The Roanoke times. [volume], August 17, 1890, Image 1

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VOL. VI-NO. 208.
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
AT THE
ONE-PRICE ST?RE
Side baud suitings, closing price, Tc
a yard.
Outing cloths in beautiful patterns,
at S and 10c a yard.
Flannelettes in new and stylish
?atterns at 12|c a yard.
Dress ginghams. 5, S and lue a yard.
A few pieces <>f Scotch ginghams at
30c, worth 25c a yard
Still a ew ehalliesat 4c and 6Jc a
yard.
Also ,i few more pieces of cheeked
mohair at 25c a yard.
Mohairs in all shades at 25, 371 aud
"/??.? a yard.
White goods in all the newest ma?
terials ami at lowest prices.
A special bargain in pure Turkey
red table covers. 8-4, 75cand S 10 87ic
each.
Table linens, towels and napkins in
endless variety, and at prices that
Sefy competition.
Another case of white bed quilts at
Vl each.
Ladies' and Gents1 underwear and
hosiery in great assortment and at
bottom prices.
Large stock of bleached and un?
bleached cottons and sheetings in all
vidths.
Children* white lace hats and caps
roni 15c ap.
Pans, Pans, Pans. Pans, from 2c up
SNYDEE.
HASSLER i MACBA1N.
134 SALEM AVENUE, S. W..
>Aa"C>:;E, - - - - VIRGINIA.
REAL ESTATE Apt's
105 JEFFERSON STREET.
Itoanoke, Va..
OFFER THE FOLLOWING
100 ft. on Alberma^ Street.. 81,000
ij;> ft. on Franklin Rfead.2,200
\ Choice Cor. on Mountain St-. 3,000
100 ft.on Roanoke St One shade) 5,000
Pine Residence on Jefferson St. 9,500
A rare bargain in an entirely
new residence in Hyde Park,
i louse contains-Hot and Cold
Water, Stable, Coal and Wood
I louse. Will make terms to
suit purchaser.
We have the cheapest busi
ness and residence properties
in the city.
Correspondence solicited
ROANOKE.
BUILDING ? COMPANY
E II. STEWART, President.
H. G COLE, Sec. and Treas.
J F. BARBOUR, Gen 1 Manager.
CONTRACTORS & BUILDERS.
ifTice with Gras & BoswkLL, Jef?
ferson Street.
^arge Brick Buildings a
Specialty.
.lomes built on easy p.iyments. Put
ronage solicited. Estimates cheer?
fully furnished on application.
GENERAL MANAGER
jo 14-tt
RoaDoke Iii and
Notice to Contractors.
Sealed proposals will be received by
the eogiueer of the U ?anoke Laud and
Improvement Company until 2o*clock
p. in., of August 20th, for the grading,
steam roHitin (steam roller provided by
company), gutters, niucadumizing, lav?
ing of gas and water mains, timber]
culverts, etc., on the extersious of
Jefferson and Waluut streets, in the
city of Roanoke. yra. Proli es and
specifications may be seen at the of?
fice of Lite company, N'o. i 1 Campbell
street, s. w.
The company reserves Llie right to
reject any and all bids
J. C. RAWN,
Engineer.
aug9-12t
1 will offer my entire stock of
DR! GOODS. BOO
AND SHOES AT
im
P?lilE cost to DiscexnxuE
BUSIXES?
F. G. MAY.
142 FIRST iVKXl'B, S. \Y.
AT COST. AT COST.
augp 2wks
L. F. BURKS,
Practical Plumber i
GAS and STEAM FITTER. !]
-:o
And dealer in all kinds bf Plumber,
Gas and Steam Pitters' Supplies.
Prompt Attention to C|rders, and
Satisfaction (?u -ante d
I
713 Main Street.
LYNCHBCRG, \ A.
115 Commerce Street,
iel2 Umo R( ?.\Ni >1\!:. VA. :
5. i mm, SIBERT & CO.
Real Estate Agents, I
Moomaw Block, No. 9. !<
We have a fine list of property from I
which to seleet.
Iu location, price and terms, we .'
hope to suit all. If you have
PROPERTY'
To sell or exchange, call.
Best of references given. junlC Im j
EVANS & CHALMERS.
Still keep the largest
assortment of
HARDWARE
In Southwest Virginia.
They'have just received a large sppulj
?OF?
Lap Robes, Horse Covers
Breech Loading G u ns,
?AUTD?
g tf?O?S.
Miner's and Railroad Supplie
A Specialty.
17 and 19 Second Street, southwes
HOLLINS INSTITUTE,
virginia.
For the higher education of young
ladies, equipped at a cost of $1^0,000,
employs 20 officers and teachers, 7 of
whom are male professors, of both
American and European training.
Languages, Literature, Science, Arr.
Music, Elocution, etc.. are taught
under best standards. For nearly a
half century it has commanded public
confidence without distinction of re?
ligious beliefs. 1,200 feet above sea
level, and surrounded by picturesque
mountain scenery, it enjoys the fur?
ther advantages of mineral waters
and a bracing mountain climate. At?
tendance last session 20'J from is
states. The 4Sth session will open
September 17th. P. O. and Station,
Hollins, Va. CHAS. H. 0<>CKE,
jj'23-tf Business Manager.
1UGLEBI5 BROS.,
MANUFACTUKKKS OF
TIM AND SHEET-IRON WARE,
and dealers in all kiids of
COOKING ant) HEATING STOVES,
Plumbing und Gas-Fitting, Roofing
Spouting and Jobbing.
-o- ' I
19 Salem Avenue. ROANOKE. A'A j
fti'5 6m i
YOUNGE. i
Architect and Superintendent j
Roanoke, Va. Room 6. Didier Ruild- J
in?. All classes of public asn private i
bmldtogp. ArtiBtfe Interior work, and,
decoration a specialty. j\itl J
K.OAXOK
AT
For 30 Days.
OUli ENTIRE STOCK OF
7
Consisting of Foreign and
Domestic
DRESS GOODS,
Ginghams, Satines, Challies,
Bleached and Unbleached
Cottons and Sheetings, etc.
will be offered at
PRIME C( )ST
FOR the next
30 DAYS.
Our Remnant Coun?
ter is now ready,
where you can
select
at any Price
A Walnut, Ash or Ebony
POLE GIVEN AWAY with
ivery pair of Lace Curtains
>ought to the value of <-\oo
>er pair or Howards.
SENBAUM BROS
12 Saliern avenue.
I'll i.
n
500 V LADIES
T< i CALL AT
It
Front i
AND GET
? vim
For 5 Cents.
0. F. BLOUNT.
E C,
15j salem avenue.
the
kkm Uh Mi
and
JUNG
Arc now prepared to furnish meals at
POPULAR PRICES,
Table boarders can be accommodated
and will receive prompt and
careful attention.
STEAKS. CHOPS, AND ALL
DISHES TO OKDER
SERVED IN FIRST
CLASS STYLE.
Cold Lunch Counter attached,
where cold lunches are served from
? a. m. to Vi p. in.
Fish, Clams and Game in
season a specialty.
Fred. Weber,
DYEING,
CLEANING and REPAIRING
irou will save money by bringing
your dirty clothes to he cleaned or
dyed and repaired to me. di rges]
moderate. Work first class.
E. Walsak,^
Corner Campbell and Henry streer,
RoanoW. Vn tf
C1ARR THE SIGN WRITER, COR-j
U ner Third avenue and First street I
K w. xam-tf
Hi Ui
K. VIRGINIA, STJND?
I N THE WEST EN?!
HUGE FURNACE SOON TO BE
PUT IN BLAST.
A SCORE OF PRETTY COF'TAGES,
An Entcrlnliiius f*K?rv <>i the Wist
Kn?l Furnace I'onipnujOperations
by Olicortlio Times" llrltflll V.ij;
?'?i n I'crsdiincl ui Ihc <'?iiii>iiii.v.
Half a mile beyond where (lie hist
house is rising in the fashionable
West End section of the city a little
town is being built.
It is within tin' corporate limits of
Itoauoke and yet separate from the
city proper. The West End furnace
is the center and heart of tin- (own
and around it a score of pretty little
houses have been erected ami more
are to follow. i
The little village Hashes suddenly
mi tin- eye of the visitor as he drives j
over '.In- steep road; a perfect blaze of ?
color. The furnace with its smoke
stacks and towers of chimneys, newly
painted black, and its red east house
of corrugated Iron, gleam in the
morning >un, contrasting strongly
with the deep, dark green of the cot-!
tages and outhouses.
It is expected to have (he furnace
in readiness lor the first cast by the
middle of next month, but one
wouldn't judge so in visiting it. All
about, in seeming confusion, lay
boilers, bit* of machinery and parts
of the intricate plant that has been
building now for nearly a year. Hut
then- is no confusion. Everything is
moving alons with the regularity i>f
idockwork, and (he master hand hav?
ing control knows exactly what it is
about.
The furnace, with its surrounding
village, lies in a gently rolling valley.
The hill- with their inexhaustible
?tore of mineral wealth, look down
upon it from ever} dirurtjon, while
the river splashes around its northe. u!
side on it> way to the far oil' sea. I
From thi? river, the Roanokc, water
is drawn for the use of the furnace by
immense pumps, through great pipes, I
:o the large, red-painted cast iron
:ank with a capacity of hundreds of
housauds of gallons. The tank lies
iust between the pretty little office of
tie company and the engine room.
Air.-ally ore from the mines of the
Southwest, which are to furnish the
tompany, i- coming in, ami yesterday
wo ear loads were being unloaded.
Ther-' i* plenty of limestone, too, ami
ong rows of it stretch next the cast
louse, its dull whiteue.os contrasting
trongly with the bright-colored
>uildingf>. The company wiil get all
if its ore.- from this section.itseo.il
rom the renowned Pocahontas fields,
md it> limestone from Oxhide Spring,
mi the Norfolk and Western road.
VII the raw materials to be used at
he furnace will come from this sec
ion, ;md the establishment will be a
ypical Southwestern enterprise.
When it has been completed, thr
oiling mill to be built by the same
tompany will lie pushed ahead
?apidly. Ground for the foundation
>vi!l be broken sometime this week.
Already the great works at Pittsburg
ire busily at work on the machinery.
The rolling mil! is to be erected just
?ast of the furnace, beyond the brook
hat runs through the lands of the
?ompaiiy. The site ha3 been laid off
?y little stakes, covered with white
taper that show up here and there
:hrough the tall green tangled weeds.
Phis mill will manufacture iron plates
.( every description, especially boiler
dates. It is a pioneer in this field in
he South, and there is not a doubt
mt what it will be a most profitable
nvestment. Thousande of feet of
alates are used in the construction of
i furnac0alone, and all of this has
to be shipped from Pennsylvania.
There is not at this time a mill in
the South manufacturing them, .and
taking into consideration the number
af furnaces now being erected
throughout this section, a held al?
most unoccupied lies ready to be ta?
ken possession of by this new enter?
prise. Even if there was no call for
jther than furnace plates the invest?
ment wouid be profitable. Pittsburg
is now the great centre for their man?
ufacture, ami till of the iron used in
the construction of the West End
Furnace came from that place. A
urreat deal of delay was caused by the
strike of the boiler makers at Pitt 8
l'urg.bnt t his has been settled and no
more trouble is feared. Eleven of the
fourteen tremendous boilers required
to keep the furnace going are now in
place and the remaining three are on
their way here.
Th? rolling mill and furnace will
together employ in the neighborhood
ot 500 menand this, taking as a basis,
the usual ratio will bring to this sec?
tion of the city nearly 1,500 percons.
Tim great majority of these people
will live on the lands of the company,
it is expected. There are fifty-two
acres belonging to them in the little
valley, including eight acres just
across the Roanoke river from which
a fine quantity of sand for the use of
the furnace and mills can be taken.
Perhaps half ot the land will be re?
quired for the two plants, the remain?
der is to be used for the erection of
pretty modern dwellings for the use
of the employes of the company.
tr^ekf Ti-nu the Norfolk and
Western have been laid through the
yards to bring materials to the fur?
nace. In time they will be extended
to where the rolling mill is to be built,
and everv facility will be had for the
prompt receipts ?f raw materials and
shipments of pig and manufactured
iron Fifty men are now employed
in finishing the furnace. Most of the
work is done by Pittsburg contractors,
whose work, however, comes under
the supervision of the manager for'
the company, Mr. Henry Kintr. Thev
promise to have their work completed
by next month, and if nothing inter?
feres Roanoke will then have three
furnaces in blast. The output of the
West End plant will be about the
same as that of eit her of the Crozers.
They expect to ship about half of
their iron, the remainder being util?
ized in the plate mill. By JthlB means
,Y MORNING, AI GUS
it is expected that plates can be manu?
factured at a considerably less cosi
than they at present are in the North,
where most of the rolling mills pur
chase their pig iron.
The personnel of the management
of the compuny is a guurautee ol
what may be expected from it when
well in operation. The president is
Major Joseph H. Sands, of this city,
the general manager of the Norfolk
and Western railroad. He is a gen-|
tleuiun of rare business experience,
and any enterprise with which he
identifies himself is sure of success.
Oliu Heall is the secretary and
treasurer, und his experience in the
duties of such oflices is standing him
in good stead.
The general manager, Henry King,
is a man of iron and always has been.
What he doesn't kuow uncut mines
ami mining, furnaces and rolling
nulls is not known by many other
people, and he lias already given
satisfactory evidence of bis ability to
manage a furnace since he has been
here.
Col. Jacob Haas is another man of
large and varied experience in min
iug an i the management of furnaces.
He is a native of Pennsylvania, bul
dorn number of months oast he hah
made this city his home. During this
time he lias traveled on horseback
and foot many thousands of miles
through the Southwest and examined
hundreds of mines and ore beds. He
has always taken the greatest inter?
est in mining and lias tie- reputation
of lie ug <>ne of the best minerologistt;
in th ? country.
Mr. Madison Main is the foreman of
construction at the furnace, lie is
another man of iron and also comes
from Pennsylvania. TlIKTlMliS in mi
asked .Mr. .Main about the relative ca?
pabilities of nejxrocs ami Hungarians
as laborers. "1 think," said ttie fore
man, "that the negro of Virginia is
equal in every respect to the mine
workers of Pennsylvania, but 1 do
imr think that those of Alabama
are. lb-re you will lind, perhaps,
one entirely worthless negro in a
Kant: of twenty, but there vou will
probably find one worker in a gangof
twenty. The difference between
Southern ores and .Northern is no
greater than between tin* furnace
men. These reports about the worth
lessm of the ores from this section
are simply bosh. Pittsburg manu?
facturers say they are not equal to
Pennsylvania ores. They run our
iron down, but they buy it just the
same.
??There is a slight difference in the
cosi of building a furnace here and in
tb" v rth." went on .Mr. Main, in
answer to i ? ? reporters question.
"This is because we do POt manufac?
ture the machinery here, ai.d there
for- have to pay freight ou it. The
difference lies just there. In a few
years, however, when the Sou'. Ii is
making ber own machinery, there
will be no difference in the cost of
construction.11
The Nch SaTiiiys Rank.
The Roanoke Savings bank is the
name of a new banking concern re
contly organized in this city with a
capital stock of $100,000, UlOSt of
which has already been subscribed.
Following are the oflicers: .1. I>
Smith, president; John Chalmers,
vice-presideut: C. R. Evans, cashier;
Directors: J. 1). Smith. John Chal
ineis, C R. Evans, WilliamM. Yager,
W. S. Gooch, A. E. King and W. P.
Baker, of Koanoke, and U F. Mid?
dle kau IT, of Washington county. Mi!.
Attorney. A E King. The bank wi I
In-open for business in the Smith
building, on Commerce street, this
week. The bank will receive deposits
as sin dl as twenty-live cents, ami pay
interest on all sums of .$1 and over.
Failed ofn Unoruui.
The Mel rose Park Driving As.-oeia
tion did not meet yesterday evening,
as was expected. Hut few of the
members wen; in town. There will
be a meeting on Tuesday evening at
Captain Wingate's office, when the
date of the full meeting will be
selected. The executive committee
will also submit the program. It has
been arranged and only need.- the ap?
proval of tin*association before 1"
ing made public.
Sliitnl LoNt.
Mrs. R T. Way.of Orlando, Florida,
is visiting D. R. Bowman and family.
While out driving last evening Mrs
Way lost a white wool shawl. The
linder will be handsomely rewarded
by returning it to L. L. Powell &
Co.'s oflice.
Roanoke; Oh. Roanoke.
Special to the Timks.
Kxoxville, Tenn., Aug. 10.?Yes?
terday's game was repeated this after?
noon, the score standing the same -5
toO. Hrodie and Kirby was the Koan?
oke battery. The Reds hit Hrodie
from the start and the fielding was
especially good. The Roanoke club
left for home tonight.
Rnnc Rail Ciaiiics of Vestcrday.
National League: At Boston?
Boston, II: New York, <>. At Cincin?
nati?Cincinnati, 11: Cleveland, 0.
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn, 3: Philadel?
phia, 10. At Chicago? Chicago, 18;
Pittsburg, 5.
Plavers* League: x\t Philadelphia
?Philadelphia, 1; Brooklyn, 2: At
Buffalo?Buffalo, 5; Chicago, At
Pittsburg?Pittsburg, 9; Cleveland, 4;
At New York?New York 15; Bos?
ton, 10
American Association: At Colum?
bus?Columbus, 2; Syracuse, 1. At
Toledo?Tohdo, 9; Brooklyn, j: At
Sr Louis - St. Louis, 12; Athletic. 11:
At Louisvide?Louisville, 9; Roches?
ter, 7
Atlanlic League: At New Haven?
New Haven, 20; Wilmington, 1. At
Baltimore? Baltimore, 8; Harrisburg.
1. At Hartford?Hartford, 2; New?
ark,. 5.
The Itncc? Yesterday.
SARATOGA,
First race, three-fourths mile?Void,
first; Mabelle, second; Huenenie,
third Second race, one mile?Re
dare, first; Belle D'Or, spcond; Wil?
fred, third Third race, one and one
fourth miles?Sir John, first; Wyn
dam, second; Cncle Bob, third.
Fourth race, three-fourths mile?Ben
Harrison, first; Kitty Ven, second;
Cannot, third. Fifth race, one mile
?Hydy, first: Satisfaction, second;
Bohemian, third.
MON MOUTH.
First race, spven-eighths mile.?
Arab, first: Stridaway, second, Glory,
third. Second, three-fourths mile.?
Chatham, first; St. Charles, second;
Equity.third. Third race,one mile.?
Euras, first; Major Domo, second; My
Fellow, third. Fourth race, one and
a half miles ?Bibelot,first; HerHitrh
ness, second; Druidess, third. Fifth
race, one mile and three eighths.?
Stockton, first; Oriflame, second;
Philosoph}*, third. Sixth race.three
fourth* mile.?Autocrat, first; Sama
i tria.second; Tom Hood,third. Seventh
race, seven-eighths iniie.?Lady Reel,
? first; Brussels, second; Ed Hopper,
I third. Eighth race,five-eiirhtsni'ile.?
|Wier Gras*, first; Key West, seVcrnd.
T 17, iMKh
NEW ST. MARK'S.
A MAGNIFICENT EDIFICE TO
BE ERECTED.
WHAT ME LUTHERANS WILL DO
Pall Details of What Will be Oiteofth*
finest Cliarclins i>i the .South
810,000 ISouNe off'raj'cr ou tin- JilCe
??rthe oiii ciuirch.
Through the courtesy of C. Mark
ley, a Tim ks reporter was enabled
yesterday to see the plans of the new
?Sr. Mark's I.nil,?-ran I hurchsoon to
In- erected in tliis city. It will be one
of the handsomest structures in the
State, and is to be built on I lie site ol
the old church, at the corner of
Robertson ami Commerce streets.
The building will front 108$ feet on
Commerce street and exten 1 back 96|
feet. The material will lie Pea Creek
stone, lined with brick and trimmed
in brown 6tone.
The front will present, a handsome
uppearan e. On the uorthwesl corner
;i steeple will rise to the height of 125
feet. The center tower, between the
church and Sunday school, und
through which the latter is to be
l ittered, will be eighty live feet high.
There will be three entrances from
Commerce street. The school room
will be reached only through the
?enter tower, which also affords one
entrance to the church.
The interior of the church will be
well arranged and elegantly finished.
There are to he three aisles, one ex
tending from the middle entrance
through the center to the altar, the
others extending along the sides until
within twenty one feet ot the rear of
the in tu. i room, where they turn
toward the altar, leaving a section ot
pews in each upper corner.
The body of the church, which will
seat Too people, will be arranged like
a theatre auditorium, with raised
pews in arcs. The gallery extends
acoss the rear and is reached by a
winding stairway in the tower.
The choir platform, eight feet eight
inches by twenty-four feet eight
inches, :> ;it tii" right about half way
up the aisle.
In the front, a' the right of the pul?
pit, will he the pastor's study, te?? by
fourteen feet, w it h an cut ranee into
the main room.
The Sunday school room will front
thirty-seven feet on Commerce street
and extend-back sixty-eight feet, aud
will be joined to the church with an
entrance through the centre tower.
This part of the building will be
livided into three room.. The front,
?r main room, will have a seating
?apacity of 430.
The room in the rear to the right
will be the infant class, and will seat
150. The room on the left will he a
diur<*h parlor <;r conference room,
md will be connect! J with the pas?
tor's si udy.
Bids for the contract to erect the
milding will cl.August 27, and the
ivork is expected to begin about the
\r-t of September. The estimates on
he present plan are $10,000.
Mil". ST ITK IXVK.ST.1IEX I COMPANY
v \c\\ i'r.rporiition Chartered to Deal
in Raanohe "Dirt.*
The State Investment Company of
Virginia has been organized, with J.
A. Dupuy. president; W. S. Soocb,
vice president; W. s. McClanahan,
secretary, and Edmund 1 tidier, treas?
urer. The charter, which was issued
yesterday grants the company the
priyiiegeof dealing in real estate any
win-re in the State, and to hold l.CCiO
icres of land. The capital stock is to
be nor less than?15,000 nor mo.v than
$30,000. The stock has been taken
almost to the limit of the charter.
The purpose of the corporation is to
handle real estate, and, although just
organized, it has already secured
some lands in Roanoke. The com?
pany will operate in this city at lirst.
but will extend its territory, and
probably increase trs capital, as its
business grows. The principal of
tices of the company will be in Roan?
oke. As no meeting has been held
since the organization of the com?
pany no well defined plans of oper?
ation have yet been made. Its pres?
ent holding consists in eight lots lying
below the market house, purchased
from the Valley Investment Com pan v
for si 1.000.
SEWS XOTES.
William L. Stoik, of Baltimore, a
well-known builder and hotel pro?
prietor, has failed. He was promin?
ently identified with nearly all subur?
ban enterprises that gave promise of
the ?pread of Baltimore.
Representative Cheathara, of North
Carolina, has been renominated by
acclamation.
Five hundred tons of ore were dis?
charged at a single blast in one of the
Buena Vista mines recently.
John D. Rockefeller, the Standard
(>il amginate, is going to endow a
$20,000,000 Baptist University at New
York. Prof. Harper, of Yale, will be
at its head.
Rev. H. Shively, a missionary to
India, had given up his parchnn nts.
He received his education at Dickin?
son College, and .after his ordination
as a minister became a member of
the Maryland conference of the Meth?
odist Episcopal Church. He married
a beautiful young lady of Caroline
county, Md. About two years ago he
determined to go as a missionary to
India, and was transferred to the
South India conference. During his
work there he became enamored of
an Indian girl, *hom hebetrayedand
who has since been living with him as
his mistress.
The Manchester, England. Courier
savs: "In consequence of the fierce
persecution of the Church, which is
the policy of Cri.-pi, the Pope will
soon issue a manifesto to the Roman
Catholics throughout the world giv?
ing his intention of leaving Rome, to?
gether with his court and all his ad?
herents. From a practical point of
view this means ruin t" Rome, for
with the pontiff will go the cardinals,
the prelates and a vast number of
persons who anuually come to Rome
as pilgrims. In fact, commercial ruin
stares innkeepers and shopkeepers in
the face.
Mrs. David O'Rourke, of Stannton,
has for some years been raising silk
worms with great success and profit.
Rev. Sam Small is in a quandry.
He was formerly an Episcopalian,
then joined the Methodist church,
but between one and the other failed
to get a standing, and now is having
a hard time to get a membership,
though bis pulpit work Is of a high
ortier.
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PI
ME ROANOKE AMI? tfOUrilft.UA.
l?i rector Kteourt nml Engineer Haue
Kol Ride Over the Line.
E. H. Stewart, the director of the
Roanoke and Southern railroad and
J. E. M. Hanckel, of the firm ol
Wingate Si Hanckel, civil engineers,
and Hurveyors, returned last night
from a horseback ride over the count r\
chrough which the Roanokc and
Southern is to run between here and
Martinsville.
They left here on Thursday and
spent every day in the saddle,
traveling going ami returning some?
thing h'ke one hundred miles.
"The distance of the road between
here and Martinsville " said Mr. Stew
trr, ?? will be about fifty-six miles
Trains, it is expected, will be run
oing from Winston to Martinsville
by the 1st of November. The con
tract for grad'ng three miles of the
road out of Martinsville to this city,
was let some time ago, and nineteen
indes in the same direction lias j'i-t
been ^iveu out.
"Engineers are working on this last
contract now, and on Monday another
corps ot engineers will start from
Maggotty Gap, twelve miles from
here, to locale the line to this city.
"The route between Young's traf?,
in Franklin county, and Maggotrj
Gap has not beeu located as yet.
Three routes are being considered,
one by way of Rocky Mount and two
west of there."
"What were your impressions of tin
trip?"
"Many of tin- people we saw live in
the most primitive state. Their lands
do not produce abundant crop-: am:
they are poor. It is from this sann
bectiOD, however, that we shall draw
our largest supplies. While the land
is poor agriculturally there is n
better timber or mineral land any?
where. It has not benefitted the peo?
ple because it has been undeveloped.
There is also some magnificent farm?
ing land along the route, particularly
the Blackwater section. Thecounxrj
is much better than I ever thought it
was."
Who Is Cut tins: Rale*?
New York, Aug. ll.?The in-.:
A^' quotes The American metal mar
ketS as follows: American pig?Tin
market is very quiet on the whole.
Northern No. 1 iron i- relativelj
plentiful, and can be purchased al
$17.00@17.50 for good brands. In
Southern irons. No. 1 anil No. 2 foun
dry are relatively scare, but No v
soft is in ample supply and can be
bought at $ 17.7"j^ is.on. There seems
to be good evidence that at least one
large Southern company is makinir
liberal cuts under the prices generally
supposed to be current in the Bir?
mingham district.
A Vlc???--- .?r Shippers.
Chicago, 111., Aug. l?.-^ShipTJefs
throughout the United States ha\>
gained a great victory over the rail?
roads in securing a modification of
the uniform bill of lading. The con?
cession made by the carriers consists
in strikimrout the words "not nego
liable." The amendment makes i;
a negotiable paper and bankers will
no longer refuse to advance monej
on it. *
ABOUT THE HOTELS.
People are returning to town from
their summer vacations. The hotel
registers are to a certain extent tin
pulse of the traveling public, and
looking over the pages of the Roan
oke, Felix and Continental registers
for the past month the rush home?
ward is very evident. The inere ise
at the Roanoke has been gradual, but
during the past two weeks it has gone
up from a page and a half to three
and a half, and continues on the
increase.
* #
Major William Jolliffe, the well
known railroad contractor from Bote
tourt county, is at the Felix with bis
wife and son. The Major is an old
Confederate soldier and fought all up
and down the Shenandoah A'alley
with "Stonewall*' Jackson. Then
when the war was ended he laid dov n
Iiis sword and went to work to help
build a road along the line of his for?
mer battles. Major JolilTeis yet quite
a young man, perhaps forty-three
yearsold, though the side whiskers
lie wears makes him appear older.
*
J. M. Johnson, of Danville, Ya.. is
Stopping at the Hotel Roanoke. He
is accompanied by Mrs. Johnson, and
yesterday afternoon they took a
drive about the city. Mr Johnson is
one cf the oldest bankers in the State,
but still he is the juuior partner ot
the banking house of Johnson &
Cheek. In Danville this firm does an
immense business, and are interested
in many of the largest enterprises in
that nourishing city on the border.
He is here taking a look at the city
that has created so much comment,
and expresses himself as much pleased
with what he has seen of it.
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* ?*
At the Hotel Roanoke yesterday
evening a Times man met N. 1>.
Maher, the superintendent of the
Clinch A'alley division of the Norfolk
and Western. Mr. Maher was at one
time a resident of this city and chief
clerk of General Manager Sands*
office. He is a fine looking man and
looks like a twin brother of Manager
lieckner of the opera house. He is a
nephew of the famous James P. Barr,
for many years editor of the Pitts
burg Post. It "will be remembered
that Barr was editor of the Post dur?
ing the war. It was the only Demo?
cratic newspaper in AVestern Penn?
sylvania and the plant of the paper
was destroyed three times by a mob.
Mr. Barr was shot at any number of
times, ahd one of the relics of those
troublous times preserved by the
family is an old white beaver hat with
seven bullet holes through the crown.
And he was wearing it when they
went, through, too.
* *
Dr. S. Gordon Simmons at the Ex?
change Cafe yesterday for the first
time in a half a dozen weeks He has,
during the greater portion of that
time, been lying dangerously ill at
Blue Ridge Springs, but he is much
better and was able to drive up yes?
terday. "I wish you would say some
thing about the poor mail service we
are having hereabouts," said the doc?
tor to a reporter. "Now I am an old
subscriber to the Times and I don't
get my copy once a week. Blue Ridge
is only eleven miles away and I don't
see what becomes of it. Someone in
the mail service must take the paper
as much as I do."
Rev. Sam Sma-l passed through
verr^rday morning en route from
Ctai. b Boston. He has many ad?
mirers in Roanoke, and when ap?
proached by a Times reporter made
inquiries concerning our growth and
population. He was delighted to
learn of our prosperity, and regretted
that he was unable to stop over. He
seemed to be mjzood health, though
I ^arieti by his ro?g trip.
1ICE FIVE 0 FATS.
SOUTH ROAiNUKI
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE BEGUN
THIS WEEK.
IRON EWES FOR THE FiOAMOKB.
I'hr?'?' Lending <'i>rt>;o-:-.t ion* I?
dertnko Exteuftlve ucvrlopmcaU^
Sfneadnmlxcd Street* and a Railway
??> Crystal Soring.
Extensive improvements are soon
to bp made in South Roanoke'by the
Roanoke Gas and Water Company,
the Roanoke Lam! and improve
Company,'and the South Roanoke
Land Company, which own large
tracts of property in rL.it section.
The Gas and Water Company will
extend South Jefferson street to the
Roanoke river, and there construct
an iron bridge. A new strc ? willaU?
be opened from the present terminha
of Jefferson, extending southeast to
the river, where another bridge will
he built. Still more streets will run
through tie- property lying on both
aides of the stream below this point.
The two iron bridges are under con?
tract, and the work on them will be
beguu tomorrow. L. II. Vaughn has
the contract for the stonework of the
bridges. j
Across the river the Land and Im- *
provement Company will open and
macadamize two street-, sixty feet
wide, extending directly south, one
from each of the new bridges. Lateral
Streets will he Opened through the
tract, which will be laid oiT prepara?
tory to being placed on the market.
AH t he streets wiM he put in good ^
t horo,?^nuT?Srr^e:idiri^'to"tiie bridges
will be made equal, if not superior, to
the best Streets in the city.
The (fas ami Water Company will
extend mains along Jefferson and the
two main streets a tross the river, giv?
ing all the advantages of iL'ht, water
mil good streets, insuring its rapid
development.
The South Roanoke Land Company
-viil construe' a, si reel railway along
Je Teiwon. across the river. and
through the macadamized streets on
the property ot the improvement
company, to Crystal Springs.
The rails have been purchased aud
rhe work of construction is under
contract. Operations will be^inatan
early day. Horse car- will be used at
first but the company contemplate^-^"""*
substituting eleefi.. -ars. .-. j--***^
TIIECEAI ... ,! itlKr:.
The Switchmen Join Hip Strike lj?t
Trains Will Run Today.
Buffalo, n. v.. Aus. kr?Tb
strike on the New York Central
was further complicated this moral
At :; o'clock tin.- switchmen in/
Central yards struck, .and tho?
the West Shore System in t
followed suit. *,- , . _
It has now spr^ul ^iWC^Sf
Knights of Labor. Trw >^en who
went out are member- of the Switch?
men's Mutual Aid Association, a
national organization extending all
over rhe country.
The Delaware, Lackawana and
Western officials have notified their
agent at this point to refus ? all New
York Centra] freight.
Nkw York, Aug. 10.?The follow?
ing notices were issued by the
New York Central today: All city %
locals due to run on Sunday will ran
tomorrow. The full city local ser?
vice will be run on Monday and there?
after. This completes the resumption
of the entire passenger train service.
R. <;. B-nn's Report.
Nkw York, Aug. 16.?R. G. Dun &
Co. in their weekly Review of Trade
will say: ''The industries are dom_jg_
rather less and speculators are doing
more." That is the week's hi-torv in
brief, but the volume of legitimate-!
business is still very large, exceeding
last year's at thi? season about 10 per
cent.
Wrecked on the Three C'n.
Camdkx, S. C Aug. 16.?A freight
train was wrecked by the employees
on the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago railroad near Lancaster, S.
C. today. Brakeman Gerald bad his
leg broken. The employees have not
been paid oiT for two months.
To AwMUWlunte n Xcsrro I'.ditor.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 16.?Au?
attempt was made yesterday by
negroes to assassinate L. il Harrison,
a negro who is editor and publisher
offne Citizen, a weekly paper printed
in the interest of his race.
The Anti-Lottery Bill Pasf.e?.
Washington, August The
House has passed the anti-lottery bill
Its provisions are very stringent, and
prevents papers from publishing
drawings. _
Cholera at Cairo nod 'If re*.
CAIRO. Aug. 16.?Tue deaths rom
S cholera at Jeddah y'est*rday num?
bered 24, and at IT. ?
River hikI H iro ir Rill.
Washington, Vug. 10 ? Th- S? nat?
passed the river and harbor bill to*
I day._
Return of ? Wanderer.
UNANCOCK, AcJoraac Co.. Ya.. Au- .
gust 15.?Hon. John s. Wise f ay? ho
is trointr t?j buy a residence here x^ij'---.
I fall and make ?naneoek ids hone' m
that the first man thai mention.*^..**- "
tics to him, he will knock his head
I off. _,_
She CaroeThr.mjrh tuo Htvo-.'t. /
The fire box of the dummy eng?jl
running on the Vinton line burnt,
yesterday and for a time trafficj
at a standstill. There is no extr*
gine. and the engine "Carrie"^
the Melrose park line was brf
through the city on the st$4 _
track, and will today do soff
the VintorTline. This will n?-fc
the suspension of travel ,-/ ' !
Melrose line for several dayANCE
No hocsk in the c
! higher reputation for fi
organs and reasonable ~
Hobbie Music Co., L
\ It is, therefore. t~"
' obtain from t hem j
?forebuying. Th"
,tomer when^jj
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