The Washington herald., 1909-06-13
CITY ON The JUMP
Knoxville Grows Through
Enterprise OF Citizens.
WILL HAVE A COTTON MILL
Southern Railway Enlarges shops
at Expense of S25O.OOO-Tbree Bank
Buildings Were Recently Com
pleted-SPends Money in Advertis-
ing-Paves and Beauties Town.

Knoxville. Tenn. June Nv. T. Lang.
formerly manager Of the Brookside Cot
ton Mills OF this city. proposes to estab-
lish a miliion-dollsr cotton mill IN Knox
vile. The site has been selected on the
{ Tennessee River. within the corporate
limits. The power win be furnished By
the new power company that viii build a
dam for an electric power plant on the
Little Tennessee River.
The southern Railway is making add
tions 20 its shops al Knoxville costing
SZ50o0O When completed and in operation
the shops VIII give employment 10 about
200 men
The additions 20 the Southern Railway
shops were planned and work began be-
fore the panic Of 1908 This is a good
showing for Knoxville as a railroad point
and for the Southern road.
Builds Three New Banks.
Contracts for three new bank buildings
were let in Knoxville during the panic.
These buildings have been completed and
are among the handsomest in the city.
one Is a ten-stOry bank and once build
ing, one has fve stories. and one is a
pOdern one-stOry hank building. marble
front, with the interior finished in Ten
nessee, Vermont. and Egyptian marble.
Knoxville began a newspaper advertls-
Ing campaign in 1soS, spending 5000 last
faIl and $1,000 this year. The CONNER
cial Club OF Knoxville secured subscrip-
items TO an advertising fund and has
placed fuH-page advertisements OF the
in
North and South
The ". J. oliver Manufacturing Com
pany has received an order from Mem
phis for $1,000 worth OF the ". ]. Oliver
chilled plows. manufactured in Knoxville
The ". J. Oliver Manufacturing Com
pany has one OF the largest machine
shops and plow works IN the country and
Is one OF the leading and most successful
enterprises in Knoxville. Il will be re-
called that this drm supplied the dump
cars used on the Panama Canal.
Is a Railroad Contractor.
W J. Oliver. head Of this concern. is a
railroad contractor. and besides having
big contracts under way in several States.
is et work on a line from Knoxville 10
Sevierville. Tenn. which VIII probably be
extended TO AshvilIle. y. c. This win ap-
propriately be called the oliver road. and
II viii pass through one OF the finest IN
developed timber. mineral. and farming
sections in the country. There are excel
lent opportunities along this line for prof
table investments IN timber. marble. and
iron properties
Knoxville is busy with street paving
work. Contracts have been let within the
past week 70 a number OF companies. and
II the work progresses at the rate Il did
IN 1908 Knoxville viii soon have more
miles OF good streets than any city Of It's
size IA the country.
A Carnegie library VIII be added 70 the
University Of Tennessee, at Knoxville
Knoxville has had a public library for a
number OF years containing 1000 volumes
and endowed
The Summer School OF the South. held
annually at Knoxville. is one Of the best
advertisements OF the city as an educa-
uonal center, a great advantage that
knoxville has over other manufacturing
cities. " n GOODMAN.
Secretary Commercial Club