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In 1878 the consolidated company entered into litigation with Capt. Raht, the superintendent, which caused a stoppage of operations, and since that time but little has been done by any of the companies. The property of the consolidated company was purchased during the latter part of 1884 by a company from New York, who has not yet put it into operation.
The flour-milling industry of Tennessee in 1880 ranked above all other industrial enterprises both in the amount of capital invested and in the value of its products. At that time there were 990 flour and grist- mill establishments in the State having an aggregate capital of $3.595,- 585, and putting out annually products to the amount of $10,784.504. These amounts were slightly exceeded by one other Southern State, Virginia, but the growth of this business in Tennessee during the past six years has made her the leading milling State of the South. Although no other industry is so thoroughly distributed over the State, Nashville is the flour-milling center of Tennessee. The growth of the business in that city during the past ten years has been wonderfully rapid. In that
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time the four leading mills have been built, and the production raised from 500 to 1,800 barrels per day, while the capital invested has increased from $100,000 to $600,000. The amount of wheat used annually by these mills reaches 2,340,000 bushels, of which a large portion is grown in Tennessee.
Besides Davidson County . there were in 1SS0 five counties in the State the value of whose mill products amounted to over $300,000 each. They were Knox. with a production of $444,617; Henry, $365,372; Bed- ford, $359,208; Maury, $314,067, and Williamson, $301,270.
Among the first settlers of Tennessee, Indian corn was used exclu- sively for bread. This was due to the small amount of labor re- quired in its cultivation, and to the ease with which it could be prepared for use. Previous to the erection of the first rude mill, the only machin- ery used in the preparation of corn for hominy or meal was the mortar and pestle, the former usually consisting of the stump of a tree hollowed out for that purpose. The first mill erected in Tennessee was built be- fore 1775 on Buffalo Creek, in Carter County, and belonged to Baptist McNabb. At about the same time another mill was built by Matthew Talbot on Gap Creek. The first mill west of the Cumberland Mountains was a corn-mill and hominy-pounder built at Eaton's Station in 1782; a dam was made across the small creek which empties into the Cumber- land at the foot of the high land on which the station was located, and by the construction of a race by the side of the branch, sufficient fall of wa- ter was obtained to turn a pair of rudely cut stones. The hominy-pounder was an extremely primitive piece of machinery. "A trough was made twelve feet long and placed upon a pivot, or balance, and was so dug out that by letting the water run in at one end of the trough, it would fill up so as to overcome the equipoise, when one end would descend, and, the wa- ter rushing out, the trough would return to its equilibrium, coming down at the other end with considerable force, when a pestle or hammer was made to strike with force sufficient to crack the grains of corn." This process proving too slow a Mr. Cartwright constructed a wheel upon which was fastened a number of cow's horns in such a way that as each horn was filled by water its weight turned the wheel so that the next horn was presented to receive its supply, and thus the wheel was kept in constant revolution. To a crank was attached the apparatus for corn- cracking, and by the revolution of the wheel many little blows were made upon the corn placed in the mortar. This mill-seat, water-wheel and hominy-block was the property of James and Heyden Wells, the earliest millers in Middle Tennessee. * A little later Casper and his brother
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George Mansker erected a rival establishment within a mile of Mans- ker's station. Larger and better equipped mills were erected by Freder- ick Stump and John Buchanan. Stump's mill was on White's Creek and Buchanan's on Mill Creek, two miles south of Nashville. The many streams in all parts of the State afforded abundant water-power, and af- ter the beginning of the present century there was no lack of mills. Those on Red River were especially numerous, and had a wide reputa- tion for the good quality of their flour. Within the past few years the introduction of the more expensive roller-mills has had a tendency to drive out some of the smaller establishments, and the number of mills is decreasing somewhat.
The manufacture of cotton into various goods has long been an indus- try of considerable importance in Tennessee, but it has never attained the proportions which her natural advantages would justify. The rais- ing of cotton began to assume considerable proportions during the first decade of the present century. but its manufacture, except in a domestic way, was not attempted until a few years later. In a report of the cotton- mills of the United States in 1810, only one is mentioned in Tennessee, and that was a horse-mill. The Tennessee Gazetteer published in 1834. in enumerating the manufactories in the State, mentions two "spinning factories" at Knoxville and Paris, each, and one at Athens; two cotton factories at Murfreesboro and one at Franklin and Statesville, each. The last two are designated as "extensive." There was also a rope and bag- ging factory at Lebanon. In 1840 the number of cotton factories in the State had increased to thirty-eight, representing a capital of $463,240, and operating 16,813 spindles. Of the whole number twenty-five were in Middle Tennessee, eight in East Tennessee and five in the western division. The counties having more than $30,000 invested in this busi- ness were Wilson, $65,000; Williamson, $48,000: Lawrence. $47,000; Madison, $50,000 and Franklin $33,100. The census of 1860 reported thirty factories with 29,850 spindles and 243 looms, and representing a capital of $965,000. At this time Lawrence County stood first, having one- fifth of the whole number of factories, and more than one-fifth of the capital invested. Owing to the effects of the civil war the next decade shows a slight decrease in the number of factories and the quantity of the product. From 1870 to 1880 quite a large amount of new capital was invested in cotton manufacturing, but the greatest increase has been within the past five years. In that time the business has increased about 130 per cent. The largest factory in the State, and perhaps in the South, is operated by the Tennessee Manufacturing Company at Nashville. They have over $1,000,000 invested; run 850 looms and 30,000 spindles, and
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turn out products to the amount of nearly $1,000,000 annually. The goods manufactured consist principally of sheetings, shirtings, grain bags and cotton plaids. Nashville has two other factories, both of which were established in 1881, and represent a combined capital of $340,000. Their production consists largely of carpet warps, twines and rope. The Columbia Cotton-mills, established in 1884, operate 6,500 spindles and 174 looms, and manufacture sheeting, bags and yarn. The Pioneer Mill at Mount Verd, MeMinn County, put into operation in 18S1 at an outlay of $200,000, runs 5,272 spindles and 132 looms. The Trenton Manu- facturing Company organized in 1884, with a capital stock of $60,000, use 3,200 spindles and 100 looms in the manufacture of white goods. The
Brookside Cotton-mills, of Knoxville, began operations in March, 1SS6, employing 200 hands. Other factories of less capacity have been erected since the beginning of this decade, but the above are sufficient to illus- trate the rapid growth of this industry. With the advantage of abun- dant water-power, cheap fuel, and close proximity to the raw material, it is only a question of time when Tennessee will rival, if not excel, New Eng- land in the manufacture of cotton goods.
The capital invested in the manufacture of woolen goods is less than one-half that represented by the cotton factories, but it is distributed among a much greater number of establishments, many of which are of small capacity and run only a portion of the year. The woolen-mills of the State, as reported in 1880, numbered 106, representing an aggregate investment of $418,464. The annual productions are val- ued at $620,724, and consisted principally of the following goods: Jeans, 644,036 yards; linsey, 94,493 yards; satinets, 23,300 yards; flan- nels, 18,450 yards; cloths, cassimeres and similar goods, 8,440 yards; blankets, 2,387 yards; tweeds, 3,000 yards, and shawls 1,000 yards. There was also one establishment engaged in the manufacture of mixed tex- tiles, having a capital of $35,000, and producing goods to the value of $79,000 annually. Since the beginning of this decade the manufacture of woolen goods has more than doubled, several of the largest factories in the State having been put into operation within the last four years. "The Nashville Woolen Mill Company, with a capital of $78,000, began business in 1882. They employ 100 operatives, who turn out products to the amount of $150,000. The Jackson Woolen Manufacturing Com- pany, having an invested capital of $50,000, began business in 1884, and operate forty-seven looms. The Knoxville Mills, which began busi- ness in 1885 with a capital of $180,000, operates 104 looms.
Previous to 1880 the largest woolen-mill in the State was the one at Tullahoma, which represents a capital of $90,000, and runs eighty-five
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looms. Previous to the war the business consisted almost exclusively in wool-carding, which was carried on by small establishments involving an outlay of only a few hundred, or at most a few thousand dollars. The following is a list of these "carding machines," as reported in the census of 1840. It is evidently incomplete:
Number.
Capital Invested.
Value of Products.
Wilson.
6
$3,750
$6,000
Sumner
5
4,650
2,050
Rutherford
5
6,000
3,400
Jefferson.
3
1,200
360
Grainger
3
1,500
700
Hawkins.
1
2,000
Coffee .
1
4,000
1,000
McNairy
1
1,400
30
Knox.
1
800
450
Dickson.
1
300
300
Totals
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$25,600
$14,290
In 1860 the number of these establishments had increased to sixty- nine, and the capital invested to SS2,300. During the year previous they carded 460,665 pounds of wool, making 460,000 pounds of rolls, valued at $219,772. At that time Tennessee had over one-third of this business in the Southern States. and was excelled by only three States in the Union. The only mill reported which contained a loom was located in Sumner County. This mill used 10,000 pounds of wool and manufact- ured 18,000 yards of cloth.
Fifty years ago gunpowder was manufactured in a small way in many of the counties of this State. The capital invested amounted to but little, and the product was correspondingly small. Of these estab- lishments, in 1840, Claiborne and Overton Counties had two each, and Campbell, Carter, Jefferson, Sullivan, Giles and Warren one each. The capital represented ranged from $25 to $900, and the product from 160 to 6,000 pounds, the aggregate production reaching 10,333 pounds. About 1845 the Sycamore Manufacturing Company located in Cheatham County, erected a large mill for the manufacture of gunpowder, which they continued to operate until the war. At the close of hostili- ties the company was organized under a charter, with a capital of $100,- 000, which has since been increased to $300,000. In 1874 the entire machinery of the Confederate Powder Works, at Augusta, Ga., were purchased by the company, and the capacity of their mills was increased to 100,000 kegs of powder per year.
The manufacture of paper was begun in Tennessee at a comparatively early date, and has been continued by one or more mills to the present time. One of the first establishments of this kind was erected at Paper-
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ville, a little village on a branch of the Holston River, in Sullivan Coun- ty. In 1840 the number of paper-mills in the State was six, located one in each of the following counties: Grainger, Knox, McMinn, Sullivan, Davidson and Sumner. They represented an aggregate capital of $103,- 000, and their annual products were valued at $60.000. In 1860 the number of mills had decreased to two, and the amount of capital invested to $28,000. Their annual product was 200,000 pounds of paper, valued at $14,500. 1
The manufacture of leather and boots and shoes is a pioneer in- dustry. Among the early settlers nearly every farmer had a vat, or more frequently merely a trough, in which was tanned the leather to make the boots and shoes for his household. Later numerous small tanneries were erected, which endeavored only to supply the local demand. In 1840 there were 454 of these establishments, of which East Tennessee had 225; Middle Tennessee, 164; and the western division, 65. The entire capital invested in the business was $484,114, of which Middle Tennessee had a little more than one-half. The aggregate products were 133,547 sides of sole-leather, and 171,339 sides of uppers, of which Montgomery County produced nearly one-sixth. In 1860 the number of tanneries was reported at 265, with a capital of $851,780, and an annual production of leather to the value of $1.142,246. The estimated amount of capital invested in the making of boots and shoes was $214,- 512, and the productions were valued at $395,790. In 1870 the number of establishments engaged in the manufacture of leather was 396, repre- senting capital to the amount of $705,665, and turning out products to the value of $1,851,638. According to the census of 1880 there were 113 establishments engaged in the manufacture of curried leather, whose product amounted to $546,427, and 147 establishments manufacturing tanned leather to the amount of $1,504,660 during the year. The larg- est tannery in the State is located at Chattanooga, and is operated by Fayerweather & Ladew. The products from this establishment amount to little less than $1,000,000 per annum. Nashville has several tanner- ies, all of which do a good business. The Hall & Ordway Manufactur- ing Company are erecting an extensive establishment at that place to supply their factory, as well as to meet a large foreign demand. This firm operate the only shoe manufactory in the State, and are the pioneers in that business. The company was organized in November, 1SS5, and began business the first of the following January. They have a capacity of. 700 pairs of shoes per day, but already contemplate increasing it to 1,000. They employ from 100 to 350 hands. Their materials, except the findings and uppers, which come principally from Boston and New
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York, are obtained from Tennessee tanneries, and their trade is rapidly extending over the entire South. Their success in this business is a sure precursor of numerous other establishments of the kind, as Nashville al- ready has the largest boot and shoe trade of any city of its size in the United States. It is also said by experienced shoemen that Tennessee leather, on account of the superior quality of the bark and the purity of the water used in its manufacture, is superior to that of any other · State.
The manufacture of whisky in Tennessee dates back nearly to the advent of the first colonists. As early as 1785 Col. James Robertson, learning that the establishment of distilleries in the Cumberland settle- ments was under contemplation, secured the passage of an act by the Leg- islature of North Carolina, prohibiting the distillation of spirituous liq- nors in Davidson County. The prohibition, however, proved of but lim- ited duration, and there was soon considerable domestic manufacture and increased consumption. For the first fifty or sixty years of the present century, there was scarcely a county in the State that was not more or less extensively engaged in the manufacture of whisky. It was usually made in small distilleries with a capacity of thirty or forty gallons per day. In 1840 the number of distilleries reported in East Tennessee was 606, producing for that year 314,445 gallons of whisky. The counties producing the most were McMinn, Claiborne, Hawkins, Greene, Roane and Marion. The whole number of "still-houses" in Middle Tennessee was 668, and the number of gallons of whisky produced, 695,769. Lin- coln, Bedford, Davidson, Maury and Robertson produced the greatest quan- tities. The first named county had 87 distillers and manufactured 128, 180 gallons of whisky. This county and Robertson have long enjoyed the reputation of producing the best whisky in the State, if not in the United States. This is largely due to the fact that it is manufactured by men of long experience in the business, and the materials used are of superior quality. These two counties now produce a large part of the whisky made in the State. The largest distillery in Tennessee is that of Charles Nelson, near Greenbrier, in Robertson County. This establishment in the year 1885 produced 379,125 gallons, more than one-third the entire production for the State, and about $2 per cent of the production in Rob- ertson County. During the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1885, there were 90 registered grain distilleries in the State, of which 55 were in opera- tion, and 238 fruit distilleries-all in operation. The total revenue for the year paid by the former was $$02,515.74, and by the latter $73,- 849.55. The materials used by the grain distilleries were as follows: rye, 26,063 bushels; corn, 181,899 bushels; mill feed, 5,581 bushels;
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wheat, 49 bushels; and malt, 12,717 bushels. The following is the inter- nal revenue collected upon distilled liquors in Tennessee for each year from 1864 to 1885: 1864, $602,705.93; 1865, $1,605,263.41; 1866, $3,381,840.56; 1867, $3,349,459.91; 1868, $3,717,010.04; 1869, $1,255,- 781.12; 1870, $1,470,859.57; 1871, $874,221.65; 1872, $766,840.20; 1873, $644,480.76; 1874, $664,717.18; 1875, $861,645.28; 1876, $596,- 713.67; 1877, $897,181.73; 1878, $844,485.08; 1879, $908,924.44; 1880, $1,003,735.86; 1881, $1,146,763.64; 1882, $997,728; 1883, $1,173,890.29; 1884, $1,249,975.96; 1885, $1,057,189.43. The total tax collected for the twenty-one years amounts to $29,071,413.31.
The manufacture of cotton-seed oil is an industry of great impor- tance, both in the amount of capital invested and the value of the prod- ucts. Memphis is the center of this business, although there are sev- eral other towns which have extensive oil-mills. In that city there are eleven mills, but all are not run on full time. The magnitude of this branch of business is indicated by the fact that nearly $1,000,000 is annually paid out for cotton seed by the Memphis mills alone. It also gives employment to fully 600 hands, and affords to river and railway commerce nearly $350,000 in freight. The receipts of cotton seed in Memphis during 1885 were 58,000 tons, from which there was a yield of 45,000 barrels of oil, 22,000 tons of oil cake, 26,000 bales of regius and 200 tons of ashes. The last article is used in the manufacture of fer- tilizers.
A mill to manufacture oil from cotton seed was established in Jackson about seven years ago, and has grown to be one of the largest establishments of the kind in the State. It gives employment to about 150 hands, and runs day and night. In 1883 a company was organized to engage in the business at Trenton, and during the summer large build- ings were erected, into which was put the most improved machinery. When first put into operation, the mill consumed 750 bushels of cotton seed, making 500 gallons of oil and 9,000 pounds of meal or coke. Within the past year the capacity of the mill has been doubled.
Nashville has two mills, the first of which was built in 1868. Each consumes from 5,000 to 6,000 tons of cotton seed yearly. Their com- bined annual product is estimated at 400,000 gallons of oil and 2,100 tons of meal. The oil is used in the manufacture of soap and candles, and in the adulteration of lard and other oils. It is also said to be used to some extent in the manufacture of oleomargarine. The growth of the manufacturing interest of the State since 1850 is shown in the following table:
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Year.
No. Estab- lishments.
Capital Invested.
Hands Employed.
Wages Paid.
Value of Mater- ials.
Value of Produce.
1850
2,887
86.527,729
12,039
$2,247,492
$5,166.886
$9,725.60S
1860
2,572
14,426,261
12,528
3,370,687
9,416,514
17,987,225
1870.
5,317
15,595,295
19,412
5,390,630
19,657.027
34,362.636
1880 .
4,326
20,092,845
22,445
5,254.775
23.834,262
37.074,886
The agency which has been most effective in placing the vast natural resources and advantages of Tennessee before the world, and in inaugu- rating a better system of farming, is the Bureau of Agriculture, Statistics and Mines. established by act of the Legislature in December, 1871. With the limited appropriations granted to this bureau, not one-fifth as much as is expended for that purpose by some States of the Northwest. it has succeeded in the past ten years in bringing into the State millions of dollars of capital and thousands of families. The commissioners of this department have been men of untiring energy and practical busi- ness ability, and to them are largely due the results which have been ob- tained. J. B. Killebrew, the secretary of the bureau, and the first com- missioner, published numerous works on the agricultural and industrial interests. His work on the "Resources of Tennessee" is one of the most thorough and complete publications of the kind ever made. The work of the bureau under his administration proved very effective. A committee, appointed in 1879 to investigate its affairs, reported not less than 8,000 immigrants, and about $9,000,000 capital had been intro- duced into the State through its instrumentality. In 1881 the com- missioner reported that during the preceding two years there had been added not less than $5,600,000 to the wealth of the State, and 7,000 immigrants to its population. From 1881 to 1883 the bureau was under the direction of ex-Gov. Hawkins, and since that time the office of com- missioner has been filled by Maj. A. J. Mc Whirter, who is thoroughly alive to the interests of the State. In 1883 an exhibit of the natural resources and agricultural products of Tennessee was made at the South- ern Exposition, held at Louisville, Ky., and the Mechanics Institute Fair, held at Boston, Mass. A more extensive exhibit was made at the Industrial and Cotton Centennial of New Orleans in 1884-85, and also in the following year. The profits derived from these exhibits have been great and are manifested in the rapid development of the manufac- turing and mining interests of the State, as well as the increase in the number of farms. The population of Tennessee, as reported by the last census, was 1,542,359. It is now estimated by the best statisticians at 1,850,000, a gain of over 300,000, or 20 per cent in six years. The in- crease in wealth has been proportionately great.
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CHAPTER X.
STATE INSTITUTIONS-THE LOCATION OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS-FINAL ESTAB- LISHMENT OF THE CAPITAL-CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATE-HOUSE-DESCRIP- TION OF THE STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE-THE JACKSON STATUE-THE STATE LIBRARY-THE DEAF AND DUMB SCHOOL-THE TENNESSEE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND-THE TENNESSEE HOSPITAL FOR THE INSANE-THE STATE PENITEN- TIARY-THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY-THE MEDICAL SOCIETY-THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH-THE AGRICULTURAL BUREAU -- THE GRAND LODGES OF MASONS, ODD FELLOWS, KNIGHTS OF HONOR, UNITED ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CROSS, AMERICAN LEGION OF HONOR, KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR, ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN, ROYAL ARCANUM AND GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
P REVIOUS to the year 1843, the seat of government of the State had not been definitely fixed. The Territorial Assembly met in Knoxville, in 1794-95; also the Constitutional Convention in 1796. In 1807 the Legislature convened on September 21, at Kingston, but two days later adjourned to Knoxville. Nashville was the place of meeting in 1812, 1813, 1815; Knoxville again in 1817; then Murfreesboro, from 1819 to 1825, inclusive. The session of 1826 was held in Nashville, as have been all succeeding ones. Section 2 of the schedule to the constitu- tion of 1834 declared that the seat of government should be determined upon within the first week after the commencement of the session of the General Assembly in 1843. That body convened on Monday, October 1, of that year, and the first subject to engage its attention was the location of the capital. Almost every town in the State, having any pretension at all to eligibility or convenience of position, had its advocates. Thus the following places were successively voted upon: Woodbury, McMinn- ville, Franklin, Murfreesboro, Kingston, Lebanon, Columbia, Sparta, Gallatin. Clarksville, Shelbyville. Harrison, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Athens, Knoxville and Nashville. On Thursday, October 4, the Senate voted to locate the seat of government at Kingston, Roane County, and the House at Murfreesboro. But finally, on the Saturday following, Nashville was agreed upon by both houses, and became the capital of the State. This result is mainly attributable to the liberality of the town selected, the corporation having purchased Campbell's Hill, at a cost of $30,000 and donated it to the State as a site for the capitol building. An interesting ancedote is told in connection with this property. Many years previous, Judge Campbell had sold a cow and calf to a neighbor, who. subsequently determining to remove from the country, notified his cred-
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