The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-06


Springs, which extension they are
building now and is to be completed by
the 18th of June, thence across by the
way of Mt Grove to Huntersville
through Pocahontas Company, the edge
of Webster, and through Nicholas, and
connect with their main line near eau
Icy Bridge in Fayette county Thus
instead of double tracking. they will
build new road with tho Same ex-
penditure of money that it would take
to double track and answer tho same
purpose, and pass through heretofore
undcvelopcd region of country, rich in
iron ore, timber and coal, increasing
their freight twofold. Engineers are
now at work surveying the best possible
route across the Allegheny mountains
Basic City has just secured most i'm
portant industry to go into the 300 foot
wing of the hardware factory building.
1t is Michigan enterprise and has an
extensive trade over the United States.
large force of hands will be employed
The shops manufacture roller mill ma
chinery as speciality, together with
various other kinds of machinery.
Operations will begin just as soon as
the machinery can be put in place.
Work is progressing finely on the
Buena Vista steel works. a force of
hands being actively engaged building
the massive stone foundations for the
big plant. The location of tho plant
is near the old Loeb Laird station.
A. X. Rarig is away looking after
some bids which he has m de for the
construction of blast furnace at Buena
Vista. Every day witnesses Increased
activity at the machine shops. There
are thirty-five orders on tho books,
many of which are for engines and boil
ers. They are casting heavy bed plates
for engines, and what is more. and very
much to the point, they are using Buena
Vista pig iron to make these castings.
The pig iron is pronounced a No. l by
the expert foundrymen.
Chicago syndicate has bought the
machinery for treating tho orc of Slate
Hill mine at Mineral City and will be
there and put in position inside of
thirty days ready for operation. DR..
Earnest is developing the mines for
magnetic iron and manganese, which so
far is exceedingly rich and abundant.
Tho work of cxcavating tho founda-
ton OF the now hotel ut Lexington, has
been completed. and the stone founda-
has been let to contract to McKecy 4
Wills, who are to complete it in fifty
days.
Mr.. W. III. Hubert with corps of
engineers has been engaged during the
past week in laying off the branch road
to the barclay quarry at Lexington.
The estimates are completed and have
been forwarded to Mr.. Axtell of the C.
& G. road. The Lexington Develop
ment Company has given tho right of
way for the road. and it will be con-
structed by the c. & o. railroad COM
pany and the West Lexington Company.
The road will leave the Valley railroad
bed somo yards south OF the ice factory,
will cross the Colliertown road on
trestlc and run about parallel to that
road until near the Barclay residence.
The county commissioners have an
pointed A. i. Miller, John X. Peck and
j. {. Higginbotham as viewers to locate
county route sixty feet in wild tn be-
tween Bluefeld and Graham. as far as
the State line. AS the road from that
point to Graham is already laid out we
may soon expect Il short thoroughfare
to the Gate City, and may reasonably
hope in the course of time to take a
ride on the Electric cars
The Huntington and Kenova Land
Development Company's general man
agcr states that the following enter
prises haYo been secured for Central
City: a tlint-glaSs bottle factory. CAPT
tai stock $4,000; window-glass fac
tory, capital stock $50, 900; a barrel and
tub factory, capital stock 100000; n saw
and planning mill, S35, 900, and two brick
| plants, one with $4,000 capital stock,
the other with $4,000. The factories
are to be completed by ST ptember /.
The Central improvements Company,
of Buena Vista, was organized on We'd
ncsday last by the election OF the fol-
| lowing officers:
w. ~. Wrenn. of Norfolk, president;
Jacob Bumgardner, of Buena Vista,
vice-president; j. NJ. IIcnklc. general
manager; Il. "A. Marsden. of Buena
Vista, secretary and treasurer; j. Lewis
Bumgardner, of Stuanton, counsel
Directors: NJ. Lyman, Concord, N H.;
NJ. L. Mcclure, Spotwood, Va; d. II.
Cole, Williamsburg, Va. DR.. j. ID.
Moncurc, Williamsburg, Va; j. NJ.
Ilenkle, Buena Vista; X. n. McCand-
fish, Buena Vista: Med. l.. Wrenn,
Norfolk. This company holds very
valuable real estate within the city
limits.
The Bristol News says: The manage.
ment of the S. A. e 0. railroad is max
ing strenuous efforts to secure through
connections with tho Louisville and
Nashville at Big Stone Gap, thus in
creasing its facilities of travel and be-
coming keen competitor in the freight
carrying traffic from the West With n
view to testing the efficacy of such
plan tho management is having ship
mcnts of its own supplies made from St.
Louis via Big Stone Gap, and every in
dication goes to show that rapid
transit freight system to Southern and
Southwest points may in short time
become an accomplished fact. If n