The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-29
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.


West Lynchburg is in position, AMI
Tuesday the huge ''travcller,' which is
used in the work OF construction, was
rolled out on it's iron track until the
projecting portion extended beyond the
temporary pier, preparatory to placing
the next span. The work will go on
moro rapidly from now on, the weather
permitting, but the structure is of such
ponderOus character that the prog
ress is necessarily slow.
The body of the mail carrier, between
Big Stone Gap, and Whitcsburg, Ky,
who has been missing since the big
snow, was found ON Thursday last. The
body showed two bullet wounds and the
mail pouch had been robbed.
Mr.. Ii. C. Baker, manager OF the
Max Meadows Land and Improvement
Company, has lately returned from u
visit East. where he secured an iron
bridge works plant. Il shoe manufacture
ing plant and wagon building plant,
to be located this spring upon the pro-
perty of his company. These new enter
plises will at once bring ABOUT 800 skill
led mechanics to the city of Max Mca-
dows. BY statistical estimates these
three plants and their operatives will
bring twenty-five hundred new people
to Max Meadows.
Tn, Abingdon Development Company
has ut last succeeded in purchasing the
remaining one-fourth interest in the
Humes land east of town. being the
interest of Milton llumes, OF Hunts
vile, Ala. The price paid for this inter
est is ST 1000. Mr.. llumes has already
reinvested $4,000 of the proceeds in the
p irchase of the ~. T. Suiter farm, ON
inc creek above Judge hughes farm.
This is exactly the cost price to Mr.
Suit,r several years ago.
MIR. j ,b Clark. is now opening on his
farm, iour miles east of Abingdon, Il
vein of iron ore thatat present promises
we'll. The surface width Of the vein is
twenty feet, though at Il depth of twelve
f.ot 1T has narrowed TO twelve feet. Mr.
Clark is SO much pleased with the pros
pect that he has purchased for Sl25
eleven adjoining acres, and has also
optioned tho farm owned by the heirs
of the late James y. Bailey. which is
Immediately north OF the land alluded
to and adjoining same. The locality is
about midway between tho Norfolk and
Western railroad and the old Saltville
and Abingdon road, 4 region that to me
appears more promising of iron than the
OHC ooutH VI VIC TullrOdu. i nc NalkerS
mountain range in this section is fruit
full of the mill grit stone which is said
to be generally, if not always. indica-
tive of iron orc.
The Wytheville council, at the meet
ing on last Friday evening, accepted
the proposition laid before them by
George l.. Colgate. OF the Thomson
Houston Electric Street Railway Com
IA nil In ~,
weather will permit, by the rout, laid
down in our last issue. This will be n
great improvement to our city, and
should add greatly to tho progress.
subscriptions arc coming in fast to
Construction Company, OF which Gen
eral j. a. Walker is president. When
the company has secured $500, 900 in
bona fidc subscriptions to their stock,
of which very large amount has been
subscribed by the various land COM
pInins of our city. they will imme-
duately commence work upon the con-
struction of the Virginia and Kentucky
railroad at this point, and push the
construction north and southeast from
Wythevillc. Work upon this road will
give such impetus to our city that no
ulhcr town in Virginia has enjoyed in
tho history of thoir growth. -Wythe-
lie Enterprise.
Speaking of tho Danville and East
Tennessee railroad, one of the parties
interested in the building contracts
says: I'VE have just returned from an
inspecting tour over. the line from
Bristol to Damascus. We employed
guide and made a close inspection. We
travelled at the rate of 1917 miles per
day. The route is much better than we
expected to see. The grade will not
exceed GO feet at any point. There
Will be one tunnel between Bristol and
Damascus, about is miles from here. 1t
will .bc 7o0-foot tunnel. The engineers.
though,are now at work making calcula-
tions on tho propriety of throwing it
out. 1t is quite likely that this will be
done"
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