DIRECTORY
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &c.— continued.
Burgh Police Office, Bank st— Thomas Nicol,
superintendent
Cemetery (New), Sunnysido — Ebenezer
Mitchell, superintendent
Cemetery, Kirkgate — Robert Wright, keeper
& sexton
Cemetory Co. Limited, 20 Mar st— Richard
Laing, secretary & treasurer
Clackmannanshire & Kinross (1st) Rifle
Volunteers — Lieut. -Col. Ales. Mitchell;
Majors, John B. Harvey & George Bogie;
Major & Adjutant, Charles Herbert Shep-
herd; Surgeon, J. Home Hay, m.d. ;
Quarter-Master, James Melville; Chaplain,
Rev. Daniel M'Lean, m.a. ; A & C Comp-
anies (Alloa), Norman MacWatt & A T.
Moyes, captains; B Company (Sanehie),
R. G. Abercrombie, captain ; Drill Instruc-
tors, Sergeant-Major Thomas Russell. &
Sergent William M'Comb
Clackmannanshire Union Agricultural
Society — James W. Moir, secretary
Conservative Association (Clackmannan-
shire) — Robert Buchanan, Alloa, secretary
& treasurer
Corn Exchange, High st— James K. Brown,
keeper & clerk to the corn maiket
Corn Exchange Co. Limited, High st —
Francis G. Ewing. secretary & treasurer
County Buildings, Mar st— Alexander Glass,
keeper & bar officer
County Police Office, Mars hill— John White,
chief constable ; Alexander Dcwar, sergeant
Fire Brigade, Bank st — Thomas Nicol,
captain ; Wra. Snadden, superintendent
Freemasons' Hall ;St. John's Lodge), Church
street
Gas Works, Kellie 'bank— George P.Boyd,
manager
Harbour Master's Oih'ce, Shore— James Roy,
harbour master John Helvin, collector
of dues
ALLOA
Instrumental Band, Alloa — Charles Honoy-
man, secretary
Liberal Association (Clackmannanshire)—
Richard Laiug, Alloa, secretary & treasurer
Municipal Buildings, Bank st
Museum, Church st— David Bogie, keeper
Musical Association, Alloa — James Hepburn,
secretary
Natural Science &Arch£oology Society, Church
st — Robert Ramsay, s ecretary
Newtonshaw Co-operative Society, Limitod,
Sauchie — James Wright, secretary; James
S. Fyfe, manager; John Dawson, treasurer
Newtonshaw Industrial Co-operativeSocioty,
Limited, Sauchie— David Evans, secretary;
William Hunter, manager ; Win. Morrison,
treasurer
Orchestral Society, Alloa — John Brown,
secretary
Procurator Fiscal's Office, County buildings,
— David MacWatt, procurator fiscal for
the County of Clackmannan, Norman
MacWatt, depute
Reading Room & Library, High st— ilex.
Campbell, secretary; William Trotter &
Alexander M'Lennan, librarians
Reform Association, Alloa — John Pearson,
secretary; John Robeitsou, treasurer
Stamp Office, 15 High st— Francis G. Ewing,
sub-distributor
Tax Office, 15 High st— Francis G. Ewing,
collector
Tullibody & Cambus Co-operative Society,
Limited, Tullibody— James Grieve, sec-
retary ; James Hutton, manager ; George
M'Farlane, treasurer
Tullibody District Library— John Paterson,
secretary & librarian [hill
Volunteer Orderly Room & Drill Hall, Mars
West End Park, Grange pi
Young Men's ChristianAssociation Institute,
Greenside st— Andrew Phail, secretary
Young Men's Mutual Improvement Asso-
ciation, Tullibody — James Stevenson, sec.
Young Women's Christian Association, Back
o'Dykes— Miss Moir, secretary
CLACKMANNANSHIRE
CONVEYANCE BY RAILWAY,
ON THE STIRLING AND DUNFERMLINE SECTION
OF THE NORTH BRITISH LINE.
Station, Primrose st— John Wilson, station
master [master
Station Cambus — William. Blssett, station
ON THE 11EV0N VALLEY BRANCH OF THE
NORTH BRITISH LINE.
Station, Sauchie— George Simpson, station
master; Cowan & Co. carrying agents
ON THE CALEDONIAN LINE,
Station, Primrose st — John Andorson,station
master
Station, South Alloa — Robert Fullerton,
station master; Wordie&Co. carrying agents
OMNIBUS.
To KINCARDINE, an Omnibus from the
Railway Station, daily (Sundays excepted)
at eleven morning and hal-fpast five after-
noon — Alexander Steven, proprietor
CARRIERS.
To ALVA, David Drvsdale, daily
To CLACKMANNAN & KENNET, Alexander
Steven, daily
To GLASGOW, Mrs. M'Pherson, daily
To KINCARDINE, Alexander Steven & Mrs.
Ritchie, daily
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To LEITH, a Steamer from Stirling calls at
Alloa, daily, according to tide
To LONDON, the Carrun Company's Light-
ers, every Monday, Wednesday & Friday —
John Murrie, agent
To STIRLING, a Steamer (from Leith) calls
at Alloa daily, according to tide
Steam Ferry Boats ply between Alloa & South
Alloa every hour during the day, returning
twenty minutes after each hour
ALVA AND TILLICOULTRY,
WITH COALSNAUGHTON.
ALVA is a parish and thriving burgh and a station on the Alva
branch, of the Stirling and Dunfermline section of the North British
Railway. The town is seven miles e. from Stirling, three and a half
N. from ABoa, two w, from Tillicoultry, and five w. from Dollar,
charmingly situated at the foot of the Ochils, whence issues a stream
that turns several, mills, and forms, in its course through the romantic
and interesting glen of Alva, three beautiful cataracts. The largest of
the falls issues from an aperture in the rock above and tumbles from a
height of forty feet in one unbroken mass into a naturally formed basin
• below. An excellent pathway has been formed through the glen, which
tourists now visit from all quarters. This parish is connected judici-
ally with Stirlingshire, and politically with Clackmannanshire, and is
surrounded on all sides by the latter county, except the north, where
it is bounded by Blackford, hi the county of Perth. It affords excel-
lent pasture, is well cultivated, and the hills abound with valuable ores,
such as silver, copper, iron and lead. Sir John Erslrine, of Alva, about
the year 1715, assisted by some miners from Leadhills, discovered a very
rich vein of silver, in a romantic glen, about midway between Alva.
- House and the town. The precious metal made its appearance in small
threads, which, upon being followed, led to a very rich mass of ore ;
.some of it was so rich that fourteen ounces of ore yielded twelve
ounces of silver. So easily was the deposit of treasure reached, that
not more than £50 sterling had been expended on it when the prize
â– was found; and during the space of a little more than three months it
is said that ore was obtained from which Sir John drew from £40,009 to
£50,000. After this mass was exhausted, the ore became so scarce' as
not to repay the expense of working, and hence the enterprise was
abandoned. In the year 1767, Lord Alva, nephew to Sir John Erskin-,
caused a pair of communion cups to be made, for the use of the church
â– of Alva, from some of the remains of that ore then in his possession.
On these the following inscription is engraved : " Sacris in Ecclesia S.
Servani, apud Alveth, a.d., ex argento, indigene!, d.d.c.v— Jacobus
Erskine." The manufacture of woollen goods, consisting of shawls,
tweeds, tartans, &c, is carried on in the town and its neighbourhood
very extensively, aud numerous hands find busy employment in the
different mills ; these, with their tall chimneys, exhibit an interesting
Contrast with the lofty Ochils and the surrounding plain. In 1876 the
inhabitants adopted the Police and Improvement (1862) Act,
and in 18S0 the Burgh Gas Supply (1876) Act. Under the
powers thus acquired improvements- of great importance have
already been completed, and there is no doubt that the adoption of these
acts is a boon to the inhabitants. In the town is a branch of the
Union Bank of Scotland, Limited. The House of Alva, the residence of
James Johnstone, Esq. stands on an eminence, projecting from the base
of Woodhill, about two hundred and twenty feet above the bed of
the Devon, which flows westward to join the Forth in the valley
below, aud fourteen hundred below the apex of tho mountain.
From the summit, which rises to an elevation of 1,770 feet above the si a
level, the eye sweeps over an immense range of picturesque and interest-
ing scenery, stretching all tho way from the German Ocean on the east
to the" Campsio hills on the west, and includes, among other attractive
objects, the Lammermoor chain, the Base Rock, Edinburgh, Arthur's
pm, tho Poutland Hills, aud, the lovely and classic winding of the
Forth. Perhaps the most interesting object for an antiquarian in the
whole parish of Alva would be the AVell of St. Serf, or Servanus, the
tutelar saint of the district, which continues to pour out its bright
and sweet waters in the minister's glebe at a little distance from the
parish church. In 1871:, public baths and washhouses were erected at
the west end of the town, at a cost of about £4,000, the gift of the Laird
of Alva, James Johnstone, Esq., who also, about the same time,
presented the inhabitants with a public park, and in 1873 a new
cemetery was provided by the Parochial Board, which has been taste-
fully laid out and arranged. The Town Hall, a plain structure, erected
about 1840, by public subscription, and enlarged in 1871, will accommo-
date an audience of about 1,000 persons. The places of worship are
Established, Free and United Presbyterian churches. The parish is
well provided with schools, and in addition to the Board Schools there is
one for infants, supported by Mrs. Johnstone, of Alva House. The
parish of Alva contains an area of 5,458 acres, and had in 1881, a popu-
lation of 5,113, the burgh containing 4,961.
Tillicoultry, a parish and burgh four miles north east of Alloa,
two miles east of Alva, and three west of Dollar, is pleasantly situated
on the cast side of the Ochil Hills, and on the road from Stirling to
Kinross — nine miles from the former, and fifteen from the latter town.
The name of the parish is supposed to be derived from the Gaelic word
Ttttllch-cnt-tiz, signifying the hill at the back of the country. It is well
supplied with excellent water from a stream that issues from the hills
immediately behind the village. The river Devon, when not far from
its source, and when flowing eastward, forms the northern boundary of
the parish of Tillicoultry ; and after pursuing a circuitous course, of
about fourteen miles beyond the parish again enters it running east-
ward, and cuts its arable plain into two nearly equal parts. The town
of Tillicoultry is rapidly rising into a place of considerable importance
from the woollen manufacture established here, and likewise atDsvoN-
side, i-.hit'fiy for making shawls, fnncy plaids, clan tartans, tweeds, &o.
In these branches the town and its neighbourhood furnish employment
to a very large number of the industrious class. The inhabitants, like
their neighbours at Alva, adopted the Police and Improvement (1862)
Act, in 1871, and the town is now governed by nine
Commissioners, having a chief magistrate at its head.
Branches of the Clydesdale Bank, Limited, and the Union Bank of
Scotland, Limited, are established in the town. In 1878, James
Archibald, Esq., presented to the Commissioners tho sum of £1,500 for
the erection of a tower and spire to the Popular Institute, which is
situated on the north side of the town, to which have now been added
an illuminated clock and bell. An Orphanage was founded by
the liberality of the late James Paton, Esq., who bequeathed the
sura of £5,000 towards the endowment of such an institution. The
building, which is situated at the north side of the town, was opened on
the 21st March, 1879, and is capable of accommodating thirty inmates.
The parish abounds with coal, which is profitably worked. The Devon
Valley branch of the North British Railway rims through the parish,
and has a station about half a mile from tho town. The scenery of the
neighbourhood is as interesting as that" of any part of this county.
Benoleuch, tho loftiest of the Ocnills, rises directly to the north of the
town, to the height of 2,800 feefc above the level of the sea. The view
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