Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-06-02
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
IT'S PROSPECTS AND ADVANTAGES.

itself among our people Vhicn promises
well for the future prosperity OF Shep-
her,lstown, and which illustrates the
truth OF tho old proverb that "the Gods
give willing help to those who help thom-
selves" For example
First. The Manufacturing Company,
with its paid up capital of $4,000, its in
telligent president and practical board of
business men. has begun operations OH Il
safe and substantial basis, giving employ
ment now TO not less thaa thirty hands,
whose number before another year will
probably be increased to hundred.
Second. The New Dominion Paper Mill,
under The management of its experienced
and enterprising owners, has every pros
pect OF doing an extensive and profitable
business, employing also some thirty
hands.
Third. The Hydraulic Cement Mill has
likewise resumed work with about the
same number of hands on its payroll.
Thus these three establishments with
the Handle and Spoke Factory furnish
regular employment TO hundred per-
sons, whose wages, ut the low average Of
dollar day, will amount in the aggre-
gate to more than thirty thousand dollars
per annum.
Besides these evidences OF business ac-
tiSity in manufacturing matters, our
grain shippers handle moro freight than
ANY others OH the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad; and at no town along its line
can cheaper, better or more tasteful goods
he found than those supplied to customers
by our accommodating merchants. Then,
too, our municipal authorities are now
making commendable efforts to improve
the town. In compliance with the wishes
OF the principal taxpayers of the place,
the Mayor has Been authorized by the
Council to take prompt and effective
measures for having the streets lighted.
Under the same authority the streets
themselves are being repaired in the most
substantial manner, and corporation
order has been passed to have the pave
neuts altered TO Il uniform grade, which,
il is to BIS hoped, will soon De followed by
another ''order in council" compelling
property holders to put down suitable
sidewalks in front of their premises in
the place of those rugged apologies for
paTements which are such eye-sores to
persons OF taste and stumbling blocks to
the feet OF the wayfarer. In accordance
,,Iso with tba .hova mantionad pnarks IF
Improvement, some of our citizens arc
setting a good example in having their
houses repainted in complimentary colors
ali example which, We trust, will be
followed generally throughout the town,
rs it certainly needs umelioration in that
respect.
So, judging from present indications, it
is safe to say that the good people Of our
place have begun in earnest and in the
right way to make it busy centre of man
ufacturing enterprises which promises
10 promote not only its own prosperity,
but whose beneficial influence will, like
wise, extend itself, in widening circles,
TO the agricultural community around it.
But while fair beginning has thus
been made to open up to us flattering
business prospect for the future, it must
be remembered that az old Lord Bacon
was wont to say, believing a thing shall
he don't help the cifecting OF it," and
much yet remains TO DO done before our
sniicpations can be realized. Fortunately
l,..,y al
advantages for tho establishment Of va
rous manufactures here than are pos
sessed by any other town in the entire
Valley, and it only remains TO have these
properly made known to entcrprising
capitalists ia the North, who are seeking
suitable sites for industrial operations, TO
cause them TO come here with view OF
utilizing said Neutrality-suspicious. of which
may be briefly summed up as follows:
I. The high aud healthful situation OF
Shephcrdstown, upon the right bank OF
the Potomac, four hundred and five feet
above tide-w alter, and surrounded by an
agricultural region as fertile and as fair
Ms any OH the face Of the continent.
,. Its aboInding water power, having
moro than = hundred feet fall within the
corporate limits of the town, and afford
ing admirable sites, improved and unim-
proved, for mills, factories, furnaces,
fouudries, &C., which can be bought or
leased at low rates and Oh accommodating
terms.
g. It's superior facilities for transporta-
ton by the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal and
Shenandoah Valley Railroads.&c. latter
of which gives all-rail communication
with the principal cities OF this sea-board,
north and south.
4. Its convenient proximity to the
Cumberland coal fields, aIording every
facility for getting supplies of coal at
moderate rates by both the canal and
railroad.
3. Its abundance Of building material,
such as stone, cement, lime, lumber, brick
clay, sand, &c.
6. The beautiful building sites which
can be had Oh reasonable terms as to
prices and payments,
7. Its religious and educational adyan-
tages, comprising seven churches, col
lege, graded free school, &c.
:. The law-abiding character Of its
people, who are noted for the cordial well
come they habitually give to those who
come among them to engage permanently
in legitimate business, or who may be at
tracted here temporarily by its historic
surroundings and 10 enjoy its pure air,