Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-02

say, the editor, may well be satisfied witt
the Advance and his patrons ought to be.
The decided rise in the price of wheat il
the Staunton market is as interesting Z
''boom" as farmer with wheat in his barr
could wish to read about.
There is much interesting reading in the
big supplement of the INDICATOR this
morning.
THE NUCLEUS AROUND WHICH
THE STANTON DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY WILL BUILD.
Let us consider the nest egg. so te
speak, of the effort to build up Staunton-
Staunton itself is already prosperous city
Tht new conner is not invited to an old field
to trough it'' as best he may until the new
order of things gives place to better one.
He comes into an educated and refined So
ciety. He finds schools and churches ready
to hand for his family. He finds an activi-
ty and enterprise in business in many de-
partments. He finds all the comforts. con-
yeniences and reinements Of advanced city
life.
He finds a city of from eleven to twelve
thousand inhabitants, the county-seat OF
the wealtlliest county in Virginia. whose
lands are immensely rich and productive,
yielding large crops Of wheat, corn, oats,
rye and the grasses-the foremost county
in the State in the production Of wheat and
hay, and in the number Of its horses. Tie
finds, therefore, the means OF life abundant
and the cost of living cheap!
Through this county run three of the
great railroads of this country, two OF
which pass through Staunton itself, ano
the third is in distance of twelve miles
These three roads bring within easy reach
the markets and the raw materials.
He finds here a city with superb system
of water works, well-paved streets Lighted
with electricity, well-equipped police de
partment, paid fire department and al
electric fre-alarm system, Presbyterian
Episcopalian, Baptist, Lutheran, Meth
odist, United Brethren, and Catholic
churches, the State Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, the West
ern Lunatic Asylum, a splendid system Of
public schools for whites and blacks, five
of the largest and most successful female
seminaries in the country, prosperous
Military Academy, a Business College, and
number of other schools, among them
being the Curtis Memorial Seminary fol
the education Of young colored men and
women.
He finds two strong and successful Ma
tional Banks, four building and loan com
panies, four life insurance companies, {
thousand dollars annually, a successful fur
niture factory with capital Of $25, 600
another furniture factory, shoe factory
employing some fifty hands, a fruit came
ry company, a nursery company, a bottline
company, an ice factory, steam flour mills
steam corn and feed mills, two fertilizer
factories, number of cigar factories
wholesale and retail grocers, dry goods deal
ers and dealers in general merchandise, con
dictionaries, books, and all the various com
modities demanded by modern life.
He finds handsome Y. NJ. c. A. build
llS. d pltCUy Optld IIOubc, diIl q SouI
House in which are held sessions Of various
courts, ranging from the highest to tn
lowest, four newspapers. and a number O.
book and job Offices.
He finds gas and electricity for lightin!
buildings, foundries, sash. door and blin'
factories, plaster mill, a carriage factory
wagon factory, a number of mining com
panies headquarters and the headquarter
of six ceking coal companies.
With all these advantages, he finds cit
that has great future as an industriS
town, and in the new movement toward
that future, opportunities not only to az
quire home as reasonably and cheaply a
in any of the new towns growing up in tn
old fields, but opportunities to make none,
and to grow with the city S growth.
Of that new movement, it's organization
its scope, and it's plans, we shall have MOI
I, to say hereafter.