The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-02-09

prehensive scheme can be presented which
holders of the securities which must be
taken care Of.
1t is not thought that the road will be
taken out of the hands of a Receiver for
some time to come. probably year. Gen.
Wickham. the Receiver, is Vice Presi-
dent, and will retain that position in any
event.
Mr.. ingalls, is a very able railroad man,
and much will be expected OF him in this
new position. He will have the material
to work or. and country to develop that
can be almost indefinitely drawn upon for
new and enlarged business. Between the
Blue Ridge and Kanawha Falls there
could be enough OF business made, in de-
yeloping the mineral and timber wealth. to
make the road remunerative.
Small Industries.
Our Waynesboro correspondent calls at
tention to the advantages of that town
and locality for manufact uring enter
prises. Naturally it presents many at
fractions, and supplemented by the juno
ton of two trunk line railroads reaching
to the North, South East and West, we
know of no locality where almost any
kind of industrial enterprise could be
better accommodated. We have written
so often and so much upon the policy of
our people turning their attention to some
thing else than farming. that we almost
despair Of arousing them TO the benefits
of diversifying their pursuits. We find
the people of other counties in the State.
especially Botetourt, engaging in small in
dustries and making them pay. Scarcely
a week passes that we do not notice some
new project suggested and taken hold of,
i looking to the enlargement of present
plants. or inaugurating fresh enterprise.
Last week we saw the statement that a
tract of land had been purchased, for the
purpose OF planting it in peach trees. to
supply the demands of the canneries. All
kinds of small fruits. vegetables, &c., are
being cultivated On large scale, to be
used in the canning establishments al
ready in operation or to be constructed.
Not many days ago. we noticed unload
ing at one of Our business houses large
number Of boxes containing canned to-
matoes put up in Botetourt. Peaches,
| apples and berries, of various kinds, are
utilized in the same way, giving employ
ment to many of the people there. and
bringing into the county large sum of
money. What is put up in Botetourt is
but a meagre part Of what is consumed
in the Valley. There Is no good reason
why all of the canned fruit sold in this
section should not be prepared for market
here. 1t is simply blind Indifference that
causes it to be otherwise. Not only
Waynesboro, but almost every locality in
the county and in the adjacent counties,
for that matter, could establish cannery,
and by proper management make it pay.
The several creamer;es operated at Fort
Defiance, Waynesboro and Raphine, we
learn, are doing well, considering the
short time they have been in existence.
We have every natural inducement to
make this industry general in this part of
the State, and to eventually work up
large establishments, remunerative to those
directly engaged, and to the community
in which they are or may be located.
With assured success in these several
lines, other enterprises would spring up
and in time. manufactures of larger pre-
tensions and wider scope would follow
We have timber suitable for almost every
kind of farm machinery and implements
we have clay adapted to making tiles and
earthenware; iron ore for charcoal blast
furnaces, and the manufactured iron. close
by for rolling mill. nail and horse shoe
factories; wool for wooden factory, anG
yet we know of no moyement.at this time
seriously looking to any one of the named
enterprises.
We were conversing with a Northern
gentleman the other week, and he re
marked upon the cordialty, sociability
and kindness of the people he had mel
since he had been in this county; the ad
vantages Stanton possessed for a manu-
featuring centre. and the many seemingly
idle people he had seen each day he passed
along our streets. He said if such natu
rally favorable conditions existed in any
Northern town of the size of this place
there would be very little enforced idle
ness; there would be some kind of manu-
featuring industry TO employ them, as la
Dor was the wealth Of any community Of
State. When he was informed of the
meagre show we could make in the manu-
featuring line, he understood the cause Of
so many able-bodied men not being al
work, for there is nothing for them to do
He expressed the belief that this state Of
things could not exist long-that an indus
trial contagion would reach here before
long, and when once the thoughts of the
people had gotten out of the old ruts, and
been directed into new channels change
would come.
It is painfully true such is the case. W.
are SHINING against light and knowledge
to treat with Indifference the many advan
tages we possess here in this beautiful
and affiuent valley. Nature lavish ia
vors should not be left to waste, and the
energies OF the people rust out in this age
of material development and marvellous
progress, as well as Intellectual and scien
tific achievements. We ought to do some
thing to help build up the State-to utilize
the many gifts that are ours, and to slim
ulate the young into the practical and
useful pursuits Of life.
Death of Hon. Jos. Jorgenson.
Dr. Joseph Jorgenson, for number of
years in prominent Federal positions at
Petersburg and for three terms representa-
tive from the 4th Congressional district
of Virginia. died suddenly at Portland.
Oregon, on the 2lst of January. He was
Register of the Land Office, Walla Walla,
Washington Territory, under President
Arthur S administration, and after his re-
moval to make way for a Democrat, he
was engaged in various public enterprises,
connected with railroad operations. He
was gentleman Of fine education, good
business qualifications, and a genial, warm
hearted companion. He had many friends
in Virginia who will regret to hear of his