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Mt VMM iw.m ' 'I Mil I. .! W r V THE QU EN CITY ITS ENVIRONMENT: The Best That Nature Could Provide, With Extensive and Varied Natural Resources and An Excellent Climate. ITS LOCATION: Right in the Center of the Great Middle South With railroad lines radiating to all parts of the country, shown on the accompanying map, giving the city exceptional advantages as a distributing point. AMONG ITS RESOURCES: , Inexhaustible veins of beautiful and durable M.ble; the great Coal fields of last Tennessee and Ken tucky steam Coal being delivered in Knoxville at $1.15 per ton; in the center of the largest Hardwood Timber belt in the country; on the edge of what is said, by leading mining engineers, to be one of the largest Red Iron Ore fields in the South, and near extensive deposits of Brown Ore, with Limestone, Water and Coke right at hand for the development of great iron manufacturing industries; fer tile Farm Lands; three rivers from which to develop Water Power for all purposes. n S S ! II I x j n i - s rc 1 1 ryr ' , mm xxfv h v j (r wi- r ry- ' s u Facts of Special Interest I. Excellent hanking facilities, with nine banks having $ I 2,000,000 on deposit, and an nual clearines of $81,294,643.84, an in crease of 300 per cent in 10 years. 2. The largest wholesale Clothing market between Virginia and the Gulf, the Mississippi and the Atlantic. 3. The largest Hardwood Mantel Market in the world, situ ated in the midst of the largest hardwood area in the United States. 4. Factories and Mills that turn out products to the value of $25,000,000 annually. 5. In the center of a great Coal region, and the operators of most of the mines have their offices here, making Knoxville the great Coal market of the South. 6. "The Marble City" built at the edge of the deposit of the famous Tennes see Marble. 7. A big Market House which is filled with all the varied products or rich Agri cultural and Live Stuck section, not surpassed by any in the country. Facts of Special Interest 8. Population 80.544. The center of a population or 300,000 within a radius of 50 miles. Greater density of population within 200 miles than is found in similar circle with any other Southern city as itt center Shows a greater increase in manufacturing than any city in the State. 10. Excellent opportunities for profitable investments In Real Estate, city, suburban, farm, mineral and timber lands. II. Is on the main lines of two big railway systems, and the termi nus of numerous branches, and on the Tennessee river, where steamboats add to shipping facilities. 12. 1,000 feet above sea level. Average annual temperature 57 degrees Sum- mer 74 degrees, Winter 40 degrees. Splendid health record. 13. Situated in the Valley of East Tennessee, Knoxville is on the edge of rich agri cultural lands. Fruit and berries of various kinds, as well as garden prod ucts, are here in abundance. 14. The finest city in tjhe world in which to locate and enter business. A A lVf A "R TT Knoxville leads e Middle South with A MILE OF JOBBING HOUSES, where the 1V1IVJVI1 1 various lines are well represented, doing a business of $50,000,000 annually; it leads other markets- in Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hardware, Clothing and other lines. COME TO KNOXVILLE! Come to make your home here, to engage in business, to buy goods. THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF KNOX VILLE extends a cordial invitation to merchants to visit this market and inspect the lines carried by its members, to learn their prices and their liberal terms. Buyers who are in need of goods in any line can get free tickets to Knoxville and return if they will request the Commercial Club to send them. Write today for an order for transportation". Address W. M. GOODMAN, Secretary THE COMMERCIAL CLUB, KNOXVILLE, TENN. tr
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