The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-03-14
THE Broadway MANUFACTURING

THE BROADWAY MANUFACTURING
COMPANY.-There has been no industr ial
enterprise started in the Valley. we might
say in the State, since the war, of greater
importance and advantage to the people Of
the Valley and State, than that projected
aud put into successful operation within
the last ten months by the gentlemen who
compose the corporation known as the
Broadway Manufacturing Company, oper-
ating at Broadway, Rockingham County.
Last June these gentlemen obtained char
ter of incorporation for the manufacture Of
agricultural implements. mill machinery,
and various other manufactures which ap-
pertain to the business of foundry ana
machine shop, and which it is not within the
scope of this article to mention, and went
Immediately to work to construct at the
mouth of Linvil's Creek, where they have
as fine water power as there is in the VAL
| ley, the buildings necessary for the transac-
| ton of their business. they have now
erected two elegant brick buildings. one for
foundry, and the other for a. machine
| shop, worth at least ten thousand dollars.
The foundry is fully equipped with every
| thing requisite for the manufacture OF all
| articles in that line, and greater part OF
the machinery for the machine shop has ar
| rived ard been put in place for work. We
| cannot exaggerate the great advantage which
| will accrue to the people of the Valley es-
pecially, and the near counties of West Vir-
ginia by the establishment of this industrial
enterprise. Broadway, the place Of its loca-
! ton, beyond question the Invest little town
| in the Valley, is on the line OF the B. & O.
r. r., about midway between Harrisonburg
and Mt. jackson, and it is to this point that
counties of West Virginia west OF there are
obliged to bring their produce for shipment
and get their supplies in return, and 1t is
likewise with very large section Ut country
east of Broadway. So this Company which
in the foundry line will manufacture every
thing from the heaviest mill machinery to
muffin baker, and in the machinery line
will repair and manufacture all kinds of
agricultural implements and machines, will
send its manufactures out in every dlrec-
ton, North and South by railroad, West
and East by wagons, which bring the pro-
duce of their sections to this place for ship
ment. This Company is composed, in the
main, of substantial farmers OF Rockingham.
Indeed, the enterprise was conceived and
carried into execution by prominent far
mer OF the Linville's Creek section, MIR. Fl.
l.. Shoup, who is one OF the largest stock
holders and most enterprsing spirits in the
concern. Mr.. Shoup perceived the activity
displayed in every other kind of business at
this place, and also the large quantities OF
money that went into the hands of north
ern capitalists for machinery manufactured
in northern cities, which could just as readi-
~ be manufactured here at home and at
much smaller expense, and so he determin-
ed to utilize this splendid water power OF
which no use had been made since the burn
ing of the mill, which stood upon the site of
the Company's buildings, by Sheridan in
1864, purchased the water power, mill-site
and several acres of land adjacent thereto,
and set about the formation of this Com
pany, and thus earned the gratitude of the
many workmen who will here find profitable
employment, and OF the farmers and mill
lers, upon whom his spirit and enterprise
will have conferred inestimable benefits by
enabling them to procure and have repaired
all che machinery used in their business at a
much smaller cost than heretofore.
The New York Times having published
the article from the Cincinnati Enquirer
about the opium eating in Stanton and the
Shenandoah Valley, with its proven
bal fairness gives insertion to the pro-
ceedings of the meeting OF druggists, contra
dieting the statement Of the Enquirer's ar
ticle. This contradiction appears in the
Sunday issue, and by reason of this received
much larger reading than did the SANDER.
A son of VIM. BrOckman. of Orange Co.,