The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-21
SCHOLARS PLANT TREES.
RocxBRTDGE SCHOOL AUTHoRT-
rrEs ESTABLISH WARRIOR DAY.
The south River valley has Furnished Iron
TO manufacturer for More than q Gen.
tury--ueavy Freight Traffic.

RIVERSIDE. ROcKBRI0GE CO. VA,
Nov. @.-Spccial.-The Rockbridge County
School Board at the annual session IN
Ausuxt. set apart the 18th OF November
As a day to be observed when the pub
10 schools OF the county should engage
n planting trees on n otherwise ue-
,orsting the grounds n buildings SET
apart for that department OF the pun
&c service.
Tho Times made notice and pleasant
references TO the proposed progress, most
heartily commanding the movement. as
Bid many other newspapers through 'no
state. In recognition OF that service, as
well as imparting information OF a move
ment which II is hoped will be eminentiy
successful the following Is contriputeo'
The writer has not learned OF tne Y
suits I'm the other districts OF the couh-
~ hut I'm this. the South River district
.icng the extreme eastern portion OF the
county tho plpils we're out I'm full force,
ma the teachers well sustained In their
.norfs nv the district boards Of trustees
and the patrons generally. Al the RIVER
,tde school-bouse there were nifty trees
PLANTED. the most OF which were the beau
uful s1Rar>maple evergreens. etc, all ma
five growth. The Same selection OF trees
were planted at other places, which rave
bsen heard from. This planting VIII be
followed by others WHICH q n IA H'"
THE IRON VALLEY.
Tho Shenandoah division of the Norfolk
ana Western rs abroad follows the course
~ the South river through the county.
This short side section of the great val
lev OF Virginia is 10Y as the iron
valley" for here iron was made as early
as l77s. and by small mountain boats
transported TO the Colonial Ordnance
Works, located on the James river a
short distance above the falls at Ruch-
mond. II is In tradition that projectiles
we're made Of the same iron used in the
siege OF York.
Amid the ruins OF several furnaces ana
FORCES which long years ago followed the
earlier development adverted 10, superior
nrogress of Tate e~nlivens the scene. The
Glasgow Con upany becoming proprietors
OF rich iron-ore deposits. eight miles
north OF the town of Buena Vista. mining
is going on I'm a fair way. the ores going
10 the furnace in Pulaski county. Ihe
mines are near the summit of the noun
tain one mile from and about 800 Feet
above the railroad. An automatic railroad
n heavy grade that hauls the ore down
the empty cars being hauled up as the
cargos descend. II IS all purely auto
matte and setf-ad justing in every par
iicular. even switching at the sidings.
where the cars &c ng UP and down meet
The successors TO The distinguished Roeh-
ling. Of Brooklyn bridge fame, were the
builders.
We have had an elegant season for
housing corn. The crop Is abundant, and
about all now under shelter.
The large sowing OF wheat looks well.
and is Justly entitled TO a foremost place
in the invocation by the Bard in Thomp-
sons season az ~taborious man has done
his part and commit his hopes and his
fears TO the unresdlzed future.
NORTHwARD-BOUND FREIGHT.
The cargoes of Southern products bound
northward along the Norfolk and West
ern railroad are immense. The writer is
familiar by personal observation of the
tonnage on this line, and never before
have there been so many heavily-laden
trains bound northwa ard. What is known
In railroad nomenclature as double
headers" is often observed during a day.
Such trains maui from twenty-seven TO
thirty cars of large cattle. with twenty
in each car or the equivalent TO their
weight In other image In addition to
cattle. hogs. and sheep. the trains are
burdened Will pig-iron and lumber OF
various kinds. from the far South with
products of other latitudes than those 70
which they are sent. One of the largest
ana most mltItSllnE SnfpinentS NoilH 10
the beautiful granite stone, obtained from
the Mt. Airy quarries, in Surry county,
y. G. The location OF this splendid de-
velopment is high upon the great water
shed OF the Dan, the Yadkin, the New,
and the river Of the great bend" the.
Tennessee, a few miles south of the Nir'
ginia line and opposite to Carroll county,
Va. The Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley
railroad of North Carolina extends up
to the quarries and intersects with the
Norfolk and Western line to Winston
Salem. at Walnut Cave 1t is interesting
TO observe the many superb designs into
which the stone is shaped before IL leaves
the quarries. as well as the huge blocks
that go on their mission as they come
from the wonderful bed. The writer has
the information from the highest author
iry that solid stone three hundred feet
long nave been raised. and were it neces-
sary or practicable that the immense
weight could be hoisted and transported.
lengths of one thousand solid feet courd
be made TO reveal in such grandeur this
grand work in nature.