Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-23

reach Of pestilential fevers, south of the !
frozen six months. Well, so far south
that when Boreas strikes you it's with a
"scuse me" kind of lick east of the
hot whitening winds and droughts OF
"the West" west a hundred miles,
forsooth, of the oyster-beds and shad
preserves OF Chesapeake bay between
these all, up in an atmosphere which, |
while having your brow, Is painting your
cheeks. Well within, withal, the EN-
brace of the mineral belt, within hearing
OF the signs of their primeval forests,
and at the embrazure Of the new South's
GREAT BOOM.
IL you would locate Basic City more
precisely, You may, in prODriG persona,
bv three hours ride from Washington
CITY over the Chesapeake and Ohio, right
at the western base of the Blue Ridge.
IL you and your sweetheart, by mistake
take different routes from Memphis,
north, TO some Gretna Green, she will
inevitably cross you and may give you
smile at Basic City If returning west
from the e-groves next spring you
find yours and your friends tickets start
out diyergently, you may safely say to
him "l'll see you at Basic City " elect
as You will touching competitive roads
between New York and the Mississippi
Valley your invoices will find, in trans
itu. Basic City the western hog and
hominy and the cotton aud cane of the
Sonth go east thro' the transverse gates
sjar at this place. On this superb
vANTAGE-GRoUND
Basic CITY was founded in May, 1890,
and is therefore fire months old ! With
in few days-less than a week-from
the incorporation of the Mining, Manu-
featuring and Land Company, the
prime movers in this vast enterprise,
the whole Of the capital stock OF $780,
600 had been taken and the place gwen
active Roadway. To-day the plants
here well on towards completion repre-
sent, it is fairly assumed, millions OF
dollars. Among others one OF the very
handsomest hotels have ever seen,
THE HOTEL BRANDON.
From beyond the river, miles away,
this exquisite piece of archlte ,ture, with
the Blue Ridge as its background. looks
like charming picture whose colors had
been borrowed from the prospective of
some Scottish highland. A hundred-ton
blast furnace, immense car-works, q fac
tory for the manufacture of builders
materials, aggregaung frontage OF 100
feet-to employ 900 hands paper, furni-
ture-, and match-factories-spl en-
terprises, all OF them the School Furni.
ture Companys works employing 40C
hands, their buildings covering three
acres a factory for the manufacture oil
knit and woven goods, giving employ.
ment to 100 hands, are establishments
mention as occurring to me offband
Those, with the many residences. stores
the Adpance newspaper Office, banl
buildings exchange, school, Norma
College. other and numerous edihces
ETC.. show record for Basic City in Ia
matter OF BODYBUILDING
WITHOUT PARALLEL.
When We sec this country doubln
her millions OF peoples as the years rus
by It behooyes the wise man TO loo
well about him for place where he ma
safely risk his savings, NO that when III
house is full his seat will have bee
"taken and then the band may ptal
Basic City courts the closest scrutiny {
ali such.
The management OF this place Is mas
terly, conservative, and, in the interet
OF all classes, comprehensive. The r,
suits will DO permanent you had bette
catch on. Cities nowadays that 20 up :
stay mp must have these builders Al
abundance OF cheap feed and fuel, ra,
materials. and railroads Concernin
the latter, the Chesapeake and Ohio AM
the Norfolk and Western, the great com
mon-carriers south OF Mason X Dixon
line, cross each other at right angles all,
tic
A COMMERCIAL B0w-KsoT
Ia the heart OF Basic City. These ts,
roads give her the benefit Of competIiiy,
rates to ell points, but with the completion
Of sten-miIe link. for which the charte
bias been obtained and the survey made
shs will have within her corporate limi.
~ Baltimore sad Ohio. when her position