Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-09-06
INDUSTRIAL NEWS

INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Items That Will Interest 0u
Readers.
The Loop & Lookout Railroad Go
will, it is reported, build g. railroad
from Lookout in Fayette county t.
Glencoe in Greenbrier county.
The Weston Lum Der Co. is reported
to have extended the Cody Railroad
from Bean IS Mill to timber lands, on
a I'd one quarter miles, making the lin
four and one half miles long.
Oil has just been discovered i'll Bar
bour county. West Va, on Robert nj
Nestor's farm, near Nestorsville. an(
al entirely new field is thereby opened
The Barbour Oil Company. whicn has
been drilling a test well, reached tb'
Big Injun sand at 800 feet and a flow
of twenty-five barrels day is the re
suit. TGere is much excitement.
The Potts Creek Division of The
Chesapeake and Ohio from CovlngtOn
down to the iron ore beds along Potts
Creek, has been completed, and rs in
running operation to Jordan junction,
eighteen miles from Covington. Only
freight trains are being operated as
yet, and they are hauling to Coving-
ton and the main line large quantities
of iron ore that is being taken from th e
sides along the line.
Referring to report that he has leas-
ed coal lands on Winding Gulf, in
Raleigh county, West Virginia, Mr..
Justus Collins of Charleston, w. Va f.,
says that be has purchased and leased
about 8. 500 acres, but has not organized
a company for its development, and
will not do so until later. He states
that both the Chesapeake & Ohio and
Virginian railways are building to the
and as s0OD as they reach it
a company will be organized to develop
the coal deposits
A Pittsburg special says: Evidences
are plentiful that railway manage
ments arc confident now that there
will be no further lapses in construc-
ion work for this and uext year. The
policy came at the time
,he State Legislatures were enacting
avs regulating the roads and making
;wo cent passenger fares. Not only
las important contract work been re
Iumed, but bids are being asked for
new lines of road, while there is under
the erection of new ter
ninals, new shop plants, track eleva
ion and other items of larger interest
han maintenance by various railroads.
Railroad extension seems to be the
,rder of the day in Old Virginia. The
atest proposition for a new road 10
open up in Virginia territory is said
20 be an extension projected by the
southern Ry. from point about Rap
dan, up through Madison, Page and
counties, to join its Valley
inc at some point near New Market.
The route will take the line through
he famous ThOroughfare Gap, in the
Blue Ridge, the only available gap in
he mountains between Rocktish Gap
Ind the Front Royal gap in upper
Eauquier county. While no authori-
ative statement 1as been made by the
abroad officials with regard to the
proposed extension, it Is known that
urveys have been made for it, and it
g rumOred that options have been Sc
ured on some of the property needed.
President Stevens of the G. & o. Ry.
aid last week that was nothing in the
eport that there would be resumption
# construction on the G. u D. since
he stockholders had approved the
,l0, 600, 900 deal With the Blair Ryan
indicate and that double track
would be completed to Newport n News
" the first of the year. The facts in
be case as stated by President Ste
7ens is that some of the double track
ng between Richmond and Newport
News has never been stopped. This
will probably be completed by Sept
|, giving 35 miles of double track on
5he Peninsula division, which Is IS
miles in length. Nothing in the way
Of renewing work on the double track
ing which was suspended some weeks
ago, will be considered until the next
regular meeting of the directors. Tnen
the board may consider the matter,
but the question of resuming work
will largely depend on the financial
Lost and Found,
Lost. between $50 p. N. yesterday