The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-06-11
NOTES ON IRON GATE.

Company have paid up capital $3.50, 600;
is principal office and spike works are
coated in Manchester Va; it has
branch Office in the Times building, at
its rolling mills at Iron Gate
will be completed i'll about sixty days,
and will consist of fourteen single and
eight double pudding furnaces with
boilers over them, and will produce 90 T
tons of muck iron per day which the
Company propose to consume them
selves-part at their Manchester works,
and the balance at Iron Gate. They are
now erecting at Iron Gate a large regen
erative gas furnace capable of heating
so tons of iron per day; all improved IL
inch train of rolls: 10 inch tram
of rollers bending machines:
steam hammer; spike machines: drlll
press, lathes and all machinery necessary
for the manufacture of dock, ship ana
railroad spikes. railroad car links ana
pins. arch bars, ear trucks and Ia tact
nearly all shapes that enter INTO the
construction of IA railroad car. They are
per day, 1T the iron Gate works, and,
when completed. will require from 400
to 450 men to operate them.
The officers and directors of this Com
pany are as follows: T.. A. Saunders.
Otway s. Alien. Byrd Warwick. James
d. Patton, w. s. Forbes and }. T. An
derson Directors. Byrd Warwick, Pres
ident; J. T. Anderson, Secretary and
Treasurer; r. W. Jeffrey, Superipiep
dent Manchester works. and j. G. Tai
iaferro, Superintendent Iron Gate works
The Allegheny Iron Company haze
capital stock OF T300.000 which will be
fully paid up by January list. They
propose to build twin blast furnaces of
100 tons capacity, but are now hay
ing built one of these by Mr.. L. G..
Dininny. Jr., of New York city. He is
having the work of construction pushed
as fast as possible, and has everything
that goes into its construction either
contracted for or ordered. The work is
being done under the supervision OF Mr.
L. G. Jones. formerly of Richmond
The ore and limestone supply orthese
| furnaces commence in 200 yards of the
plant. and run ia both directions for
miles. in the Rich Patch mountains.
This range of mountains is acknowl-
edged to contain larger deposit of ore
than any other in this State. Tie Jack
son River breaks through it at the
Northern limits of Iron Gate, forming
wonderful pass for the outlet of the
| Chesapeake ana ohio Railway to James
River, beginning at the Southern limits
of the town. The furnace will make its
| first east on or before January list, 1852
They will employ in its operation, and
that of it's mines at Iron Gate, $50 hands
Their coke ovens will be built later.
The President of this Company is F.
C. Dininny. Jr.; Treasurer F. NJ. Sey
mour; General Manager, T. C. Jones
Directors +. C. Dininny Jr.. I.
III. Seymour j. J. Curtis, all of
New York; and g. &. Valentine. William
l.. Royal and Byrd Warwick, of Rich
mond.
The Farmers Alliance Cooperative
Manufacturing Company have plant
costing them $25, 200, not including work
ing capital They have 700 stockholders
! and 5000 customers. Their capacity is
5000 plows and 500 wagons annually;
they are working about half capacity.
and employ now from 80 to so hands.
They have a large and weil-arranged
plant; their trade is increasing very rap
idly and they are well pleased with their
location.
The officers are as follows: Isaiah
Prntz, President; Jacob Wissler, Treas
urer and Manager, and 4. w. Allen, If.,
Secretary
The Bank OF Iron Gate has IN autho-
rized capital of 100000. The object of
this bank is mostly to encourage bouse-
building in the town. j. L. Anderson
is President and George j. Anderson,
Cashier. The following are the directors:
j. 7. Anderson. E. A. Saunders, Byrd
Warwick, VIM. l.. Royal, q. G. valen>
tine, L. G. Jones, Geo. j. Anderson, j
G. Ia liaferro and Meriwether Jones.
The town has in it one very large, and
two small brick yards; two saw mills and
one planing-Inil. weIlequipped but
small, machine shop, Il can and curry
comb factory.
A handsome Presbyterian church will
be ready for occupancy by the 10Th of
June, and a large and weli>arranged
school house will be ready by September
LIST.
The town has welI-graded streets and
is well supplied with water: the jackson
River runs the whole length of it, which
is about Il mile; rising half IA mile back
from the river is a plateau on which the
Land Company is spending IA great deal
of money; is building houses, grading
streets and erecting water works, the
supply of water being from an artesian
well of large volume.
The Land Company own and have in
operation a beautiful and well-kept
Queen Anne hotel, which is. supplied
with cold and hot lithia water on each
floor; this hotel has all the modern arr
engagements of firstclass hotel: its
rooms are clean and handsomely fur
nished. and the meats are weIl>served
and of the best
The Land Company own lthia spring
on the property of enormous capacity.
1t is known as the Clifton Springs This
lithia water has made some remarkable
cures in kidney and liver troubles The
Company own also some chalybe
springs of good quality.
Iron Gate is the headquarters for the
best fishing ia the mountains jackson
and Cow Pasture Rivers Join here to
make the James, and the stories OF the
catch of the fishermen who start out
from there would fill any fisherIman's
soul with envy. 1t was from here Presi- !
dent Cleveland fished when in Virginia
There are several building companies,
the most prominent Of which are the
Harrisonburg Company, of which Mr.
X a vi lC m n n tyar, and In