The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-15
Max Meadows, Wythe County.
Virginia.

Perfect Site For Industrial Pur-
poses. Scvcnty-twO miles west OF Roa-
noke. va. twcnty-eight miles west Of
tadford, Va, and seventy-nine miles
east Of Bristol. Tenn, on the line OF the
Norfolk and Western railroad-a trunk
line from New York to New Orleans.
IT. only fifteen miles west OF Pulaski.
the point AT which theNorth Carolina con-
H. elton leaves the main line to connect.
with the Cape Frnr and Yadkin Valley
RAJ road. With the completion OF this
ana the lrontor extension to tho Ohio
river. both under active construction. n
great BEE Trunk LINE from CHICAGO Ia
the SOUTH ATLANTIC SEAB0ARp will be
opened, giving ample facilities for
reaching the largest and rapidly widen
ing markets.
Max Meadows Is only forty miles in
An air line from the grer 'POCAMoyrAs
Fiat Tor COAL FIELDS, although the
present distance by rail is 1903 miles.
1t il surrounded by iron ore properties,
and there is no point in Virginia that
has cheaper and more regular supplies
OF COAL. COKE, and IRON ORE.
Although in the great Valley Of vir-
GINA. the altitude OF Max Meadows is
2.oi5 FEET ARovE rIDEwATER. Tho
climate is peri, ct. the scenery surerb,
years for the richness and fertility Of
its soil. and the excellence OF it's FLEE
cattle and sheep
One of the largest and most thor
oughly equipped BLAsr FURNACE in the
South is rapidly approaching Compile
ton: ROLLING MILL and HORSE shoe
factory liz under contract, and favorable
negotiations for other industries are
pending. By r. cent Developments q
strong red short iron ore il now avail
able at this point at low cost. Every
possible variety of iron, either red
short. neutral, OF cold short can no
produced at will.
proper admixtmre of ores will give
CHEAP IRON that cannot be eXcellcd In
any portion OF the world for SMALL, oAsr-
mos, and espt cially SHELF HARDWARE,
being as FLUID az water. and TENACIOUS
and STRONG by reason OF the oopper In
the red short ore. There are q number
OF CHARCOAL FURNACES in the vioirity
giving chilling and malleable irons To
responsible ticsdlBp0sed towards the
esta blishment of independent or
branches of any Industrial works In
IRON, HTEEL, WOOD WORKING, C0rr0E,
WOODEN, or in GENERAL LINRs, a nMrR>
ABLE sITKH WILL Tx GIVEN, fronting On
both railroad and water, and hearty CO.
op, ration assured.
Ret d Creek, one Of the boklest streams
in Southwest Virginia, flows through
the town, furnishing ample water sup
plies for drinking, manufacturing ard
drainage purposes. tt 4
Extensive WATER WORKS are now be-;
ing constrGotd;s LARGE MODERN
no rEl. will be opened in d. c.mber; the
stretAs are b ing graded and macadam-
izt d. and an ELEcTRIo PLANr will be
established at, an early day. I,etween
40 and so buildings have been erected
during the last few months. and large
number are now under contruct and
construction.
The Company il particularly dcsirous
of having l,cat' d II FIRsr-CIAss MA
CHINE BRICK YARD. Aside from q very
heavy IL cal demand. it IN good ship
ping point for outside plao ~.
\ Careful personal examination win
convince any impartial observer that
there is NO POINT. not merely in the
SOUTH, hutin ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY
that "frra create business induo mcuts
IN legitimate way. No boom is looked
for. hut simply a steady and profitable.
development. Correspondcnoc solioited,
President. CLARENCE N. CLARK,
Philadelphia, Pa; president. ED
MuND C. PECHIN. Roanoke. Va
manager. II. c. BAKER, Max Meadows
VA