The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-11-27
Good Place to Invest In.
THE COUNTY SEAT OF ROCKINGHAM
COUNTY, VA.

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Attractions OF Harrisonburg ss a Resi-
dence and as q Business Location in
which to Make Money. Whether You
Live There or Not.
A very short stay in Harrisonburg was
sufficient TO convince me that IL 10 one ofthe
most promising towns in the Old Dominion.
The people there are beginning to realize
what tremendous resources they have, and
they are working in way that proves that
they mean to develop them.
Tuesday and Wednesday, December I'd
and Sd, will be big days in the old town.
Then the first sale OF lots by the Rich
mond and Harrisonburg Land Company
will take place.
This property, which Is more desirably
located than any in the Shenandoah Valley,
can now be bought at surprisingly low
prices.
If the precedent set in other towns In
Virginia which have not one-tenth the adj
vantages Of Harrisonburg, can be judged
by the lots sold at this first sale, will easily
find purchasers at double the purchase
money in few months.
Therefore it will be good investment
whether you buy one lot or more.
The cOmpany's land is not in the country.
II is Immediately in the Town.
The ground slopes gradually, and on the
brow of the incline a $4,000 hotel is to be al
once erected.
Work has been begun on the site.
HarrisOnburg, il has recently been dis
covered, is surrounded by immense mineral
deposits.
been found to the north and west OF the
tOwn-wilhin two to four miles.
The umbers, ochres, and siennas in the
district are pronounced to be of the finest
quality.
Black and " hite marble, susceptible OF a
very high polish, has been struck in several
veins.
Several tracts thereaOouts contain an
thracite coal without slate.
Fire and pipe clays, kaolin suitable to the
production Of the finest pottery, and iullers'
earth are also found, and are being worked
in The manufactures in Harris0nburg.
A vein Of petroleum oil has been struck,
and contract has been given out to firm
1t is expected that oil will then be pro
cured in large quantities.
SO thoroughly is this belief grounded that
syndicate OF oil men have secured per-
mission to drill another well in another
portion Of the town.
Hsrrisonburg offers most liberal induce
ments TO miners and manufacturers.
TO the former it will give cheap raw ma
terials, ample transportation facilities, free
factory sites, and a subscription toward
their capital.
the latter prOfusiOr of resources and
su..,sntial backing.
The Baltimore and Ohio road, which
passes by the town, il also helping to make
the place grow.
Ifyou want 10 establish plant in llar-
risOnburg, the railroad company will trans
port the materials for you at half rates.
And wOrkmen who are 10 be employed in
the erection OF the plant will be carried
over the road on half fares.
To workmen going to HarrisOnburg to
settle the company will give free passage
tor the man and his family.
Manufacturers, capitalists, and others
who take any interest in what | have said
can obtain full information on the subject
by writing 10 LuptOn, sullivan Il Co., Har-
risOnburg.
This is a real estate firm, and it handles a
good deal of property.
Here are some Of the enterprises already
In operation in Harrisonburg:
$500 900 Steam Brick Tannery 600 hands,.
100000 Mineral and Development Com
200, 900 Richmond and Harrisonburg La4d
Company.
100000 Land and Improvement Company.
16Q, 0OD L. >. Custom House and POstOfilce.
10000 Hotel on Richmond and Harrison
burg Land.
10000 Hotel on Harrisonbu Land and
Improvement Land.
$4,000 Building, Loan and Trust Company.
10000 HarrisOnburg shoe Manufacturing
Company 200 hands,.
$4,000 Steam FIGURING Mill (175 barrel ell
pacity)
$4,000 Building and Improvement Com
pany.
$4,000 Central Land Company.
$4,000 Steam Pottery (high grade ware--6O
hands,.
$4,000 Foundry and Machine Shops (25
hands,.
$4,000 Book Land Company.
10000 overall Factory 400 hands,.
10000 Four Cigar Factories go hands,.
10000 Crockery (25 hands,
10000 Ice Factory.
10000 Brick Bank Building cash pur-
chase).
10000 Three Planning Mills $50 hands,.
10000 Two Carriage Factories GO hands,.
10000 Two Brick Yards.
fence factory, plaster mill.
Where is Harrisonburg, somebody may
ask.
1t is the county seat of Rockingham
county, and IS on the Valley branch Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
Ii is only eleven miles distant from the
main line Of the shenandoah Valley road.
These eleven miles are soon TO be bridged
by a branch line.
Further, it is on the line Of the West Viz
ginia Central railroad, now under con-
struction, which will join the Ohio and
Potomac rivers.
This road will pass Immediately through
the mineral land around HarrisOnburg,
which it is proposed at once TO develop.
Not many years ago HarrisOnburg was
known generally as horse market Of the
South.
As much as $4,000 worth of horses have
been sold there in one day.
OF late, however, IL has assumed proper
tiOns as manufacturing town.
Its present population is about 1000.
II is well built town, contains hand
some private residences, and is the home OF
many prominent men.
Hon. Charles /. OFerrall, now a member
of Congress, who will perhaps be Cover
nor of Virginia in few years, lives in a
COSY little house on the Main street.
A few doors away resides Judge John I.
Harris, who has also served his State in
Congress.
Both of these men live only a stones
throw from the property of the Richmond
and Hsrrisonburg Land Company.
The United States .postoffice and court
house, only few squares away. cost $780,
900, and is very imposing building.
1he place is equipped with fire depart |
ment, and the natural pressure OF pure
water is so strong that steam pressure is
not needed.
There are several public and private |
schools and academies.
Two strOng banks at present conduct the |