The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
BRISTOL S NEW
PUBLIC BUILDING
Twenty thousand Needed to In
prove the Grounds.
QUESTION OF WATER SUPPLY.
The Mammoth Plant OF the Columbian
Paper Company VIII Soon Go
TO Work Chewing Up
Wood by tho Nile.
lspeelal plsnateh 70 NC TLmes.l

BRISTOL, VA, Dec Sd {. HOMES, o4
Charicstown, w. Va, came 20 Bristol tais
week 10 inspect the new Government build
Ing and receive the same on oehalf OF tic
Government. lie found the structure not
quite ready for his duties and ne VIII
return here in about Il week Alr. Holmes
says that he expects to be able TO give
Postmaster Warren permission TO re-
move The postofiicc from its present quar-
terS dnto the Now building on the 4Hltl
instant. The building, as whole, Wi!
doubtless be accepted by the FIRST Of the
Year and a custodian named. There are d
number or candidates FOR The position OF
custodian. which, il is said, will pay 81
per month
Inspector Homes says that about SO
0bJ more VIII he needed for improving the
grounds about the building, constructing
suitable approaches. etc. Congressman
BrowIllow mas had a bill pending for some
months for an additional appropriation OF
$4,000. This viii probably DC amended so
as 10 read $50,
The CITY Council is considering the qucs-
ton OF a new source Of water supply.
There are a number of propositions before
the Council. including propos. tons 10 sell
nearby spring properties and one to buy
The water-wofks system for the sum of
$4,000. The city would probably sell under
the circurns tauces, but would want more
than $4,000 for the present system
The Columbian Paper Company VIII be
ready to start its large new plant in Bristol
early in the coming year This IS perhaps
the most mammoth plant of the kind in
the South, there being invested in the
buildings and machinery alone at least $500
GOO The plant VIII consume sixty cords
Of wood daily in the manufacture Of
pulp. The company now has thousands Of
cords Of pulp wood stacked on its Bristol
yards, and are making new contracts
daily. This company has constructed a
large boom in the river at Butler, John
son county, Tenn, where it will receive
RATS of pulp wood from the upper waters
of the Watalga and Elk rivers, and Will
ship the same to Bristol via the Virginia
and Southern Railway.
ORII-WASIIING.
The Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Com
ppany has put its ore-washers in operation
at A1aymead Johnson county, Tenn. and
are now mining ore extensively in the
Doe Mountain mines. The first shipments
from these extensive mines of the COM
pany were made this week. The Bristol
iron furnace, owned by the same company,
Is being filled. and will go into blast again
on Monday, the 10th instant The company
is now prepared to manufacture iron here
economically, as it VIII now use its own
ores, Manufacture its coke and haul all
the raw materials here in its own cars
and over its own line Of railway.
DIVIDED REPORT
The Bristol Board of Trade has received
the consent Of the directors Of the Uni
ted States census for q special favor in
giving the population Of Bristol in his
general report. Heretofore Bristol, Tenn
and bristol Va which are in reality one
ana the same city, has been published in
the census reports as two cities. one be-
ing assigned 10 Virginia territory and the
other TO Tennessee. Under this arrange
ment when the stranger looked for the
population Of Bristol ne was more than
likely 10 get only one side of the town. or
about one-half the population Of the dual
city This has long been a source Of an
noyance 10 Bristol.
The First Congressional District of Ten
nessee has, according to the 1860 census, q
population of 2I4. 767, as compared with 49,
I'll in 1895 a gain OF g., 226 Notwithstanding
that many families have gone West mean
whila.
AN ARrFUL DoDGER.
The police have been looking for one
Mack Jones for several days. They had
HIM in possession once, but he made a
clever dodge and got away Jones is
charged with having represented himself as
Chief Of Police I(iIg0re. i'll order TO work
u scheme 10 cxtorc money from country
men. He went to a party of campers who
had come To the city With produce, ana
icId them they would be obliged to pay a
privilege tax for camping on city soil. In
this Way he secured several dollars.
The City Fire COMMITTEES has granted
the demand OF the Eagle Hose Company
that the FIRE hOTses he not used for heavy
hauling or rough work, such as would
disable them for efficient service in case OF |
ire.
WEDDINGS.
r. L. Kegley and Miss Minnie Belle shy |
der, a sood-loolling young couple, who |.
elcped from S1nyth county this week, |
were united in marriage at the Painter |
House, Parson Charles 0. Jones ofticiat- !
ing.
In the depot waiting-room Parson Bur |!
rnIlcils Of the Bristol .llecca officiated at |!