The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1894-11-16
A Day Spent in Louisa.

yards surrounding Louisas many
handsome residences, render the
sight particularly attractive. Lou
isa is tie best shaded town in Ky,
Everything was torn up with the
election and | missed seeing many
prominent people whom would
have been glad to have met, Any
how Lawrence County went Demo
cratic by a good majority. and
that is some consolation, amid the
general Republican re o icing
throughout Uncle Sam s vast do
main,
The assessed value Of Lawrence
county is two million and nine
hundred thousand dollars, Law
renee is one Of the most prosper
Gus counties in Kentucky. A large
area o. territory is tributary to the
,own Of Louisa and many OF her
merchants do a very handsome
BUS ness
| had the pleasure of meeting
Col. Jay. H, Northup, one of the
prominent and influential gentle
man in this section Of Kentucky,
who came to kentucky to live just
if'er the war He is native of
| Eastern New York, and was the 1t,
Col. OF the 93d New York Regi.
ment and fought through the war
IN the army Of the Potomac. Some
years ago Col.Northup was the re
ceiver and general manager of the
Chattaroi R. r., afterward reorgan-
! lied into .he Ohio and Big Sandy
Railroad.
Col. Northup, surrounded by his
charming wife and lovely young
daughters, lives in beautiful home
lin Louisa, and is extensively en-
gagged 10 coal mining at white
House" johnson County, Kentucky.
The finest camel coal in Kentucky
is mined at this point. From him
| learned that these mines have
been very successfully operated for
the past eight years. The output
of these mines known as the
"Birds-Eye" coal is twenty thou
sand tons per year. The mines are
located about twenty. eight mile2
from Louisa. One hundred miners
are employed. This coal is shipped
all over the Union and to Chicago
and the great northwest.
The coal burns clean without
dust or ashes, and beautifully too
with a soft mellow radiance that il
particularly pleasing on the cold
dark winter afternoons. There is
not any finer coal in the Unior
than this,
Lawrence Co. Kentucky Is be
coming famous as tobacco rails
ing country. Col. Northup is try
2 ing the experiment. He has fifty
' acres of beautiful tobacco which b,
] thinks will turn out well. In cas-
S Of success, tobacco raising will be
I come an extensive industry. Tn
old town Of Quincy, Florida, or tn
county, has been quite successful il
!. that line within the past half
t. dozen years. There are now seve:
}. al large NsH York factories estab
Il lished there, and hard times hav
II not touched that town for severa
Il years.
IL Louisa has also natural ga
o we'll. Several families are now III
l. ing gas for fuel. Lawrence county
u KY, is awaiting the hand Of Ii
Il capitalist to develop her numerOr
resources,
Louisa has one OF the large
wholesale grocery houses in easter
l. Kentucky.
:. Atkins Burchett and Ratclit
+, wholesale groeers This pro
- porous firm was established
!, Louisa, in 1891, They do bu;
- ness of 100000 a year. They ire
y ell two or three men. Their ira,
covers a territory of almost Gig
!, counties. Lawrence, Johnso
~ Martin, Floyd, Pike, Morgan, N
= coffin, Knott; also Wayne Co.
Va.
~ Dimensions of their handson
a store, 46xS0ft. two floors and
a. basement. The firm is compos
of Major Burchett, L. NJ. Atkil
! and ]. F. RGtoliff.
Mr.. Atkins is a native Of K
Ne and is a large and wealthy lumt
of dealer.
~ J.F. Ratcliff is u native Of Way
- County, W. Va. He is thorough
- identified WITH Louisa, having liy
- here ten years, and is an eleg'
"a gentleman.
=, MajOr Burchett is president of I
!. Bank Of I.ouisa, and president
= the Louisa Milling Co. The Ba
Of Louisa was organized in IS
/. with a capital of $4,000. SurpI
~,