The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-28
souTHw EST VIRGINIA NOTES.

went in blast, about month ago, it has
shipped sixty car loads of pig-iron to
different parts of the country. The
average car load has been twenty-five
tons. In aggregate about !, 500 tons has
been shipped.
The Bear Lithia Water Co. shipped u
solid car (290 cases. of lithia water from
Elkton to New York several days ago.
Elkton can certainly boast of having
good water. having three large lithia
springs, each of the springs having Ca
pacity large enough to supply q town of
10000 people.
The Elkton Index made its first APP
pcarancc last Saturday, and is quite a
newsy and interesting paper. Mr.. S. c.
Spencer is editor and Geo. III. Haker, for
merly OF the Gordon Times, of Cor
louisville, general manager and asso-
ciate editor. Success to tho enterprise.
Mr.. S. c. Spencer, general manager of
Elkton Improvement Co., and Mr.. Wal
termirc left last week for Grand Rapids,
Mich, to purchase furniture and sup
plies for the new hotel, which will be
completed before long.
The avenues in Shcndun arc about
three miles long and the streets average
about one mile crossing each other at
right angles.
Mr.. r. j. Law, superintendent Of the
Shendun Brick Works, says he will b.
ready to commence turning out bricks
as soon as the SNOW mclts Off
Mr.. Z. M. Read, secretary of the
Glasgow Investment Company, has been
appointed secretary and treasurer of the
Natural Bridge Park Association, talk
ing tho place of Mr.. Williams, who is
now filling the same position for the
Rcckbridgc Company.
The Glasgow Improvement Company
has declared a dividend of 40 per cent,
which is passed to the credit of the
stockholders, making the stock up to rs
per cent.
Tho telegraph operators on the Shcn-
andoah Valley division of the Norfolk
and Western railroad, some time ago
sent in petition for.an advance of s.
each per month and got it.
The directors of the Big Stone Gap
improvement Company, at meeting
held in New York, decided to establish
banking and trust company. The
concern will probably be called the
Interstate Investment Company, and
Will be incorporated under the laws Of
Virginia. The directors chosen are
John IL. Inman, Il. S. Ayres, John T.
Green, j. G. McGcorge, j. L. Taggard,
f. ii. Menzies and George S. Scott.
The Bristol Foundry and Machine
Company will commence active work
about April 1.
That section OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railroad between the White
Sulphur Springs and Ashland, Ky, a
distance of $40 miles, was begun in
1865. but was not finished until twenty
years later in 1883. The difficulties of
construction of this part of the limo,
owing to the mountainous nature Of tho
country, involved tho expenditure of
vast sums of money and great amount
OF time, but the indomitablc energy of
c. p. Huntington at length succeeded
in finishing the line.
The business of the Lynchburg Trust
and Savings Bank has increased so rap
idly since it's organization several
months ago that the stockholders have
found 1T eXpcdicnt to increase it's CAPT.
tai stock from 800, 600 to $3.50, 600. which
has been done. The addition of the
Savings Bank was wise move on the
part of the company and is hearing
good fruit 1t meets long felt want
In the community and will develop into
valuable feature of our banking bust
ness.
The Chesapeake and Ohio officials
have decided to make extensive addi-
tlons to their round houses and shops
now in course of construction at Clifton
Forge, Va, at cost of 800, 900 outside
of machinery. The contract has been
awarded and work already commenced
upon the foundations.
The Fredericksburg and Valley Rail-
road Company, which will construct a
railroad from Fredericksburg, Va, to
Harrisonburg, expects to begin opera
tions at the Harrisonburg end within
ninety days.
Colonel j. II. d. Ross, of Lexington,
has autographed Mr.. j. Med. Adair that
he had closed contract with tho Union
Steel Works of Louisville, Ky, manu-
facturcrs of edge tools, to locate in Lex
ington without delay. Mr. Adair states
that the plant has capital of 81 200. 600.
and the buildings would cover four acres
OF ground. They agree to work 800
sklilcd laborcrs, whose families will
run the population up 1000 more.
To be Sent to the Aims House.
a young man about % years of aro
was picked up on Campbell street last
night by an officer. He had fallen in a
ii and was Writhinr in rroot ,popv