Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-25

snd western system = ~ Va. -:
~ g1sI Worfs inciuded II the p9W - -
trsss [ [contrncted lor cr cmeemy
fnynrfure- factory. moon1re- %Sk6x.
works. brick woSksy s4d 1o2sit - ~ 1jSSI
factory. AZ this city sne ,st7ners dsS7c5S1
and tho Richmond sns ~, ~ ~ See1 ~
of ths Chesapeake ana Vn'v - y e
Norfolk and Weston.
-. +, ,vcuaunp 70 noAH0xU-
u.,... Csmnbell county. Clay, LoFs
Goo6e and Lowry. Bedford counys 49,
uvou 10 ;,aot stafaous. bat the two I.s
.os,'S nos -. snrnoyt canueries and Az -
rounded by rich agricultural reRlo1k 1S,,t,
Al Bedford City, 229 miles uol ~ ~.
the traveller crosses the une vsrsssls ~ ~.
nomenal. yet none the less sy ~ sircS ~
NnsfcjL Ss and Western road during ne -
lep psyaford yd CITY IL old Liberty, 11e
;n5nsfries include tobacco-factorieos, ~
oar 'fsctories. four-mills, wooiien-n
spoke and wagou-works. ssIscusssts ssnstHs
rachine-works. canEed-goods Is -
essential oil-works. conee-ay. .iiiS s
chine-works, brick-works. pisninS-!..s.
1c. Fieht large manufacturing tndpssl5
were established during tbs yen 49,
There are in contemplation o eotsouss
tory. furniture-works, carr1aRe-.1Sxe
a broom factory. and clothing -fectexs
and there were last year under conts
ton or contracted for conee 49,
ing-worlsa o,ssasl sn,sff,nsc%ni' fsesorTi : sssS-
hind. and door-fActory. another efs
cultural implement works. and nossss
last wear Randolph Macon Academy ~
compieted and the advances IN values -
real estate have been very great. Insx
and Buford, both in Bedford county,
agricultural stations surrounded ~ ~
nxtAfAyIrf G0IlntX.
hest known as the seat Of the Blue Ridge
Strings. but supports cannery. ana wy
near II are rich deposits Of brown hemsuse
ores which are being utilized.
Bopsacks with its ore-beds. canning -
tablishmcnt. woollen-mills, fiourinR-muf
and fertilizing- mills. and vinton are pesScs
and then is heard from the brakeman s1s
name Of that magical city OK the sopsD
west, Roanoke.
rup MAGIC CITY.
Tn 1899 Roanoke emerged from its crysi:
lis Big Lick Then IL bad a population q
400 souls. To-day it has population OK
% 0ID0. of which 10 100 have been gained ID
the last three years. In 1852 1t was strsg.
Cling yillage-in 1891 1t is city, Win
complete sewerage system. 2 magnincens
water supply, o well-driiied nre ueRsr
ment. electric lights and strees-cars, four.
teen churches, O handsome Young Mems
Christian Association building, ample
schools, public and private, over nity
extensive manufacturing industries, thirty
five land and Improvement companies.
four banks, four loan associations. over
half q dozen hotels, three daily news
papers, and an extensive wholesale trane.
Some of the industries Of Roanoke are tho
Roanoke Machine~Works lcar and loco
motiye), Roanoke Iron Company WIN
two-hundred-ton furnace, muck,bar, anu
ate-mill). Grocer Steel Works, Roanoke
Spike Factory, several brick-yards, Gsm-
brill feur-mills, brewery. ,bfidee-works.
Roanoke Rolling Mills, tile-works, Ice
factory, Hydraulic Engine-Works, canning
and preserying-factory.. mattress-iac-
tory. earriage-works, tobacco-factorieA
four piaining- mills. paper-bag factory
sash. bhnd-, and door-factory, and plaek.
marble works. This does not include
numerous minor industries. In 1899 there
were completed an iron-furnace, carrisge'
works, brewery. bottling- works., brick-
works, q plauing-mill,. grain.elevatos,
marble-works, and two hotels. There are
now under construction eight valuable IN.
dustries, and at the opening or the yeax
many more were contemplated, embracing
engine-works, glass-works, woolien-inhlsi
wrought-iron pipe-works: The land sno
improvement companies have bought up
all the land around Roanoke; The wornna
capital Of the city is estimated OF s2O,O ,Ooo.Vvos