A hand book of Virginia . tionof 3,212, nearly doubling in the ten years. A large increase in population sincelast census appears also in the case of Covington, the county seat, which, by censusof 1890 was 704, by census of 1900 it is 2,950, more than quadrupling its popula-tion in ten years, a remarkable growth that speaks well for the town and county. Among the more important industries of this town are the one million dollarplant of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, the Covington machine shops,and McAllister and Bells flouring mills. There are also excellent systems of waterworks an
A hand book of Virginia . tionof 3,212, nearly doubling in the ten years. A large increase in population sincelast census appears also in the case of Covington, the county seat, which, by censusof 1890 was 704, by census of 1900 it is 2,950, more than quadrupling its popula-tion in ten years, a remarkable growth that speaks well for the town and county. Among the more important industries of this town are the one million dollarplant of the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, the Covington machine shops,and McAllister and Bells flouring mills. There are also excellent systems of waterworks and of lighting by electricity, and an ice manufacturing plant, the largeand valuable De Ford Companys tannery, and the Covington iron furnace of theLow Moor Company. The Moffett Brick Plant does a large business and has beeninstrumental in the erection of many substantial and handsome brick residencesand business houses of the town and county. Clifton Forge, as has been before stated, is the largest town in the county, and. 89 some of its citizens aspire to make it, at an early date, an incorporated city, inconnection with its handsome suburb, West Clifton, as the population of the twotowns has reached the necessary 5,000. The Chesapeake and Ohio shops, working a large force, are located here; alsotwo banks, two newspapers, one a daily, several good churches, a handsomeand well equipped railroad Y. M. C. A., a new building for the Chesapeake andOhio railroad offices, and superior hotel accommodations. During the last fewyears an unusual number of large and expensive business blocks and privateresidences have been built, also a Masonic temple, all of which are equipped withsteam heat, electric lights and water facilities, with which the ambitious town iswell supplied. There were no failures in the town during the last year, indicatinga healthy financial condition. Among the other smaller towns of the county are Iron Gate and Longdale,where there is a fine furnace (having been in
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