The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-07-17
STAUNTON, VA.
An Attractive Inland City with d.
versifled and Growing Industries.

Correspondence of the Baltimore SUM-
STAuNToN, VA, July 12--'rhe DELEGATES who
have been attending the Sunday school Conveu-
tion of the Baltimore Conference NJ H. Churcl,
South, which has been i'll session at Staunton
since Tuesday evening, left for their homes this
morning with pleasant recollections of having
had an enjoyable time in this beautiful little city
of the Valley. The session was a profitable as
well as pleasant one and President Magrlder is
confident the results of the convention will be
apparent i'll Sunday school work Rev b. f.
Ball. formerly of baltimore, who is pastor of the
church at Woodstock, Va, where the conference
is TO meet next year, promises that everything
will be done by the people OF that town to make
the gathering there equally as memorable as the
one just closed at Stanton
1t is claimed that Staunton is destined to be
the centre OF the new industrial life that is
dawning upon the beautiful Valley of Virginia
The city is ,450 feet above the sea level and has
thrifty population OF about 10000 The people
appear to be industrious, and have about them
an apparent go aheadatveness that promises
success. The city is located where health and
comfort are dispensed by every breeze waited
over the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains
near the base of both ranges of which the -four
ishing town nestles The Chesapeake ana Ohio
and Baltimore ana Ohio Railroads cross at this
point giving that impetus to the town which
abundant railroad facilities always give to any
city. The famous Shenandoah Valley, in which
Stanton is located, is rich in agricultural lands
second to none for fertility. Rich in her diver
sified productions and rich in her educational
advantages, Staunton, it is claimed is destined
to be one of the leading cities of the South
The city has purchased and placed in her sink
ing fund 100000 OF her bonds, making a total of
S32,00, including the SOL, GOO worth of property
owned by the city, as an Offset against her debt
of $3'i The property owned by the city and
going to make up the $a:22:2 600 is public school,
building, white, $a,000; public school building
colored, Slj0G0; opera house. $50 000 electric fire
alarm, 5000; electric light plant, Thompson &
| Houston SYSTEM $4,000; and city water works
$loo,U0 The water works supply the entire city
with cod clear spring water with sufficient
pressure to throw it over the highest building in
| the city, and is an investment bearing for the
| city IL per cent. interest on the outlay.
| The city is governed by mayor and II coun-
| cilmen six from each of the two wards
Stanton possesses, i'll addition to the facilities
| mentioned other advantages. 1t has a paid fire
! department, a street railway, four good weekly
| newspapers and seven white and four colored
| churches The denominations represented in
her churches are Episcopal, Methodist, Catholic.
! Baptist, Lutheran, Presbyterian, United Breth-
rem in Christ, the Brethren and African NJ E.
| In educational institutions stanton excels.
| There are no less than seven Furnishing schools
! in operation as follows: The Augusta Female
Seminary, with no pupils Wesleyan Female In
sttute, $50 pupils; Virginia Female Institute 100
| pupils; Staunton Military Academy, l35 pupils,
and Owens High School, with so pupils-making
in all over 800 pupils, coming from all sections
| in the South, educated in her midst. Stanton
| has two national banks with paid-up capital
OF 100000; has handsome Young Mems Chris
tian Association building, worth $35, 900; it is the
| headquarters for four large coal operating com
| panies; has number of fine stores, including
six large wholesale establishments, Daily Real
Estate Record, and has in contemplation the
establishment of daily newspaper. 1t is also
Deaf, Dumb and Blind Institute and the Vest
ern Lunatc Asylum. The city also has Gypsy
Hill Park of l0D acres, surrounded by beautiful
building sites.
| Staunton is also noted for it's manufacturing i'll
dustries, including bark extract works, furni-
| ture manufactures. shoe factory, fertilizer fac
tories canning company, Touring mills, ice fac
tory, carriage and wagon factories, nursery
company, feed mill, iron foundry and bott1ing
| company. 1t also has three life insurance asso-
Citations and one fire insurance company with
| combined capital of 100000; also number of
| loan and building associations land and i'm
provement companies and a devevelopment
company with an authorized capital of S., 900.
present time ana there are other improvements
in contemplation, which, when completed, will
add to the Importance and attfactiveness of the