The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-23
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

$500, 600.
The wagon works, iron foundry, ma
chine shops, ETC., formerly known as the
Ford property in Lynchburg, are re-
ported to have been purchased by j. W.
Hughes and w. Z. Callahan.
The Perpetual Building and Loan
Association of Buena Vista, has been
organized by the election of the follow.
ing officers: President, A. K Rarig;
vice-president, a. Timberlake; secre-
tary, ". L. Thorn.
The Forest Land Company, of Buena
Vista, has been reorganized and will be
known hereafter as the Northwest
Buena Vista building and Improvement
Company. 1t proposes to improve it's
property and build substantial houses
for rent and sale. The company is MAX
ing arrangements for the erection of a
number of houses immediately.
AT a meeting of the stockholders of
the Valley Land and Improvement
Company, held at Luray, board of di-
rectors and officers were elected as fol-
lows: President, j. X. Bartlett, of Bal
timore; vice president, G. C. Marshall,
Of Uniontown, Pa; treasurer, Levi ].
Condor, of Baltimore; secretary, Thos.
e. McCorkle. of Luray.
AT the annual meeting of the Clinch
Valley Coal and Iron Company, the fol-
lowing officers and directors were elect
ed to serve for one year: President,
Evans r. Dick; vice-president. Adolph
Ladenburg; secretary, Saunders Lewis,
ir.; treasurer, VIM. A. Dick. Directors,
Evans Il. Dick, Adolph Ladenburg, w.
a. Dick, Saunders Lewis, jr., Geo. Nc
Call, +. j. Kimball, Harry Peale, Sam
uel lleilner, j. H. Dingee, Joseph ].
Doran, and Geo. Willing.
The annual meeting of the Pulaski
Iron Company has been held. The an
nual report for the year ending March
81 was most encouraging. During the
year $150,00O of the bonds of the COM
pany were exchanged for stock at par,
enabling the company to cancel it's
mortgage. A dividend Of 10 per cent.
was declared for 1SS9-'90 Since then
quarterly dividends of ga per cent have
been paid.
The Fire Clay Works at Buena Vista
made its first bricks week before last,
which prove to be of excellent quality
The now iron bridge of Goshen. across
Cowpasture river, and connecting the
two principal parts of the town, has
been put in lace.
charter has been granted TO the
Hill City Economy Freezer Company mt
Lynchburg. The president is O. p.
Wheat, and secretary and treasurer, z.
Pollard.
The Nelson Manufacturing Company
has been organi zed at Amherst Court
House, with j. Z. Fitzpatr trick, president,
and w. j. Petit, secretary. Property
on the Tye river is reported to have
been purchased by the company; also
corn, plaster and Touring mills, which
Will be operated.
The city of Fairmont is to have water
works at once. The qualified voters of
the town have decided by an almost
unanimous vote to issue bonds to the
amount of $500 600 for the purpose. The
plant Will include complete pumping
station and reservoir.
There are now more than three nun.
dred men at work upon the extension OF
the West Virginia Central railroad be.
tween beverly, Randolph county, and
lilklns, and nearly as many more on the
Belington extension. The West Vir-
glnia Central is making extensions in
all directions, and is fair sample of
the progressive West Virginia railroad.
WITHIN the next year 1T will have sue
ceeded In reaching to new and untouched
coal fields in four directions.
The Central Investment COMPANY of
buchanan has resumed work in section
seven, and will carry ont their contract
with tho Central Land Company bv
building $50, 900 worth of houses during
the summer.
Great interest is manifested at Buena
vista In the extension of the Valley
branch of the Baltimore and Ohio from
Lexington. Colonel Douglas, the rem
eral manager, has already stated that
this line would be built to Buena Vista
some time during the present year.
The statue Of General Stonewall
jackson will be unveiled at Lexington
on July 21st. Rev. DR.. G.. Il. Stricken,
OF Atlanta, Ca, has been selected as
the orator of the occasion Mrs. Mar
garet j. Preston has been requested to
prepare poem. General Wade Hamp-
ton will preside.
The Citizens Light and Water Com
pany, of Radford has been organized
with capital of $4,000.
The management of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad have inaugurated a
parlor car line between Clifton Forge
and Richmond via Lynchburg, over
their James river division. These cars
Will run on trains nine and ten. leaving
SilllOh fOrge at $50 q. M, reaching
richmond at $50 p. M, and leaving
Richmond at ga. m, reaching Clifton
Forge at GAS pm.
There has been sold within tho past
six months in and about Lexington, ex-
elusive of property solu by the Develop
ment Company, Sl25, 600 worth of rcal
estate, SS5,250 of which has been sold
within sixty days. The building now
In process of erection will cost, complet-
ed, $4,000. And the building companies
and manufacturing plants have engaged
10 erect buildings during the coming