The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-09
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA NOTES.

soHy superior qualltY, TWO coIOrS, dark
purple and green. The firm expect to
nave on the ground in o few days COM
piete outfit Of machinery, when opera
lions will commence. Tho Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway Company is now
building track which will connect the
quarry with the railroad.
In Wythe county tho Democratic no
limitations are as follows: Treasurer,
Robert Snavely; sheriff, Robert Land
reth; comm issioners of the revenue, q.
Washington Hudson and j. S. Spangler:
commemorative attorney, j. A. Sander.
The Republicans are in doubt as to
whether they will hold convention,
but they have more than one candidate
for several of the offices and will have
to do something to solidify their lines.
The Rockingham Democratic county
convention has nominated full
county ticket. Tho nominations are:
James B. Stevenson, for commonwealth
attorney; George Is. Keel, for treasurer;
John ID. Scott for sheriff. Tho NOM
lnees for commissioner of revenue are
William IL. Blakemore. A. e. Wyant,
James Is. Price, Frank G. Woodson, and
!. l.. Branner. Mr.. Keel is an OK
State senator and the present county
chairman, and Mr.. Blakemore was a
member OF tho last house of delegates.
Mr.. Price is brothor-in.law of Hon. j.
w. Marshall, OF Craig.
Front Royal Gazette: Mr.. D. w.
Fllckwir, who is president Of "Twin
City Iron Company" will begin work
on his new charcoal furnace at an early
day. The site is located between the
Norfolk and Western railroad and the
Shenandoah river and west of the east
end of the big iron bridge. Mr.. Flick
wiz has purchased two acres OF elevated
land near this point and will erect two
handsome dwellings thereon-one for
his father and one for himself. These,
with the hundred and upwards Of other
residences contracted to be built during
the summer, will mako the new section
OF the town active with busy workmen,
and when finished will give the twin
solidity. They are still coming; do not
stop them.
The charter of tho Virginia Steel Car
Company, which was granted some
months ago, being faulty in some re-
spects, it became necessary to have it
amended, which has recently been done.
A meeting was held few days ago and
reorganization made under the
amended charter. Col. A. S. Buford,
the former president, resigned, and Col.
Robert Catlett was elected president in
his stead. Other officers were elected
as follows: f. II. Foster, vice-prosi-
dent and general manager; James A.
cloore, secretary and treasurer. Direc-
tors: General Lee, VIM. A. Anderson,
w. w. Green, Of Chicago, and the oili-
GERS of the company.
buena Vista: Rev. M. Spigglc. of
Augusta county, who has charge of the
Lutheran Church extension for this
section Of Virginia, spent most of last
week here and organized congregation.
a committee on subscriptions for fund
to build new church was appointed
and preparations were made for begin
ming tho new church building at an
early day.
Mr.. Julian Kennedy, of Pittsburg,
the chief engineer of tho Buena Vista
steel plant, was here last week and
awarded contracts for the construction
OF this important enterprise. Busy
hands are now engaged at work on the
first steel plant in Virginia.
The Rarig Machine Works have com
menced work and have orders for large
number of boilers and engine, several
of which will be shipped to Western
States
The Mexico Coal and Steamship Com
pany, composed of New York capital
for the shipment of Alabama coal to
points in the interior of Mexico, send
ing the mineral from Pensacola, Fla,
by Corpus Christi, Texas, and thence to
its destination over the Mexican Ma
tional railway to and beyond the City
of Mexico. Tho Louisville and Nash
vile road, for the transportation of the
coal from the mines to the seaboard at
Pensacola, has named acceptable rates
and given the use of the coal docks at
the Florida seaport to the company.
Satisfactory terms have also been made
with the Mexican National railroad and
tho first cargo in the new trade will be
shipped within two weeks. The COM
pany will own the vessels employed in
the commerce. They have already
closed contract for the delivery Of
10000 tons of coal to tho Mexican and
expect to ship 100000 tons before the
close of the year.
Contractors Codwiso e Allen have
about sixty men at work upon the Union
railroad. They began operations hero
about two weeks ago. The road will
extend from the Baltimore and Ohio
track at Witt tG Hollis mill in an indi-
rect course around the east side of the
nil to the Chesapeake and Ohio track.
Work upon the buildings of the Bod
ley wagon factory, near tho Chesapea
and Ohio track, is being carried toward
on an extensive scale. This. construc.
ton work and that upon the railroad,
with the active and steady operation of
Witt 81 Hollis mill, the furniture fac
tory, and the house building factory.
give already busy and progressive ap-
pearance to what is to be the manufac-
turing district OF the city.
The Clarke Tin Mining Company are
making prepare tiOns to go right alonp