Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-14

and other sources Of information es-
pecially In the line of building rail-
roads.
Engineers are busy surveying the
route OF the proposed Atlantic & West
ern from Rocky Mount i'm Franklin
county, Virginia, through the counties
or Carroll, Grayson, Smyth and Wash
Ington to Bristol. This Is believed to
be the Southern Railway seeking an
eastern outlet from Bristol to tidewater
at Norfolk.
President NJ. II. Aiken and Chief En-
gneer w. G. Crozier, of the proposed
knoxville d Bristol Railroad, are now
out on the line surveying the route.
rms line is understood to be the con-
meeting link between the Norfolk e
Western at Bristol and the Atlanta.
knoxville Il Northern at Knoxville, all
practically one system.
Tho Virginia & Southwestern Rail-
way (old South Atlantic & Ohio and
Bristol, Elizabcthton s; North Carolina
consolidated), which is owned and OPP
Grated by the incorporators of the
Virginia Iron. Coal & Coke Co. has it's
main offices at Bristol Geo. Il. Garter
is president of both companies, and re-
sides here. The Virginia & Southwest
ern is being extended at both ends.
From lclizabethton, Garter county. Ten
nesscc, an extension OF twelve miles is
being built up the Watauga River val
ley and Stoney creek TO rich magnetic
iron ore fields, which are also being
opened up in order to have the ore
ready for transportation 10 Brstors
big 200 tons per day iron furnace as
soon as the road to the mines is com
pletcd. This road will be continued
into Johnson county Tennessee 10 the
Doe MountOin iron ore lands. which
nre also the property OF the Virginia
Iron. Coal Cokc-Co.. II distance Of
20 miles from I;lZabcthton, Tenn
The other end of the Virginia &
Southwestern Hallway runs from Bris-
tol tn Big stone Gap. Surveys are be-
ing made for an extension from Clinch-
port. Va. UP Clinch river and across
the country to Coeburn and Toms
creek, in Wise county where the Vir-
Einia Iron. Coal & Coke Co. has an i'm
mensc quantity of coal lands. At
Toms creek said company has 200 coke
overs in operation. and are adveriis-
ing 'pr 800 additional hands to work on
the erection of 200 more. ovens. the
building of railroad tracks ana tenc-
ment houses for laborers to live in.
The Virginia Coal s. Iron Co. is
building standard gauge railroad
from Apralachia to Norton. III Wise
county "A distance of fourteen miles.
This road is called the Interstate Rail-
road. ana nj present runs from Stonega
10 Appala chia. The extension will par
al!el the Louisville d Nashville be
tween points named. The Virginia Coal
&. Iron Co. owns and operates the coal
mines and coke ovens at Stonega. Va.
!; also will build 200 additional coke
ovens Immediately. StoneSa is near
Big Stone Gap. tho latter about ca to
20 miles from Bristol
a. ]. Dull. OF Harrisburg. Pa. owns
half interest :. OO0 crac uf cStro
fine white pine iimbcred lands in Shady
valley. % miles southwest of Bristol.
lie is in Bristol. and has had surveys
made and will build u narrow gauge
road l. miles in length. running from
the terminus of the IIolston Valley
railroad at Fish dam 10 Shady valley
The Norfolk {; Western Railway will
build an extension from Radford to
Floyd Courthouse. Va. distance Of -
or 30 miles. The line will run up New
river to Little river. and thence up the
latter and its tributaries to Floyd
Courthouse.
The Atlantic & Danvillc Railroad Co.
is building the first section of an ex-
tension of their line 10 the Blue Thug
Copper mines in North Carolina. with
the view of continuing j; an through
North Carolina to South Carolina. Tho
work is being prosecuted under the
charter of the North and South Car
olina Railroad. which will eventually
connect the ~. S ID. with the Plan;
System.
The Seaboard Air Line has a large
force of laborers at work on the Ridge
way Link which has already 20 miles
in operation from Petersburg to De
Witt
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