Second Edition 15th Thousand 1904 A Pictorial Review of the City Price 50 Cents Copyrighted 1903 PROGRESSIVE RNOXVILLE GENERAL HENRY L. KNOX For whom KnoxviUe and Knox County were named. Major-General Revolutionary War, First Secretary of War, under President Geo. Washington, 1790 to 1798, =1Q04 A PICTORIAL REVIEW or THE CITY ^ F*RICE, RIRTY CEINXS Published by KUSSELL HARRISON. Assisted by U. V. REDPATH. Copyrighted 1903, by Russell Harrison. THE LIBl some that it is better to be born poor than rich, and the reaj^ons given will again apply to communities as well as to indi- Si viduals. By way of illustrating the latter point, let us take the State of Alassachusetts. The Puritans landed on a rock, and later on found that Massachusetts was pretty much all rock. Barren prospects developed the resourceful Yankee, and the old Bay State became covered with manufacturing plants where were assembled all the products of more favored states and made up into articles which we must -have — and the descendants of the old Puritans waxed rich. When the Creator completed this earth for its people He pigeon-holed a lot of gilt-edged securities in that section now embraced by some thirty counties of East Tennessee, put on a time lock, and Knoxville's destiny was to find the com- bination, open the vault and disclose the treasures. When in need of anything she leisurely removed a portion of the treasury, sent it to the aforesaid Yankee for a consideration, which sup])lied present needs, and she got along comfortably, to be sure ! .-\nd what were those treasures? Chiefly they were CoAi.. Iron. TimbKR, M.^R^.I.E. Copper, Zinc. BarvT.\, Lead, Slate, and a long list of other minerals, located in scores of places undeveloped because inaccessible. The Yankee took these things and converted them into other shapes, such as furniture, agricultural implements, tools of all sorts, steel bridges, etc., and convinced us of the necessity of them, and we took them at their prices! .■\ comljination of events, such as war's desolations, advent of railroads, a baptism of commercial enterprise, aroused pride, and a quickened appreciation of environment and opportunity caused Knoxville, which had grown to importance in s])ite of herself, to shake off her moss and become a giant of the mountains in truth and a leader in southern progress. In the exercise of her new strength and activity she is reaching o_it and taking some of those Yankees by the scruffs of their necks and bringing them and their factories to her territory anj making them her willing subjects. Old JNlassachusetts her- self has contributed to Knoxville next to the largest cotton mill in the South. Her practically inexhaustible treasury of raw products is being increasingly drawn upon, and the proportion manufac- tured at hotne is correspondingly growdng. Some fifteen factories ship their furniture to all portions of the globe. The same may be said of our oak extract, cotton, marble, and woolen products; and our manufactured iron has a growing trade in twenty-one states. Our wagons and carriages, brick, tinware, trunks and liags, suspenders, soap, coffins, clothing and knit goods of all kinds, paper and pine boxes, bed canopies, coke and by-products, fertilizers, flour and meal, warm air furnaces, iron and brass foundry products, photo-engraving. di>tilled products (of course), patent medicines, cars of all kinds, carbonated drinks, confectionery, cigars, chewing gum, bakers' products, mattresses, beer, steam boilers, and so on, work territories of from six to twenty-four states. In short, Knoxville is the metropolis and center of the division of East Tennessee, and possesses these advantages: Two of the largest and strongest competing railway systems of the South, the Louisville & Nashville and the Southern, and their branches which permeate our mountains of timber and minerals and our valleys of fruit, stock and agricultural products A navi.gable river which, with twelve other rivers and mountain streams, furnishes a system of transportation to her door which supplements the railroads and holds excessive freight rates in check. The third largest jobbing trade in the South. The LTni\ersity of Tennessee and the Summer School of the South. A superb public school system and a number of private institutes of art and learning. Nearly 200 miles of pike roads leading out of the city. Absolutely no better and purer water is furnished any city. A fine street car system. Churches of every denomination — nearly. An altitude of 1,000 feet above sea level. An all-year-round climate for laVjor. A health-giving atmosphere, loaded with mountain freshness and ozone. About 60,000 of as hospitable people as you can find on the globe. GAY STREET, INTERSECTION OF CLINCH AVENUE, ON A BUSY DAY. i y. ■f. O 2; X . ^ H o "^ H- « W W in < a o w w o o 2 "i > z w > GROUP OF CITY BRIDGES. K-EICO. HIGHLAND AVENUE. WEST CLINCH AVENUE LAUREL AVENUE. i<^ ki^H\T KE-CO. WASHINGTON AVENUE. NORTH FIFTH AVENUE. NORTH FOURTH AVENUE. GROUP OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. uz y^ m y. v:i o y ^ 2: i- o o p^ IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GROUNDS. SECTIONAL VIEW UXIVERSITY OF TEXXESSEE FARM AXD AGRICULTURAL EXPERLMEXT STATION. M M !,i 1 ff IN THE GROUNDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH, JUNE, 1903. < CO K l-t r o o C) o ffi C/J u >-. rn rr n 1-1 W -o ^ rt K tjj ^ -o w M o < w cq rr; ^^ TENNESSEE DEAi' AND DUMB SCHOOL. KXOXVILLE COLLEGE — LEADING INSTITUTION IN EAST TENNESSEE FOR COLORED YOUTH. Elnathan Hall, for young women. 7. Greenhouse. Recitation Hall. 8. Dairy Building. JVIcCulloch Hall, for young men. Wallace Hall — Teachers' Home and Literary Society Halls. Professor's Residence. President's House. 9. Mechanical Building. 10. Barn, with silo. 11. Heating Plant. 12. McDill Home, for girls. ' WOODSIDE," ONE OF THK NEW P.L'ILDINC^.S OF THE EASTERN HOSPITAL FOR INSANE AT LYON'S VIEW. NEW BUILDING. CENTRAL Y, M. C. A., CORNER COMMERCE AVENUE AND STATE STREET. 2 2 © •-8 BROADWAY AND KINGSTON PIKES. SEVIERVUXE PIKE. WOODLAWX PIKE. AIARYVILEE PIKE. >'. O z. 'J i X < - 5?; H -t 2: ■ / 'A 'f. u- ■*■ ST. JONH'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Pn,GRIA[ CONGREGATION. \L CHIRCI FIRST M. E. CHURCH. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. CHURCH STREET M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH. SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. (Catholic.) Library. Dining Room. Sitting Room. RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE W. CALLAHAN, AT DANTE. FARM RESIDENCE OF MR. GEORGE W. CALLAHAN, AT DANTE, FIVE MILES NORTH OF KNOXVILLE. RESIDENCE. CkoUXDS AND PASTURE ON FARM OF MR. GEiJRGE \V. CALLAHAN AT DANTE, FIVE MIEE;S NORTH OF KNOXVILLE. SECTIONAL VIEW OF - lULEHOUR," THE 1200-ACRE ESTATE OF MR. JAMES P. .McDONALU, FOUR MILES EAST OF KNOXVILLE. 'IDLEHOUR," RESIDENCE OF MR. JAMES F. .\lcDOi\ALD, ON HIS i_'oo-ACRE ESTATE, FOUR MILES EAST OF KNOXVILLE. '■>; ; ■«»,•* SCENES AT •■ JDLEHOUR," THE 1200-ACRE FANCY STOCK FARM OF aIR. JAMES P. rMcDONALD. FOUR MILES EAST OF KNOXVILLE. Thnrouglibrt'd Durham and ntlicr fancy cattle. Herd of sheep, imported in 1902 from the Imperial herds of His Herd of young mules Majesty the King of England. PINE CREST," RESIDENCE OF MR. WM. T. LANG, AGENT OF THE BROOKSIDE MILLS. ■WESTWOOD," RESIDENCE OF MR. J. E. LUTZ, KINGSTON PIKE. n « S^ y. '_H sc fc o x-> u; H '— ' 5r ^ Oi fcl o O X ■ o i - c Z < = X 2 H ~ y, a 2^ MAIN SALESROOM GAUT-OGDEN CO., Stationers, Printers and Blank Book Makers. " Anything for Any Office." c o — r: =• ^ ov s: c; o .::; tr, > O .1 O c ■3; « a: s^ < Q O t^ j3 W g _!; g H e: <-. g »4 r^ cfi = CIh S u- pn o K ^ -^ _y 7; ^^- u 1^ i> « ^■ m ffl u: n W- ^ 'J) -f ►J '0 a: "E < I 13 ^ K ■^ ^ ^ ^ < d -1 3: w •■^ ►4 ^ rt 1 I y= t) PL, o o "^ "^7i o) y. nJ o ■"- '^ rX a. ^ r\ Uh CI. > f ) o '/ m rt C' r/-( 'Z^ >', o -r -r; H CC O V3 s rt c ex. t/J w ' ') < o D« gP^H r- re (Tl <5 o '3 s- O I- Gtf re •O c re o3 i c Z K c re re O ^ 0/ J= ^ ■ Cm (J o ^ ^ t o PETER KERN COMPANY. Interior Retail Room and Ice Cream Parlors. PETER KERN COMPANY. Interior Mixing and Moulding Room. Bread Bakery. Daily capacity, jo.ooo loaves bread. CHAPMAN. WlllTl-:. LYONS CO. (INC.). WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. 214 GAY STREET. Warehouses. Jackson .Avenue and Coninierce Avenue. Interior Second Floor Gay Street Salesroom. CIIAI'.MAX, WlllTK. LVcXS CO. (Inc.). \VII()L1{SALK DKLCGISTS. Interior main sak-^rooin. tir- if INTERIOR KUHL.MAX'S BIG CL'T RATli IJRL'G STURH, 301 UA\ ST. Docs the largest General and Prescription Business. Largest Fountain in the South. Headquarters for all things new in Drugs and Sundries. y. H w 2: o o X UJ - X One of till" largest cotton niilN in the Sontli. When completed, its e(|nipnient will consist of 90.000 spindles and _'.(X)0 looms. KXTEKIOR r.OILKR liOLSI'., TUl'. BKO( )KSII)I'. MILLS. {(|iiilipfcl with Continental lloilcrs, witii Morison Corrugated Fiu'naces. IXTlCRloH IU)ILI{K ROOM, THE I'.ROOKSIDE MILLS. L,(|uipped with Continental P.oiU'r>. witli Morison Corrngatcd Furnaces. IX'n'lRliiK BOILKK Ri )()M, Till': HRCJOKSIUE AIIIJ.S. 1-V|ui|)|ied wilh Cuntiiu-ntal Boilers, with Moris'ii Curriigntcd Furnaces. C. v.. ATKIX'S MANTKI. FACTuRV. KiXU.W^lLLE, TENN. TliL- outpm uf this factory ;iiul llic one on the opposite page is far in excess of any other mantel fartory in the U. S. ■^'^ O' ,V*?^Q'»'^ "^ 1 1 r , - f- f 5 , •^ ( ' t f » ► '- f t r J315 ?ir f. p.. ATKIX'S MANTEL l-ACTOin' AT OAKWtJUD. A resi(li'nii;il ami niamifacturing siiliurli of KnoNxillf. Tenn. '-•laestxmmmM^ S, f ,1. •: J si r^ y. ' ^r. n z-^i y o X p — ■f. o ?;| O *^ 'Ti ^ ^" o° p i* -> o 5 ^ V Q-S-= J:i ^, ' — <■>-= — o ^ "Z .-; ^ tr, - — > X 2; ^'■c :2; g t^s's Ll; c_, ^ — f^ ^ ^' . o --5 ^ ^^ . -r" :> "-1 ^ '^ o SHOPS UF Till-: SOL'TUl-.KX RAILWAY. LOCATLil) AT l.(i.\Sl)Al.|-. TWO .\ilLl::S NORTH VV KNOW ILLli. Din- of the largest and iiKist coni])ktc' sliup-. uf tlu- system. Employing 1,200 men. PL.AXT OF KN'OXVILLF, IROX CO-MPAXY. PLANT OF THE PROCTOR FURNITURE COMPANY. Manutaclurcrs of Bed Room Suites. Lounges, Couches and Parlor Suites. Located in Sterchi's Addition, oi: Lonsdale car line. PLANT OF SOUTHERN OAK EXTRACT COMPANY. Manufacturers of Wood and Bark Extracts. I'LANT t)F COMMERCIAL MININC, AND MILLING CO.MPANV. Corner (lecirKe Street and Southern Railway. Manufacturers of liigli-grade Barytes. Mines in Cocke and Monroe Counties. Ofifice. ,304 and 30(1 Empire Building, Knoxville, Tenn. w- ■jMat PLANT AND YARDS OF CHA\'ANNES LL^MBER CO. K. & I), RiiKvay aiul Oldham Street. Manufacturers and Dealers in House Finishing;, and Luniljcr. ■"'WjCfy u'- FLANT OK MUKPHY & CO.. Manufacuirers of Sasli. Doors, Blinds, and Dealers in Lumber. Main Office and Yards, Cor. Gay Street and Front Avenue. Brancli Office and Yards, Cor. Lanier and Soutliern Railway. PLANT OF THE KNOXVILLE BRICK COMPANY, POWELL STATION, EIGHT .MH.RS FKO.M KNOXVILLE. Manufacturers of Common Brick, and Red, Grey and Buff Pressed. Offices, 107-109 Empire Building, Knoxville. PLANT OF THE SOUTH KNOXVILLE .MACADAM COMPANY. (Owned by Dr. T. ap R. Jones.) Manufactnrers of all kinds of Macadam and Screenings. LINCOLN PARK SCENE, AND THE EPSOM, LITHIA AND CHALYBEATE MINERAL SPRINGS. c < Oh tL, Ci O Q Z . < ^ '* o o u r/l g il! ° 5 m ',t -^ H E t- o Vi . .& < •-ii ..CtCii'^ 505 and 507 Jackson Avenue. a I 50Q Jackson Avenue. C. M. AlcCLUNG & CO. Jobbers of Hardware, .Mill Supplies. Stoves, Tinware. Floor space more ibau loa.ooo square feet. 501 aiul 50,? Jackson Avenue. View of Sample Room. C. M. McCLUNG ^: CO. Jobbers of Hardware, Vehicles and Kindred Lines. Twice the largest hardware house in Hast Tcnne>sce. ISLAND HOME FARM. TWO MILES EAST OF KXOXVILLE, ON TME Ti;x XP