Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-09-29
What General Passenger Agent Fuller say;
of the Palace Hotel at Goshen
4 GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
Especial Cores pondent Manufacturers Record
GOSHEN ON THE Q. s. o,

GOSHEN. ON THE Q. & o.
RoCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Sept. 10. 1890
It is said that so years ego Commodore
Maury, that wond, riui Virginian, every.
where illustrous as deep-sea souodar and
author of tae standard physical 2eogre ply OF
tho world, gave it as his opiniou that this
very spot hera Ia the northern corner Of thu
old, old county OF Kockbfidgs, Dpon which
Ia being buiIded tbs pew industrial city OF
Goshen, you'd some day in tue providence
of God, bsooms the iron center OF toe Amer.
lean continent Add the dying words of
Com modore Maury were ''csrFy ne through
Goeben Pass when the laurel !a IN bloom"
Afterwards when his remains we're Glsin-
TERED for removal from Lexington, 1t was
Ia coosonance with this, his dying WISH, that
the cssket was aciu aliy carried whlis ol lite
way to a iaal resting place, through what
has lust bsen named MaurY avenue-the
chief thoroush'ase OF the coming iron ce;-
tec-past the huge Victoria furnanco, IL
sight of en- enormous rolling mill, now belug
rapidly constructed close to the si;e of a
plaot where near'r 400 men Will make iron
tuhing, aud 81 Close TO other Industries, al
ready contracted for. which will oonlclatiy
give employment to over 600 Horkmao.
Although 1 knew that Governor Lse'd
hUIbutu 1hailiuNb "ou+o PAo"
ablv cross tue Chesapeake & Olio at this
natural gateway between rich mineral
region 10 West Virginia and nearly ell the
rapidly growing new towns OF the mother
State. neyertheless was aston shed &C what
have seen here Jay. The wonder of it
Ia how such substantial acquisitions could
have bsen procured with so little ado-how
such extraordinary progress could have been
made 10 30 short time. My conviction,
however, is that the Industrial growth OF
of V rglria will, within the mex II months,
surprise al the world much N re than | was
surprised here at GJshen to-day.
And right here i, Ia pertinent to q1ote q
paragraph from toe pen OF that gifted Vir-
ginin writer Mr.. q o. Tinsiep, of the Staur :
ton Hindicator which Is in harmony with
the teachings OF tie Manufacturers Record
during the las. feT years. Uuder the head
ing "a PennsyIVanien's View Of the Future
OF Goshen" Mr.. T!nsley says:
II have already expressoc my opinion
about the successful! future that il before
the new city Of Goshen, but 1 would like to
give you the opinion of au old Peonsylyan-
Ian 10 the iron business, thst l met here. l
asked bim il be thought there we're too
many towns in Virginia, end If they were
bOO CIUSc w CeUu Otnck W 1Alo tOPiy
was 8 D Amt and characteristic that | give
II: You Vi.ginisns.' be said, ara new to
the business and you are shy. You don't
begin to know what you've got. You are
like fl es that have been welking around the
sop OF sugar hogshead for century and
didn't know whaJ was under it, And some
OF you are like files that have found g crack
in the top and tnink that the sugar they can
see through il is all there is. There is room
on top of your Virgioa hogshead for 500
toRns, and as to building too close, look at
;he Conemaush valley. Take sketch like
Johnstown, Cambria City, CoDemaugh and
the rest, where street car lines connect them.
You Virginia men are making your first sp-
pearapce, aad you get stege flight too easy.
You forget what is under yor, and think
that your boom is Oh the Western wildcat
order, where they put town On prairie
land with nothing nuGor IL and DOOM it on
what comes cut Of the freight depot. This
Goshen town Is built On Inns rock and
fenced la With iron mines, aud If goa live
.eD years you'. ses those fellows that are
Ioadipg these wagons now, puttiog u, So 600
houses for them ,slves. Toings go fast In
manufacturing towns I've 5sen all
along there and seen ias changes they
make. II you Virginia1s let land gam-
bling alone you've got the thing 10 your own
nan0s. Never put dollar 10 where there
ain't going to bs work done. l am too old
now to move 10y people down to Virginia,
but em going 10 put som sthing ia tho lois
here when they pua 'sn up. But il hado't
seen the bosses building rolf G mills and
factories and going into manufactures they'd
never see dollar Of nay money. 10 five
years this town ought to be manufacture
everything that is made Of iron that ain't
tied no by patent, ADD you'll see H."
As said moment ago, it struck ma es
wonderful how the existing subjtao.iaitirs
here had bsen brought ebous 80 noiselessy,
for, as rule, town oompsEies and very
naturally, as he world goea-do 30 i'm n sDse
amount OF hurrahisg over really iusignif-
can't additions to their population m .king
enterprise. The secret OF the surprising
prospect for pay-rol's at Goshen is one
which, in measure, exemplihes the idea OF
certain friend of mine who declared that
with the right man behind him and With
money enough, be wonld undertake to build
a big city In the center of the Sahara desert
That Is to say, when Mr.. @ P Earman end
nis associates iuaugursted this enterprise
they sought aud secured Is their allies men
With sufficient influence and money, and,
best of oil, familiarity with industrial ways
and means to guarantee success, provided
they had made no mistake Ia picking out
the poiut to be improved. In other words,
they bad "a little list" all that was needed
was to prove the f mes, of the location 20
secure the full, cordial, energetic co-7pers-
ton of men who could do anything they
wanted to do. Concerning the msn oroux ht
together in the organlza'ion of lhs Goshen
Land & Improvement o., ahall have o
word to say directly. Right now let us take
look at the location.
Mr.. Enrmsn. who had come Up to Vir-
ginin from BfmiDg make note
OF it that men OF ssgscity are com ng to
Virginia from the South and West, as we'll
as from the Nortt-argued somewhat in
this wise: THE Chesapeake & Ohio is the
great artery from East TO West of the Ap-
pals chan regoa. There is going to be
another great North and South artery
through the same region. Wherever these
two mee:-orov.ded other Thugs are eqnal
hat will be the place where pretty de.