The Washington herald., 1908-08-23
COVINGTON, IDEAL TOWN
OF THE OLD DOMINION
Growing City in Virginia Mountains Has In1por
tant Industries and Is Pushing Rapidly to
Prominence in Things Productive.

Covington, Va. Aug 2-The busy in
GUstriaI town Of C0vingrCu- county seat
CT Allegheny County, is one Of The most
important cities Of Central Virginia.
Covingron was founded in t1e early days
Of the nineteenth century and but re-
Gently celebrated lis centennial alniver-
sary- TLe town occupies a 5eLehttuI 10
cation on the banks OF Jackson River.
one Of the mountain streams which later.
by confluence with TIE Cowpas-ure River
AT Iron Gate. form The historical James
Around the town lie The rugsed noun
talns Of the main Allegheny chain Gov
tlgton being directly IN the heart OF the
mountains and therefore possessing al
excellent water supply and the pUres-
air. fresh from the wooded slopes Of the
mountains
At C0vlrgton the Warm Springs Valley
Joins Wirh the main valley OF the Jack
son. and al along the twenty-lve-1nile
run from C0vinEtou 10 tie famous Hot
Springs Of Virginia are bits OF landscape
and extended pa-oramas which are q Joy
10 those Of artistic temperament II is
not alone. however, in It's exquisite
beauty Of location that C0vingtor is IA
nous
Population About Four Thousand.
Covngcon has a population OF about
=l51 Probably 81 is slightly less than
J-aJ, but il IS busy enough and success
tul enough 20 support a population Of
double that number II natural water
power the county Of Allegheny Is esps-
ciaIIy fortunate There are scattered
through the county streams CT great vol
time and sufficient power 70 operate mill
machinery and factory machines 5r1u-
merabIe- Al Covi1gton the power IS en-
ployed by one large grist mill and in part
By The big works OF the West Virginia
pulp and Paper Company Only a frac-
1lou OF c-e real power here IS used by
these companies. and such new industries
IS might seek location al C0vlugton
would md power 10 double TIE present
amount used
Aieghauy County IS the center OF the
iron ore industry Of Virginia This fact.
Of course places the county and its
hub. COvinstOn, in q strong iron min
Ing position
County Has six Furnace.
IN Allegheny County are SIX furnaces.
which take care Of the iron ore output Of
This territory Of these. three are owned
by the Low-1Ioor Iron COMPANY. and one
Of their largest plants is at Coving-on-
The Covingcon furnace has q daily output
Of 10 tons OF pig iron The iron made al
this furnace grades very high n quality
and Is used largely in the manufacture OF
The inner grades OF machinery and tools
Covlngtc1 furnace IS nearest 10 the great
Potts Valley ore region and upon com
pleJiOn Of the ore railroad projected viii
draw hither considerable portion Of
tlat output The COvington furnace at
the present time is undergoing repairs
which VIII consume g period Of about q
month IN connection with the furnace
are number Of coke ovens. kept con
sfantly in operation.
Largest IN Importance Of the Covinz-on
industries is the great plant OF the West
Virginia Pulp AID Paper Company The
plant was built about nine years ago and
began operations early in The spring OF
-sl4 The grade OF paper chiefly manu-
1actured here Is for magazines. Arnorg
the publications which obtain their sup
plies from the Covirgt0n plant are Ear-
per.s Weekly. Harper's Bazaar. Golfers. I
Life, Lsslies the Review Of Reviews. I
and many Of the trade journals The pa
Per for the educational section Of The
Washington Herald was ordered from IL
n the double plant about 100 operators
are employed.
Some idea OF the tremendous business
cone by The combined mills may be sug-
GesleQ py the IaCL That the CallE con- I
sumption OF water exceeds 100000 gal
Ions FuO hundred and twenty-five tons
Of coal are consumed each working day. (
and the other materials consumed daily, !
when the mil IS running al capacity. are
I'D cords Of spruce wood, s. 600 pounds Of I
crude sulphur, and L5.505 pounds OF lime. (
Tie capacity Of the pulp mill Is 5Jl.00o I
pounds OF pulp per diem and Of the pa
per mill nearly 10a100 pounds. These Z
----7 lie D. sr-.-s -1--- d
for mole than a day or so, even during I
the most strenuous period Of financial /
s-rilgency last autumn.
CovingtOn has the largest steam tar /
nerE IN the State OF Virginia It is one