Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-04-11
town has been Incorporated and Mr.. NJ.
". Quarles chosen Mayor

that can tie found i'll Virginia. TODAY it
is a stretch OF land Of about ,oG0 acres. sit,l-
ated Oh q rapid river TO which the land
Falls anywhere from thirty-fve to fifty feet,
giving excellent drainage 1t encloses Oh
all sides the Junction of the Chesapeake 81
oaio and the Si enandoah Valley RAILWAYS.
centre runs Il broad ayenuew}ich
Will pass under the &. 81 O. track through
an area ninety feet wide. Not less than
SIX OF the lesser streets will pass through
arches under this embankment which will
give Il very picturesque effect. It's streets
have an Immense advantage in the way of
economy and service-they can he made of
q sort OF mari Which lies in the hills on the
coinpany's land and which when rolled
makes a surface like asphalt. The compa-
ny is now putting down q street of this so
that buyers who are present in Nav can see a
specimen OF the tiloroughfares it will make.
The ). \. RF. intersects the whole town
from \ orth to South, and the Chesaneake
u ONO from East and West, and it is
west OF tie 5. Z. and North OF the Z. e
q, that lies the broad plateau ut the foot of
which the river runs and on which will be
tiie Tree sites for manufacturing plants.
Ihis river is TO he crossed by an iron bridge
near the northern edge of the town. and
When crossed the visitor finds himself ona
bench OF rolling Swaziland, which will be
iii great demand for residences.
From point on the G.. & 0. road near the
river Will spring q trestle road which soon
becomes a surface road and passes along
the river edge around the town to the north
and northeast, passing iii front of factories
and the furnace, giving easy railroad hand
ling for outputs.
The company's land contains three
springs that would furnish water for a
town OF 10000 population. One of them is
a ilthia spring, Which is nearly thirty wards
across and boils so freely that it forms a
good sized stream at its exit. The other
TWO are strongly chHlybeate. These springs
add to the character of the place as health
resort, and such this locality has been in
the summer for Eastern Virginians for
many years.
HOW II STANDS TO THE REST OF THE
~N@'A
COUNTRY.
The location of Basic City with reference
to communication with the rest of the
world may be called q prize which its
founders have captured 1t is within 200
miles OF the ocean by the G. 81 o. 1t is
within 100 miles of the great Flat top
colling coal region of Southwestern Virgi
mia, by the Shenandoah Valley and Norfolk
Il Western 1t is within 200 miles of the
coke region of Connellsville, Pa. And within
100 miles by raul of the New River coal
fields. lthas railroad outlet for its products
toevery section Of the Union. The Chesa-
peflke& Ohio VIII take them to the seaboard
III anlght and to tile Ohio river iii II day. 1t
opens the ocean and the great Northwest
to 1t. The Shenandoah Valley Ry. gives it
an outlet to the great Southwest and to the
Eastern manufacturing cities. Loaded in
Basic City, freight may so to any point in
the United States without breaking bulk.
1t is, so to speak, in touch of the World in
the matter OF transportation of its products.
1t IS i'll the midst of the limestone conn
try and its fluxing material is ready at
hand.
lit is located in the centre of an iron
country. The company itself OWNS 1.7sO
acres OF mineral land on the S. Y. Ry..
few miles off, from which iron ore has been
mined and shipped North for some wears
past-hroWn henlatite. These mines are
located near the village of Greenvllle. The
tact ls-tnd this fact should be remem
Dered-the brown hematite is in iBexbai,st
IDLE quantities at the company's mines not
twelve miles away, which has been used i'm
the Roanoke and Mines furnaces and foind
to be OF the best quality, so good that the
demand IS as great as the output and has
been for some years. The iron supply of
Basic city is not that of the Bls,e Ridge
mountain around the town, but from the
mines of brown hematite owned hv the
company.
Manganese is being developed on the COM
pany land and on the purchase in which is
located Basic City. And there are other
manganese mines i'll easy reach of the plants
the famous Crimora mines.
There is nothing lacking to mike it an
ron manufacturing city.
The locality is noted not only throughout
' lrglnla but throughout the South for it's
le;ltllfulness. Within u quarter of a mile
VI the line of the city there are already
churches of three denominations, schools, a
military academy and female college,
W thin the city and belonging to the COM
'any is a nice hotel now in operation.
1t is i'll direct railroad connection with
he great ship yards at Newport News and
1t Norfolk, the great locomotive establish
nents at Richmond, and in twelve hours of
Philadelphia, and the establishments of
New Jersey, New Y ork and Boston.
AS A COMPETITOR WITH ALABAMA
IRON.
Alabama iron has already undersoh Penn
ylvania iron, and Basic City iron will I'M
ersefl Alabama iron from its superior adj
'alltaSeS OF location. Sheffield and Florence.
Ma, use Pocahontas coke, costing them,.
ccording to published statements, So so per
on at furnace. The same coke at Basic
}lty will cost about $3.50. Brown Hema--
lite ores OF same grade cost $1.60 per ton at
'heflield, while at Basic City they can be,
ought not to exceed $3.50 per ton, making:
difference of $500 and over in favor of
'aslc City in production. Then in the
Of the product to New
DIRK, Basic City, 600 or more miles nesu~ar
nd within 125 miles of tidewater, cap Law
er iron down at about s2.5o pr ton.
Thlle Alabama furnaces have to nav s3.75
Ell ton, making difference of 81. 25 per
on in favor of Basic City in transporta-
ion 20 il,