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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1891

Page

4

Gutter questions move to Main Street mud hole debate

The weekly Comet notes local civic concerns including street macadam on Main Street, proposes relocating mud holes with a plan involving county convicts for road work, and argues for faster, certain punishment to curb crime, citing Detroit encampments and New York Herald commentary. It also mentions railroads, ore development, and Johnson City prospects.

New York Herald

Johnson City poised as steel hub near Cranberry Mtns

In the Magnetic Ore District Johnson City sits 106 miles NE of Knoxville at major rail intersections and termini. New rail lines Johnson City and Greens boro Railroad and Johnson City and Cumberland Gap Railroad formed. Southern and Western Air Line connects Shelby NC to Cranberry. Industrial listing shows extensive mills, plants, tanneries, brick works, and a 1650 foot elevation with growing population.

John R. Progtor Kentucky America Pittsburg Dalgleigh Embreyille Freehold, Land Tron and Railway Company London Alfred Sally New York Johnson City Selden Longley Glade Spring Carnegie Knoxville East Tennessee Virginia Georgia Charleston Cincinnati Chicago North Carolina Carolina Greensboro Richmond Danville Wilkesboro Cumberland Gap Southern and Western Air Line Shelby Cranberry East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Cranberry Mountains

Johnson Ghty Center of Trunk Lines and Terminal Roads

Johnson Ghty described as a central hub for trunk lines and terminal roads, praised as immensely rich in natural resources, serving as a gateway to the mineral and timber laden Alleghenies.

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