Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-06
A VIRGINIA BOOM.
VAST ENTERPRISES ALONG THE NOR
eolk AND WESTERN RAILROAD.
VIVA, Th,. Great Virginia Thorcurhfare Is
Doing for the Development OF the
state-Am Interview with Vice.
President Eddy.
s;mnlv astonishincin

President Eddy.
"Simply astonishincl"
These were the words Of q DiSpd'ch-man
on A recent visit 10 Roanoke. va, wheh ne
beheld the wonderful growth this truly
"uaric city" has made IN the past decade.
And this place is but good sample OK 'h9
enterprise and development oosery ", al
along the line Of the Norfolk and western
raslroad Mr.. Charles q. Eddy, the vice
president Of tins great trunk,hne mas ms
beadouarters az Roanoke; and propaoiy no
better insight can be given OF tine rear ousi-
ness activity now going on throuthSut tno
country tributary TO il than by the inter-
view kindly accorded the I9spdSt repre-
sentative by this courteous oheiai'
1HgouT1ooK.
In answer 20 questions as 20 the outlook
For the country tributary 10 the NOTION
and Western. the plans for the improVe-
mont of the road and the Ike, MI Ed0y
said = x,,...:.,;,
tr;bp,arv 10 the Norfolk and Western rail-
,oed il irirhter than ever before. The In
crease in local and through traffic Is 50
Great that we find difficulty in supplying
enu;nment 20 move II promptly. Notwitu-
standing the fact that THIS company mas
increased its freight-car equipment over
I,cOO cars. with an increase OF thrty io;o-
motives since January /, 1855. sim the IN
creased business Offering Is as great rs our
Increased equipment can handle Win
nromntness and dispatch. 10 meet tnlS
want we have contracted with the toah1@e
Machine HOrks 70 deliver a large hunpoi
of cars and locomotives curing tue S'@'
This equipment IS nov DelnE a..
GAYS nor dav and four locomotives
nor month. There soom4 10 DE an IN
limited demand for the celebrated foca-
honfas Flat-Top coal in all the eastern
markets. rs well a. IN the CRroil5as au9
sIono our own line. The increased demhhu
c. a. pocaboutas Tla;-TOp coke Is unpre-
cnaente1 in the history of any new COKE
Geld The demands OF southern furnaces
IN Tennessee. Alabama. and Georgia are
now about fifty ears per DAY ana H!crca9-
inc which. with the requirements OF iur-
nsces at Shenandoah City formerly mines mes
JVncbburg, Roanoke, Fuiaski, HbI van
hoe keen the ovens ia our COKE nelu al
bus,, and 10 meet the requirements OF FUR
naces now being built along the lines or the
Norfolk and Western ana Shenendoah val
lov ,ailroads. and the increased demand
from the South. about 1000 addiuohal
ovensare 10 be built during the year 1871
in our PocahOntas tlat-Iop heid.
NEW CONSTRUCTION woGE.
The entire line Of the Ono extension,
g., Fithorn " Va. TO Irouton, o.. in
clndlnp the bridge over the ONO flNer a'
Chat rayha. ". Va, has been let TO con,
tract and IL Is expected that this line VIII
be complcted and IN operation WI1AlA
eighteen months. ,.-,t,, Moth
Csroiina State line where We VIII CONNER
o,itb Inc Cane Fear and ladh alley
railroad in about ten months. is also uAueT
construction. =. 1o;,,,
pushed 10 completion, and "a c"nneCl'oiI
with the Louisville ana H".uNIic J" 1,,.
nt Norton, and we hope to conn ,gt our
rails with those OF the Lou'sy'He ana
Nashville nj that point not later tAan sep
tember lst of the present 'ear--NoNeHJ'I
Isl at the very latest. This extension de-
yelops one Of the best cas-coai di'tIlc's III
the United States. HE coal mas pvcH
tested and pronounced BY some OF th'
LARGEST cas-produclng companies IN new
York 10 be equal. if not superior 20 th9
beet YionchiOghcny. Penn wanna anu
Newfoundland cas-coals, and viii aifori
Iaree amount of traffic % that extension
and our man line IL the near future.
NEW TOWNS AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
Manufacturers in the North are beginning
70 aDpreciate the advantages now oherGd
at locations along the lines OF the NoiIolk
and Western and Shenandoah aiiey roauN'
and the result Is that maruiactorles are
springing up at nearly every station Oh
The shenandoah Iron COMPANY has been
rc;,rranized, and their furnace at Shenan-
doah CITY formerly Mines has been re-
built and put into operation.
The new furnaces and other manuiac-
turing industries under CONSTRUCTORS ~
Bucna Vista are being compietedas Iapldiy
Is possible. ....,,,, e
IlosrgN now TOW al the junction u
she moth and south branches OF the james
siver with both the Shenandoah-Naile
aud CheSapeake and Ohio railroads passing
Through il, promises TO be one OF the most
successful industrial cities III that sectIoh
If the State | understend that one OF
more furnaces are 10 be eIecteu III tH"'
1oint al an early date.
Buchanan tthe old-time transfer polht
between turnpike transportation ana tidl
Afforded by the Jlmes-river canal ha5
caught the spirit Of the age, ana VIII no
doubt take rank with Beuna vista Ana
Glasgow as "a manufacturing Guy nv
property of the buchanan Land Company;
ivinq on both sides o. the river, Is reached
by both the Shenandoah-N and Chesa-
peake and Ohio roads.
THE MAGIC CITY OF VIRGINIA..
Roanoke speaks for herself. A city OF
20. OOO people in nine years from a httIe
bamlet 81 $50 people, well known
ps she il t. every one III the
state of Virginia and making a repu'
tation for progress that i known all over
she United states. needs little said IN hel
favor. With two lron-furnaces IN bias'
md another under construction to be com.
pleted al an early date; with her car an lI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS employing over LUZ
men. her rolling-mill employing over 2G'
men. hridge-wOrks and foundry employ
ing $50 men. with Carriage-Works, IOuel
fl0ur-mills. and other industries. she l.
truly the Magic City of Virginia
Going east we find Bedford City former
IL Liberty taking faith from the develop
ment Of her sister towns aud pushing i1i
manufactOr es of every description; WIN
a location on the eastern slope OF the Blue
RIDGE. about 900 feet above the sea-ievel
81 magnificent water supply ana moS'
charming climate. can see no reason why
in the future she should not become very
important manufacturing city IN the way
of diversified manufactures.
Iynchburg, the old-tlme gateway L
Southwest Virginia. seems bound not TO b,
outstripped in the march Of progress. auC
portherD CAPITAL seems now to he seeking
Investments within her borders, and bel
people are determined that l.ynchburS
shall hold her own IN this era of advance
ment by reason Of her location on the east
ern boundaries of the lTOn-producins sec
ton of the State.
Passing west from Roanoke We reach Sa
lem, with her new furnace, chalr-iactorles
sannery. ETC.. all organized and placed II
course of construction within the last sD
months, and holding out favorable induce
rnents to manufacturers OF every cnarac
ter 70 locate at that point.
Carnegie City formerly Big Spring
promises in the near future to develop into
manufacturing city OF some magnitude
THE CoAi-TuIDs.
Radford, at the junction of the New
River division (Which pen atrates the Pc
cahontas Flat-1op cOal-feld). offers great
inducements 10 manufacturers OF every
kind TO locate their works at that thriving
point. Stoye-wOrks are now IN operation
aud an iron furnace and pipe-wOTks will b'