The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-26

ured more contemplated, and this extensive
| builder, Mr.. James Ellwood whose mn.imeiy
death re moved from this region ono OF its best
men ana most Jealous workers
ar, Moon, the efficient hCOkkccpcr iooks carc
IN III. nh .nc anhlrs OF tue company entrusted
MS charge' ana docs the agreeable at the Office
THE ROANOKE COAL AND COKE co.
mas familiar ring and manifests in every phnsc
OF lts extensive development that peculiar QUALITY
| known as "ltoanokc hustle" '
Here again 1t seemed that was on homo tcrri
| tory ior read on the company letter head j. r.
| flshbnrnc, president, and A. D. Rice secretary
ana treasurer; learning also that number OF
honnokers were among the stochholders G.
Lcary being prominent among the number, a.
also my friend, j. j. Cniogni.
MIR w. 5. Cowcl is the general manager. and
amor, more active and energetic cthccr IT would be
a nd to lind The work of shaping tho yards
anu making foundations for coke ovens; con.
structing the tipple and otherwise arranging for
condaced With the xiii q" to be done has been
hnd good manager
THE ARLINGTON C. *. Z. CO.,
With Mr.. James tombstone us general manager
l., Is, last assuming shape and occupies naturally a
ments are being made to ship coal a. soon as Inc
railroad Ia finished, and with tho opening of
spring we may expect to zee train loads OF conl
roll from under their large tipplc
me mine opening IL 40 feet above water level.
iar 70 dleclose splendid vein OF coal six lcct in
he
constructed and everything done necessary to tho
conduct OF u great business.
THE MCDOWELL COAL AND COKE COMPANY
One OF the most extensive and vigorously
pushed among the new operations 10 the Nc.
Lowell under the general management of MIR
Il. r. Linewcavcr. - AM
Upon my last visit to Mr. Lneweavcr's works
nc. nc WIS round Ousily engaged in experimenting
the foundation work OF the large tppc soon to
rear Its body In the mir to receive the output from
tne open DRIFT mouth, where coal vein OF nearly
SIX iect presents tsef
This company started the Development OF Its
property only short time ago. but such an nd
vanec has been made to enable them TO shin
cpn rs soon rs the railroad company viii com
pletc It's branch line. They arc now grading
their sidctruckng and have in ali nhont sixtv
men employed
= hey are building splendid class o: houses.
single four roomcd dwellings, wcathrrbuurden
ana ccilcu throughout, for their miners and
FAMILIES All the houscr, including the shantics
2of 1ect long. Il pitch OF thirty degrees which /.
operated by the doubledrum systcui-soneihing
new In THIS Held. though several other communities
have adopted this same system recently
GREENBRIER COAL AND COKE COMPANY.
rms company organized in April, 1892 and
nave one tnosa aud acres Oh coal and timber leased
from tue FIAT Top Coal Land Association. The
operation Is located Just above Mcdowell ON
North rork OF Elkhorn.
- ne oflccrs are: Justue Collins, president; C.
V. Winrec, vice-prosio cnt; uugh johnston. zen
eral manager; Z. w. Jones, secretary and treas.
nsn, 1 NH Johnston IL manager of long ac-
business man. This company arc now opening
tneir mines, building first class no ses have
aoont completed one OIL the best tpplcs in the
region anu are almost ready to ship coal
4 hey have under construction two hundred
Beehive coke ovens. This IL u strong company
ably omcercd and managed throughout and " iih
n in OF coal from six 10 eight feet In thickness
dump NIL their products without inches nr
pumps. rhey nave amp'c water supply ana ex-.
oellent TIMBER and the company promises to be.
come one OF the most successful IN this great ficlo
LYNcIBURG COAL AND COKE COMPANY
This collicry IL on Ekhorn crc k, abyut one
miie from Elk tidgc, which. ~ we have seen is
at the n outh Of North Fork. Thus We are now
ward some OF the Older opera ions
vb bynch ,S sSpllisFy Is q ky the station at
although the end OF the division is III Bueiicld.
MT: L. e. Tierney is general manager OF This ex-
Darlington. Your correspondent retains vcrv
pleusnnt recollcctions OF his visit to Lynchburr
cor was very interesting to watch the mining
near the top or he mountain ana come thunder.
e aSwm n sa aGsG on IL reminded M of the
ing spurt OF childhood days The ears on tho m
cline are co irolled by the gravity the loaded
Cur going down afrording the power to lift an
empty to the drift mouth, ready to bo loaded ana
smot dow: again. The shipments from Lynch.
ovess are ufH very Ext svc and their coke
low OF new coke ovens being built, ana IL is plain
that mort sat sfnctory busncss is being done
fowHATAN COAL AND COKE COMPANY.
About mile further up slkhorn is Powhatan.
collicry which ID very pleasant place to- .tou. az
the clerical foice IL composed o a iuii, lot OF
kind word
Mr. l.. Il. Tierney Is general manager at this
colliery as well as Lynchnurg aud It is plain to be
seen wh' he can devote hls time to two separate
coitcfics NJ one Zinc when YOU make the nc
qnaiInance OF his snbordnat,s. Mr., K.se Is one
Ii rly happy disposition.
Mr.. ID. Wolfe is the secretary OF
the company and looks after the store
as well as generally supervising mat
tcrs Powhatan has vein. OF coal ~ feet
thick anc large amount Of coal lie shipped
i ncld and they HAYS much larger capacity than
their shipments manifest. large lumber or
coke ovens are constantly consuming slack and n
number or others are under construction.
Mr. J. j. Itcrncy II president of ths prosperous.
company.
UPLAND COAL AND COKE COMPANY.
Mr. +. " lson is general manager OF this
company and he is nearly always to he found a,
inc tipple experimenting the loading OF cars and
looking after company AFFAIRS generally This
operation has for It's president MIR. j. Grocer:
vice president MIR T. +. Wiston, and Mr.. T.
Grocer MS secretary. There are H. coke ovens