The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-12
and the plant removed by the middle of
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and the plant removed by the middle of
July at the latest.
81 think Roanoke is to be congratu-
lated upon having secured one Of the
most substantial and important enter
prises that has ever located in Vir-
ginia."
Can you make any further official
statement in regard to the plants Sc.
cured by the Roanoke DEVELOPMENT
Company?"
sit has already been announced that
the contract has been closed with the
Bridgewater Carriage Company for the
removal of its plant. This removal was
agreed upon owing to the lack of space
In the present location of the plant, and
ALSO to wish to secure additional cap
ital for the enlargement of the business
of the company. The company will
occupy some three acres of land Of the
property of the Roanoke Development
Company, and it is expected that it will
increase its business to employ in the
near future from $50 to 200 hands.
Our company has also closed con-
tract with Messrs. L. X. Sergeant, ir,
and G. C. Nc Given, of Newark, N. j.,
for the removal of q wooden manufac-
turing plant to Roanoke. The plant
owned by these gentlemen is in good
condition and made up for the most part
OF new machinery. They have already
prepared their plans and are taking in
bids, and inform me that they intend to
begin constructing their buildings i'm.
mediately. Their capital will be in the
neighborhood of $4,000, and they will
employ some rs hands, principally
female. The company, the Virginia
Blanket Mills Company, has already
been formed. The buildings embrace
four one-story buildings of the following
dimensions: 60X2OO feet. o5x25 feet,
60Xl00 feet, 50x10O feet.
The contract has also been closed
with the Duvall Engine Works for the
location of their plant on our property
This company will have n capital OF
500 600 and will erect Immediately three
buildings of the following Dimensions:
One two-story building 2c0x4O feet, and
two one-story buildings, l5Ox50 feet
each. Mr.. Frank j. Korte is now here
getting bids for his buildings and pur-
poses to break ground immediately.
This industry will employ at the start
in the neigh borhood of 100 hands.
This makes our list of industries Sc
cured as follows: Nor wich Lock Manu-
featuring Company of Roanoke, en-
ploying 300 hands; Bridgewa ter Carriage
Company. employing $50 hands: Vir-
".
ing seventy-fve hands; Duvall Engine
Works, employing 100 hands; making a
total of G25 hands.
eff to this we add the furnace and roll
ing mill of the Roanoke Iron Company,
which will employ together some $50
hands, we have total of employees
already secured for the new industrial
center of Roanoke of 1,O75 hands. As
the two last mentioned industries are
located directly opposite our property
we will benefit from their improvements
quite as much as if they were located
upon it,
Can you give us any information in
regard to the progress of the work upon
your property?"
Our pontoon bridge has been com.
pleted for some time and this will
enable us to push rapidly the work of
construction for the industries. The
contract for our main bridge, which will
be so feet in width and G33 feet in
length ana entirely of steel, has been
let to tho American Bridge and Iron
Company, and work upon it is now in
progress. The contract for bridge No.
2, located directly opposite the rolling
mill, has been let to tho Pittsburg
bridge Company, and the work is now
in progress. This bridge will be 2I0
feet in length. The survey of the
larger part of our property is nearly
completed and the work of grading has
begun. We hope that by the latter
part OF this week or the beginning of
next to have full force employed upon
the heaviest part of our grading"