The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-07
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

tst The Charlottesville and Southern rail-
road is projected to run from Charottes-
Vile, Va, to CONNECTION with the
Richmond and Allegheny railroad, or
to the James river, distance Of about
twenty-four miles. The route is gen
orally favorable and passes through Il
good agricultural and mineral region.
There will be only ono bridge of any size.
The principal business of the road will
be in Soapstone, granite, iron and agrl-
cultural produce. 1t is expected that
surveys will commence in few weeks,
and that the contracts for construction
will be let about January.
The Premier Steel Company. COM
posed OF capitalists of New Albany, In
diana, have purchased the entire plant
of the indianapolis rolling mill for
$132,OO0.
The Crown and Cumberland Steel Com
pany, Cumberland, Md, was sold ut trus-
tees sale September IS to Hicks e
Dickey, iron and steel merchants, and II.
Is. Seidel crucible manufacturer, all of
Philadelphia. The plant originally cost
about $780, 900, and is we'll equipped. 1t
will be Incorporated and organized anew
under the name of the Cumberland Steel
Company. and will be started 1T an early
date.
The work for SeventysiX coke ovens
is now completed at Middlesboro. Ky.
and the foundations for over 200 others
are under way. The coal shipments
from these mines will begin shortly.
Other coke ovens are expected TO be
built by the company soon.
a company has been formed at Car
diff, Tenn. for the purpose of manufac-
turing sheet iron and sheet still. The
plant will have a capacity of 400 net
tons and will employ 200 men, The
capital stock is 100000. The inccr-
porators are NJ. NJ. Duncan. Ii. c. Young,
Il. l.. Callahan. +. ID. Putncy and c. L.
Moore Work will commence on this
plant Nov. LIST.
The United States contains about one
twentieth of the worlds population, but
1T consumes IS per cent. of the worlds
crop OF sugar, 30 per cent. OF the worlds
production of coffee. nearly one-thirti of
the worlds production Of iron. about
one-third OF the worlds steel and cop
per. and more than quarter of the
worlds cotton and wool.
Nicaragua Canal borings appear to
indicate that the foundations of locks /.
and B, on the Atlantic side. will be {,
species of tale rather than hard rock. a
fact which has both a favorable and UNI
favorable side: as whole. it should not
make any great difference. The bulk
of the great divide cut is hard volcanic
rock. The harbor work is proving very
effective, the limited length of jetty al
ready constructed having decided
effect to preserve and deepen the chan
mel.
The heaviest armor on battlcships is
carried by the English vessel Inflcxiblc.
which has two l2-inch wrought iron
plates separated by l. inches of teakc
and backed by q inches of tcalc and
Two l-inch iron plates. The thiclcst
solid side armor afoat is that of the
two Italian line-of-battlc ships. Duilo
and Dandola, which consists of 30 inches
of solid plate of Schneider steel. 1t
has greater power than the armor of the
IntleXible. The Admiral Raudin and
The Formidable. French battleships,
have % inches of Schneider steel. SUI
rerior to that of the Italian vessels
Charles Cammcll IL Co.. of England. are
making compound plates of inches of
steel and IL inches Of wrought iron
that are stated to have lately been most
favorably tested in competitions with
the 22-inch French plates
y railway line from Ncwchwang to
klrln, China, has been surveyed by
MessrS. Kinder and Cox. Few obstacles
were encountered. and more careful
survey will probably be made shortly.
Mr.. Kinder has had a long experience
with Japanese and Chinese railways. and
it is probable that he would not have un-
dertaIcn this unpleasant work If it were
not likely that tic recent ir,.crial de-
cree permitting loan for railway pur-
poses VIII be followed by actual con
ktluction.
compound passenger locomotive is
reported TO have been satisfactorily
tested on the East Tennessee. Virginia
and Georgia railroad The run was from
Knoxville 10 Bristol. and fifty miles IN
hour IS said 10 have bccn the speed
maintained.