Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1890-10-01
A FINE EXAMPLE
OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
VIRGINIAS
Are Being Developed--col. R. P. Chew
Talks ofthe Marvellous Growth and
Advantages of the Town of
Goshen.
Whe cling Register.

morning, on his way to Chicago, and
registered at the Mcclure. Know
that Col. Chew is larely interested
in the development of Virginia and
West Virginia enterprises, and that
he is very familiar with whati is be-
ing done in the way of bringing to
LIGHT the resources of both States, q
reporter for the Register sought him
out, last evening, and secured a
large amount of valuable information
from him, portion of which is here
with presented, and which will be
read with interest by our readers.
among other things" said Col.
Chew, Il have been instrumental in
selling large tracts of land in Boone
county, including among others the
Burr Wakeman tract. That coun-
try regard as being probably the
finest undeveloped coal and timber
land in West Virginia. A railroad
running through this country, say
by a line running from st. Adams
south, will put within easy reach oil
markets and open to more thorough
settlement an area of 100000 acres
of mineral and timber lands. also
have an interest in the newly orga
nized Charlestown Development
Company, and there are great things
in store for that enterprise, and of
necessity, for the people of the town
Ihaye named. Among other things,
extensive deposits of brown Henri
tite ore have just been found within
two or three miles of Charlestown,
and will, l think, prove of great
value"
GLOW about your new enterprises
over in Virginia p
"Well, sir, there we have one OF
the most remarkable instances of
prompt realization of a splendid
thing appearing on the records OF
late. Goshen, the new town located
on lands Of the Goshen Land and
Improvement Company, is situated
in Rockbridge county, about thirty
miles west of Staunton, and is alto
gether the most promising of new
manufacturing town lately inaugi-
rated in this country. Goshen is
situated within mile or two of Pan
Their Gap on the west and Goshen
Pass on the east, and by reason Of
its location it is the natural outlet
for all railroads running from Cen
trail West Virginia to the South and
East. The Pittsburg and Southern
road, of which General Fitzhugh
Lee is President, will run through
this town. 1t is reliably stated that
the money is already subscribed to
build this road, and its early com
pletion is assured Our Company
was organized on the first day OF
Nav last, and in the Intervening
time the Company has secured the
location on its lands Of a rolling
mill. now in course Of erection, car
shops. for the manufacture Of electric
and other cars, two iron foundries,
the foundation of one OF which is
complete and the buildings in course
of erection, a large woodworking
establishment, removed from Will
limsport, Pa, two planning mills,
steam brick Company, now in oper-
alton, magnificent hotel-the finest
in the State of Virginia-which,
with the buildings and grounds
complete, will represent a value of
100000. In addition to this there
is the Victoria furnace, owned by an
English syndicate, and reorganized
as the finest furnace in the south
1t is now in full blast. Several
Building Associations have also
been organized, obligating them
selves to erect within the next
twelve or eighteen months, build
ings to the aggregate value of 5000
600. The occasion for these extra
ordinary preparations in the way of
buildings is that the prospect is that
within year fifteen hundred skill
ed workmen will be engaged in our
industrial enterprises, representing
a population of five or six thousand
people.
"a large stream-a considerable
river, in fact-runs through the
town, ensuring the best of drainage,
and the character of the laud is ex-
ceedingly attractive and well adapt
ed for the location of a manufactur-
ing city. 1t is within eight miles of
Rockbridge Alum Springs, famous,
as you well know, and the Company
own the Cold Sulphur Springs. The
water from this spring will be piped
to our hotel"
"Will there be an opportunity for
profitable investment there?n
think so. The Company pro
poses to sell the property on the 9th
aud 10th of October, and capitalists
from Philadelphia, New York, Bal
timore and Washington City will be
present at that time to take advan-
tage of the opportunity afforded for
profitable investment in this young
and enterprising city.
"What of the mineral resources Of
the land in that immediate vicinity,
Colonely'
1T is everything that could be de
sired The basis for the coming
prosperity of Goshen is the vast dc