 1900
r A Wood Spring " 1900
J E Crandall block, E Main St $500
Harr- Burrow block, Main and
Spring streets $4,000
DR. ] G Broyles business build
ing Market street 5000
William Chinowth res King st 1900
w j Graham res Roam street 5000
w M Patton res Unaka avenue 1920
| T Jobe. residence, Locust St. $500
N B Martin, business bldg, R R 1900
G B Hamilton 1900
J F Crumley 1900
G A Ross residence, Walnut St 1900
J NJ Erwin Roam 1000
G w Venner Willard " 1000
II H Carr, Block, Market and
Boone SITS. 5000
Joe Caldwell, residence, Watduga
avenue, 1000
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