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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1891
Page
2
A compact column rounds up regional items from Knoxville to Nashville, noting political moves, court and university appointments, railroad matters, and local personalities. Highlights include troop movements toward letters of praise, a death notice, and a controversial manslaughter case verdict.
The Unaka and Nolachucky Railroad promoters led by C. G. Rankin and N. B. Johnson visited Johnson City to present a proposal. They seek local support and a $50,000 county subscription, with Embreeville Iron Company pledging $25,000 and private subscriptions adding $50,000. The railroad would connect Paint Rock to Embreeville and link with the Knoxville and Northeast near Newport, shortening the route to Asheville and tapping rich ore beds and timber along the Unaka range. A county election to raise funds and a joint council Board of Trade committee were set to pursue action.
In Nasayie Texe Jan 10 a Maxwell House crowd discusses Gov elect John P Buchanan central in a dinner party scene. Brents presses for an interview. Buchanan scolds him, calling a Times writer an infamous sin. Johnson City reports Mossy Creek zinc mine rumors and a proposed Johnson City law court bill advancing in the Senate.
One and a half million pounds of freight handled at the Buss Pondaroe Virginia and Georgia rail road depot on Monday the 12th with Johnson City receiving 1202 981 pounds and the E T and W N C railroad 286 080 pounds. Freight city collections totaled 2280 24 dollars and 228 98 from the B T and W N C. Shipped freight reached 271 959 pounds. Weather delays hinder the Johnson City and Carolina railroad as the track lies five miles out. a river crossing will be reached after another week of good weather delaying the iron bridge about thirty days. Hotel Carnegie plastering nears completion with carpenters finishing the first floor by March 1 and readying rooms with carpets furniture and silverware. Dr D J Shaver of Baltimore plans to settle in Johnson City with an Eagle Building office on Main Street and begins practice after postgraduate surgery studies and four years in a Baltimore hospital.
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