The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-12-10


state Railroad Company IN the Clerk
Office OF Wise County, Virginia. ON the
With day OF December, 1918. in this pro
ceeding, which is styled Interstate
Railroad Company V. Norton Land e
improvement Company, Norton Coal
Company. es ais. to which petition.
description, plat of survey and profile
reference is here made: and are. situate
in or near the town of Norton, Wise
County, Virginia. and are described as
follows:
All those three certain strips or par
cells of land owned by the Norton Coal
company. corporation, and the Nor
ton Land e Improvement Company, u
corporation. lying and being in or near
the town OF Norton. in Wise County.
virginia. and bounded and described rs
follows:
First: beginning at stake. II corner
to the right OF way of the Norfolk x
Western Railway. thence running with
n line thereof North twenty four de
grees West distance of sixty eight and
three one hundredths feet to a stake
crossing the center line of the Inter
state Railroad Location through the
town of Norton, Virginia. Ut fifty four and
Tour tenths feet at station 80 plus Oi.7i);
NA+NhANt ANHfAAk NNil0 HUG IA NAil T1EIlI Oh
way North eighty nine degrees and
twenty five minutes East. parallel to-
and twelve and five tenths feet from
he center line of said railroad location.
thirty eight feet to u stake ut right am
giles TO and twelve and five tenths feet
from station 10 plus ~ Il. Cot said rail
road location; thence on a curve To the
left with IldiuS of seven hundred and
four and thrc tcnths feet castw;trdlv
tangent To tic last described course.
parallel To ami twelve and five tenths
feet from the center of said railroad 10.
cation, n distance of one hundred and
forty seven ard eight tcnths feet To "A
stake; thence North twelve degrees and
thirty five minutes East. a distance of
i've feet 10 stake; thence North seventy
seven degrees ami twenty five minutes
East, parallel To and seventeen and five
tentlis feet from the center line of said
rulroad location, distance of sixty
nine and five tenths feet to u stake on Il
line of the right of way of said Norfolk
~ Western Railway; thence with said
line South sixty six degrees West. dis
tance of two hundred and forty four
and nine tenths feet To- the beginning
crossing the center line of said Inter
state Railroad location at station ~ plus
ll,2l, containing fourteen one hun
dredths of an acre, more or less
Second Beginning at station ~ plus
TOO Of the Interstate Railroad location
through the town of Norton. Virginia.
said station being ON the line of the
right Of way of the Norfolk 81 Western
hallway. thence with said line North
sixty nine degrees and fifty seven min
utes West distance or twenty eight
and fifty two one hundreslths feet 10 "A
stake, said stake being twenty five feet
from the center line of said railroad To-
cation, measured at right angles there
to, thence with u curve to the left with
u radius of nine hundred and thirty and
thirty seven one hundrcdths feet. n dis
lance of forty nine feet 10 a stake. said
stake being situated twenty five feet from
and AT right angles to station ~ plus
81 p I. of said railroad location, thence
North forty six degrees and forty two
minutes East - distance of one hundred
and ninty nine feet to n stake; thence
North forty three degrees and eighteen
minutes West n distance of ten feet to IA
stake thence North forty six degrees
and forty two minutes East distance
of sixty eight and five tenths feet 10 the
middle of Guests River ON line of the
Clinchhcld Coal Corporation land:
thence down the middle of said river
with its menaders seventy feet To Il
stake thirty five feet from the center
line OF said railroad location: thence
leaving said river and line of said coal
corporation, South forty six degrees
and forty two minutes West a distance
of sixty eight and five tenths feet TO "A
stake thence North forty three degrees
and eighteen minutes West distance
of ten feet TO u stake which stands
twenty five feet from and AT right an.
giles to the center line OF said railroad
location, thence South forty six degrees
and forty two minutes West parallel "a
and twenty five feet from said railroad
location. one hundred and ninety nine
feet TO u stake, said stake being situated
twenty five feet southwardly and at
right angles 10 station G2 plus 81 T. r. OF
| said railroad location. thence on Il curve
! 10 the right, Westwardly, parallel Ia
and twenty five feet from the center
line of said railroad location, n distance
of twenty three and eight tenths feet In
II stake in a line of said right of way.
thence with said line North sixty nine
degrees and fifty seven minutes West /.
distance of twenty sight and fifty two
one hundrdths feet To- the beginning.
containing forty hundredths of AN acre.
more or less
Third: Beginning NJ stake, a cor
ner 10 the right of way of the Norfolk
" Western Railway, thence with u line
of said right of way. South sixty six
degrees West fifty five and four tenths
feet TO a stake, crossing spur track
location near the coke ovens in the Town
OF Norton, Virginia, mt two and five
tenths feet at station 4 plus 92.5 of said
spur track location. thence leaving said
right of way ana running on q curve to
the left, Enthusiastically, with radius
of fonr hundred and fifty three and thir.