Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-09-28
psg We have frequently referred to

natural advantages duu ohoio S
ducemepts for the location of manufac-
turing establishments than any other
town in the valley of Virginia But
there has heretofore been one obstacle
which has prevented enterprizing capt
talists from coming here to invest their
means in industrial enterprises; and that
i, the want of railroad to afford them,
at all seasons, the requisite facilities for
transportation. 49,, :.
Now however as this difficulty IS
about to be removed by the early com
ple,ion of the S. V. Railroad, which will
put our place in direct communication
with the outside world and be an inlet
for capital as well as an outlet for pro-
ducts, we may confidently anticipate for
our old town the advent of new era OF
operative enterprise, industrial progress
and individual prosperity.
cuine and extravagant in our anticipa-
tons, we need only TO refer our readers
to other places throughout our country
where railroads are now Gin accord,
harmonious" with the local interests of
the regions through which they are To-
III Poll
road with such ruinous determinations
against local traffic, as to repel rather
than invite capitalists, and to rcpress in-
stead of encouraging enterprises. Take
for example the case of Vineland, New
Jersey, as referred to in the subjoined
extract from the Philadelphia Times.
See what flourishing place has been
built up in barren wilderness within
the present generation, mainly in conse-
auence of lis r. r. facilities and fair
rates for transportation. If such pros
perity can be secured in spite of every
natural disadvantage, what may we
not expect with our numerous natural
advantages, when we too shall have OBJ
| tanned the same means that have made
Vineland what it is, as herewith de-
scribed2-
VlNELAND AS IT is Now.-The growth
and prosperity of Vineland seems I'M
like anything Of the kind outside of the
world of fable. In 1861 it was will
derness Of scrub oak and underbrush, as
wild as the widest and with no human
habita,ion near Charles Il. Lands, a
Philadelphia lawyer, bought it p,drove
in stakes, laid it ont in town, and prin-
tiers ink did the rest.
The town has now about II, 900 in
habitants. 1t has industries of almost
every sort. 1t has good society; it has
twenty three public schools and four
high schools; it has one of the finest no.
tells for any town of its size in the coun-
try; it has l7S miles of public road; it
has nine shoe factories, three mannfac
tories Of straw goods, five carriage fac
tories, two pearl-button factories, one
glove factory, two sash and blind taclo-
ries, three saw and planning mills, one
book bindery aud paper-box factory, two
clothing factories, one shirt factory, one
pocket book factory, one crate and
iruil-box factory, one ink factory, two
sorghum molasses factories, one candy
factory, two tin shops and one rope
walk.
1t has man who has started the in
dustry OF silk cocoon raising, and who
has demonstrated by specimens exhibit
ed at the Yineland annual faiE, on Tues
day and Wednesday, that the thing
can be done; it has man who has be-
gun to raise almonds; it has man who
has started raising peanuts; it has man
who has commenced TO make molasses
| out of sweet corn-stalks.
Aside from all these, the great indus
try in which every person seems to he
ngagcA-fruit. raising-stlll goes on.
The fruit farms range from five to forty
acres. The total amount OF money
brought into the place this season from
cultivated blackberries alone was S43,-
76O. The raspberries brought in Sl5,.
l2O; strawberries, $500.
The great crop this season in the
way of fall fruit is the pear crop. 1t is
estimated there will be 10000 bushels
in Vinelaud alone. The estimate given
to apples is $4,000 bushels, which is
considered fair crop for the town, and
to peaches $4,000 bushels.
One of the chief fruit products Of
Vineand is this year almost a failure.
The grape crops, by means Of which
the Vineland Wine Company turns out
thousands of gallons Of wine every year,
is short OH account of the rot. This
wine company was organized in 1876,
and has already had visits TO its vaults
from Egg IIarbor wine manufactures
interested in finding ont how it's wines,
which have become well known and
command a ready sale throughout the
United States, are made. Seven Fights
of Vinelands fruit is sent TO Boston and
New York via the New jersey South
ern Railroad and Fall River Line Phil
adelphia gets very little oft. Vlneland
people say the freights to Philadel phia
are so unreasonable-that though it is
only little over 80 miles away-thcy
eau send their fruit cheaper in proper
ton, 10 the above cities and get better
prices for it. Vineland's best time is in
the winter. In that time the Baker
House is crowded with visitors from
Boston, New York and other places,