The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-01
sRrsroA AwAKns fnoM LErHARer
She Throws on the Clogs of Litigation and
Girds Her Loins for Fresh Race.

BRISTOL. VA, Dec. 3l.--Special.-lhe
dawn OF another year reveals DilSilcr
prospects for bristol and vicinity, IN the
way Of business and enterprise generahy
than has the beginning OF any year
i'm the last i've Ever since the boom
ora of ixO-'gi Bristol has been more
or less embarrassed. especially as re-
CARDS some OF her more important en-
terprises. For instance, the work uh-
dertaken by land and improvement COM
panies during the boom, suffered Il COZ
lapse. leaving much or the city I'M
portant interests involved IN htlsalon.
and so Tor nve years, tracts OF bilstVi
real estate. the Bristol iron furnace the
South Atlantic and ohio railroad ana
Kindred pronerties the Bristol. ELIZA
bcthton and North Carolina raiiroad'
valuable mineral property N Tie noun
tains TO the East. and other properties
that might be mentioned, have all beeh
UNDERGOING the processes Of the courts.
. Much of this litigation has ALREADY
terminated. and the time Is not distant
when the property Will all be out OF the
courts and i'm a condition TO be operated
to the best advantages.
THE BRISTOL FURNACE.
The Bristol furnace has already been
sold. and IL the sale Is confirmed. the
prbspects are that the furnace VIII be
nut in blast thus adding not alone 10 the
Industry OF Bristol but 10 the activity
OF the coal and iron mines ana the coke
plants The Bristol, Elizcbethton and
North Carolina road IS no longer IN
court and is being improved as the times
demand The South Atlantic and ONO
road and kindred properties have been
ordered sold by the United States Court.
but for some reason there has been de-
lay in carrying out the order OF the
court.
H., Az ia East has ngpn
settled. and the King heirs 10 whom the
property has been given by tire courts.
expect 10 put it in position to be de-
veloped soon.
Elizabethton. TO the South. is promised
a new lease of life at an early date.
The Watauga Land Company, which
bought tina town property, Is taxing
steps 20 build a great Industrial city
there, and plans for the propos I'd work
are now being formed by the directors,
in connection with certain eastern capt.
talists. who propose to establish impor-
tant industries in the new city
NEW ENTERPRISES.
In Bristol. the Consumers Electric
Company is building an important cleo
trio light and power plant.
The Morton. Lewis q Wiley Lumber
Company whose plant has capacity
Of 5000 feet OF plHned lumber per day,
will be running on full time: j Nj Crow
a paper mill. $4,000 worth OF machinery
having been purchased for this purpose:
Swedish colony Of 100 inhabitants.
will be established on the Tflgg farm
Of 5000 acres in the southern, SUBURB;
the b. p. and n. G. railroad viii have
new rolling stock; Dixie tarnery. one
OF the largest I'm the South, owned by
ex-Mayor Schieven, OF brooklyn. has
recently had added 10 it a finishing de-
partment
WHOLESALE TRAD 3.
Owing TO Bristols location sad 10 the
competition IN freight rates n is fast
becoming a wholesale point. Within the
last three or four years some important
wholesale houses have been established
here. including one general store. two
handsome houses. and two grocery hous-
es. These houses have all started out
with fattering prospects.
Such are some Of the late features or
Bristols ENTERPRISES. 10 say nothing OF
her long-establshed business; and added
10 these are likely TO come other impor-
tant enterprises with the clearing away
OF the vexing litigation. which has FOR
five yenrs stood I'm the way OF Bristols
progress.
Tributary TO Bristol are the coal
fields. where the Virginia Coal and iron
Company and other important compa-
MES have large interests and are build
ing coke ovens by the hundreds.