Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-03-11
A BIG PROJECT
ROANOKE TO BE EXTENDED
ACROSS THE RIVER.
IRON BRIDGES and STREET CARS.
The Norfolk mud Western to Build n
Line to tho Brick Yard Near the
Furnace-The Roanoke and South
ern Terminus.


development OF a section Of the city
adjacent to Roanoke ever contempIa
ted, was made public yesterday.
The project includes improvements
which mean that the city will be ex'
tended over the Roanoke river, and
that there will be south Roanoke
and north Roanoke, just as there i.
q south Norfolk and an east Norfolk
and an east Baltimore and west
Baltimore.
South Roanoke will also have it,
factories and freight depots, it's street
cars and it's business and residence
houses just as north Roanoke, and
the two will be connected together
with bridges OF iron.
The whole project is but another
step in the onward movement which
is to make Roanoke a city of So, 900 in
habitants.
The Norfolk and Western railroa d
intend to build line OF road from
their main line near the West End
furnace to the brick yard near the
water works.
The Roanoke and Southern railroad
must come into the city from some
point, land it is understood that it will
erect Il freight depot on the McClana-
han property, there transferring its
freight cars to the Norfolk and West
ern railroad.
The Roanoke Land and Improve
ment company intend to macadamize
Jefferson street from the Union depot
to the other side Of the Roanoke river,
and the street car line is to be extend
ed to the city water-works.
The property to be purchased in
cludes S37 acres in all.
The entire tract is beautiful rolling
land, well-timbered and easily drain.
ed, and as pretty site both for resid-
ence and business purposes as is to he
found anywhere.
The new company which purposes
buying it is to be called The Crystal
Spring Land Company
The project was started only yester-
day, but $165,000 was secured in very
short time. and the remainder
OF the amount necessary to
complete the purchase will probably
be made up today.
The whole plan OF improvement,
though on an immense scale, will I'M
doubtedly be profitable one.
The matchmaking OF Jefferson
street will be a valuable improvement
to the city and great benefit to its
property owners. 1t will also make
it the great route of travel to the
south side of the river.
The way the city has grown in the
past has undoubtedly been most Won
derful, but the Improvements con-
templated in South Roanoke will
eclipse even the past.
South Roanoke: We extend greet
ings.
The prospectors OF the new conl-
pany among other things says:
The land which this company pro
poses to purchase and improve by
the grading of streets and the laying
ont OF parks intersected by drives and
walks, consists of S37 acres and lies
Immediately south of Roanoke river
about one mile from the passenger
depot of the Norfolk and Western
railroad.
The following are some of the con-
templated improvements which will
render this property very desirable.
1t is understood that the Norfolk
and Western railroad will construct
a line down the river to the iron
bridge near the brick yard Of Adams
Bros. g. Payne; that the Roanoke
and Southern railroad will cross this
branch of the Norfolk and Western
railroad line, and that Il freight and
transfer depot will probably be located
at the intersection of the two lines;
that the Roanoke Land and Improve
ment company, are now receiving
bids for the construction OF macad-
amized road from the Jefferson street
depot across the river on the most
direct and practicable route to the
Spring.
This will connect this property with
the city by two iron bridges across
the river; that line ofstreet cars will
be run from Jefferson street through
this property under contract re-
Gently made between the Roanoke
Street Railway company and parties
interested in the development of this
property. The land is most beauti.
fully situated at the foot Of Mill
mountain and is diversified by for.
ests, streams and undulating land
scapes. The McClanahan spring, which
gives name to the locality, gushes out
from the foot of the mountain in a
volume Of crystal water which has
never been surpassed, affording five
millions of gallons in twenty-four
hours.
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