The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-05
and patience, a lesson which is 50
hard to be learned by Young men who want to

Mr.. Coombs is right, and If he had knowH u
better he might have said that we after having
done so very much. might still have done
great deal more, having relied too much on our
natural advantages, and the incoming OF spec
ulators to heap up our futures without effort IN
our part. Too many people interested here,
living elsewhere, do not know the needs Of the
place or, knowing them, do nothing-build no
houses. aid no public enterprises, are drones,
when colony of workers would give Us far
greater prosperity.
The Big Stone Gap Improvement Co. has
inquiries from Johnson City, Knoxville, St.s
Louis, Trenton, n. j., two from Baltimores
Boston, and London, about lots, land, opper.
tuuities for business, and general informasiones.
and from Minnesota for lumber site.
Mr.. F.. F. Wickham, of Hesscr & Wickhan,
st. Louis, who sell coke By the thousands Of
carloads, was recently here in search Of coke
and smithing coal. and while finding our coke
ali he could desire, would have been much
better pleased, had our mining and coking
operations been much further advanced. Vir-
ginia coke and coal have been given an enlarged
notice and I great boost in favor by the recent
labor troubles in Pennsylvania.
The Valley Street Railway has been very
courteous in granting the use Of IFS engiaes
cars and train crews, and the South Atlantic T.
Ohio railroad, the right of way over its track, to
convey the constantly coming crowd of visitors
who wish to see the wonderful coal veins OF
this section. because i: is on n line Of railway
the l.ooncy Creek mines of the Virginia, Ten
nassec & Carolina Steel 4 Iron Company are
most seen, but much interest is manifested in
the work Of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company.
Mir. j. X. Taggart Of the Virginia Coal
Iron Company, has agreed, as matter Of per-
sonal favor, to burn another oven of coke, that
the Exposition Hall may have larger and better
samples to show visitors.
Almost every body is making the mistake Of
building Oh too little ground, even those gem
temcn who are on Imboden Hill, where are the
fines! sites AMI the cheapest land.
The Rev Mr. Simmons is pushing the erec-
ton Of dwelling house on Poplar Hill.
The foundation of Mr.. j. F. Dullitt's house
on Poplar Hill is completed, and the lumber
for the remainder is being delivered.
Officers car3jl of the Louisville / Naah-
Vile K. T.. came in last Saturday, bringing
Gcn'l Mgr Metcalfe, Chief Engineer Montfort
and Superintendent Robinson, of the division
from Corbin to Norton, accompanying Maj.
0'Bricn, Chief Constructing Engineer. who, it
is understood, was turning the road over to
them, as his connection with the L. 4 n. ceased
last Sunday. They ran up to Norton, and
took look at the situation. The l.. 4 n. has
no side tracks, turn-table, station or other
works at Norton, merely using those Of the N.
& W., so it is hoped Big Stone Gap will get all
the improvements the L. 4 n. will put at this
end Of the road.
The Exposition Hall is little by little doing
the work expected of it. AS an example:
General Samuel Thomas, of Catasaqua, Pa,
of iron fame, and largely interested lin the
Virginia Coal & Iron Co., who is spending
$4,000 in building stone wall around his old
homestead, renovaiing the old house, and
furnishing up things generally, was SO much
pleased with the curly poplar OH exhibition that
he requested. General Manager Taggart to send
quite a quantity of it to him for finishing one
particular room.
AS another
Prof. Morse, of Salem, Mass, who was
recently here with Edward Atkinson, and 10
very much intcrestedin the plastic arts and
their products, was so very much taken with
the exhibit Of pottery made by Mr. William
Wolfe in 1873, that he requested Dir. Fox to
send him n sample, which "a half gallon
pitchcr) being found at Jackson Stewards in
the BEEN Hollow, was sent him last Saturday.
This will be labeled and placed in Prof.
Morse's collection, and credit given in the pub
LEGATIONS of his society, double way of max
ing Big Stone Gap clay known.
Big Stone Cap is, by the l.. L n. and n. 4
w. $50 miles from Norfolk and 275 from
Louisville, total of 756 miles Of trunk line.
Slr. George c. Potts, manager of the town OF
South Watauga, Tenn, and the iron properties
of Tie company Of which julius Hoffman, Of
Philadelphia is President, and who has had an
experience Of twelve years in the coal business
in various parts Of the United States, says he
has never seen finer coal anywhere than the
samples shown in the Exposition Hall, from
the property of the Virginia Coal 4 Iron Com
pany slr. Potts has found splendid quality
of Bcssemcr ore at South Wataugs, to which
his company has built six miles Of railroad.
Big Stone Gap will use this ore, as Middies-
borough, and South Watauga will use our coke.
The average Of the temperature here for the
month of March was 1872 degrees; for April,
Sal; for May, 1913; the grand average for these
three spring months being 52.2. The rain fall
for March was phenomenaly large, 1858 inches,
for April, 1888 and for Nay 4.08; total for spring
1909
The Methodist church on the cornor Of East
First and Wyandottc streets is now receiving
its coat of sbeating for the roof, the sides
being already weatherboarded. The door has
gentle slope toward the recessed pulpit, 80
that every sitting will command good view.