Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-05-06
SALEM SETTINGS.
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM
OUR CORRESPONDENT.
COL. MCCARTHY BACK AGAIN.
He Brings Rack Other Industries
Probable nnd Assured. stove Works
Carpet Factory and Machine Works.
Prospecting Parties Coming
TINES BUREAU, HOTEL LUCERNE,
SALEM, Va, May 5, 1890.

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SALEM, Va, May 5, 1890.
This afternoon your correspondent
was 70 fortunate as to secure an inter
view with Col w. f. Mccarthy, who
has just returned from an extended
and extremely successful northern
trip in the interest of Salem.
Below are given the enterprises that
are already either secured or under
negotiations, through the instruluen
tally of Col Mccarthy and his CO.
labC rerS.
The Hagerstown, (Md.) hosiery
mills are definitely secured. They
will employs force of 100 hands and a
capital of $50, 600.
The Hager,town Mattress Factory
(secured) will employ seventy five
workmen Capital, $4,000.
The Hagerstown Agricultural I'M
plemenu Works, +. ID. Hull manager,
will employ $50 people and capita!
OF 800, 900; definitely secured.
The j. o. Smith company, of
Hagerstown, will use a large capital
of about $4,000 or $40, 000-and will
be engaged in the manufacture of hard
wood brackets, etc, as well as cutting
upand shipping hard woods to Europe
and other parts of the world.
The Gettysburg Hosiery Mills, with
a force of from seventy-iive to eighty
hands and capital of $4,000, will be
located at this place.
From Gettysburg, Pa, has also been
secured the plant of Messrs. Gilbert 4
Smith, manufacturers OF sash, blinds,
doors and furniture. They will en-
plov force of $50 men, and will en-
gage also in the building business:
The stove works of Troy, New
York. are under negotiations, as well
as a large car factory from another
place.
The Hagerstown carpet works have
been secured. They will work fifty
hands, and employ capital OF S3O,-
600.
a steam engine and boiler factory
from Wilmington, Del, are under
negotiations, us is also a furniture
and fancy goods plant from Grand
Rapids, Mich, and wood-works and
electrical supply company from Us
ceo!o, Mich. The last named company
will work fifty hands.
:. NJ. Schindle, ESQ.,, of the Hagers-
town silk mills, which have been Sc
cured for Salem, will he here some
time during this week in the interest
of his business.
Mr.. John NJ. Bowers, of Hagerstown,
who has under his charge a process
recently patented for killing the
.vellows" in peach trees, will estab-
lish here II Southern branch OF his
business. The process referred to
has been already used with the peach
trees of the Western Maryland peach
belt. and very successfully. This bus
mess. in conjunction with n soap fac
tory. will employ so, 600 of capital.
Industries from Fredererick and
Cumberland, Md, are under way, as
well as packing-boX and iancy-boz
factory from Lancaster, ia.
A lock anG spring works at Bridge
port, Conn, are almost certainly Sc
cured. Another definite arrangement
is with the Novelty Iron Works, OF
Brooklyn, \. I.
The Dixie and steeltOn Land COM
nonies have been advertised, and with
them Salem, from Maine to California.
Thousands of large posters, OF hand
bills and dodgers, have been scattered
all over the country.
On the 3rd, 4th and 9TH OF June ex-
cursions will come to Salem from
Lynchburs, Richmond. Forfolk, Ha-
cerstown and other points. The oc-
casion is that of the land sales OF the
Dixie and Steelton companies, and
will be a greet thing for Salem.
Next week there will come to the
city a large party of capitalists from
New York and Maryland, and during
the week after, party from Boston
and Hartford.
The contract for the construction
of the steel plant has been let, and
work on the foundations Will be be-
GUN the last of next week.
Mosby H. Payne, esq, OF Lynch
bnrr. is here. as are also Messrs. Jno.
A. Winston and r. D. Martin.
Mr.. r. B. Pugh, of Washington, Is
in the city. s
eral services of Mrs. F. 6. Weber,
wife of the associate editor OF the
Salem Times Register, took place
from the Methodist church. 1t was
Ia rOeIv attended.