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Y THIS DEED, dated this 21st day of February, 1969, between
JAY a TLE, INC., a Corporation originally chartered in Fulton
INYI County, Georgia, on May 2, 1864, (formerly The Georgia Marble
Company and also formerly Alberene Stone Corporation of Virginia),
Grantor, and THE GEORGIA MARBLE COMPANY, a Corporation chartered
in Fulton County, Georgia, on February 6, 1969, (formerly known
as New Marble Company), Grantee,
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, Alberene Stone Corporation of Virghla, a Virgin is
Corporation, Was the owner of certain properties in Albemarle
County, Virginia; and
WHEREAS, Alberene Stone Corporation of Virginia k re-
organization and Articles of Merger dated April 15. 1959, and spread
in the Clerk's Office of the Corporation Court of the City of
Charlottesville. Virginia, in Charter Book 10, page 392, became
-a division of The Georgia Marble Company,
g p y, a Georgia Corporation;
and
WHEREAS, The Georgia Marble Company by Charter Amendment i i
dated February 21, 1969, changed its name to Jay a Tee, Inc.; sae
certified copy of Charter Amendment filed in office of Secretary of
State of Virginia on February 26, 196St and
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� WHEREAS, Jay and Tee, Inc., Grantor herein, desires to
convey said properties and others to the Grantee;
NOW THEREFORE, Grantor, solely in exchange for Series 3
Voting Convertible - Third Preferred Stock of Jim Walter Corpora[1 on,
a Florida Corporation, and Series 4 Voting - Third Preferred Stock
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of the said Jim Walter Corporation delivered to Grantor by Grantee'
pursuant to and in accordance with that certain Agreement and Plan.
of Reorganization entered into and dated October T, 1968, between
Grantor end the said Jim Walter Corporation, the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, does hereby grant and convey; without any
warranty of title, unto Grantee. its successors and assigns, all
that property lying and being in Albemarle County, Virginia, more
particularly described as follows:
560r d57 C14 Oh7
I. All those twenty-nine parcels of land, with appur-
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tenances thereto and improvements thereon, situated In Albemale
County, Virginia, described in Deed from John S. Graves, Trustee
for Virginia Alberene Corporation, to Alberene Stone Corporation,
dated April 30, 1935, recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Cir-
cuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia, In Deed Book 227, page
313.
2. All that property described in D.ed from T. M. Boyd,_
D. J. Wood, H. W. Walsh end W. O. Fife, Special Commissioners, to
Alberene Stone Corporation of Virginia, dated November 28, 1938,
and recorded December 9, 1938, in Deed Book 241, page 556, in the
Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County. Virginia
3. All that property described 1n Deed from J. N. Wine.
barger to Alberene Stone Corporation of Virginia, dated April 8,
1940. and recorded August 8, 1940, in Dead Bock 247, page 367, in
the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County,
Virginia.
4. All that property described in need from George Gilmer,,
Commieaioner, to Alberene Store Corporation of Virginia dated Nov
ember 2, 1943. and recorded November 2, 1943, in Deed Book 258,
page 283, In the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle
County, Virginia.
S. All that property described in Deed fra1. The county
School Board of Albemarle County, Virginia, to Alberene Stone
Corporation of Virginia, dated September 22, 1954, recorded in
the Clerk'sOffice of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County in
Deed Book 313, page 25.
6. All that property described in Deed from Whitley Deen
and Maggie Dennit Oesne to The Georgia Marble Company dated De-
cember 5, 1962, and recorded December 12, 1962, in Deed Book
page 318, 1n the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Albemarle
County, Virginia.
7. All that property described in Deed from Nelson and 1
Albemarle Railway Company to The Georgic Marble Company dated Nov-
amber S. 1963, in Deed Book 393, page 353, in the Clerk's Office
of the Circuit Court of Albemarle County, Virginia.
Also, all of Grantor's right, title and interest, 1f any,
in and to all other real property lying and being anywhere within
the boundaries of Albemarle County of the State of Virginia: to-
gether with all of Grantor's right, Mle and interest, if any, inI
and to all of the bufliings, plants, machinery, tools, equipment
and other personal property as may be lots ted thereor., including
the good will of Grantor's business in Albemarle County Virginia
it being the intention of Grantor to grant and convey all of its
assets and properties in said County.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD said premises, together with all and
Singular the rights, members and appurtenances thereof, to the e
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being, belonging or in any wise appertaining, to the only proper
use, benefit and behoof of Grantee, its successors and resigns,
forever, IN FEE SIMPLE.
Title to said promisee 1s hereby transferred to Grantaa by
this Deed which hereby transfers to Grantee all of Grantor's right,
title and interest thereto, along with any assignable warranties
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In connection therewith which have heretofore been received by
Grantor, but it is Specifically provided and understood that Grantor
and its officers, directors and stockholders are exempt from, and'
shall have, no liability whatsoever by virtue of this instrument.!
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Jay 6 Tee, Inc. has caused;
this Deed to be executed in its corporate name by W. L. Stribling:
its President, and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and
attested by C. Edward Hansell, its Secretary,sald officers being !
hereunto duly authorized all as of the day, month and year first
above written.
t• /..''t. IY 6 7E, INC.
6� PArCORPORATE SEAL) BY + •Lfi
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF FVLTON, TO-WI7r / �,/'1%
a Notary Publf
in and for the County aforesaid, in the State of Georgia, do
certify that W, L. Stribling and C. Edward Hansell, whose names
as President and Secretary respectively of Jay 6 Tee, Inc., a
Corporation, are signed to the foregoing Deed bearing date on the
21st day of February, 1969, have each acknowledged the same beforg
me in my County aforesaid. a I
My Commission expires on the&;4day of 19,y
Given under mthis y bend �) K day of (�n.. O' .
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notary Public; pj '•.0
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YIRGIHIA:
IR THE CLERX•S OFFICE OP ALBEMARLE CIRCUIT COURT,
This deed was presented to me in said office and with certificate
ennered admitted to record at /Q:0
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Whitley Deane &c
THIS DEED, made this 5th day of December, 1962, by and between
To: B/S
Whitley Deane and Maggie Dennit Deane, husband and wife, parties of the first
The Georgia Marble
Company
part, hereinafter referred to as Grantors, and The Georgia Marble Company,
ISt. Tax 1.50
party of the second part, hereinafter referred to as Grantee,
Co. Tax .50
Trans. 1.00
W! TN ESS ET N:
Fee 1.50
That for and in consideration of $10.00 and other valuable
Pd. $ 6.50
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the said Grantors
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do hereby GRANT, BARGAIN AND SELL AND CONVEY with GENERAL WARRANTY OF TITLE
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unto the said Grantee, all that certain tract or parcel of land situated in
the Scottsville Magisterial District of Albemarle County, Virginia, on Green
.Creek, containing 33.7 acres, more or less, being the same property which was
conveyed to the Grantors herein by dead of George M. White, unmarried, dated
February 2, 1954, recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court for said'
-'County
In D. B. 309 page 97, in which deed George M. White, now deceased,
reserved unto himself a life estate. Reference is here made to said deed for
a more complete and particular description of the property hereby conveyed.
The Grantors covenant that they are selsed in fee simple of I
the land hereby conveyed and have a right to convey the same; that the Grants
shall have quiet possession of said land, free from all encumbrances( that
they have done no act to encumber said land, and that they will execute such
further assurances of said land as may be requisite.
Witness the following signatures and seals.
Whitley Deane (SEAL)
Maggie Dennit Deane (SEAL1
STATE OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, TO -WIT:
I, J, Irvine Maupin, a Notary Public in and for the County and
State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Whitley Deane and Maggie Dennit Deane,!
whose names are signed to the foregoing deed dated December 5, 1962, have
and each has acknowledged the same before me, In my said County.
My commission expires November 30, 1966.
Given under my hand this llth day of December, 1962.
(SEAL) J. Irvine Maupin, Notary Public
VIRGINIA,
IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF ALBEMARLE CIRCUIT COURT, DECEMBER 12, 1962.
This deed was presented to me in said office and with certificate annexed
admitted to record at 10:45 A. M. & $1.10 Stamp Affixed.
Tests: i
(Ifs. A(%��.._� ,Clerk
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353
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principal of said Indebtedness In the sum of $15,307.07 With interest thereon
from December 1, 1963, and they do further agree to save the parties of the
first part harmless from the payment of said principal and interest.
Subject. to the foregoing, the parties of the first part covenant
that they are seized in fee simple of the property hereby conveyed; that they
have a perfect right to convey the same; that the said property is free from
encumbrances of any kind; and that they Will execute such further assurances
as may be requisite to secure to the parties of the second part quiet possession
and complete enjoyment thereof.
Witness the following signatures and seals.
Robert F. Isner (SEAL)
Patricia W. Isner (SEAL)
STATF; OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY OF ALBdMARLE, TO WIT:
B. Ernest Wheeler, Sr., a Notary Public In and for the County
and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Robert F. Isner and Patricia W.
Isner, whose names are signed to the Writing above, bearing date on the 22nd
day of November, 1963, have and each has acknowledged the same before me In
my County aforesaid.
My commission expires February 24th, 1965.
Given under my hand this 22nd day of November, 1963.
B. Ernest Wheeler, Jr., Notary Public
VIRGINIA,
IN THE CLERIC'S OFFICE OF ALR3MARL:; CIRCUIT COURT, NOV,iMBt1R 29, 1963.
This deed was presented to me In said office and with certificate annexed
admitted to record at 11:45 A. M. @ 62.75 Stamp Affixed.
Testa:
,Clerk.
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THIS DEED, made and entered into this the 5th day of November, Nelson and Alba-
1963, by and between Nelson and Albemarle Railwa Y Company,Corpmarls Railway
a Cor ore CS on Company
created and existing under the laws of the State of Virginia, with an office To: S/S
at Schuyler, Virginia, party of the first part, and The Georgia Marble The Georgia Marbly
Company, a Corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of Company
Co.Georgia, with an office at Schu ler, Virginia, y p Fee Tax .00
Y 8 party of the second art, Fee 4.10
W I T N S S It T H: Pd. $ 4.10
That for and in consideration of the sum of $1000.00 cash In
hand paid, the receipt of Which is hereby acknowledged, the party of the
IPin/iMt f mey�,(� first part tlath GRANT AND GONVIiY with GENERAL WARRANTY OF TITLE, unto the part _f
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of the second part, Its successors and assigns, the following two parcels of
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real estate: ,2/
PARCEL No. 1: A strip Of lend 3L29 feet Sn length, of which
879 feet in 100 feet Wide and the balance thereof is 66 feet Wide, and containing
304
5.12 acres, lying in the Schuyler Magisterial District of Nelson County, Virginia,
at Schuyler, and being the same real estate conveyed unto the party of the
first part by S. J. Witt and J. J. Witt, her husband, by deed dated October
12, 1903, recorded in the Clerk's Office of Nelson County, Virginia, in Dead
.Book 30, page 454, and a plat thereof is recorded at page 455, on which real
estate the party of the first part formerly operated a railroad and
side track.
PARCEL NO. 2: A strip of land 66 feet wide, lying between
the lands formerly owned by S. J. Witt and the lands formerly Owned by W. A.
Wlnebarger, in the Scottsville Magisterial District of Albemarle County,
Virginia, and being a part Of the real estate conveyed unto Charles W. Wart
by Thomas A. Stoddart and wife by deed recorded In the Clerk's Office of Albemarle
County in Deed Book 126 page 396, and being the same real estate conveyed unto
the party of the first part by Charles W. Wart and wife by dead dated January,
30, 19049 recorded in Albemarle County in Deed Book 129 page 209, on which
real estate the party of the first part formerly operated a railroad.
The conveyance of both parcels Is made subject to the easement
for a telephone line conveyed by the party of the first part to the party of
the second part by deed dated October 1, 1963, recorded In the Clerk's Office
Of Nelson County in Deed Book 101, page 50, and recorded 1n the Clerk's Office
of Albemarle County, in Deed Book 392, page 533, and also subject to any other,
existing easements for telephone lines, D Dower lines or highways.
This conveyance is made pursuant to a resolution of the Boartl
of Directors of the party of the first part duly adopted at a regular meeting '
held February 20, 1963, at which a quorum was present, and purs0ant to a resolution
of the stockholders of the party of the first part duly adopted at a special
meeting held on February 25, 1963, at which all of the outstanding capital
stock was represented.
IN WITNESS WH3REOF, Nelson and Albemarle Railway Company has '
caused this deed to be executed In its name and on Its behalf by Frank Mothes,
its President, and Its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by
Harry Mathewson, its Secretary.
(S3AL) ATTEST: NRLSON AND ALBEMARL3 RAILWAY COMPANY
M. Mathewson BY Frank MO Ches,
Secretary President
q STAT3 OF VIRGINIA
COUNTY OF NELSON, TO -WIT:
I, R. C. Deane, a Notary Public In and for the County aforesaid
in the State of Virginia, do certify that Frank Mothes, whose name as President
Of Nelson and Albemarle Railway Company is signed to the writings above, bearing
date on the 5th day of November, 1963, has acknowledged the same before me
In my County aforesaid.
My commission expires on the lith day of September, 1966.
Given under my hand this the llth day of November, 1963.
(SISAL) R. C. Oeane, Notary Public
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Continued from Pepe B 1
The newer residents of Grafton
want more schools, wider roads,
fire hydrants, a library and Im.
t� proved drainage ditch&. Their call
for services and more control of
growth was Partly responsible for
the election of three new awuniy SD-
{ pervisors In January and the selee.
etoo aft a new administrator in June.
Growth in the area will not atop,
according to county officials, and
the old Grafton will become even
more hidden.
"The !afi of S
peace tU. 11'j ls
Starting to creep back hate that
area more and more," Carter said.
Meredith has received three of.
fern for his property. which Is cum.
martially Booed, but refuses to sell.
Developers have bought up other
Property in the area, he said.
"There have been a lot of
Changes.," Mussy sold, "and 1t'S
not AQPPtog."
Soapstone operation, expanding
0aldsts of the New Atherese
Stone Co. la NelsoBn County an.
counted Monday that a new $s to
110 milmn process will greatly in.
crease the company's output and
create more jobs.
Tht Parent company of New Al.
berene, *a Tull Yivl Group of Nua•
nad"d. Flat" will within a year
Incorporate the use of a new, larger
saw to cut dabs of napetane Into
the amanar, more sawageshte sue.
AS.
„With the now Advancement, we
do not need to touch the Stone to
put it an the pallets," Add New Al.
bereno President TaOW Martltat.
nea at a press conference. ,
The since Is now sliced by man.
DAILY bringing a blade through huge
chuota, taklog much longer than
the big saw.
To begin to the Schuyler plant
within " Years. the new process
will sharply reduce the mama la.
bor and Ume required to cut the
done to pallet On. The savings in
UM Preparatory Stage of production
will allow for more people to wort
CA stone to Create products.
The now method of cutting will
epee to oat hour what the old prop.
an could in one to two days, leay.
ins greater time for eratlsmanehfp.
officials Said.
Tbirtr•flve people currently
wort at the plant, but that member
Is aumeeted to rise to 40 or So before
the end of the year, Bud possibly
double in two to throe years. ..
In im, the Nelson County Ph*
turned out some 100 units, with the
new Saw, It is projttLed that no
units will be produced In Lea I
New Alberene makes residential
Bad commercial building btodu
and cooking Moves. The Atone to
mined from the world's largest vein
of this kind of soapstone, which is a
registered trademark for the Fla -
Land based company.
The Schuyler vein muss ffrom the
AlbemarleCounty Line nearly 25
mites toward Phenle
Soapstone, which looks . much
ilse gray marble, has Superior heat
and cold retaining Qualities and
mates, an effident oven tbat.heatS
OP quickly and BUYS hotter.for a
longer time.
Nub of the out's Production is
exported to Europe, where
soapstone Stoves enjoy a larger
market &bare than in the United'
States. MArtfivalnen Said the plant.
which also manufaeb r" fireplace
msatle Places an decorative ar:'
eldwetural Stone. Will try to in.
crease the American market as
production grows .
Continued from Pepe B.1 .
Teetotaler Tommy Harper Auld
he was confident the music and
drinking won't get out of band. A
water drinker, he said be's cam.
Pelled to dance, too.
Any time you have a band and
have foot -stomping mule, people
Art going to Stomp their feel .
. "I.haven't noticed anything out
of the way with the way it's ban.
died at Mr. Smith's esta i-1— t.
If it's properlY Policed, I don't think
1t would be a "tem."
The board adopted the amended
ordiAn" 5-1. with Bobby Pollard
apposed. Garrett Hurt was abeent.
• In other business, the supervi.
am agreed to turn down a request
by' Shredded Paper Products of
Mentvale to use the county landfp.'
Supervisor A.A. "Gas" Saardjo-
let said the company 1s running out
of space At its oa-site landfill and
that It needs to find room to bury
200 tone of Shredded material a
Saamijoki Pointed out that the
enure County generates 120 coos of
garbage a day, and that there's be.
twbu' 18 months and three years
left on Bedford's landfill.
"We're talking about having our
BROOKVIUR — TIIIIBERLAM
FIREMAN'S FAIR
600'Psa - 10t00 Pm 0011iyy - July 11th - July tttth
Tuesday and Thursday Nights Are Family Nights '
BROOKVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL e.t
LAMM ROAD Matinee
New Aftreationsl
' The Story of
Alberene Stone
and Its Railroads
by Garth G. Groff
Running across central Virginia is a vein
of soapstone so pure and so large that it has
fueled the economy of the region for over
100 years Called the Lynchburg Formation,
this vein averages 200 feet in width and
descends to unknown depths as it extends
for about 45 miles through Albemarle,
Nelson, and Amherst counties. Early pro-
moters touted it as the largest deposit of
soapstone in the world.
The chronology on page 23 traces the
commercial development of this deposit
from the 1880s to the present. In 1883
James Serene and Daniel Carroll founded
the first company to work the stone. Carroll
coined the trade name "Alberene Stone'
by combining the first part of "Albemarle"
with the last partof Serene. This name was
given to both the soapstone products and
the company town. By the late 1890s
Alberene Stone was the largest selling line
of soapstone products in the United States,
and "Alberene" soon entered the language,
For many years the word appeared in
Websters unabridged as a generic for
soapstone as well as a trademark
Soapstone is high in talc, the softest
rock but the soapstone in the Lynchburg
Formation varies from light gray and very
soft to greenish black and very hard. Soap-
stone is easy to quarryand to work it resists
fire, acids and bases, and a variety of other
chemicals, making it useful for laboratory
sinks and counter tops. (Laboratory counter•
tops and sinks at Los Alamos, New Mexico,
where the atomic bomb was developed
were made from Alberene Stone.) Because
of its high electrical resistance it once
dominated the market for high voltage
Insulating materials. Soapstone also has
the unique ability to store and slowly
radiate back heat, making it a natural for
use in stoves and fireplaces. Soapstone has
been used for building material, cooking
grills, partitions in public toilets, and that
mainstay of the Victorian household, laun
dry tubs. Even the waste and dust from
cutting the stone was used - in the manu-
facture of asphalt roofing and tires.
Competing with Carroll and Serene's
Albemarle Soapstone Company was the
Virginia Soapstone Company at Schuyler,
In Nelson County. Founded by Captain
James Foster, who had been one of Mosby's
famous Confederate Partisan Rangers In
the American Civil War, the Virginia Soap-
stone Company soon turned Schuyler into
a typical company town with company.
owned houses, stores, and hospital sur-
rounding its mill and quarries. Two com-
pany -owned dams and power plants on
the Rockfish River supplied the town and
mill with electricity.
Photo 1 shows one of the quarries
where steam -driven machines were used
to cut the 3- x 4- x 7-foot blocks of
soapstone that were hoisted to the surface
by stiff -legged derricks. In the early days,
wagons drawn by huge draft horses or
oxen carried the blocks to the mill where
they were cut Into slabs on a gang saw.
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THE LYNCHBURG FORMATION - A SOAPSTONE VEIN
Photo 3. Soapstone laundry tubs were being
made in this interiorphoto of the Schuyler mill in
the 19205. The tubs were screwed together and
Te the seams and holes were filled with a pitch like
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RAILROADS OF ALBEMARLE AND NELSON COUNTIES CIRCA 1905
(ALL STANDARD GAUGE)
MARCHfAPPIL 1989
both passengers and (with a few seats
removed), freight. Since the Virginia Soap.
stone Company'scharterallowed it to build
a railroad for company purposes only, this
electric line was soon chartered as the
Schuyler Railway, a common carrier.
Soon high grade soapstone began run.
ning out at Alberene, but the quarries at
Schuyler still had plenty of high grade
stone. The Virginia Soapstone Company
needed cash, for expansion, so Albemarle
Soapstone bought a controlling interest in
Virgina Soapstone. The two merged in
1904 creating a quarrying and milling
division (Virginia Soapstone) and a market.
ing division (Alberene Stone Company).
The two mills were soon joined by a new
nine -mile -long railroad, the Nelson and
Albemarle, built between Guthrie and
Schuyler, allowing the mill in Alberene to
finish high grade stone from Schuyler, and
workers to travel back and forth easily
between the two towns. The N&A leased
four miles of track between Esmont and
Alberene back from the C&0 and obtained
running rights all the way to Warren. In
1965, the Schuyler Railway was rebuilt for
steam operation and merged with the
N&A.
The N&A was a busy railroad for its
short 17 milespassenger trains shuttled
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Photo 7 The N&A's 44-ton GE fl arriving at the
Esmont depot around 1952. Esmont was at the
end of N&A leased track but the line operated
south to Warren for the Chesapeake & Ohio,
carrying C&O numbers. Photo by Chades Arrrold,
Ead Lipscomb collection.
because there were no oyes or turntables
on the line. N&A passengers were always
carried in open platform, wooden passen.
ger cars, mostly from the C&O. Fishbeliy
flatcars, with archbar trucks were used to
move blocks of stone from the quarries to
THE NELSON & ALBE'MARLE
RAILWAY AND ITS CONNECTIONS CIRCA 1905
MARCH/APRIL 1989
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the mill, and various dumpcars carried
away the waste rock Afew cast-off mainline
cabooses rounded out the N&A roster.
As its parts outlived their usefulness, the
N&A was slowly dismembered. The Alber-
ene section was abandoned in 1934. Soon
the daily mail on the Rockfish line was a
hand -pumped section car. When that track
was badly damaged by a flood in 1944 it
was not rebuilt and a company truck took
over the mail run. All passenger service
ended in 1950 and the last wooden com-
bine was returned to the C&O. What was
left of the N&A Dieselized in 1951 with a
44-ton General Electric locomotive (Photo
7). By 1961 most of the outbound traffic
was by truck, and the rail service ended In
1963.
During the railroad days and thereafter,
the soapstone industry in Virginia has gone
through a number of ups and downs. The
mill at Alberene closed in 1916, and the
operation at Schuyler (Photo 8) was re-
organized to be the Virginia Alberene
Corporation (Photo 9). This company went
bankrupt in the Great Depression and was
reorganized as the Nberene Stone Cor-
poration. This prosperous company was
bought out by Georgia Marble in 1956.
The marble company ordered the closure
of the N&& and its absentee management
may have led to declining sales after 1969.
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Photo 70. Nelson &Albemarle 19 at the Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes Bane, Pennsylvania in 1920. At
74 tons, she was the heaviest engine on the N&A. Photo, collection of Fran; Mayo,
1883
James Serene begins quarry
Ing soapstone at Johnson s
Mill Gap in Albemarle
County, Virginia,
Albemarle Soapstone Com.
Party founded by Serene
and Daniel Carroll.
1900
Carroll coins name "Alberene
Stone"
Johnson's Mill Gap renamed
Alberene.
Virginia Soapstone Company
founded in Schuyler by Cap-
tain James Foster and C. A
' Wiehl.
Alberene Railroad Company
incorporated.
The newly operating
Alberene Railroad is leased
to the Chesapeake & Ohio
as Its Alberene Branch.
1901
Virginia Soapstone's electric
railroad from Schuyler to
Rockfish begins operation in
January.
Alberene's high quality
soapstone begins to run out.
Albemarle Soapstone Com-
pany buys interest in Virginia
Soapstone company.
1902
Chesapeake & Ohio buys
Alberene Railroad (previous-
IY leased as Its Alberene
Branch).
MARCH/APRIL 19ag
the mill at Schuyler was closed briefly in
1973, then reopened under local control
and was finally purchased by a Schuyler
businessman in 1976. A Finnish company
now owns the mill and leases the quarries.
In 1986 the Finnish company operating
under the name, New Alberene Stone
Company, Inc. began making soapstone
heating stoves which are very popular in
Europe.
The N&A would make an interesting
model railroad. These little engines running
tank first, and pulling a few freight cars and
a wooden combine Just cry out to be
modeled. Any model of the N&A would
have to include some mill buildings and at
least one quarry. The various cranes, the
mill, and quarry equipment could keep a
scratch -builder busy and happy for years.
A CHRONOLOGY OF ALBERENE STONE AND ITS RAILROADS
1903
The Virginia Soapstone's
1927
Abe Corporation of
1 951
electric railroad is chartered
as Schuyler Railroad io It
erica
America (subsidiary r
Virginia Alberene Corpora.
Nelson
Nelson &Albemarle
acquires its first and only
canon passengers legally,
tion) formed to operate a
Diesel locomotive.
&
Nelson &Albemarle lialkoad
crushing plant at Damon.
1956
incorporated to run from
Guthrie to Schuyler.
1930
Georgia Marble begins take
1904
End of transportation of
over of profitable Alberene
Stone Corporation by buying
Albemarle Soapstone Com-
school children on Nelson &
98 percent of its stock.
pany and Virginia Soapstone
1934
1959
Company merge to form: 1)
Virginia Soapstone Company
Virginia Alberene Corpora•
Alberene Stone Corporation
(quarrying and milling diva-
tion placed in receivership
merges into Georgia Marble
becoming its Alberene Stone
[on) and 2) Alberene Stone
under John Graves after
in.
Company (marketing
defaulting on bonds due to
division). -
Great Depression.
1962
Virginia Soapstone
1935
Trucks take over most of
Company leases Alberene
Railroad (Alberene Branch)
End of commuter service on
former Nelson & Albemarle
rail traffic
back from Chesapeake
Nelson & Albermarer
1963
& Ohio.
Groves forms Alberene
7905
Stone Corporation from
last train runs on the
remains of bankrupt Virginia
Nelson & Albemarle. -
-Schuyler Railroad is de.
Alberene Corporation.
1967
electrified and merges with
the Nelson &Albemarle
1936
Georgia Marble becomes a
Railroad.
Nelson & Albemarle track to
subsidiary of Jim Walter
1916
Alberene tom up.
Corporation.
Virginia Soapstone Company
1944
1973
reorganized n
Alberene Corrpp oratiati on,.
Flood disrupts service on
Nelson & Albemarle, Rock-
Jim Walter Corporation
closes mill at Schuyler.
Old Dominion Soapstoneolreopened
fish line out of service and
Mill at Schuyler
and Its railroadbynear Damon
never rebuilt
under lease to local
Purchased by Virginia
1948
managers.
Alberene Company.
Rockfish line torn out.
1976
Mill at Alberene closes after
1950
Mill and quarries at Schuyler
years of processing soap.
stone from Schuyler.
e
passenger service ends on
Purchased and operated by
a Schuyler businessman.
1920s
the Nelson Albemarle,
1986
Virginia Alberene Corpora.
19505
Quarry at Schuyler gets
Soumen Vuoluki A Oy (full
lion operations centered at
Schuyler with over 1000
gas-
powered Plymouth and two
Kivi), a Finnish company,
Purchases the mill
employees,
G.E. Diesels.
and
leases the quarries at
Nelson & Albemarle trans-
Schuyler operating them
porting pupils to school and
under name, New Alberene
commuters from Alberene
Stone Company, Inc.
to Schuyler.
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