The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-21
ROANOKE BUDGET.
An Additional subscription to the j. and
s.-A New Mineral Railroad.

An Additional subscription to the Il. and
s.-A New Mineral Railroad.
ROANOKE. Va. Jany. 2O.-' Special. The
excitiur tonic of discussion here ai present
is the proposition for a subscription by the
citr of an additional 100000 20 the Roanoke
and southern Railroad. and the propriety OF
tbe appropriation is being discussed pro et
con bv facila writers i'm the daily journals.
The discussion has developed thorough
familiarity with the subject on all sides, ana
while there has been an eXuberance OF VII
and GINNING rapartee ON both sides. the
apprOpriatiOn will be voted in February
and those who now contest the matter upon
purely technical grounds. VIII grasp each
others hands with The salutati0ns I'm so
glad you're glad"
The Craig Mineral Railroad, which may
hereafter be changed 90 some other hame'
will certainly and surely be constructed. III
will extend from Newcastle, craig county,
10 Eagle Rock. Roietourt county, where ~
will intersect the Chesapeake ana ONO
Railroad. Every share OF stock in The Craig
Comnsnv is owned by the Chesapeake and
Ohio Company, who have already expended
az 0O0 in lis development. The heaviest
work ON the entire line is that now Deing
dome ON the Eagle Mount section, where
only about two hundred hands are einpioytu'
one thousand men will be employed on the
work i'm the early spring, and the road VIII
nrobablv be completed by the first OF next
september. Three piers for the bridge over
lame. river have been completed. Inc tel-
minus Of this road Will be Roanoke as
Southern outlet Is essential, ana It's cohhec-
tion here can be no detrment 20 lhe hoahohc
ana Southern, whose natural connection Is
here. ,., a.. "A IA
Manly OF Iynchburg, while working al the
,cesf-end round house sunday, were pre-
cipitated 10 the ground, distance Oh aDou,
twenty feet. by the falling 0l scaHOiu; anu
sorio,ialv injured. The sufferers are III.
Ferlv RIGHT arm broken, chest bruised ana
internal Injuries; Wm. ii. Powell shoulder
dlslocated. and head and body bruised;
.John KdIondsOn, right arm broken anu
head and back injured. They were remove"
10 their homes, and medical attention lii sun
m0Hcd, ana are al uo'h5 "7 ""
Mr. ". q. Kodabaegh, Of Pennsylvania
.,.,,rad "a uOgitiOn In the pianlDg mil OF lhc
poonoke Machine Works on Wednesday
md saturday lost his left hand by having
II caught IN tho machinery. Ihysiciahs
amputated the band, aLg much sfHp"1ns
A. oppressed for the unfortunate young
man. ,,........ pouroed Com
sbinnod TO Poster Falls an
rca 90 ,irder for the bridge over New fiNer' at
,h"t o1 Soin,. which is the largest iron susIel-
',,e snq' eyey transported over that road. me
li,,or 1neasures 90 feet. abd he bridge VIII
-. sas tse, loug. aud viii require 70 cars ior
ms transportation, The same cgnPsS;n, yniPs;ns
have ordered from the EoaHoke N"en'he On ~,
Works fifteen fine passenger coasNeS' ~ ~
constructed at once. . noo,ored
Hungarian Immigrants anu denv FOR the
troo.,s'' nass through the city uany i'' Wv
coaltelds Ia tie southwest o.uo,,o Afa.
Tbe menthly pay-scll Of the Roanoke al,r nn' !
ch,ao Works Saturday Aggregated he"fi'
$50 DDy,