The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-09-18
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large industrial population that uiit be rash
cred here The little knobs when cleavesl al.
VIII make splendid sheep ranches anu sxst
ranges. Some Of these points are so III ana 81
symmetrical that they will make adm Bis
residence sites, few Of them LeiAg as beIs,ssi.
'u' as many points on the castellated Rhine, y:
a conspicuous example Of the future 81 this
k'nd OF development is evidenced at II arrora il
Dr. Allan McLane Hamilton. Of New. Il a.
VINO Is erecting sanatariuns here, near Cum
oer'and Gap, in which town he Is ms,ch later.
ested' paid visit there recently, Ii mas 81
reared that he would curtail expenses, but on q
the contrary Indicating increasingly easier
flmes) he directed the work 10 go on, aud Or
dcrcd three or four more miles az s.rects Is Re
macadamizcd. The Harrogate Inn Ii nearing
completion, and the Hotel Of tho Four Sea- ss'
sons makes great show. This place viii
DC the residence of many Of the best people
OF Aiddlesborough.
. 1t Is reported that the reason the Waits
brothers do not start their immense furnaccat
Middlesborough earlier, is because the Water
company there wants to charge them $4,000
per "nnnm Tor their water supply Thinkof
tnat' people of Big Stone Gap, whose entire
water plant cost only $4,000, while that sat
Middlesborough stands at sum yarious,y cs-;
smnted at from 100000 to 100000, including
reservoir, pumping station, and other expenses
winch the Big Stone Gap Co. avniis altogether.
Rather than stand this cxaction, the Watts
brothers are reported as being ala,ut to.put
IN their own works, by damniins l,cunett's
FORK, or pumping the water from. powels's
River across Cumberland Mountain.
The Big Stone Gap Improvement Co. has an Ii
application from a gentlen,an who has aided
very largely in The Industrial development OF
the South, and who islnow very much inter- e
ested in the direct process Of making ssecl,to
pnt in rlant Of that kind here. lie has prone
i>ed to como soon, md brings party Of friends
saying that he has Il party wio is seeking tie
proper place to invest $250,GOO.
The c"ored people now have u school lierc y
taught by Noah Wilson, colored, with 25 pu-
pills. This, with the whites, lis, in the city
school PROPERLY at buttons Saw Mill, and
100 at East Big Stone Gap, makes 29s ii allin
attendance. When Mr.. Beckford's school Ii q
fully opened, the number will be 400 and. oy er.
The walnut tree mentioned ii, last wetk ,s
issue as being 22 feet in ,lan,etcr Is AZ &c /.
course, % feet in circumference. liz liaint-
ter was feet inches.
Messrs. Nicklcs 4. Horselcy sold 10 dealer
last week $4,000 worth 0f walnut logs. The Ii
timber and lumber men IRE now pouring mt
large sums of money hers--n,nrc ii, fact than u
persons engaged in anysoti,cr lire OF business. 4
Next come the Furnace and tic hey Street
Railroad.
'"e 'iohmah LUMBER COMPANY, Under the
o'rect'on OF Sit. oofhcrs, y running 20 four
morse 'e"ms' getting IN walnut and poplar,
he amount OF logs gong out Tor export Is now
s3l
The Western ,n;on - 4 aor, i, -, =,
contracted with Gen. yers for III ya,lss.
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The contractor for the Nickles hniidinr
and will nvsb bis work. IS : MAJ; ,ion Il
possible. .s533
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II Is understood that tclegrah service MIL
be given in the Office Of the Intermont Hotel
on the Goth inst, and afterwards. ~