The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-13


ing achievements that may be placed or
record, yet Roanoke owes it's unparal
lelled growth to the extraordinary en-
terprise of the Norfolk and Westorr
railroad, and the line OF development
which made Roanoke a'possibility seems
about to be duplicated by the Roanoke
Development Company.
It's duty which every citizen OF
Roanoke and every visitor to Roanoke
owes TO himself to make thorough
examination of this remarkable enter
prise. Take drive through the famous
West End property and cross tho river
into the Roanoke DEVELOPMENT Com.
panys 1,3o0'acre tract, and see what has
been done and how widely the >founda-
tions have been LAID for new CITY.
rms city will, of course, soon knock at
the doors of tho corporation of Roanoke
and ask admission.
Brldge NO /, magnificent structure
crossing he river in single cantilever
span, at highth of ~ feet and so feet
IN width, will be built entirely of s.eel
by the American Bridge and iron Com
P""t' "hASu h1o Iuc WOrk well under
way. 1t will be Gas feet in length and
will cost not less than $40. com
pleted, which event may be looked for
about the LIST of January. Though two
other fine bridges will cross the river
into this tract, No. > being completed
and No. as yet in contemplation.
bridge No. will hold the key to the
entrance of tho entire tract. From it
branch Virginia avenue, u magnificent
thoroughfare 100 Ieet in width, and
koanoke avenue, along which the new
business center of the West End will
spring up.
Virginia avenue will eventually be
lined with magnificent residences, and a
thoroughly equipped electrical street
railway system will swing around this
avenue into Depniston avenue to bridge
No. 8, where Roanoke avenue again
joins to seek an outlet into the extreme
western area of the property
Leaving Virginia avenue about q
thousand feet from, bridge No. /, the
visitor finds himself on Denniston ave-
nue., which presents the remarkable
features of some Of the most noted
boulevards of the world. 1t is l65 feet
In width, divided into roadways of 40
feet each with park IS feet in width
in the center. From either drive mag
nl1icent views arc obtained of the sur
rounding country, and in conjunction
with Mountain View Terrace and Berke-
ley street an oval drive of half a mile is
had.
Further on, Denniston avenue swings
into the junction of Edgewood and Vir-
ginia avenues and continues, as before
stated, to bridge No 8, where it ioi ms
with Roanoke avenue. At the termi-
nus OF Virginia avenue is Woodland
Heights, beautiful hard wood park of
some twenty-five acres, sloping gently
to the river, where boating and canoe.
ing may be INDUCED in for three-ouar-
tiers of mile above bridge No. 8. A
second park lies in the slope to tho
north of Mountain View Terrace of
smaller extent but no less attractive
features.
From Mountain View Terrace NAV he
seen all the attractive views for which
Roanoke is famous. The entire sweep
OF mountain ranges is dis closed in
every direction. After passing the
second park the entire industrial area
OF the property lies at the feet of the
observer. Access to this area may be
had either through Roanoke avenue or
a road which winds gently down from
Mountain View Terrace at the eastern
portion OF the small park This wind
ing road leads directly into Bridge
street which intersects.the manufacture
Ing and business center and commune
Gates with the city over bridge No. .,
which lies directly east of the Roanoke
iron Company's extensive properties.
Attention has already been called to
the features of Roanoke avenue as a
business region. 1t lies one block away
from every industry which has been
located on the tract, near enough for
business purposes and far enough to in
duce the erection of fine class of bust
ness structures. Already some ten or
twelve stores have been predicated in tho
sales OF business property, and with the
completion and operation of tho indus
tries profitable busine sses will be estab-
lished in them. Within few week
Also some fifty dwelling houses will be in
course OF erection on Buford, Penn and
Irwin streets for the operatives in tho
industries.
Roanoke avenue, which is eighty feet
In width and over two miles long. is
practically level from end to end and
will be the connecting link of the mag
niiicent Roanoke-Salem boulevard, for
the completion Of which both cities are
earnestly and actively laboring.
The first industry the visitor meets is
the Cushman Iron Company, just east OF
the enormous buildings of the Norwich
Lcck Manufacturing Company. This
concern deserves a special mention, for
its buildings h ,ve been erected in re-
markably brief time and tho enterprise
itself sought no aid and asked no sub
scription, but came to Roanoke for tho
simple reason that the advantages
offered here were sufficient to induce its
promoters to mako tho venture with
their own capital. 1t will manufacture
ornamental iron work, elevator frames.
iron stairways and large class of
smaller work, and as tho business in /,