The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-05-29

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during the weak. is know tia
I5tiations are pending bet ween II isenring
and AR. Smith, Of the Ii. B.
Ito the iinmed iatc ion 81 5ranelts
road up Callahan creek 10 tie coking cpal !
opening II IS believed too that & ayofable'
solution Of tue s..isa emsnt Is about being:
reachedif sc i; has. not salreaiy been reacheds
and that work on tie branc Wilt soon BE pusl,s
Ie,t. a prrliminars surrey gas alreads tbeeiri
s:.ade, the right fNas seesreds and saething
remains to be. done but the ecnst of the
road distance Of some four or ave miles.
The ginia Coal & IRON Company w;;ltrcsasiie
work en- their miners cottage tram siand
side tracksas soon 6 y. t. on tie
grading. Though details can net now be given,
those who are IN, position to kuost, are under
the impression that the most serious disagree
lment between the two. companies has been
practically overcome apd there issevcry pros
Ipect of an immediate and satisfactory adjust
,nent of all other points Of difference.
I he chief object OF PrcsIdeGt teitoT,S visit Z
to the Gap this week was to examine tile cotrn-
try and determine the bcst.r6ute for the seM
branch OF the East Tcnncsscs, Virginia &
Georgia from johnson CITY tn this point
Three routes are under considerations, two.of
which will involve the use of a part Of the
South Atlantic & Ohio line, and the third
would be an independent ard direct Inc.
There are rumors that the East Tennessee,
Virginia & Georgia company have already I
acquired a controlling interest IN the S: & II
O., hut they lack continuation. Howererth
may be, it seems Tie E. r., va. & Ca. hare
determined to adopt the;p policy Of the, Norfolk
& Western, and viii, 50 largey;in the develop
ment business. They find that the fapis TIE
aatural center Of tie coal aud iron district of
The Appalachian range. and the demands Of :
traffic compel them to come here.
A convention has been called to meet in
Pulaski, July 18th, to formulate plan, for 1
securing creditablc exhibit ct The Coum-
bian Fair. a number of distinguished rcr-
sons are expected to attend it, among them
Gov. Mckinney, Lt.-Gov. TYLER and Hon. Ben
Butterworth of Ohio: Solicitor General of the
Fair. The Importance to Southwest Virginia
of taking some step III this direction cannot
well be ovcrestimated.1 Every town and every
county should adopt some plan of organized
action aud Go so promptly. Virginia cannot
afford, to neglect such an opportunity formaking
IF ;ob I.
and timber, and to do this crcditably no time
should be lost in effecting an organization for
the purpose
The Exposition Hall wishes to acknowledge
the receipt of the following:
a number of large blocks Of coal from the
Looncy Creek mines Of the Virginia, Tonnes
see 6 Carolina Steel & Iron Co., Thomas
Johns, Sup't.; also from same source, lot OF
coke made in open rick, from the slack and
waste Of the mines, thus demonstrating that
the whole vein will coke; i large and varied
assortment Of holdings from the planning mill
of Wolfe, Clay Co.; twelve excellent samples
Of hard woods, dressed, from e. E. Dutton;a a.
quantity of building stone from A. Cordingleys
4 block Of same with old English letters from
same; wagon load OF coking coal from the
Virginia Coal Iron Co.; some OF the coke
Ian unqualified success) burned in the first
experimental oven in this part of Southwest
Virginia, BY tue same; two wildwood (popiar1
planks, IL feet long, 3A inches thick, and AZ
inches wide, from the same; mortar and brick
sand from Lafayette Parr: brick from Parsons
brickyard; two specimens of curly poplar from,
". +. Baker; a piece OF stone that fell tom
the Natural Bridge of Virginia and coral
from Miss Jerusha Goodloc, Alton, Va; two
specimens Of pottery from Oliver L. Fox, and
one of crockcry from William Wolfe, ali made
BY Mr.. Wolfe, near East Big Stone Gap, in
1878,
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Nearly all the material for the bridge across
the North Fork of PowelPs river has been
received and the contractors arc busily en-
gagged at the work. The structure will cost
$4,000.