The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-03

Staunton Shoe Factory, has resigned
that position to accept the formanship
OF the Harrisonburg Shoe Factory. lie
brings with him from the Staunton es
tablishmont ten or twelve OF its best
male and female operatives.
The brown hcmatito ore from Wildcat
Valley dried at gig degrees Fahrenheit
analyses as follows:
Silica. 4.45
pta ..'''''''.. '''......... S.o3
PHOSPHORUS. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 0.143
metal iron. .-................ $500
Mahganese. ............. O.6O
Limo. ................. trace.
Sulphur. none.
Last week Mcssrs. A. p and Joseph
s. Gillespie purchased Of Mrs. G. w.
SPOTS, widow Of the late Capt. George
w. SPOTS, the magnificent farm at
Tazewell Court House upon which she
now resides. We learn the considera-
ton was S2s, 0Oo-Mrs. SPOTS reserving
her residence and twenty-five acres Of
land.
Mr.. w. d. l.. Borum, of Lynchburg,
and Mr.. G. A. Phau, of Petersburg, went
recently on trip to Northern and
Eastern cities in the interest of the
Petersburg Battleficlds Land and De-
velopment Company, which has recently
taken shape. The company has secured
q large body of land in the immediate
vicinity of Petersburg, embracing
number of points OF historic interest,
among them the famous Crater" and
Will proceed to improve tho property by
laying off parks, streets, ETC., and by
building largo modern hotel in the
midst OF attractive grounds near the
"Crater." They will also donate fifty
acres as site to a Soldiers Home and
n II md
The largest deal in Main street prop
erty in Bristol that has ever been
made was closed this week. The vacant
lot just west of the Thomas House was
sold to DR.. j. l.. Hicks and DR.. j. A.
Dickey for $500 per front foot the fifty
live feet bringing the sum OF S27, o.
The property belonged to Messrs. Rey-
nolds, Barker and Brown. One wear
ago this property could have been pur.
chased for 5000 per front foot, and even
four months since was offered for $3.50.
Big Stone Post: Work on the plant of
the Virginia Coal and Iron Company is
progressing as well as might have been
expected, considering the weather. Tho
management is driving two entries that
when completed will be four miles long,
and develop 10000 acres of land Tho
coal is six feet three inches thick, with
- 800 Nv ASbioi NoOAJ tDdb III uOcS
not require any timboring, even at the
mouth of the entry. An idea of the
very largo amount of coal that will
come from these entries is shown by
the statement that each acre six feet
thick contains 10000 tons of coal
There Is lso being located the stone
work for largo tipplo house;
grading is being done for the
location of the coke ovens, and stone
being quarried to put up tho retaining
walls. Ten houses of the first hundred
that arc to bo built are now almost
ready. Major O'Bricn, chief engineer
of tho Louisville and Nashville, has been
hero this week to let the contract for
the building Of his branch railroad to
these works. This road can be graded,
track laid and equipment put on in tive
or three months, and it has been located
in such way that the Virginia Coal
and Iron Company people can place
banks OF ovens along almost it's entire
length. Tho management expects at
first to erect 400 ovens. 1t has at it's
present place room for 1,O00 on Mud
Lick for 1000; on Preacher Creek 900,
and on Roaring Fork, 1000, making a
total of 5000 which will be construc ted
from time to time. Tho payroll of the
company at tho beginning will be about
increase so that over 4 quarter of q
million of dollars will be spent there
yearly, of which Big Stone Gap will get
the indirect benefit.
The Gordon Land Company, of Cor
louisville, have had force of hands at
work the past week grading side track
near their brick plant. Tho bad
weather has impeded its progress.
They had to suspend operations awhile.
The side-track is to extend from the
brick plant nearly to Gordonsville. 1t
is to be used for taking wood to the
plant and taking brick away. Tho re-
pair of the nine-mile track from Cor
louisville to Orange Court House has
been completed.
The largest cash church subscription
ever taken up in one church in Virginia
was lifted at the Easter morning
service at the st. Luke's p L. church.
Norfolk, Sunday. Tho rector, Rev. A.
5. Lloyd, told the congregation that he
wanted $4,000 He had mentioned the
same thing two weeks ago. When the
baskets were counted after the service
it was seen that his people had not only
come up to his request, but had gone
way over it, the cash and checks
amounting to S30,7l7.
The Ohio Valley road, which runs
from Evansville, Ind, to Princeton,
Ky, 100 miles, whore it intercepts the
Newport News and Mississippi Valley,
has been sold to G. p. Huntington.
Covington has very inviting pros
pect before it. The railroad to Healing
Springs Is under contract and work al