The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-24

For manufacturing, for Investment,
for residence, no other place in the
South offers advantages superior to
those of buchanan.
LOCATION.
Situated on the james river Just
whore it thrusts itself between the
Alleghanics and the Blue Ridge, Blu
chanan is both on the great highway
North and South through tho valley of
Virginia, and on the low grade route
from tho West to the sea down the
james. 1t is tho gateway to the album
dant and valuable iron ore deposits of
the Upper James and Craig, and is equi-
distant from the incxhaustiblc coal
fields of the New River and Flat Top.
with their seams Of rich coking and
other bituminous Goals. with line of
railroad to each, giving competing fuel.
1t is but 265 miles to the Ohio. and but
1875 to tidewatcr. 1t is but 40 miles fur
thcr from New York and Philadelphia
than PittSburg is, is 40 miles nearer
Baltimore, and 800 miles nearer the
great and growing markets of the South
than the nearest of the prominent manu-
featuring towns of the North
RAILROAD FACILITIES.
Two trunk lines, the Chesapeake and
Ohio and the Norfolk and Western
Shenandoah Valley railroad). run
through Buchanan; one East and West
from tide water TO the Ohio, and by its
connections to the Lake: and the other
North and South, with conncc lions with
tho Great Pennsylvania system north
ward and the main line OF the Norfolk
and Western and the East Tennessee.
Virginia and Georgia systems south
ward. The Baltimore and Ohio is with
In "a miles of Buchanan. and will, we
are assured, be built this distunco in
the very near future; while the Virginia
Western. which will connect the Balti-
moro and Ohio with the Louisville and
Nashville and the East Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and Georgia, has been surveyed
and located and Il considerable portion
OF the money for its construction condi-
tionally pledged. Tho completion of
these roads will make Buchanan one of
the most important railroad centcrs in
Virginia. The facilities for the as
scmbling OF raw materials and the dis
tribution OF product will be all that can
be asked. a steel railroad bridge
owned by the Central Land Company of
buchanan is under construction across
the James, giving equal railway facili-
ties to both sides of the river, Ample
track space for the four railroads has
btCH ItccFNtu.
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES.
level tract of 400 acres of land, lying
on both sides of the railroads, and on the
banks of the james as well, with lust
fall enough (25 fect) to give good drain
age, has been reserved for manufacture
ing purposes. Not only are selected
sites from this reservation offered free
to responsible parties locating manufac-
turing establishments at Buchanan. but
the Central Land Company of buchanan
is DESTROYS of investing in such estab-
lishmcnts as give promise Of success
buchanan has all the conditions for sue
cessful manufacturing, cheap fuel,
cheap and most excellent irons, album
dant timber in easy reach, and other
raw material, such as bark for tanning
sand and clay for bricks. sand for glass,
etc, at hand. Pipe works. papcr mills.
furniture and other wood working estaL-
lishmcnts, boot and shoe factories iron
and steel rolling mills, stove foundrics.
WOODEN and cotton mills, machine shops.
will find this the best location in the
South. The facilities for shipment of
products arc unsurpassed several
manufacturing establishments have
already been secured, and others are
considering the propriety of locating a
Buchanan. Every one OF these is new
works of tho most modern construction
and not an old works transplanted
Though buchanan has at present no
blast furnace it is we'll situated to Sc
cure cheaply supply OF the various
grades OF pig iron made in the State 1t
is but twenty-five miles from the Grocer
furnaces, thirty from the Princess, forty
from Low Moor and L0ngdale, and fifty
from Victoria, Lynchburg and ReuseIs.
These furnaces. all active, have ten
stacks. Buena Vista, Roanoke and
Salem. all near at hand, are building:
while Pulaski and Ivanhoe, built and
building. with Radford, Max Meadows
and Graham building, are all near at
hand. The facilities for procuring pig
iron at buchanan are unsurpassed The
iron ore within easy reach of buchanan
Is unequaled in quality and quantity
in tho South. Tho ores of the Blue
Ridge and the Alleghanies, as repro
scented in the mountains around Buch-
anan. have fed half 4 dozen furnaces in
the past, viz: Arcadia, Retreat, Etna.
Salisbury, ClOvcrdale, Catawba. The
ores of the Rich Patch and Craig
Creek are not. at the farthcst, twenty
to forty miles distant, and these are
among the largest and best deposits in
the South. Lines of railroads are being
constructed to bring them to market.
The roads leading to Buchanan and
those that arc located lead to all the
great bituminous coal fields of the coun-
try. the Conncllsvillc Upper Mononga-
hela. Georges Creek, New River, Kama
wha, Flat Top. Elkhorn, Big Stone Gap.
Commercial Club ,Iotes.
Mr.. Geo. {. Colgate, of Bedford City;
Col. j. ID. Carter, Il prominent lawyer of
Asheville, n. c., and Mr. C.. A. bacon,