Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1901-09-13
!. s.3s.,s-.'- So r. 49, = y =.
Work OfthG G.. & w. H. IL. Co.
In North River Gap.
A Busy City, in the Mountain,
Named Stoke City,

River Gap. the present terminus OF
The G.. & w. railroad and this is
what he saw:
"Reaching Stoke City we were
cordially greeted by MIR. and Mrs.
Harry Phelps and Mrs Rodgers.
There is to be found, it would seem
almost every thing conductive to hu.
man happiness during the summer
months. Mr. Jackson and Harry
Phelps have each erected aneat' lit
tie cottage, in which they have sur
rounded themselves with every
comfort of life one can find i'll such
d place.
When dinner came. but what a
dinner it was--we found that almost
everything which delights the pal
ate wasspread upon the table. Del
monico couldn't have prepared
better meal: 1t is needless to say
every one Of. the three pilgrims did
it justice:
After dinner the party looked
Through the commissary, which is
neatly kept by Harry Phelps and
hi, assistants. A thousand dollars
worth of business passes oyer that
counter every month and often
more.
I In and around Stoke City every
thing is a scene of activity. Ehe
company is. putting mp their saw
mill, burning a kiln Of brick, lum-
herring, hauling oak bark and pros
pecting for COAL, besides bailding ii
railroad employing in all right
around Stoke City some $50 men.
l:They are also grading a large lum-
FIBER yard and building tramways up
into the timber section Of the gap.
Erhe sawmill is going to be an I'M
mense thing, the main building be-
ling 55x120 feet and three stories,
not to say anything of a large ell
ltgine room. 1t is going to be OF
|freproof brick. 1t is one OF the
most substantial buildings we can
Imagine. The main stills rest on a
| solid founa atiOn of stone and con-
crete and are 12x14 pieces of timber
1.-THE machinery will be in the low.
Fer story, except the sawmill itself
which will be on the second floor.
| Mr. Jackson has ordered a stone
Ecrusher and will ballast his roac
with stone from Stoke City tt
, I,Bridgewater and. from there on t.
FElkton, which will make it one o.
! the best roads in this, section Of tn
|'country, especially that part OF il
above Bridgwater.
r So perfectly surveyed was the *
+ tension that a car can be turned
loose at Stoke City and run OF it
l'own accord to Bridgewater withou
Iencountering a single foot of "
4 | grade, or as it is expressed by tn
|.engineer, adverse" grade. Neithe
+ Twill there be an adverse grade OF
the part Of the road beyond Stick
o ECity. which will be built later, ~
, Ito the point in the Shenandoah
I|mountain where the 1000 foot .tun
p mel begins.
Il All in all, it looks like COMPANY
o which has money to spend is build
+ ling the road and it certainly wear
a business face.
The EVENING News has verified
1.-THE statement that the same people
who built the Seaboard Air lin
tfrom Richmond to North Carolin
s is fnanciering and building thi
road. .+.
We forgot to mention that SIS,
1000 gallon water tank, depot,
? large store and a round house vii
: be built at Stoke City within tn
next year.. 49,.
+ At about 4 o'clock the party bad
farewell to the ladies who so'charn
lingly entertained them-Mrs Phell
and Mrs Rodgers, and started TO
home.
l. At Messy Creek they stopped ant
examined the new depot which i
being built. 1t is larger, neater ant
better built than any station OF
tthe road, and doesn't compare un
favorably with the BIZ 0 depot il
this place"
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