The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-03-06
INDUSTRIAL NOTES.
Mr.. Wootten writes this week from Portland,
Maine, that he has maturcd his plans for locat-
ing his wood working plant at this place.

Mr.. A. B. Harris, of Springfield, Mass, for
merly President of the Massachusetts Con-
struction Company, which was building the
Charleston, Cincinnati l. Chicago road, but
now its receiver, and Gen. 7. L. Rosscr, Of
Charlottesville, Va, its chief engineer, came
out last Monday in the private car Of the ;. y.
g. 0. road and went up to the Looney Creek
mines and took run down to the Intermont
Hotel. They came at the invitation of General
Ayers to see our resources, and to be cncour-
aged to get their road in shape for extern
sons.
General Manager Metcalfc, Of Louisville L
Nashville railroad, says he hopes to have trains
running here in May.
Several carloads of pipe for the waterworks
have been unloaded at Wolfe & Claws planning
MILL as it is now the nearest point to that end
of the line, and one car Of small pipes for
lateral lines has been brought down to the In
tcrmont Hotel.
erection of handsome classical school build
ing, and large graded school building for pub
ic school purposes,
The lands that will have the greatest dcvel
opmcnt, between the north end of Big Stone
Gap and Norton, on the Louisville l. Nashville
railroad belong in their order 10 the following
parties: The Carolina Steel & Iron Company,
headquarters, Washington, d. c.; The Vir-
gina Coal & Iron Company, Mauch Chunk,
Penn, and Big Stone Gap; William McGcorge,
Jr., Philadelphia, Penn; Jack Kelley, leased
to Ferguson & Vaughn, of Roanoke; Interstate
Investment Company, Louisville, KY; D. j.
Lewis, of fremont, Penn, and The Powell
River Coal & Coke Company, in which Gov.
Campbell, of Ohio, is interested; and finally
Patrick Hagan, who was few years ago the
largest land owner in Southwest Virginia
Mr.. Kelley is said to have leased his land on
royalty, running from 81 to 10 cents per
ton. Lands about Tacoma have been leased
at 10 cents all around. Other lands are ncgO-
tiating for such accessible lands as may be
left and others are writing and nquiring about
property. The development promises to be phc-
nomcnally large. The Louisville l. Nashville
will be compelled to extend its line from Mid.
dlesborough or thereabouts to some point on IT.
main line not far from Nashville, so that it may
carry this coke to the furnaces at Birmingham
and Chattanooga, which cannot get the best
quality there. Mr.. Leisenring, President OF
the Virginia Coal & Iron Company says he has
no doubt that he will supply the Birmingham
furnaces with coke from his Big Stone CAP
plant.
The watcrworks line, upon reaching Plat
runs down Fifth avenue to East 2lst, on tt
the dummy line track, and down it to Firs
avenue, thence to East 18th street, to Wooe
avenue and down it to West 9Th street. Lat
eral at right angles are sent out East 5sl
street Unto Plat 81 on to East LIST street, Wes
lst street, West Sd, and possibly on to Wes
5th street, to L. & n. freight yards. where tina
road will receive its supply.
The manager of the Exposition Hall an
nounces the recent receipt of the following
articles:
Virginia Coal & Iron Company, samples
coke made in their first experimental oven
Big Stone Gap Improvement Company, iro'
ore from Pea Vine Knob; W. q. Henwood, on