The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-02
8 SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.


The contract for the building of tn
balance OF the line OF the West Virgins
and Pittsburg railroad from Shavers
& VILE to Williams river was awarded
& recently. The total length Of this ney
K piece of road will be about thirty-sevol
miles. Shaversville is small villag,
3 . short distance from Sutton, tho pres
8 emit terminal Of the road. From there
\ the line will be run along Laurel creel
5 60 Williams river, where the immense
timber tracts of the compfny are located
The line between Weston and Sutton i:
has been finished to Newton, abou
twenty-five miles. The continuation o.
this branch to Florence, as well as the
D Williams river extension, will be finish
ed and ready for operation within the
next eight months.
Henry Clair who for number of years
Y was manager Of the Grand Union Hotel,
Saratoga, the Park Avenue, Metropoli.
tan and other hotels belonging TO the
Stewart estate in New York, has been
appointed manager OF the Cumberland
Zap Hotel, Tennessee, new house be-
longing to the Cumberland Gap Park
Company, syndicate of English and
American capitalists which proposes
building a sanitarium and health resort
similar to the German resorts, such as
Carlsbad, etc. Sir Morrell Mckenzie
and half q dozen other prominent for
eign physicians, together with num-
Der OF prominent American physicians,
are interested in the scheme. Several
Boston physicians, DR.. Pepper. of Phil
adelphia, and Drs. Peters, Iolbrook,
Curtis, Fordyce, Barker and Allen Nc
Lyme Hamilton, of New York, are
among those most interested.
A company has been formed by Messrs.
Il. c. Brazil and L. T. Oliver, of Bed
ford City, called the Glasgow Brick and
Tile Company, which will at once COM
mence work. a location has been Sc
lected for the plant near the brick plant
of III. Jordan, near the river not far from
the Rockbridge Hotel, and work will be
commenced as soon as the machinery
can be gotten in.
Howard & Sears, of New Castle. have
secured a license from the Adams Direct
Process Company, of Buchanan, for the
making Of steel by the Adams process.
The capacity of the furnace to be
erected at New Castle is to be 100 tons
per day.
Two hundred men are employed on
the grading between Abingdon and Car
rick Fergus, Va. Work is also in pro-
gress between the last named place and
Damascus.
The census of Shendun has just been
taken and shows population Of 700, Of
which 400 are males and 279 females.
This is an increase Of 100 per cent. in
about five months.
The street car line at Shendun is to
be extended across South river on an
iron passenger and foot bridge and the
cars will then take visitors from the
\ hotels to the Grottoes. and by warm
weather the track and bridge, which
has been delayed by the bad weather of
the past winter, will be completed
Graham Headlight: Messrs. c. c. Har-
man and E. King Crockett, our big
sheep merchants, have purchased to
date for the Juno and July market over
7,000Ilambs, and are still buying These
gentlemen have done much to encourage
this industry among our farmers, who
are finding it just now the best raying
business they can turn their attention
to.
About two and half miles of Nor
folk and Western track is now laid
from Kenova up Twelve Pole. The wet
weather has greatly impeded the work.
The Norfolk and Western bridge below
Ceredo will be of iron and steel, ''Bow-
string" pattern, 1871 feet long, five
spans; center or channel span, 52l feet
two spans on either side of channel
each 3Ot feet: next two, each 30l feet;
base of rail- 100 feet below extreme low
water. The bridge when completed
will be one Of the best and strongest in
the country. The approach to the Nor
folk and Western bridge through
kenova is by an iron viaduct also feet
.r,fr, f,,.r L.. 4
crosses the main line of the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway at an elevation Of 20
feet above its tracks, at which point
there will be a commodious union pas
senger station, built of brick and of
modern and tasteful design.
Pulaski News: This year should see a
large increase in Pulaski's population.
We have more than twice the industrial
development OF Bristol: yet that live
town has rather more than twice our
population. Pulaski has more indus
tries than any OF Virginia's industrial
towns, save Roanoke, and we can sup
port double our present population. 1t
has been next TO impossible TO secure
workmen enough in any branch. There
is no better residence town in Virginia
than Pulaski.
Rig Stone Postum. +. J. Bird, vice
president and general manager Of the
Furnace Company, has been having the
iron ores tributary to Big Stone Gar
analysed, with the following result:
Hard Ore Red Ore Fire Orc
Silica ....... l.27 GIL 14.65
Alumina. 0.S0 0.SO SOS
Phosphorus. -. 6.02 O.03 OO67
Metallic iron... zoos Clio 1928
''Thesc are what are called double
Bessemer ores" said Mr.. Bird. "and
prOducc mir that commands Sl nor tor