The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-01-26

Oniteu states 0eoio9ical oorpas in The center
Of the richest bltumlnous coal hasin west Of
the Mississippi" The whole country trlbn.
tary TO Salisbury is underlaid with superficial
veins Of the nnest coal varying from aftesn "a
thirty inches thickness and easily obtained BY
stripping" and drifting" The lower veins
are Only seventy to $50 feet below the sur.
face and range from three TO seven feet thick.
This vast mineral wealth. easily available and
underlying the finest grain fields, orchards
meadows and pastures In the middle Union, ID
alike singular and startling. and is certain %
result In the building within this territory 9
commercial and manufacturing town In keep.
ing with It's agricultural. pastoral and min.
eral wealth. That Salisbury is ordained 20
this high estate, Is clear even TO feminine
eyes unaccustomed to the weightier concerns
Of trade and industry. IL has now near 1900
people and has made half it's growth in the
last ave years. IL is the leading town In q
county of 5000 population. q county drained
by the Missouri, Grand and Charlton rivers
and dozen smaller streams. and with
agricultural. pastoral and mineral wealth
second To but single county In the
state. II Is the foremost shipping point
on the wabash road between Kansas City and
st. Louis. its last years export trade in
tobacco, wheat. corn, oats, hailed hay, fat
mules, cattle, sheep and swine and other farm
products covering 800 car loads. Its total
general trade for Isss exceeded q. 200 900. and
its traders and shippers are men OF marked
ability and enterprise. 1t has a model -four.
ing mill Of large capacity. n 20. 900 bushel ele-
yator; several large tobacco houses and annu
ally exports about 400 90 pounds of tobacco,
much Of which is sold on the spot to European
buyers. Two railways are already here and
the Missouri Central IL promised at an early
day. The santa Re people will soon build q
branch Of their new Chicago line into the rich
coal fields Of this favored district. Unless
mistake the indications, Salisbury 10 to become
an important railway center and manufact-
uring town of no mean magnitude. Its mills.
tobacco factories and wagon and carriage fac
tory make good showing in this direction,
and movements are on foot for canning and
plug tobacco factories. Salisbury offers q nne
opening for foundry and machine shop, farm
implement works. and, indeed, for the manu-
faeture of scores of other articles in general
use. Goals are delivered at - 30 per ton; the
neighboring forests abound in oak, ash,
hickory, linden, maple, walnut, birch. syca.
more, cottonwood and other commercial tim
Der. and Missouri offers a splendid market for
factory products Of every kind. 1t is emf
nently to the credit of this solid and wide
awake town that its representative men are
| awake to its Industrial needs and stand ready
to support every manufacturing enterprise
offered them by practical and responsible
men. They are united, enterprising and pub
lie spirited, and have built upa bright. pro.
gressive. modern town, that has no sign Of
fogyi dizziness or weakness within its Dor
ders. Ii the fogy ever held sway IN Salisbury
IL must have been in the early days, for the
city is aglow with tokens of progress and
prosperity. There is not an empty house.
store or shop in town, and q live building and
loan association Is lending substantial aid TO
new building enterprises In every direction.
Salisbury wears the bright. clean, tasteful
dress of model New England village. Her
people have means. local pride. public spirit
and working gifts of no mean order. and they
are nnely displayed In business. social life.
pu bile and private architecture, the schools,
churches, newspapers. and everything. They
have two bright and entertaining new papers.
| two solid banks, ten churches, Masonic blue
lodge and chapter. Odd Fellows and A. D. U.
W. lodges and a public library, and have re-
Gently built an elegant $4,000 public school
house. They have model public schools. and
not content with these facilities for popular
education, the public spirited men of the city
have lately founded and completed the Sails
bury Academy, another beautiful structure
and dedicated IL TO the noble uses of higher
education, and under the management Of an
accomplished corps of instructors, the city
has now an advanced school of science. litera-
ture. art, music and the classics. worthy OF
any community in the country. The social
life of the city is refined, cordial and hOspita,
BILE, and the new conner from any land will
meet n generous western welcome. l like