Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-12-12

the property from their childhood. The
two officers of it that / have seen most of
during my stay here were Capt. NJ. B.
Rowe the President and w. s. White the
Secretary. They struck me as the very
men for the advancement of a Development
Company, full Of energy, having perfect
faith in its success and a strong ambition
to make the town prosperous by the utili-
cation OF long neglected advantages. My
faith is like theirs. only acquired from a
different point of view. 1 have seen the
water power of the place and it is no more
possible that the industrial world will per-
nit this to flow idle any longer, than it would
be possible to permit a hundred frst-class
fully equipped 40-horse power steam engines
to stand idle along a country roal. In the
days of slavery that coull not be helped
and it was not fredericksburg fault that
it was not helped. But now that the white
mon and white women of Virginia have
been Sc free, tie old days have come to an
c. Here is a point at which the new
freed iii will make itself felt. This has 10
churches, schools, public halls, water works
gas works, residences to shelterits labor, yet
to bald. They are already here. It has no
swamps to be drained OF for health Its
h>aith is perfect, and only this morning on
enquiring w.lo lived in a pretty dwelling
we drove by, was told that it WIS New
Yorker q sufferer from asthma, Who find
ing that he WAS attacked by it everywhere
else bnt at Fredericksburg had made his
home here. On one Of tie eminenccs atl-
joining the city there is being built another
residence for a Philadelphia attracted here
by the health Of the place. Then the labor
here is excellent. Even with q new indus
try never tried here before-I speak OF the
silk mill-the labor learned quickly, and
proved tractahle, obliging and efficient. OF
the people of fredericksburg l need not
strangers is proverbiaI, and l can think of
| 30 place where those coming from abroad
| could find a more home like place. The
Development Company is already receiving
applications for the removal of industries
here and among them are a woodworking
factory and cutoff engine factory.
IT WILL EASILY WIN.
With all the advantages [ have described
! have no hesitation i'll saying that the
Fredericksburg Development Company
will succeed, and that success will come tc
it sooner and in larger degree than many
Of its promoters expect. Its Directors are
prominent men Of affairs in New York
/ Richmond, North Carolina, Roanoke, Bal
| timore, Stanton, Saendun and FrelcricAs-
burg, Of whom l believe you have already
given an account. Among itsstochhollers
ieGov. 2. w. Mckinney. Hon. r. Fl.
Cardwell, Speaker Of the House Of Dele
gates, w. L. Royal, counsel for the Foreign
Bondholders, and Joseph Bryan, the mil
lionaire OF Richmond. It's capital stock is
| ample for literally carrying out its pu1po
ses, and is based Oh assets fairly estimated
at the neighbofhood Of -Four Million Dol
lars. 1t is engaged in the simple process
of making known to the world heretofore
silent sources Of wealth, and with publicity
must come success. a success which from
| the character and enterprise Of the men al
| its head will be wisely used in making
Fredericksburg q busy and prosperous
manufacturing city. FL. c. I.