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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1890
Page
2
The Comet reports Johnson City’s vibrant 1890 outlook with two million dollars invested and strong consumer purchasing power. J. M. Bewley of Morristown dies, Col. Albin negotiates rail extension, and depot improvements eyed. Bristol conflict, real estate flurries, and railroad tax board roles noted along with Grady memorial reactions.
Carnegie Land Company markets about fifty thousand dollars worth of property in its addition. A hotel planned by A B Harrie will overlook miles of country, to be built in brick with four stories near Center Street and 2nd Avenue. Chicago investors buy tenements, a new $100,000 hotel rises at 2nd and Center, and locomotive No 31 arrives for the Three O's line while side tracks expand to Mossy Creek and nearby towns.
Johnson City favors a Three Cs depot and extension through Washington county. Citizens urge quick railroad approval, agreeing to fund and maintain a depot and freight access, with Main Street business access planned near the town center. The proposition, carried to New York for decision, is expected to be accepted. The piece also notes the San Marco restaurant opening and Odd Fellows Hall supper event.
Hoss King & Co advertise rare bargains in cheap city property. Business lots 26 by 165 feet from Main to Maker Street offered at 1800, or half length for 1000. Many lots in Brown’s, Henry, Carnegie, Johnson City Real Estate Co.’s additions priced 125 to 850 each. Resi dences and country farms also for sale. Distance buyers urged to let them price properties, promising long-term savings.
Property for sale includes improved and unimproved Hoa Estate combining business and residence options. Listings show 88 Tipton Bt lots from 176 to 250 each, 88 Leevat at 150 to 300 each, 15 Poplar Jots from 175 to 200, 27 Chestnut St lots 175 to 500, 40 East Park 175 to 200, Jonesboro Addition lots 175 and up, Stetson Watauga Ave 400 and up. Contact W G and J A Mathes, Opera Home room 1.
6 fine residence plots of about one acre each in the city elevated with views. Various lots on Roan Street Walnut Street Myrtle Street and Market Street plus a business lot 28x76 t 1y feet near Market Street. Prices range from 175 to 1000 with several bargains and larger tracts near Carnegie Land Co. Also 70 lots in East Carnegie offered.
Local Bristol plumbers Hayes and Ormsby urge residents to give them no trial and advertise themselves as first class workmen with guaranteed quality and prices. Also notes a Christmas church entertainment, local insurance agents seeking public favors, And Tennessee railroad expansion plans between Knoxville and Bristol. A piano dealer from Jonesboro and regional fruit bloom phenomena plus Symphyx sales, and a Johnson City court headline introduce this Ragerville Herald page.
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