The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-24
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

The track layers of tho Loui5ville
and Nashville railroad have completed
the limo across tho bridge of the north
fork of Powelrs river and 1000 yards
this side. If tho weather is ut all fav-
orable tho track will DO laid to Big
Stone Gap within thirty days.
A lot of coal cars, for moving coal at
the Egypt mines, arc now being fitted
up at the shops OF the Seaboard Air
line. Tho Seaboard Railroad Company
proposed to work these mines twenty
years ago, but for some reason aban-
doned them.
All the houses which have been built
by tho Wythcvillo Development Com
pany have been rented, and others arc
engaged which will be put up at once.
The lvanhoe furnace is being bank
ed" for u few weeks in order to get a
supply Of material Oh hand.
Messrs. A.. Il. Bloom and Ambrose
Carlton prominent iron men of Penn
sylvania, are in Roanoke and will visit
other points in tho Southwest on a
prospecting tour. Mr.. Bloom, who is a
distinguished looking and genial gentle
man of about fifty years, says Virginia
is attracting Il great deal Of attention
at he North and that many capitalists
will visit this section in the spring.
Letters have been received this week
from a gentleman in London who is
negotiating for a large amount of money
for use at Big Stone Gap, n his
reports arc most encouraging, leading
to the belief that the authorities will
have this money carly in tho SPRING
Big Stone Post.
Mr.. A. A. Arthur, of Middlesborough,
during his last trip to London, from
which he is now about to return, invited
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the extent of Il million
dollars at a premium Of ten shillings
on the pound; that is to say at $50, and
it was subscribed in one day and $3.50, 600
over.
Tho patent rights to an improved
cigarette machine were sold Tuesday in
Stanton to 4 New York and Baltimore
syndicate for S275,OO The invention
is the work of j. V. Bohanon, and the
sale was negotiated through Kinney &
Terry, who had advanced the money
necessary for the completion of tho
patent. The first model was completed
in the fall of 1889, and the u. S. patent
granted July /, 1890. Thirteen foreign
patents have also been secured.
Tho Fincastlc' Railroad Company on
Tuesday closed 4 contract with the
Roanoke and Botctourt Construction
Company for h work on the railroad
to Troutville. There are still some
requisites to make the building n posi-
tive certainty, but the railroad men are
confident that the fewgaps will be filled
by April LIST, the time the contract goes
into effcct-and the work will be begun.
The Tazcwcll Index says: 'Onc day
last week as the train pulled in at Tazc-
well station chief deputy United States
marshal for the Abingdon district, John
ID. Daily, Familiarity known as "Old
Brick" boarded her and with his
characteristic vim and pluck succeeded
in scooping up the famous John Champ,
who n few weeks ago successfully stood
his ground against about fourteen dep
uty marshals. This memorable pitched
battle was fought at the mouth of Coal
creek, in which William Whittcn's
marc was badly wounded, md William
snuffed Johnny's burnt powder several
times"
The Pulaski iron furnace went in
blast Thursday afternoon, after a stop
OF eleven days on accout of the late ex-
plosion. But one engine, No. 2, is run
ming and the output will not exceed
seventy tons per day until tho now
engine is set, which will be in about ten
days.