| Show NATURAL CAVES AS SEWERS H I much W weight figured In t brick null 1 III the roof of a rove itself under tho of f u II oily city f TM Tile i fa Anne ne some Olne sometimes times h by ot of Knox vii 1110 in who sire with Its under underground ground topography For Knoxville la a 1 city built over nver a 11 or of cave Otto oliO ot of which af afford ford tord 1 n ru nIng directly uw 1111 der the nit city north and south through It its center rune lit of the tall tallest I est t or of the principal hU ln I street Oil Ouy street beginning at Chil hll park parle to rho th northeast t and eel lag Ing lit et opening north of f the ec river near Cherokee 1 a of more thou six Ic There 1110 nt at to well swell openings or of tho cave III the tho basements ot of buildings us on lay 01 Ono One lit of these e I ly used ute for tor sewerage white while the tho other othI hf s barred with an Iron door to 10 prevent pO robbers Who wh could outer tho Ii c bit h tho Iho basement after attel malting their WilY way through the tho cave cac Older or of once Ime know sill 1111 about this cave CIVO and Its lahy passages leading front the tho uFe In livery carr curry Jag one underneath the ho of alone or of the taller buildings The Tho rap rapid id growth of the tho city III n recent yours cnn unit the bustle and nud hurry hurr ot of caused titan man to cease to h think ot of these e caves nail the danger they IhlY may threaten lit at any time Owners ot of pro properlY pert perlY naturally do II not want to 10 discuss tho rho cave cavo five fin HI ale and seven J Ah huva been beU erected on this I sisal hal hallow low root roof or and new lIew ore going up UJ In every purl or of the city yet et no one no to think that the tho huh crust or earth tool rock 1111 may one da day give WilY way under r its 1111 heavy burdens This Tho fact that ante 1 a thlu hover hll hap hall petted inspires the confidence lint It never will and It Is th 0 I a sub cub that thuI do loro care to III now std then are when whon tits Iho earth for tor 1 u along sonto lo ot of the principal streets Thle hR lice hop hap happened half a dozen lozon times in III th la I three years In all as man ninny different sec secs of the Ito cUr city Once or twIce the tho earths has In for II a dl depth ot of I 1 ur or Hi 16 feet usually near II a sewer pipe Workmen open the place and the cu cuIn cut ern In l Is then titled In with and reek nod no mare Is thought of It except b by th the people who wonder where the tho earth has hns gone and IIO now It Rut gut awa many For a of oO 0 feel or 01 more limn avenue directly II h hrent rent ot of list l satik Into feet It a far n nA ago agoA A fl fete weeks Ilter litter I a 11 big holl hole form Several times cd 01 on J avenue long Gay Oay Clinch cave Ins of size have been rc re repaired paired f at cost COlt to the city Yearl Years ago all as opening ot of c cc formed lit III the Others have tot In ht ether sections ot of Ihl the Ill city fears ngn lie hOH bos of the tOWI town rl explored rho Iho several catts about the city Thou Thon the were ere not nOl closed closel Now I 11 only IWI en entrances n trances ore are open to 10 the tho public and all fete If of their or orel existence el lence Under Ih the White house lol now I used I as 1 n hotel at the corner cornn o of Clay Ony street and nt Cumberland avenue Is III the rho long entrance of If lie math cave enve This hotel bui built before the Civi Civil war and It al One time 11 tho hotel In Several Mera pro ot of Ih filet and men Inen nl Thom John Johnsen have occupied the of lintel 10 Fens of liens knew that underneath the base meat ment lit Is 1 a big hole holl Ih the to 10 1 a III cave whop who pa alel run underneath I the Iho entire cl city of holo has hns IIa been used nut n a sewer Two blocks farther tarther north on nn I ay street IreI lit In tilt Iho b n lit the tho store oCI occupied by h n D Is another I M h the Iho cave rho ho owners o of the Ihl properly know lag Iho R of n n t brio 11 t cognizant of the fart that It extends under tho tha city and has 11 an opening op lt at Park and another south ot of the Iho ely city luau hall an 11 floor door COI constructed 10 lit ft H th the hl door I kept 1 or t nIl tJI to prevent rubbers from th Uso store which 11 Is all on Ih corner comer or of tho city and within a block of tho building I lour four years nJ age n a pary party of young youn mch headed by Horace FOlbe Forbes tun n I o of a man I to x s tho lh n rev eov revIs rr Ili fl u to II to which i iII II Is four tulles northeast ot of this tho city cilY ot at park Th lad 1111 scant hint hie CIO cate went under the tho el city and that It if the they kept kepl along the tho main luu IhlY they would como come out of If the hg el city 1 Ig tinder the 1111 river with pro matches lint anI punk hatchets Ind timid a rough map lt of the UIt case cao furnished hy by al an old citizen tote party entered to a cave cae early on one morning They traveled 11 all yf It on day 10 losing their way wn from frum the Illin pl passage toward the they M MW daylight head ot of them amt In I a afew few minutes they climbed out on Cher Cherok ok co bur bluff and a gave n a great reat hout when they realized that hint the they had mod tit th Iran under f the tho entire city Tho nt at atho clY tho ho time mo Ia gate accounts or of their perilous trip flint the tho entrance e to 10 these caves nm are known to criminals nud that the y Lave l been successfully use Y aleh In making molIA geed their ese of It lie IW law II is 1111 generally 1 h Inel since the tho of liar Hur I e the bandit after he hail broken Jail Jall and Ito tho July uly 16 of ft this yens of bt John Molher Melber son after Ill pe haul two men Ali 10 no clews clew to 10 either of th thI the thet thes s t r I S Sr r I et t bit mCI are to tM the lp 1 Ill hiss tI II nt nS and i both bolh men lure ture ot of f r 11 errs were and close Ih heat m I II eil ci limits li lion on lon r c 11 1 tt h II Jl Its lords t h UI the elt h del t s r ra raa raby s a I the t I le slot I pit hy by thoM whO neho 11 built I that Knoxville I Is t n ell nol di n it IQ au L |
