The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-13
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

The discovery is announced of an
etght-foot vein of superior Bedford
building stone near Big Stone Gap.
Max Meadows will have State bank
For the last week Stanardsville, in
Greene county, has been agitated on ac-
count OF the discovery of coal oil upon
the farm of Mrs. Amanda Mundy and
the property now used and occupied by
John I. Bray, Commonwealth 3 attorney
Tor the county Of Greene. This oil has
been flowing and oozing from these
properties quite freely, and is pure and
as brilliant as any oil ever lighted. Mr..
Bray states that ho has used it in his
lamps in the crude state, and its ignition
and brilliancy are equal, If not superior,
to the kerosene OIL 1t oozes from the
earth as clear as crystal.
Builders left Martinsville Monday for
Rocky Mount, Franklin county, to build
camp and prison houses for the conyicts
on the Roanoke and Southern railroad.
The work is about completed at Martins
Roanoke with great rapidity.
Judge H. M. Somerville, OF tho Court
OF Appeals of Alabama, recently APP
pointed by President Harrison on the
Board OF Appraisers of Customs, is
Virginia boy, born and reared in Gull
pepper county, and a near relative of
Maj. Thos. 2. Wallace.
Already fully 81, 900, 900 have beeu in
vested in industries and substantial
buildings and more than fifteen humid
red men are earning a liberal livelihood
in Pulaski. The Bertha Zinc Company,
whose spelter is named as standard in
proposals for supplies by tho United
States minis, have CTS men on their pay
roll. The Pulaski Iron Co., declared IA
per cent. dividend on its first ten
months operations. This week work
commences on 15O-ton iron furnace
for the Peak Knob Iron Company, and
President Kimball, of the Norfolk and
Western railroad, writes that work on
the rolling mill will commence in thirty
days. a largo carriage factory com
menced work Monday, while Teaney,
Gilt & Co, 8 brick works can't supply the
demand. The two banks deal literally
with home customers and are doing a
heavy, safe business.
The announcement is made that a
large plant will be established in Glas-
gov, Va, employing 500 men, for tho
manufacture of passenger, baggage, pos
tai, refrigerator, and freight cars to be
constructed entirely of steel, the only
wood entering into their get-up being a
Few strips in the steel frame to assist in
fastening the outer covering.
1t is said that the United States Char
coal Works Company, with capital
stock OF 81, 600, has about completed
arrangements for a large acid phosphate
plant to be located at Mineral City to
employ 400 hands. For this purpose the
company has purchased tho Arminius
Mines.
At least portion OF the Rookbr idge
Hotel will be ready for occupancy by
early summer
Kennedy, Calaghan & Co. have closed
u the contract with the Pulaski Rolling
u Mill Company for the stone and brick
|, work of their new rolling mill and have
4 begun to excavate. These are enter
/ prising men and will push the work to
an early finish.
The jury Of the Rockbridge county
court, at tho second trial of Jim Craney,
/ colored, on the charge of having killed
Charles Oliver, colored, at Brownsburg
I, last summer, found him guilty of
murder in the first degree, and Judge
/ Houston sentenced him to be hanged on
i Friday, April 9th.
/ The Intcrmont Mining. Manufacture
/ ing and Development Company was
/ formed at Lynchburg Tuesday, to de-
L velop the Narrows, Giles county. The
Il capital is limited to So, 900 Eight
4 Thousand lots will be laid out. The
section abounds in coal, iron and tim
Der. The following officers were elected:
4 President, w. b. McIlwaine, of Peters
II burg; vice president, Colonel W. A.
/ French. of Narrows, Va; directors, ID.
Il A. French, and Judge A. r. Hetfin, of
II Pearisburg, Va Judge d. e. Johnson,
L of Princeton, w. Va; r. M. Wilkinson,
nd Tn
X Va; Nj. Thalhim, and Il. II. Walker, of
/ Richmond, Va; Judge S. w. Williams,
/ of Wytheville, Va; w. d; Mellwaine,
II and w. NJ. jones, of Petersburg, Va.
Il Colonel w. A. French, of Narrows, Va.
i The annual meeting of the stock
III holders of the Buena Vista Fire Clay
accompany was held at the company's
/, Office there last week. The report of
HI the secretary and treasurer showed ex-
4 Expenditures to February 1, 1891, SIS
]s941.52 and receipts $1,000. John p.
Z Pettyjohn, of Lynchburg, was elected
president.
ii BY July 4th the first pudding furnace
i will be running in Pulaski, while by
e September 1st the mill will employ 600
Il men. The plans are also matured and
drawn for commencing the work of
L doubling the plant as soon as the first
mill starts. There will be eighteen
3Npuddling furnaces and four heating fur
Il naces built by the first of July, while on
By the 4th of July it is proposed to start
the first muck train. 1t will be nearly
III September before the full complement
b of rolls is in place, though the machin-
fiery is building now.
III We understand, from what seems un-
42,doubted authority, that the contracts
4 Nor the grading of the r. e. S. require
4itfd at 1t shall be com nlated from Martins