Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-29
The Lime KiIns in N,irreH d'1unty. Va:
From the Warren County Sentinel.
CONFLUENCE WORKS.

CONFLUENCE WORKS,
RIyERT0N, Warren 60 Va, July H. -
Messrs. Edtors--tientlcmen In accoriunv.
with my promise, you will lind below Il state
ment Of facts connects d with our business a:
lime burners.
Our H. finan Kiln WAS erected in 1870 vi
Il very large outlay tue patent right for the ell
tire State alone cost Sl2UV There are only
two lime kins of this kind in the United States
They have taken precedence Of all other kllls in
Europe, and are destined to do so in this cull,!-
try when their advantages in fuel saving, uni
tormity in burning and ease in manipulation sr.
better known +. E. hoffman, OF Berlin, OBJ
tanned the prize medal at the Universal Eyhibi.
ton OF Paris, in 1863, for his Invention over
cry other competitor. .
The capacity of our kiln is about 300 hArr,>
per day. or say 10000 per annum. We have
been unable to run the kiln to its fullest crps-
city, owing to the present Instantaneous way
Of delivering on railroad. The constructot. oi
the 5. " K. K. will soon overcome this d t'cU!-
ty, as we hope to soon load the cars at our WORKS
Cur trade has been steadily increasingly much
so that We have been obliged to decline entering
| into contracts with farmers east of the Ridge lor
thousands of bushels.
Our lime is % popular for mechanical purpo.e.
that we are engaged all the lime in shipping u
cities north and south Oft the Potomac. We sup
ply large quantities, however, to the farming
community, and this year we have most ia,":.
able reports of the benefits resulting 10 wheat
crops from liberal use OF lime.
We furnish employment to about thirty regU
lar hands. besides coopers and numerous wood
chopl crs AID haulers, who, with their families.
sub,st by the employ ment obtained through our
business. There are, also, number of men en-
gig in furnishing birre's material and all ale
paid cash rs we find this the most satisfactory
way to do business.
In relation to the proposed Gordon<vlle and
Chester Gap Railroad it may not be lnoppor-
lure To state that there is doubt but he build
ing OF thi: ry,ld would so increase the lime pre-
ducing interest Of this county as to make 1t u
source Of increased and increasing revenue -
the stockholders. (The limestone Of Warren is
more mex haustbe than the coal OF Hampshire.
This is not visionary idea, but strong pre-
sumptive evidence am, unling almost to positive
proof, from the fact hat one half of Whist we nj.
ready ship goes Viz Gordonsvlle to CharlNttc$-
Vile Lynchburg and Danville. on the one hand
and Richmond, Charlottesville and Raleigh, n
G., on the other. | have no hesitation in saying
that when the 6. IL g. q. K. II. brings Us u
miles nearer Gordonsvlle, our trade with the
above cities. and especially with Richmond. Will
he doubled. LIZ fact: it will take the entire pr
duce Of our present kiln TO go over the g. X G.
&. Il. X. to supply points divcrging f"m G'c-
dons, lille. Nor would this reduce the shipm"nt
over the W. c., '. NJ. Il &. s. r. K. and ). Y.
r. r. Eastern Virginia must have lime IoT her
vast agricultural interests, from the Pot u,ac u
the Rap'dan. inc uding such thriving places r.
Of permanent and most reliable fertilizer, wil.rt
has already worked like charm on inany %! her
fields.
Again, Washington city, Alrxan,iris. NJ.
folk, Port> mouth, Fredericksburg. Le->hutg,
Sc, (now large tonsumcrsJ will need increased
supplies, and this freight will be competed Tor
BY the two last named roads, ~ soon a% the
Washington and Ohio road connects will. the
S. Y. r. 4. The hauling of lime and other
tices going South would belong alone to tho q.
Il G. 6. +. 4. Along the latter road there w"ul
be good local trade for agriculture. lime
pecially in the Piedmont section. The bcuc!ts
Of these improvements will be inculcuabl" /,
tire State, especially the g. & G. &. K. K. We
can only guess at what they will do for his and
adjacent counties They will take sway the Va.
treasures of minerals so long hidden beneath
SOIL and pour into her lap lnijoFs of dollars IL
return; they will invite the surplus p pul~t'o'
of Europe to quarrics, ore beds, factories And
furnaces; they will bring the farmer h,u,
market and give him chance TO increase tnr
soils fertility and make impoverished lal!>
equal To those of Lancaster and Chester c"l'-
tics. Penn. where farms are worth Sl.U u $50
per acre; and last, but no. least they Will direct
our surplus products to our chief cities, wh.'e
welfare sc desire, like the Jew did his anci"..
Salem, May peace be within thy walls Mn
prosperity within thy palaces"
Very truly, yours,
RICHARD Mccoy.