The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-26
VIRGINIA NOTES.

iue sulphur springs, HOW knOWn as
station Grayson, near Wytheville, will
been let to build a largo depot and
hotel. The place will be laid off for a
town and sulphur water mado useful.
Five hundred and fifteen cars of coal
and coke were shipped from Bluefield
, tuesday, which is tho largest single
days shipment on record. One hun
dred and ninety-eight cars wero brought
in from Elkhorn.
The warm weather has started the
builders to work in Wytheville and
houses OF different kinds arc going up
in every part of the city. The different
contractors inform us that they have
already contracts for more work than
has ever. been done in our city in q
whole year. This speaks we'll for the
future and shows that our citizens arc
in earnest.
The Wytheville Development com
pany have donated II site for the pillow
factory and machine shops, also for n
plant to manufacture patent clothes
washer. Both of these Industries will
begin work on their buildings at once
The Wythevillo Development Com
pany had their first annual meeting of
Stockholders last Saturday evening
The meeting was in every way salts
factory, and every ono expressed them
selves pleased with the oompany's pros
poets, which are. indsed, very fatter-
ing. The board of directors for the
ensuing year were elected and consisted
of the old board, with the addition of
Mcssrs. W. L. Yost, G. w. Pike and c..
Trinkle.
Telegraph poles have been erected
along the line of tho Norfolk and West
ern road as far west as Guest Station.
Bull Hill tunnel is still blocked with
muck. 1t is calculated that 1000 yards
of earth will have to be moved before
the tunnel will be opened.
Hon. S. b. Elkins stopped at Cumber-
land en- route to New York from his
home at Elkins, w. Va. Talking of
railroad extension for tho West vi, ginia
Central road from here to tide-wa ter, he
said that on account of long litigation
that he saw was inevitable, he had
favored another outlet than the canal,
but its advantages made it worth the
effort. The West Virginia road had
freight enough to pay interest on bonds
sufficient to construct road to tide
water, and he had always favored the
construction of it's own line. Five years
ago he had secured charter for tire
Baltimore and Western road, and it
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would now surely be constructors: at
first as far as Williamsport, where the
Western Maryland and Cumberland
Valley roads would offer inducements in
competition with the baltimore and
Ohio. The old Taylor route from here
via Patterson's Creek has just been pro-
nounced feasible by Colonel Parsons,
and the demands of tho West Virginia
Central and Pennsylvania road would
compel an independent outlet.
Waynesboro Times: There arc three
gentlemen from Standardsvillc and two
from Waynesboro who have closed the
options on the specific lands on which
coal oil has3cen discovered. The Same
party has the options on all tho lands
2and about Standardsvillc, contain
ing about 1000 acres. The oil was first
discovered or u small lot of land owned
by Thomas Chapman, trustee, the land
being occupied by II. j. Bray who had
no interest in same. The Mundy
property is situated about one hundred
feetlfrom the Chapman property. Clear
Indications Of oil may be seen for half
n mile at the base of the mountain near
Standardsvillc. In the wet season at a
low estimate from ten to fifteen gallons
are discharged daily from the Chapman
property. The flow is continuous at all
times. In August Mrs. Bray complained
Of an offensive smell in tho basement of
her house and accused tho servant of
pouring coal oil against the wall. This
being denied and the smell continuing,
the servant was discharged, after which
the basement was abandoned as dining
room. Early in February the oil began
to run out at the bottom of tho wall in a
small stream and has continued to run
ever since.
The Monticello Wine Company, of
Charlottesville, has received from the
department of State in Washington the
silver medal and diploma awarded at
the Worlds Exposition in Paris in 1880
This is the second time tho Monticello
wines have received high awards in
Paris.