The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18
HIG RAILROAD sCsIEME.
NorfOiis Meu Interested In IL AnrEc
scheme of DEVELOPMENTS

There was organized in the city of
Raleigh March 18th, 1897, a company
which has for its purpose the develop
ment OF the northwestern part OF North
Carolina, the southwestern part of Viz
ginta and the northeastern part Of Ten
ncssee, section for the production OF
good cattle and horses, equal to- any
east Of the mississippi river, and in
timber. iron ores, coal and other mine
rails and In its natural beauty and eli
| mate has perhaps no equal on the Amer
lean continent. We refer to the Stone
Mountain Railway company, the char
ter for which was granted by the recent
session Of the General Assembly The
company held their first meeting
Mat.h llth, 1897 and ei.c.cd II. L.
Smith, OF Norfolk, Va; w. H. Wells, OF
New York; ~. NJ. Clegg. Of Washington,
%. e; J. %: Stagg. Of Durham, N. c.,
and'C. ". Hinshaw, Of Winston, N. c..
directors. The directors afterwards held
a meeting and elected G. w Hlnshaw,
president; j. e. Stage, yice-president:
Miss E. NJ. Hinshaw, secretary; II. L.
Smith, treasurer. and W. H. Wells, chief
engineer. The principal Office VIII be in
Winston. n. c., where the president may
be addressed 1t Is the purpose OF this
company to build 4 standard guage
railroad from point on the Northwes-
tern n. c. railroad at or near North
Wlikesboro, n. c., in a northerly direc-
Mountain, thence across the Blue Ridge
into Allegheny county, thence via one Of
Two routeS-one in 4 noTtherly direction
through Allegheny and Ashe counties,
y. c., to the Virginia or Tennessee line,
so as 10 connect with a road now being
west into the coal fields OF Scott, Wise
and Russell counties, Va, and in
southeasterly direction to the North
Carolina or Tennessee line; or from
Stone Mountain in a westerly direction
through Allegheny and Ashe counties
to the Tennessee line and thence on to
connection with Bristol, Tenn. The line
via Abingdon would put the coal fields
Of Virginia within less than two hun
dred miles OF Winston, N. C.
WOULD HAUL GRANITE.
The Stone Mountain Granite and Tim
Der company, North Carolina corpora
ton, with one hundred thousand dol
lars capital stock, owns Stone Noun
tain. which is five miles in circumfer-
ence and seven hundred and fifty feet
nigh, solid granite OF the finest quality
ana this Is only part Of the ten miles
area OF granite around It. Besides the
granite this company owns several
thousand acres Of the finest timber
lands Of that section Colonel II. L.
Smith, Of Norfolk, Va, Is president of
Stone Mountain Granite and Timber
company; G. w: Hlnshaw, OF Winston
~. -, Nice-preSiuSnt, ana waiter SHARP
OF Norfolk. Va. secretary and treasurer
The company has offices in both Wins
ton, N. c., and Norfolk, Va. The build
ing Of the Stone Mountain railroad
means that the rich iron ores in the sec
ton through which 1t runs will be util-
! iZed. iron furnaces, stone quarries and
saw mills will dot the line and the gran
| lite. iron, lumber and coal will find a
market through North Carolina and add
immensely to the freigh: traffic to Nor
folk, Wilmington and other points. This
will be the shortest possible coal line
| TO q very large portion OF North Caro-
| lima and Is destined to be n road Of very
great Importance. Fifteen miles Of the
suggested Abingdon connection are
| S! AIDED ready for the track and an en-
| Ginear force Is now making betterment
| surveys to Stone Mountain from the
Northwestern North Carolina railroad,
the line having heretofore been sur
Veyed.