The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-31
THE LABD OF THE SKY.
NATURES sASITARIuM.
The Amphitbeatrc of Geological Gran
dsur. COUPLED with Fine Hotels and
Solid Business Enterprise.


Solid Business Enterprise.
To Editor Daily Times:
This is il the combination possessed by
Marion, y. C., and if the reader was travel
inc on an unlimited railroad pass, good for
stop-overs at all stations, and in search for
health. pleasure or business investments,
there is a strong probability that when
Marion. y. C.. was reached, and peep
taken out Of the car window, the cry to the
conductor would be. put me of here
This is the thought the writer had on
arriving ut beautiful Marion yester-
day. This being the case, you might ASK
why the wide-awake world is not graspng
the situation. but if you thought this all
doubt would he dspelled if you will only
spend a day walking and riding around tie
town as did. Alighting from the O'Clock
west bound train, | walked mp TO the
Dedinge's hotel in company with man
whose physiognomy would convince "a
phrenOlOgist at glance that he was fully
competent TO take care OF himself This
|
c., who is always on the alert for good
thing, and possesses the rare qualification
| Of knowing aud going for good thing when
he sees it. Making free use Of my short
acquaintance, | asked Captain Blockee
why a dOwn-eastcrn man from Robertson
county was taking in the mountains off
North Carolina. Why should not. be It.
l.lied, have invested fifty thousand dollars
already in Marion and vicinity, and no man
can make better investment than by put
ting his money in Western North c rolina.
Arriving at the hotel the second man
met vas MIR. John Wilson, cf Augusta,
Ga, at which point he runs one Of the
largest truck farms in the South. ! told
Mr.. Wilson | represented the RICHMOND
| DAILY TIMES. lie said Mr.. Powers, the
| commission merchant OF Richmond, had
sold so many Of is vegetables in Richmond
! that ne felt like he was akin to the Rich
mond folks, and that if the TINES man
would 20 around and ask Mr. Powers who
John Wilson was that he would give me an
annual subscription TO the TINES.
Although Mr. Wilson came TO America in
| 1917, yet ne still has trace of the Celtic
accent. and is full Of fun and wit. lie told
me he did not sleep well the night before.
asked him why. Wen, said be, they have
no bank here, and bought Dellinger corner lot
Of four acres and brought twenty-five thous-
and dollars to pay for it, and they did not
get my deed ready Yesterday and had the
money in my pocket all night, and will get
my deed and pay the money over to-day.
Aud right here ! Will say the deed was
passed TO Mr.. Wilson to-day.
I'm looking over Marion. admring the beat
tiful business and residence sites. upon el
quiry found nearly all the finest proper
" belonged to tie G. &. &. Annex, or the
Marion Manufacturing and improvement
Company. This Is a chartered company
olicered rs follows: Colonel J.. j. Sinclair. |
Of Marion, y. g.. president; General John
I. " ildcr, of johnson City, Tenn. yice-pres-
ident: and Fred Il. Tiffany, Of New York,
secretary. The members of this company |
are largely interested in the Charleston |
Cincinnati and Chicago railroad. which |
crosses the Western North Carolina at |
Marion around the junction, of which tho
&C. {. Annex own several hundred acres |
Of town lots, beautifully and conveniently |
situated for residence and business pur- |
poses, and which they are now rapidly sell |
( ing at very reasonable figures. Wishing to
ind1ut more of the workings 81 the L. { . |
G.. Annex. visited the Office Of the con-
pant and was cordially received by Colonel |
Sinclair and Mr.. Tiffany, most genial ard |
withal thorough business gentlemen. ! |
asked Colonel Sinclair why il was be- was
not pasting the continent with flaming cir |
culars and booming bis property like most |
other towns and companies. lie replied |
emphaticaliy that he was bitterly opposed |
% any such proceedings; that he would |
state nothing but facts. and stick TO them. |
lie said il was true they owned several !
hundred acres Of the most valuable property |
in the town. aud that they were selling lots
in excess of their most sangIne eXpecta-
ions: tha, they were ON "a solid foundation |
alG could afford 10 do a conservative bust
ness. aud that il paid best in the end Tie
&C. G. annex will encourage an industries
to locate NJ Marion. giving building sites
free for all manufacturing purposes.
and they have our plan, which j,
the best 1 have yet heard Of.
They allow a 10 per cent. deduction
from purchase price of lots on all improve
ments put on lots purchased within twelve
N jnths after purchase. TO make this per-
fectly plain: Should You buy lot from
them for. say $500. and erect building on
said lot within twelve months costing $1,000,
you would get a rebate or of purchase price
of lot amounting 10 $780, which j. I'D per
cent. Of the value Of the improvements.
making your lot really cost you only $500
arc being rapidly graded and purchasers
have a guarantee that streets Will be- opened
up to any property they buy if they are
not already opened. Marion is already
already large town, With many and varied
mercantile houses. Two woodworking es-
adjustments, furniture factory, sash, door,
and bling factory. brick mandatory. and
a bank will be opened ready for business
in the near future. And one Of the most
important enterprises yet started on the
&C.. {. {. property is the Catawba Hotel
Company, with "A capital Of 10000 with the
same officers a. the c. {. c. annex. The
designs Of the hotel show it to be a thing Of
beauty. as well as a JOY forever. IL is now
being rapidly constructed, and will be
heated by steam and have all the modern
appliances known to hotels. The build
ing is situated on high knoll on company's
grounds near the G. 4. c. depot, and is 81
feet higher than the town. and VIII be in
full view Of Mount Mitchell. Short on, and
Grandfathcr's Mountain, and other beauti-
FIJI and historic scenery; supplied with
clear spring water from Mount Ida, cor
yeyed By pipes and running TO the hotel by
its own gravity. bad almost forgotten to