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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1905
Page
3
A verbose local column lists residents visiting Knoxville and Chattanooga, family rounds, restaurant and hotel chatter, and upcoming events. It notes furniture and hardware promos, college plans for local youths, travel notices, and community milestones including a public dance at Hotel Carnegie and school entries. Multiple names, places, and dates appear in a bustling town chronicle.
W B Johnson plans a knitting factory in the Faw block on Market Street with several knitting machines installed. The plant will start operations in a few days producing high grade knit goods. Revival services continue at MB Church South led by Ray Groseclosa with Pastor Hoy Carico assisting. growing interest and numerous conversions noted.
The opening day drew good crowds as tenure lists and classroom assignments were issued by Superintendent Lowry. Teachers are placed across Science Hill and Columbus Powell with staff including J. H. Ponce and several named instructors for 7th through 9th grades, details noting multiple classes and assistants.
The corner stone of the new Episcopal church was laid Thursday afternoon with impressive ceremonies led by Dr Ringgold. After the examinations a reception followed hosted by the ladies of the church at the home of Mrs W W Harris in Carnegie.
The Union Railroad Co has set up a modern machine shop near the round house on the main line. It began operating Wednesday with skilled machinists and up-to-date equipment. Mrs. W. H. Crawford died after several weeks illness last Monday. She was about forty, a longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the church, with Rev. J. R. Herndon and Rev. J. Edmunds Brown officiating. Interment followed at Oak Hill cemetery. She leaves a husband, a sister, and three brothers.
A Connecticut Insurance Company is commended for promptly settling a barn loss from August 4. Wofford Bros. arranged local handling, Knoxville wired the adjustment, and payment arrived within ten days. The firm notes a customary one percent discount for cash and cites this as a rare quick settlement.
The 5 and W surveyors seek a steeper grade avoiding Kingsport via Limestone and Embreville to Erwin, challenging the Southern’s Johnson City Southern plan to Marion. Condemnation proceedings begin for Embreville rights of way while a contractor moves in with tools and men. Carter Thurais says East Tennessee routes are being surveyed to secure the best grade with fewest curves.
A report describes two completed routes across Tennessee and work on a third, with surveys planned for another. Officials expect to decide the route before Christmas, and discussions touch on including Johnson City. Correspondence from Clinchport Va notes railroad planning activity and tunnel preparations near Clinch Mountain with power supplied across the mountain. J P Morrison and crew have completed a camp on the riverbank and plan a larger camp at Carter's Ferry.
Abingdon reports fear of parallel lines and costly litigation giving way to a merger of Ryan S A L and McHarg V and S W interests. A Bristol observer predicts one road from Marion to Southwest Virginia coal fields owned by Tryon McHarg and Southern Railway, benefiting Bristol. Norfolk and Western likely to respond to offset anticipated traffic loss as a new shorter coal line boosts South Atlantic port shipments and South American routes via Panama Canal. Strong entities cited include Norfolk and Western, Southern Railway, and Tampa Bay? (Note: retain source entities as read. avoid adding unverified names.)
Semi official notice states Tennessee Central railroad will be leased for ninety nine years to the Southern Railway and the Illinois Central. Illinois Central to take over Hopkinsville branch while Southern will operate main line east from Nashville to Harriman Junction. Terminal company to control Nashville terminals with about twelve miles of track. The railroad is owned by St. Louis interests with many tied to Frisco operations.
The Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central seek southern patronage via the Tennessee Central line completed that year with heartland completions to Hopkinsville and Trinoix. The Confederate pension board in Nashville grants pensions to war widows for the first time under the new law, including those who married before 1870. second class widows receive no sons due to the statute.
Board prioritizes first class widows with about 240 applicants under review and funds. Of 174 first class applications, 164 were approved, with 72 East Tennessee soldiers granted pensions. Fourth and fifth class pensions awarded to listed individuals in Washington, Sullivan, Carter, and Hawkins counties, including Mrs Chase, Elifia Cook, Elizabeth Crassell, Rebecca Emmert, Martha Miller, and Mary Smith among others.
The article surveys claims for the world’s oldest living tree. It notes De Condolle’s century old estimates of 2500 and 4240 year yews at Fortingal and Hedsor, both still thriving. It mentions a Mexican botanist’s claim of a 1200 year Chapultepec tree based on annual rings, with a trunk circumference of 118 feet.
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