The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-04-10
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Staunton's ADVANTAGES.


Staunton has those advantages which,
IT at the right time, and that time is
now, are fully appreciated, grasped and
developed by her people, will make her
fame world wide. And her usefulness
as the chief factor in working into use
full forms the Unreasonable undeveloped
wealth of the surrounding body of coun-
try; and by her affording here in the
heart of the grand agricultural country
of the Valley, and in the centre of the
surrounding body of vast mineral and
timber wealth, a market for the crude
material of the mountains, on which
millions of capital and tens of thousands
of laborers will be employed in taking
from the mines and forests; and in fur
nishing here employment for other mil
lions of capital and tens of thousands of
other laborers in converting the iron and
timber from their coarser forms into fin
ished articles for use: and by creating
here distributing point for all the
varied finished products of value that
can be manufactured from the yield of
mine and forests and in supplying these
needed and useful products of mine, for
est and factory to millions of other peo-
pie north, south, east, west and beyond
the oceans, Staunton will be filling a
mission of inestimable usefulness.
Staunton's present population, exceed
ing 10000 people, and her location in the
heart of the Valley, and in the centre of
the surrounding body of country of vast
m nd nd bo
road facilities for commerce with the
north ,south, east and west; her contiguity
to the great cities of the east; her direct
connection with the Mississippi Valley
the grandest agricultural country in the
world; and her location at the most IA
vorable point for an imposing city be-
tween Richmond and Cincinnati; on the
direct line of road-the c. & O.-leading
to the Atlantic emporium of commerce
for the south and west, and less than 200
miles from said mporium-Newport
News. These considerations must, as
advantages, be placed to Staunton's
credit.
These are truths plain to be seen by
all. but it is sometimes we'll to be re-
minded of things we already know and
if we would profit by Staunton's advan-
tages it would be we'll to concentrate our
attention on these advantages and be-
gin in earnest to make the most of them;
for let us remind ourselves that Staun-
toms $4,000 population are coming-are
now on the way, and if we would not
have all this coming population distrib-
uted to other points, we must at once
prepare to entertain them here.
This is written without disparage-
ment of any other place. for it is pride
of the Queen City of the Valley to see
all her offsprings prosper; and the wri-
ter predicts for a number of the sur
rounding new towns large growth as
their most sanguine founders hope for;
and we believe if is within the range of
the possible, and is most probable, that
Buena Vista and Waynesboro and Ba-
sic City and Iron Gate and Clifton Forge
will each, within one decade, number
from ten to twenty thousand popula-
ton, and the more fully Staunton's ad-
vantages are developed, as above indicat-
ed, the more rapid will be the growth of
surrounding towns. Let our motto be'In-
dustries, and fifty thousand population
for StauntOn," and within one decade
Staunton's population will number So
600, and there will be within radius of
fifty miles of Staunton half score or
more of cities, each numbering from ten
to twenty Thousand people; and a hap
pier hustle and hum and drum and ring
and song of prosperous and contented
industry than shall be heard reverbera-
ting from city to city within this
body of country will not be heard in
any other portion of the State or of the
Union. SUBSCRIBER.