Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-06
vVNTON ON A BOOM.
Our Eastern suburb Rapidly Coming
to the Front.

The average Roanoke business man
has little idea of the importance OF
our neighboring town Of Vinton. BY
him"Gish'sn has always been consider
ed as merely A way station on the
Norfolk and Western Railroad and for
which the future held nothing of i'm
portance. But the citizens of that
thriving town are determined that
they will remain hamlet no longer
j The spirit of progress that seems to
fimpregnate the entire Southwest Vir-
ginia, making it the pride of the re-
iuvenated South, has permeated Vim
ton and she is making long strides to
attain to future greatness. And why
should she not? Everybody knows
that superficial opinions have been
expressed as to the towns welfare
which are unfavorable, but there is
nothing that is more demonstratiye
and convincing than the plain unvar-
nished fact that it is rapidly being
built up and improved, and the re-
suit OF all this is to remove doubt and
dispel preconceived fancies based up
on Il cursory examination of the LAY
OF the land" The few people who
were very free in predictions OF fail
ure when Vinton first cast out its
banner as one of the booming towns
Of the Southwest, have doubtless ere
this suffered many pang that they
were not among the fortunate early
investors in that prosperous and pro-
gressive place, who got in ION the
ground floor"
1t is only a question of time and
that very shortly, when Roanoke and
Vinton will be one city. BY recent
act of the legislature the corporate
limits Of the town were extended west
to Tinker creek, and at the next SEES
sion Of the General Assembly it il
probable that the two cities will be !
incorporated under one charter.
The Roanoke Street Railway Com
pany has extended its dummy line !
into the town, the depot being on the |
corner of First and Lee streets The |
dummy line makes a trip every hour
from this city, and scores OF business
men of this city have thrir residence
in Vinton, coming up every morning
in time to be at their place of business
ready for the days work.
The town is we'll supplied with pure
water from its numerous private wells |
but company has been organized |
and first class system of water works |
will be built, giving the citizens ample
protection against serious loss by fire |
and enabling the insurance companies
to rate the town first-class as to fire
hazard.
The town is regularly and beauti-
fully laid out, and the climate is
magnificent, situated as the town is
1000 feet above the sea level. In sum
mer it is warm, but far cooler than
many cities farther north, and from
p. N. until after sunrise it is always
cool. A few miles east of the city
the majestic peaks of the Blue Ridge
Viewers and Stewards Knobs rear
their heads to an altitude only four
feet lower than the celebrated Peaks
of Otter, and from the top of which
person can see Lynchburg, tifty-six
miles away, and on the south far into
North Carolina.
Finton is not undergoing any wild
real-estate boom, or imitation OF
prices, but its growth is steady. One
of the most important real-estate.
transactions that has taken place in
lUlOl Wd6 cOIleullllldIeQ Z lIudy. "A
company was organized for the pur
pose OF purchasing the farm Of Mr.
Giles Gum, lying in the very heart
of the town. The tract contains
about forty acres and is magnificent
" suited for both manufacturing and
building purposes.s=. There is just
enough slope to the property to give
it good drainage, and it is most de-
sirabe for all purposes. For beauty
it is safe to say that it has
few peers.
The managers of Fairview Land
Company which has purchased Dir.
Gums farm, are among our city's
most substantial business men, and
they intend to build up the town.
They are not seeking to advance real
estate prices, and it is not their plan
to get quick return for the money
they have invested, by the rapid sale
of lots at unnatural prices. But it ID
their aim to first build up the town. |
70 locate factories and secure a per
manent population, when land will
have an actual value, and sell at
prices from which there shall be no
subsequent disastrous reaction. Lin
tied space does not allow even brief !
summary of the industrial Enterprises
now in operation, but Vinton is IL
the swim, and to stay.