The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-04-29
A RENEWAL OF ACTIVITY.
no BREAK IN CLIFTON FORCES
STEADY MARCH OF PROGRESS.
Buildings Going Up I'm Every Direction.
Splendid Additions Assured by the
Chesapeake and Ohio.


| CLIFTON FORGE, VA, April H-Nlln
the return of spring comes renewed ire
and activity in the various enterprises
in this nourishing city. In my last letter
last fall | promised the public 10 iurnlsh
further facts about the wonderful pro
gress made and being made In this Al
toona of the South" and am ready 10
make my Wanting good.
While the severe weather during the
past winter hushed for time the sound
Of saw and hammer within the confines OF
Clifton Forge. the zero zephyrs had
scarcely softened before the welcome rays
of old Sol and the moderate Southern
breezes. when the ring OF the builders
tools began a glad tattoo 10 the march of
progress
Clifton FORCES prospects for '9S are
bright with mammoth undertakings plan
ned. and while the skeptical may pause
before their magnitude. IL needs only
word 10 assure such that a speedy reali-
cation is unquestionable.
Perhaps the most important acquisition
TO the town contemplated Is that the
entire fiat adjoining the Chesapeake and
Ohio shops on the west is soon To be
covered with machine shops of various
kinds for repairs OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio company, and another equally as inn
portant is that the fat In West clifton
Forge. now occupied by the old Haynes
House, will be used by the Chesapeake
and Ohio people for car shops for their
own rolling stock and that of other roads.
The officials OF this great railway state
that the president Of the company con-
siders these improvements necessity.
and that they will be completed as early
as practicable.
Clifton Forge can at no distant day
boast of one of the handsomest Young
Mems Christian Association buildings In
the State. The Chesapeake and ohio Rail
way Company has awarded the contract
for the work 10 Mr. Pettyjohn, Of Lynch
burg. This building. which Is to cost not
less than $4,000. will be a most admirable
addition To the beauty and attractiveness
of the town.
A splendid addition TO Clifton Forge
in the mercantile line since my last let
ter is the location here of the mammoth
establishment Of the A. +. Withrow
Lumber Company. This is one OF the
largest contracting and building firms In
the State. doing extensive contract work
over the entire line OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio railway. and having recently
completed at the Hot Springs twelve new
buildings.
The wholesale mercantile houses of Cliff
ton Forge have every reason 10 feel graft
fed with their trade during the last twelve
months The wholesale firms now I'm
operation at Clifton Forge are: Woody
& Carpenter, hardware and miners sup
plies. and the Clifton Forge Grocery Com
pany wholesale grocers. No better open
ing can he found anywhere in the State
for a wholesale boot. shoe and notion
house than this little city now affords
owing TO its splendi,' facilities for distri-
buting trade
Clifton Forge to-day IS alive with ac-
tivity The warm rays Of the sun, the
soft vernal breezes and the green verdure
carpetlng the fertile vale, IS and draping
the huge mountains with the robes Of
spring are. indeed picturesque spectacle
While Mother Earth is clothing herself
in May. the mighty march Of progress
here is laying a foundation for future
greatness NERlTAS.