Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-12-25
Progressive Development.

BUENA VISTA IMP aovEMENT COMPANY
Another new building company has been
formed for development at Buena Vista. On
the Goth instant, Mr.. George G. Jordan, for
himself and associates, conferred with the
representatives of the Buena Vista Company
and concluded arrangements for q company
which secured % business and rs residence
lots, 100 in all, conditioned upon placing On
the lots $4,000 worth of buildings, all to be
completed before March the lst 1891. The
interview occurred at P NJ. at P. M, the
whole capital necessary was subscribed-the
offer OF $4,000 additional was declined as not
necessary to complete the terms of the con-
tract. The next day the company was Or
ganized before Il NJ.
The officers named in The charter which has
been applied fer are, NJ. Erskine Miller, Presi
dent; Geo. C. Jordan, Vice-Presie W. L.
McCue, Secretary and Treasurer; v 10. Patrick.
Counsel. Messrs. Miller. Jordan, and MaCue
with Messrs Ash Ayres, J. w. Ws'drof, j. W
Blackburn and Il. L. Hoover, constitute the
Board of Directors. Mr. Waldorf resides at
Swoope. in Augusta county. All the other
named gentlemen reside in this civ.
LONG RIDGE ADDITIoN.-This is the title OF
the new company composed of Messrs. W. u
McCue s. H. Wilkes Charles l.. Weller. and
W. +. Perry, who have purchased the open
ground fronting on the Churchvil.e road west
OF Captain T. D. Ranson's possessions.
On the whole front will be teITaced street,
thirty feet wide. elevated above Cburchville
road. Running through the center OF the
land will be another street 80 feet wide, and
the ends and rear Will have an alley 10 feet
wide. There will be "a lots varying in front of
from so to 90 feet, and from 90 to l25 in depths
ABOUT hall of the lets Will have two fronts Cd
the terraced and center streets,
BASIC CITY, at and on the lands adjoining
Wayn esboro' Junction the charter and officers
of which company were noticed last week, is
the proposed location for development under
the above title. The area of lands comprise
2l73 acres with others in prospective owner
ship, besides mineral lands now III possession
of the Company.
The shares are at par value slOO. and offered
for $50. They are non assessable and it is
proposed to sell suf11ciency to make $500 900
at par yielding 5000, COO in cash to the Com
pany, This $500 GOO is the amount for better
ment purposes of the whole amount Of 500 00e
to be issued.
Agents of the Company are in Richmond.
New York, Baltimore, &C., and IRE at work
actively in this locality where 81 subscriptions
are rapidly taken.
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CHARTER GRANTED TO HEDGE COMPANY
Judge Mclaughlin has granted charter to
the Augusta County Hedge Company" with
the following Directors: John W. Todd, j. n.
Mcfarland, H. a. S. Hamilton, Stuart Boiling
and M. F. Gilkeson. Capital stock minimum
S, 900, maximum $4,000; land-holdipg not
more than 500 acres; object. to cultivate and
finish hedge fences in Augusta county. The
Directors met on last Saturday and organized
by electing John W. Todd President, and ]. N.
Mcfarland Secretary and Treasurer. Mr.. M.
Kingsbury is the General Manager. The office
will be at Staunton, and the business of
planting hedges will be pushed at once.
KILLED ON THE RAIL-BoDY CUT IN TWAIN.
The schedule time at Staup ton Of passenger
| train No. 2 from the West on the @. & O. Rail-
road is LOB A. NJ. On that train Monday night
was a negro man named Joseph Bryan whose
| home it is said, was Scottsville. When the
train stopped he left II, and when be returned,
| it had moved off. He made the attempt 10
board it, but was warned not to try 1t. Per
sistiug in his purpose. he was dashed under
| the moving wheels. aud his body severed
! in twain This occurr ID few steps east of the
, new passenger station.
| A Coroner jury examined into the case and
returned the verdict that the deceased came to
his death by his own ecslesspess He had
| upon his person seventeen dollars. The
vered body was collected and placed iu q
coffin and forwarded by the next train going
East to the proper destination.
| Bryan had been At work on the railroad west
| of this city. Some time ago he worked near
this place, and was recognized 10y acquain-
! fences.