Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-06-20
v EST CLIFTON FORGE
A Future Great Railroad and Iron Center
Here is the location of the Machine Shops,
Repair Shops, ETC., of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Railway System.
LOTS OFFERED FOR SALE.
A rare chance for profitable Investment.


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A rare chance for profitable investment.
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The Place to make money quickly.
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\./EsT CLIFTON FORGE joins the corporate limits
w directly west of Clifton Forge. It is in the |
Eastern part of Allegheny county, Va, delight
fully situated Oh the banks Of Jackson's River
which unites with the Cow Pasture River four
miles below and forms the historic James. 1t is
in a section unsurpassed for beautiful mountain
scenery, and healthful climate. Pure freestoneI
water abounds. There are no fevers, no mosqui-I
toes, no cyclones and no malaria. 1t is delight
full summer resort, living is cheap and the people
of the surrounding country and towns are pros
porous, hospitable, enterprising and public spir-
tied. This is and beautiful site for q city.
1t lies in the center OF the finest iron district in
Virginia, and one Of the richest in the world;
within radius Of miles there are now in blast
Longdale, Lowmoor and Glen Wilton Iron Fur
naces which have been in successful operation
for many years. Other furnaces rolling mills, ETC.,
are being built and will be completed at an early
date There is no finer grade of iron made in the
United States than is produced at these furnaces.
Recently contract was awarded to Princess
Furnace, located in this immediate district, for
pig iron to be used in the construction Of Cruisers
Nos. and for the U. S. Navy at Brooklyn Navy
yard. This iron was used in the manufacture of
the cylinders OF these cruisers and the contract
was awarded at $20.29 per ton against bidders
from the North, East and West, at much lower
figures, thus attesting the superior quality Of the
Iron ores Of this immediate section. With mex
haustible supplies of high grade iron ores at our
doors at a minimum cost, the great New River
coal fields penetrated by the c. & o. Ry. and with
limestone in the immediate vicinity it will be
readily that West Clifton Forge is point at
oh TO
iron furnaces and the other important enterprises
that always accompany them. Employment will
be given to very large number ofskiled mechan-
les, making an i'm portant factor in the perma-
nency and prosperity of the town. WEST CLIFTON
FORGE embraces land wholly owned by the Ches-
apeake & Ohio Development Co. right in the heart
of which, its reservation, will be located the
machine shops round house, car shops. etc., of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. Lots have been plat
ted, streets and avenues have been opened, and
beautiful drives and parks laid out. The lots
center about the important Improvements now
being made by the Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. CO :,
adding greatly to their value.
The Chesa peake Ohio Railway Co. will locate
at West Clifton Forge the main shops of the entire
Chesa peake q Ohio Railway system, in fact the
shops have been laid out, the contracts let and
work thereon begun. These shops will be on an
extensive scale, S200,0OO will be at invested
in this plant and large additions will be made
from time to time in the near future occasion
requires. Immediate and permanent employment
will be given to about ], 900 men. To these may
be added 800 to 400 more, engineers, train crews
and Others employed in the operative depart
ment of the road These people with their fami-
lies and the very large number of merchants
bankers and other business men who will neces-
sarily be required to supply the needs and wants
of 0b q m LOFT will l-po ivin oyf
of several thousand people. Under the policy Of
the Chesa peake & Ohio Railway Co., liberal aid
and inducements offered to industries of all
kinds. Those who now control the destinles Of
this Railway. and VINO have managed its affairs
with SO much sagacity and foresight, will use
their best endeavors to promote the prosperity OF
West Clifton Forge and will undoubtedly make
this town the Altoona of the South, the leading
industrial city of Virginia.
The marvellous growth Of Roanoke and the I'M
precedented advance in real estate there, all
within few years, has BEEN source of wonder
to those acquainted with its history. The same
results will follow at West Clifton Forge imme-
diately upon the completion and operation by
the Chesa peake & Ohio Railway Co. Of their large
shops, the same conditions that built Roanoke
prevailing at West Clifton Forge, with far supe-
rior natural advantages.
Following the erection and completion of the
Company's Improvements will come furnaces,
foundrys, factories. and other enterprises, origi-
mated and managed by able and enterprising
men who are always ready to take advantage of
such exceptional conditions West Clifton
Forge offers.
West Clifton Forge is the end of two divisions
of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. and the
terminus Of its very important branch, the
Richmond & Allegheny X. r.
1t will be the headquarters of the officials of
these several divisions.
Designs and specifications for a substantial
hotel of four stories, planned upon the best prin-
cipes of modern architecture with numerous
bath rooms and other conyeniences, with plumb
ing in accordance with the best sanitary prac-
tice, arenow ready, and its erection will begin
without delay. This will be Immediately followed
with tasteful and commodious passenger station
and Office building.
| The sites of the hotel and depot, which will be
erected by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co..
have been carefully selected with a view to the
convenience Of the entire community may be
readily seen by referring to the plats of the town
For the capitalist there is place offering
stronger inducements for the profitable invest
| ment of money than West Clifton Forge. Houses
for shop hands and other railroad employees will
| be needed Immediately and will yield large per
cent in rentals. There will also be a heavy de-
mand for StOre-rOOmE and houses, at prOf1ta BILE
rents. -
| To the business and professional man West Cliff
ton Forge offers unusual attractions. Many thou
sands of dollars will be paid out monthly at this
place to railroad employees alone.
Men who shrewd enough to get on the
ground early, who make a wise selection of a
business lot who get their business started first
will have great advantage over later corners.
To those who can command few hundred dol
lars put into lots this the place to invest for
a quick turn and big profits. Safety and security
are assured in investing in town fostered by
powerful railroad corporation, as is West Clifton.
Forge. Such towns always build rapidly and
permanently. The future greatness of Vest
CliJto,. Forge is assured. The interests of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. and the men
who have made the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
the great line it now is, directly concerned in
the promotion and speedy growth of a substantial
and permanent town at this important point
The conditions are favora BILE and the time auspi
cious
Money invested in the lots here will not only be
absolutely safe, but will pay handsome profits in
a very short time.
1000 lots will be distributed to stockholders