The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-13
ENGINE PLANT
\ COTTON I. |. [: ( \ MILL / !.
Tie Suburb Of NorWicll-to Be Re
@habilitated BY a New
Industry
. BOON DAYS ARE REVIVED
BOOM DAYS AR REVIVED
ss,aast1sl,st NJ
especial TO The ,rimcs-DIspatc

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ROAN0K e. w A., ! May lo.-Tfo salo OF
thu rolling mill at Norwich last week
and the prospects Of operating It will
put that suburb III about the same con-
dillon as the boom. promoters planned
| 1t. with the exception that what was
MI engine plant Is now a cotton mill.
Norwich was named after the Connects
!, cut city and the suburb was SO chris
tened when the lock- works were removed
from tho Connecticut town to the suburb
% Roanoke. The lock- works wore a
failure from the start, and for several
years remained idle. Finally tho plant
was sold to some Lynchburg' parties,
and moved to that city and combined
with a brass plant. That company also
failed, and that was the end OF tho
plant transplanted from tho Nutmeg state.
dcwn5 with the boom. That company had
erected two large brick buildings, and
wien the cotton mill company was or
ganized tho buildings were purchased. The
cotton mill had varying fortunes, but is
new doing a. splendid business, and Is
preparing to put in an $4,000 dye plant
The big Wcsl-End furnace is In Nor
wich, the cotton mill. rolling mill and
u soap factory. Houses thnt have ucen
vacant since boom days are occupied,
ant! new ones arc being erected to ac-
.commodate the workers.
Work is progressing rapidly on 10
extension Of the Norfolk and Western
yards in the West-End. Mr., d. w. Flick
NJ,
shovels at work. ana Is rapidly making
room for twenty-four tracks. Tho extern
sion goes within two miles Of Salem,
and will cost tho Norfolk and Western
nearly Sl,0C0,OO
It will ,be no fault OF tho real estate
men II Ronnoko does not have another
boom. Nearly every farm. that Is near
the city has either been divided sin,o
lots or small farms and advertised for
sale. The Country club has purchased
about thirty acres or land four, miles
frem tile city, OH tho car line, and Is
pre- pairing to erect q handsome club
house, golf links. etc. A. farm near the j.
p.ce has been divided into small farms
or from two to six acres, and offered
by the real estate people.
Among the many handsome homes that
are to be built during tho spring Is that
Of, Mr.. D. w. Flickwlr, He has torn
down his residence, and pnrdlased n
lot adjoining. on which there isSa good
residence, will tear that down and place
hia new homo in tho centre Of tho lot.
The plans have been drawn by a Lynch
burg architect, and it will BIO one OF
The abandonment homes In the city.
Few cities the slze Of Roanoke are
as well equipped with hotels, In addition
to tho Hotel Roanoke and Poifce de
Icon there Is the Randolph, lately erect
ed; the st. James, ana Il hotel building
Which was started In boom days and
Lever completed, is now ready for occu-
pnucy. 1t, is a large building on Com
Inonweath Avenue, near the Hotel Roa-
nnke. In addition to these hotels tall
large buildings) there are several smaller
ones. l4 aN k
Work on the Tldewater cast of Roa-
noke is progressing rapdly,A contractor
who recently visited tho offices OF the
company In Norfolk says he was loid
that il was planned To run cars INTO
Roanoke within year from the east, but
1t would be eight or nine mouths after
ward before the western porlio1l OF me
road would be completes
Tho big building for Watts, Rettew |
anG Clay Is now up to the thlfd Story, |
and work Is progressing rapidly on the |
usW market house.
he big dam Of the Roanoke Power
| nesnauy. below the city, will be COM
you ohA two weeks, and work Is being
b the power:houss. 4