Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-03-06
Development Notes.

The Strafford Company is the name Of
company recently organized il
Staunton to build the town of STAFFORD
and more fully develop the Coral Marble
Beds located at Craigsville in Augusta
county twenty miles West of Staunton
The capital stock of the company is
100000, divided into 800 shares. Thos.
! D. Ransom, OF Staunton, is President
Maurice I. DeMauny, of Paris, France.
Vice President; w. H. Macon, of Hano-
yer, Va, Secretary; w. P. Eskridge. of
Staunton, Treasurer; Directors-Thos. D.
Ransom, Staunton; M. T. DeMauny, Paris,
France; George Byng, London, England
A. G.. Braxton, Staunton; VIM. H. Macon.
Hanover, Va; W. P. Eskridge, Staunton
LIE Comte DE La Mazelierc, Paris, France.
Geo. Mann, Manager of Marble Beds.
This company has secured $500 of the
5000 shares Of the Coral Marble Company
all Of which are fully paid up and non
assessable
Highland county is taking a hand i'll the
general development. The Appalachian
Building and Investment Company, COM
posed principally Of Highland men, is Or
gained to operate at Charlestown, w. Va,
where the company has purchased sixty
lots. This company is Differed as follows:
Dr. H. II. Jones Of Highland county, Pres
dent; T. w. Brown of Charlestown, w. Va,
Vice President; B. Hiner Hansel of High
land county, Secretary and Treasurer; Jno.
J. Hiner Of Highland county, General
Manager; Directors-R. A. Alexander,
Charlestown, w. Va; E.. M. Arbogast,
Highland county; F. w. Brown. Charles
town, w. Va; B. II. Hansel, Highland
county; J. J. Hiner, Highland county; DIR.
II. II. Jones, Highland county.
At meeting OF the Directors Of the
Rockbridge Company at Glasgow OH Feb.
Goth, the request of the English syndicate
for more time in which to pay the Install
ment of 800, 900 now due to the company
upon their contract to furnish 81 800, 600,
was denied by the directors, and the COM
panys deal with that syndicate abrogated.
There has been paid upon this account
$4,000, and there ends the matter with the
NlLiCu DCOAl pCiiolhS3 t1iiet ~
much discussed for nearly q year.
Mr.. Leonard Cox, the Travelling Audi
tor of the Western Union Telegraph Co.,
whose duties call him all over the country,
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, was in
the city yesterday. He said his route from
Roanoke to Basic City and thence to Staun-
ton was a revelation in the way OF town
building. He could hardly realize that tn e
substantial new towns he saw occupied fields
which a year ago were in wheat.
The Roanoke World of Wednesday says
u. B. Guard, the contractor, returned
last night from Winchester. He reports
all the towns in the Shenandoah Valley in
a booming condition, and says Staunton
especially seems to be revivified."
The Peoples Investment Company has
been chartered by Judge Mclaughlin. 1t
is located at Buena Vista. Its Treasurer
! is J. E. B. Stuart, and among it's Direc-
tors are J. Bumgardner and j. P. Shreck-
hise.
Capt. Ham Shepperd, General Manager
of the Low-Moor town company, was in
town Friday, and gave an excellent account
of that enterprise. He says they will pro-
coed with the building Of the new hotel
directly the weather permits.
A land company has been formed at
Timberville, Rockingham, controlling 450
acres Of land, of which Hon. Jno. L. Har-
ris is President.
The Highland Recorder OF Saturday asks
''Why is it that Staunton does not want us
in telephone communication with herr"