The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14
JOHNSON CITY.
A Few Fscts About a Handsome and
Growing City in the Beautiful East
Tennessee Country FACTORIES
and Farms.

Tennessee County FACTORIES
and Farms.
If you wish desirable location for
some good manufacturing enterprise,
or to buy nice farm or town property,
just visit aud look around for a few
days Johnson City, Tenn the princi
pal town of Washington County, on
the main line of the Knoxville Divis-
ion OF the Southern Railway, in East
ern Tennessee, Here you will find be-
tween 5000 and 5000 people. all of
whom, from appearances, are busy,
too busy in fact to telk long with you
unless you are talking business.
Though located in valley proper,
the site occupied by the town is roll
ing and somewhat hilly, just enough
to make it one Of the most picturesque
locations in the State.
Two other railroad lines branch out
from this point, reaching far up into
the North Carolina mountains to the
East and South, in the heart of the
great hard wood timber belt and varied
mineral resources of that section. The
famous Cranberry mines sends its iron
to Carnegie Furnace, two miles out,
while millions of feet of logs are annu-
ally worked up by a score of mills and
factories right in the city.
1t takes more than a dozen wholesale
houses, dealing in dry goods, grocer
les, hardware, furniture, grain and
provisions, leather and harness, and
twice as many retail stores in all lines
to supply the trade of the city and sur
rounding country. Extensive street
improvements and additions to the
public school buildings are being made
by the city council, while many bnsi-
ness houses and residences are now
under construction. About fibe miles
OF street railway has been put in oper-
alton during the past few months, con-
Meeting the city with Carnegie and the
Soldiers Home, the latter now being
constructed by the National Govern
ment and located about three miles to
the westward, on an elevation COM
handing magnificent view of the
great Smoky Mountains, thirty to for
ty miles distant. The city has a fine
water works system, being supplied
from several big springs of pure free
stone water, aboSt three miles from
The surrounding country has fer
tile sail, but the development of the
farming interests has not kept pace
with the industrial interests of the
city. AS a consequence q large part of
the produce required for home con
sumption is imported from other sec
tions and States. Here is a fine Op-
portunity for some good experienced
German farmers to engage in pro6ta-
BILE Market gardening,
One of the residents of the city told
the writer that on vacant town lot Of
fifty by one hundred and feet area, less
than one.fifth of an acre, he raises
from sixty to eighty bushels of fish
potatoes every year, and they are now
selling in the retail market at 81 .40pel
buehel. Yet, with yield and prices
over half the potatoes consumed there
are brought from far away Michigan.
This is only one instance of many o
like character that could be noted
Farm lands are comparatively cheap
} depending Of course upon location anC
character Of improvements, but range
from $40 to $50 per acre near tee city
A few miles distant good lands can b(
had for much lower prices.
With the advantage Of fine climate
pure water, good soil, the poorest o
which quickly responds to int elligen
treatment, and splendid local mark
!, ct with an increasing demand for farm
products, johnson City and vicinity
affords superior opportunitesfor any
experienced, industrious farmer to be
. come Independent in very few years
The Southern Field.