The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-24
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

The Thomas Mining Company, on the
West Virginia Central railroad, are
making preparations to sink another
Shaft at their works at that point. The
new shaft will be close to the old one
and will be operated by tho same ma
chinery that is employed at the old one.
Thomas M. Jackson, engineer in chief
OF the Pittsburg and Southern Railroad
Company, with a corps of engineers,
have commenced the surveys for that
county, by way of Blacksmith to the
kanawha Valley. They propose to
have these surveys completed by the
LIST of July if it is possible. Two more
engineering corps will be put to work
at the other end of the line at once.
The mail pouch on No. for Max
Meadows was robbed a. that station
last Friday night after it was thrown
from the train. No loss of money is re-
ported.
Ex-senator johnson N. Camden is au.
thority for the statement that there has
been raised for the purpose of building
new lines of railroad in the southern
part of West Virginia within the next
year no less than 100000 Most of
this Will be spent upon three short lines
that are to connect tho Norfolk and
Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio
with the coal and iron ore fields in the
lower part of Logan and Mcdowell
coal and iron and some of the finest tim
Der to be found any where down in that
section.
conference was held last week be-
tween the representatives of the West
Virginia and Pittsburg railroad and
the syndicate that recently purchased
the Potts Creek iron ole beds with a
view of opening line down to those
fields and mining the ore. The lands
that the syndicate purchased are among
the finest in the Virginias and the rail
road will have only a few miles of road
to build aftor it finishes it's proposed
line to reach tho ore fields. tits under
stood that the conference was fruitful of
good results and that the line will DO
completed to its proposed terminus at
once, and that the iron land syndicate
will help to continue the line.
The last rail was laid Tuesday on the
Shendun street railway extension across
South river to the entrance of the Grot-
toes.
The Southern Improvement Company
composed Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company, Dlexel, Morgan &
Co., Geo. Il. Bliss, j. Crosby Brown and
other bankers of New York, NJ. e. In
gals, president of the Chesapeake and
Ohio and Big Four railway, together
with DR.. III. McCiuire, Dr. Geo. Ross, C.
0. B. Cowaroin and others of Virginia
have purchased the Warm, Hot and
Healing Springs. A standard gauge
railway, "a miles in length, is now
under construction from Covington. Va,
to the Hot Springs and will be com
pleted early in July.
The contract for the erection of the
Presbyterian Church in Basic City has
been awarded to w. Il. IIoltzclaw, and
work will commence at once. The build
ing will be of the gothic style of archi-
lecture, and the interior arrangement
Will be the most convenient and artistic
of any church edifice west of Richmond.
Radford has chosen the following del.
egates to the Pulaski Worlds Fair Con-
yention: Lieut.. Gov. Tyler, Capt. L. +.
Gill, Capt. a. j. Lucas, Capt. S. Heth.
w. R. Roberts, j. Lawrence Radford,
w. r. Wharton, and the representatives
OF the newspapers In the town.
X. A. Gibbons, 73 years of age, living
near Elkton, died last Saturday Of
paralysis.
OHSSa Pcahe anu OnlO people nave
completed their new freight depot at
Basic City, and o. c. Mehurin, late of
Whitesburg, Tenn, has been sent there
to take charge as agent.
The Charleston, Clcndennin and SUIT
ton Railroad Company has been char
tered by A. l.. Ruifncr, Jacob Goshorn,
D. Is. Dana, and others, to build the
Elk River railroad, to extend from
Charleston. w. Va, by the most practic-
able route to Sutton. The capital stock
is 100000.
The Basic City building and Invest
ment Company has declared dividend
of per cent.