Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-10-31

A WAY TO BUILD UP OUR TOwN.-One of the
groat wants of our town is dwelling houses
There is hardly a vacant house in the town, and
rents are too high for persons of moderate means
Industrious mechanics who wish to come here to
engage in business are prevented from doing so
by the difficulty in getting homes for their fam
lilies Many widow ladies who wish to reside
here for the purpose of educating their children
are compelled to go elsewhere, because they can
not procure suitable dwellings.
This deficiency is serious drawback on the
prosperity Of our town, and we earnestly invite
our enterprising townsmen to take the matter IN
to serious consideration.
What we need is not large and expensive res
licences, but small neat and comfortable homes,
which would rent at from $50 to $500 per an
mum. We believe that if fifty such houses were
built they would be promptly occupied at pay
ing rates.
We have delightful country, with salubrl-
susQ Innate picturesque scenery, good society,
uneoua lied educational advantages, good mar
ket spaci,,us churches, and law-abldlng COM
munitv Within year we shall have the Ches-
apeake & Ohio road finished to the Ohio river
and the VALLEY Railroad under contract II not
completed, to Stau. 'ton' ineSe grea' ~oiAs w.
give new impulse to i''' "''-' 'ra usr,u,
nan ufactories will sprins large additions
''"oe VIII De augmented-ant
mace to our population. ,,nas for tb;,
Is The time to make preparat q make
con+,oa.S - u tnihgs. Now is the time. the
8ctS and lay in supplies of material f. "a
u!iolngS which We SO greatly need IT.,
-HCo' Is the season for the saw-mills to onaroto
'oa tne water courses are then full
hHe next inquiries are how csn tbis bo dono9
VINO mas the capital to undertake SO great 3 work9
our answer is, it can readily ba effected -. ~,
PRINCIPLE OF Co-OPERAT1oN
LII may be true that there is no ono mon -
communlty-or, probably, no two or three men
VINO could conveniently do it. But if nv NO
means follows that it cannot be done. Sly bor.
Ses can readily dravy load which ono ON t,,o
could not move. This is an ;llustrat;on of 49,
principle of cooperation, or tho hr;no;nx -
bear the power and cans of manv 20 So
common object, which. senoro+o1,- IL 80
not accomplish 'NoJ Souiu
10 give an illustration of .,u ;aoo
lime Itis - houses are needed by the LIST of
,orld ounn1 IAN int no one of our citizens
ous +hot ~ ms ant. But it by no means fol-
,o,,,n,o o. war It may not be supplied by the
enoit of say dozen men without in
convenience + o any "'''i~'''' ~
11et Tue NV IN who has vacant lots aoroo 4o mt
~. ~ iots' at fair valuation, into the .onomon
'o9N In en- lettwo or more bricklavars Ion.ant
= 10 Tue orickwork as their contribute n Tho
"n'er' nen, the carpenters, the hardws re- NOR
nah'7, the timers, the painters the 90 &C. fttors
VIII az do the same. In this wav the houses
f.n Dc put up on the best terms-Cbetter thar #
only one or two were builtD
hen the houses are built, each will ,a
interest equal to his contribution 70 +ha A"'e @n
stock and when the houses are rontoa on
which could be done at profit tba 'o,o
would be divided pro rata Fi'oe0U'
;blo oobon,o - '-10' 'ni' Is pc rfectly fea-
ion of our fellow-citizens and s,.a;oi 49,.
nose whose business pertains in sa1 10Y -
ouliolng, to the adva1 tages of su III an assoc;o.
ION OF labor and capital in adys -. 4bo Nos
'erity population business an es1o .,.,,o
II our town. Patriotism and -; :.
ommending the scheme to tA'e. ~ 49,.
liberation. Aef IaFofaDle ooD-