The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-08-29

iron, togather with the super
abundant supply of all. Not only
will the manufacturing Of iron be
almost exclusively transferred to
the United States, but in the main
will be confined to the south, and
In regards to the south, East Tenn
essee, western North Carolina and
north Alabama possess all of the
large iron beds, while East Tennes-
see and north Alabama possess the
inexhaustible coal fields. AS con-
elusive proof that the south, place
ing It on a broad plain, will In the
near future be the iron producing
section of the United States, we
only have to refer to the statement
Of Solomon s. Curry, president Of
the Metropolitan Iron Company,
the largest in the world, who says
that $1O0,OOJ,OOO have vanished
from the Lake Superior iron region
since it has been demonstrated that
pig iron can be produced in East
Tennessee at cost of " per ton.
1t requires no argument TO show
that the money Withdrawn from
the Lake Superior fields will early
seek investment in the most favor
I'd field, for money soon grows
restless in idleness.
Then, if Europe acknowledges
her inability to cope with the
United States because of the cost
Of coal and coke if the Lake Super.
ior. field acknowledge to the with
ORA /" al of $lOO,OOOOOO because of
the ability of the South to manu-
facture more cheaply; if Eastern
Tennessee, Western North Carolina
and North Alabama constitute the
the South in regard to iron dispOsits
and If East Tennessee and North
Alabama contain the Southern
coal fields, all OF which is undisput.
ed, what have we before US? In
answer, we have before US and
around us the richest and most
lasting fields Of wealth known to
civilized man. The fields are
practically in their primitive state,
and the proposed line for the Ohio
River, Knoxville and Tidewater
Railroad cuts through the heart OF
the East Tennessee and North
Carolina fields, connecting them
with the Atlantic on one side and
the lakes on the other, shortening
the distance to each
The right is denied any county
to claim richer iron banks than
BlOunt, and a trunk line r. r
with traffic contracts, is all that il
wanting to bring the iron banks
and iron manufactures together
, There is no reason why BlounI
should not secure ten out of the
one hundred million dollars thai
have been withdrawn from the
Lake Superior fields, if she will
only be true to herself. With this
amount invested in iron furnaces
the world would be at the feet O
Bl0unt invested of Blount beins
J at the mercy of the world. Saying
. nothing of the taxes of the road
} the money that would find invest
ment In the county would far more
than pay interest and principle O
, any amount the road may ask the
county to take in stock. In con
sidering the road in all its phases
remember that it is to be a double
track road, the first and only one
In the South; that it shOrtens the
, distance to sea $50 miles, and thai
1t will have direct connection
with all the sea-going vessels thu
same as New York, that the line
, will furnish coal to all soutf
Atlantic vessels, and that al
; foreign travel coming in that way
must come over the line in goinf
out to the northwest or southern
territory. The mind of man can
not imagine all the blessings to be
derived from such an line, ant
since but one line is contemplated
, from north to south, across tn,
country, happy, prosperous ant
great will be the county that form
u co-partnership with the line.