The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-03-07
Hooking and 0hio's Conquest il
the South,

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the South.
GOSHEN BRIDGE, Va, March 5.
EDlroR ENrINEL:-The Hook
ing couuly people who have re
Gently located in Old Virginia,
are we'll pleased with their new
field of labor. and are hugely en-
ljoying the bracing air OF the
mountains and the clear spark
ling waiers9I the health giving
springs OF SRockbriige county.
1t tnlay sssuntl Strange loannonpre
hat spring water is nsed entirely
as a beverage by !he Ilpcklng
oourty colony, but this can lie
accounted for by the announce
ment ll,al local option prevails
in his community. and that we
have not yet gotten ION to HE
ropes Of The monnsbine still.
However Prof Gage tells us pr
val, ", that he has struck a lead
and expects 10 make important
discoveries soon.
The many readers at he
SENTINEL are no doubt aware OF
OH mission to he mountains OF
picturesque Rnckbri!.e county.
and know that we came to PM
ii.e into one Of the largest iron
plants Of The South. The plan!
Is am immense one. and The Ohio
people have commenced 10 stir
!h'ngs, and expect te have Vic
inrIa fnrua e III blast by the latte,
part of Alril. The plant co,i
ncarly one million and half
dollars. 1t was built by English
capitalists OF London who oIer-
a,ed il only sixteen months and
during HAT time made two
nlas's, which we're not a success
financially. Since that time The
plant has remained ld.e. Tie
works are handsome, being sub
slanllalIy built of brick and iron
with splendid appliances for
making iron on lie modern sis-
TEN. The furnace slack Is S5 f;
high with 20 it. bnsh, and has 8
immense bias, engines and Ii
sleol boilers, 81 fee III diameter
hy 50 feet IN length, while the
boiler stack Of iron. is a hand. |
some piece of mechanism and
stands 225 feet hIsh. The plant
is lighted throughout with ele:
trici!y. 4 machine shop. fnnn-
dry and round house for locomo-
,iyes are on the furnace grounds.
and are operated in connection,
with The furnace. No expense
seems 10 have been spared in tie
equipment Of file i,lahl. They |
hni!i go substantial honses for
their earp5nycsS some Of which
are handsome ones; and operate
two large stores, one at mines
and one at furnace.
Sixteen miles ol railroad is op
Grated in connection with the
furnace, equipped with i loco
natives ard substantial rolling
stock. Will, which is haniled ores
and limestone mined Oh furnace
lands The zeal estate consists
Of 1900 acres OF land, Oh which
are two splen.iId straias of ore
from which The furnace is run
exclusively. The lail,oad con=
neciing with lIe Chesapeake "
OHIO Road u. tbs point, is The
public conveyance 10 Two Of the
celebrated watering places oi
Rockbridge county and consi'l
cradle passenger ,railic Is carried
on in ,he summer season. The
springs reached by the Victoria
road are The Cold Sulphur and
the Rockbridge Alum Springs,
the latter Of which will his seas
OH accommodate 1870 .IIess.
The ONO people WHO have
been selected for the n"nage-
ment Of illIs plant By he Mrssrs.
L Ei,amterlain. Wheeler & Co., o,
Columbus, are Mr.. A. M.goon OF
Logan. general superintendent;
Edward Orton, Jr.. OF Columbus.
chemist and ioGndryman; g. ID
Brown. of Gore, superintendent
OF mines; JAS. II. DllIey. Of Cam
bridge, superintendent of stores,
a assisted by VIM. Davidson, OF
South Point. and NJ. Walters, OF
Go,e Mr. James Wheeler Gi
GAINESVILLE. is namel us chief ac-
C ,uniant in charge of Offices.
Prof. George Gage of Logan, is
handling The bell rope and shovel
on a locomotive running from
Goshen Bridge 10 Victoria IL ues.
and Is getting the hang of ti.inss
10 taking the ihrui-
lie OF al engine s0on. The Pro-
fessor is very popular Oh his run.
and has been dubbed Captain b,
the VirgihianS, especially ,ho-e
or African descent, who iIviiZe
him as de tuuliy man from de
narf'
Il ,cIbridge county is noted for
IFS line mountain scenery ard lis
splendid summer resorts and /.
,e;,Ilhful climate. The noun
ain scenery is particularly grand.
Ellioit's Kl.nb The hi.hes, poii.l
in Virginia. looms up grandiy
.bove everything of The nouns !
am kind ana can be seen for
many miles distah'. while from {
he grand and lowering Moth
i. TDtains OF The i!,f giinies
an be seen Tie great Blue Rios 3.
anee 50 miles distant. Th" ;
Willie Roc. WonnIaIns, seen On !
he run from ,ficioria EIines to
Goshen Bridge, w''h the after
,oon sun shining Oh their lofty
ides of perpendicular w..'ieress
present TO the eye oi ine ira>. Ter
me massive sheet of shining siI
.er, nearly mile in length j
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