The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-21
IS
in The RACE
Presents Forceful Arguments
to Secure New Normal.
NEW CURFEW ORDINANCE
The American Asbestos Company is
Actively Pushing Its Work in South
ern Bedford County-lmprovod
Machinery to Be Installed.
ts,oc,,, 70 Tho Times. Dlspatch.)

(Specinl to The Times. Dlspatch.)
BEDFORD CITY. VA, February TO-
A mass-meeting Of citizens has been CALI
ed for Monday, which Is County Court
day. to take suitable action towards se-
curing for Bedford the State Normal
School contemplated in the bill offered by
senator Graham Clayton. Earnest enthu-
si;lsm over the success Of the measure
Is manifested by town and county folk
alike, and strong resolutions Will be
passed on Monday and o. committee Will
be appointed to urge the countys claims
before the Legislature. Bedford City
stands ut the gateway Of Southwest Vir-
glnia. and Is easily accessible from every
point In the State. In beauty and health
fulness tho location Is unsurpassed, and
in cost Of maintenance the figures stand
at minimum.
But perhaps the strongest reason why
one of the Stale nor1nals should be located
here Is the fact that Bedford and this
section have never received any appropria-
ton or recognition from the State Our
people feel the time has come when one
or the great State Institutions should be
located here.
Ae Valley has the Western Insane
Hospital and the School for the Deaf,
Dumb and Blind at Staunton, and the
Virginia Military Institute at Lexington;
the Southwest has the hospital at Marion,
and the Polytechnic School at Blacks
burg; Tidewater has the Williamsburg
Hospital and William and Mary, Normal
and the Hampton Institute; Midland Vir-
ginia has the State Capitol and Soldiers
Home, at Richmond, and the solored nor
NAL school and Insane Hospital at Pc
tersburg; Upper Piedmont has the Uni
,versity of Virginia; the Southslde has the
State Normal at Farmville. These are
some of the claims that will be urged
before the Legislature.
CURFEW LAW.
The Town Council has passed "curfew
ordnance" requiring children under six
teen years of age to be in their homes at
the ringing OF the Gre-bell at o'clock
from October list to March 31st. and at 8
o. clock from April 1st to September 30th,
The night policemen will give fifteen
strokes to the fire-bell and children
without parental permission will be fined
il seen on the streets after the curfew.
In spite OF the terrific roads that have
been the countys heritage since the new
year the American Asbestos Company
have been making active preparations for
mining on a large scale. The first prop
erty being developed Is the Hubbard farm,
and here boiler and engine rooms have
been erected, and much OF the new ma
chinery. which recently arrived has been
installed.
The large sixty horsepower boiler will
be carried to the mines as soon as the
roads can be forced. The houses for the
miners have already been built.
MODERN PLANT.
1t is said the American Asbestos Com
pany's plant will be the most modern and
complete in the State. 1t has been con-
structed under the supervision Of Mr..
Earl c. Bacon, the well known mining
engineer, of New York, who has made a
speciality of installing asbestos plants.
The outfit for tho Bonanza shaft will
be operated by sixty horsepower boiler,
and the most modern hoisting engine
drum windings. The Rand drills will be
operated by an mir compressor of the
most improved type, and after six or
eight holes are drilled in the shaft and
the shots placed, the whole number OF
shots will be fired by an electric battery
from the surface. The asbestos is then
transported to the surface by a three.
mule car, which dumps out automatically
at the tipple, being pulled to the surface
by the cable operated by the hosting
engine. There is so much Of the auto.
matte about the plant that very few mer
will be required, and the operation will
be quite simple. The mica on the Over.
street farm, about a mile away, Is also
being developed.