Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-02-19
CARNEGIE CITY.
PROMINENT MEN AT THE
HEAD OF THE ENTERPRISE.
A LIBERAL CHARTER GRANTED
A DenutifuIsite Observation-Disclosures
for n Thriving Cify-A Most Charm.
ing Summer Resort-Abundnn
Water Supply.

town which is to be built at Big
Spring, nineteen miles west Of Roam
oke on the Norfolk and Western
railroad.
The town is named in honor OF
Andrew Carnegie, the great Pennsyl-
vania iron-king, whose million dollar
free library at Pittsburg is to be
thrown open this week to the general
public, and it starts off under the most
favorable auspices.
The Pittsburg Development com.
pany, which is at the back OF the new
town, has received liberal charter
from the state, and the men who are
at the head of the enterprise are high.
ly prominent and throghly respon-
sible. The officers and board of di.
rectors have been elected for the
ensuing year.
They are: President and e1-of1cio
general manager, George &. McLane,
Carnegie City; 1-t vice president, Hon,
D. j. Turner, senator from the city OF
Norfolk, End vice. president, Hon. VIM.
H. Barclay, United States pension
agent of Pittsburg, Pa; secre-
tary and treasurer J. b. Levy,
president of the Citizens bank, Roam
oke City, Va.
The board of directors are George
B. McLane, president, Carnegie City;
j. b. Levy. president of the Citizens
bank, president of the Roanoke Con
struction company, Roanoke, Va ;
Hon. John W. Daniel, United States
senator from Virginia; w. J. Johnson,
president of the Citizens bank, OF
Richmond, Va; R. U. Derr, attorney
at law, Roanoke, Va; Hon. j. R.John-
son, state senator; from Montgomery
county; Hon. j. Hoge Tyler, lieuten-
ant governor Of Virginia; Hon. Geo
G. Junkin, judge of the court OF
Montgomery county; Hon. William H.
Barclay, United States pension agent,
Pittsburg, Pa. Judge George G.
Junkin, Christiansburg, Va, is solici
tor
The company has purchased 1,5U0
acres of beautiful ground lying on
either side and including a portion OF
the site of Big Spring, and propose to
proceed at once to its development
and settlement.
The new town possesses many ad-
vantageous elements, and there is
every reason why it should soon
become thriving city.
1t is situated at the foot OF the Allie
ghany mountains, 1852 feet above the
level of the sea, and is one of the most
charming summer resorts In all the
famous Southwest Virginia country
Three hotels are located there at
present, and are filled every summer
with guests drawn there by the
healthfulness and natural beauty OF
the place.
The name Big Spring, by which
the old town was known, was derived
from the immense mountain spring,
which furnishes thousands of gallons
OF the purest water.
A large lake stocked with carp and
other fish adds to the natural attract
lveness of the town, and combined
with its beautiful natural surround
ings makes it IL uever-failing sonrc.
Of delight to visitors from the low
,nds.
~ good part of the company's land
lies along the picturesque borders OF
the south fork of the Roanoke river.
and the residents of the entire section
are noted for their remarkable health
fulness. No doctor, it is declared, has
ever been able to make living among
them by the practice of his profession,
and mOsnuitOps and chills and malaria
ire unknown.
The property is also located in the
centre of exceedingly rich deposits OF
minerals, not only iron, but zinc
manganese, marble, limestone, and the
finest of building stone is to be found
in short distance, and negotiations
ire now pending for the establish
ment of plants for the development,
of these raw materials.
\ New York syndicate have pu
chased 1900 acres Of iron territory al
lie doors of Big Spring, and are now
perfecting arrangements for putting
up a plant to develop their property
The company intend to lay out d
portion of the property in lots for
buildings and store-houses, and spec.
ial sites along the river and railroad
will be reserved for manufacturers, to
whom the most liberal inducements
will be made. Another section will be
developed for its mineral wealth, and
the balance will be reserved.
The property is provided with al
abundant supply OF the best lnountalu
water, and arrangements are being
81, al 10 h inn la
thorough system of water-works. An
..lectric light plant will be put in to il
animate the city.
Roanoke has grown from Big Lick.
- village of u few hundred, to bns.
city of 1901, and with its numerous
natural advantages and enterprising
men at its back, there is no reason
why Carnegie City should not follow
where it has led.
With minerals right at ones door.
with manufacturing sites offered free.
with labor cheap, and climate and
soil unequaled respectively for health
md fertility, the tide Of immigration
That will flow into this section in the
next few years, DOW that the North
and West are beginning to
realize what favored spot
this is, will be unprecedented,
and Carnegie City will undoubtedly
receive her share Of the influx and
development.
1t was only the other day that q
shrewd observing Northern man re-
marked that there would be more
money made in the next few years
between Waynesboro, and Big Stone
G p than in any other section OF the
union, and the developments that are
taking place tend.to prove the truth
of the statement. -