The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-29

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| advantages to those seeking homes.
Lots for building are comparatively
| very cheap. There are great many
desirable sites from which to select.
Many of the comforts and conveniences
! of the older cities can DO found here.
Taxes are low. The town is lighted bv
electric lamps. The water is pure and
fresh The drainage is excellent Tho
markets are supplied with vegetables
and meats fresh from the farms Tho
atmosphere is pure and invigorating.
Inc climate, winter and summer,
! IS delightful. The social life is cham
ing. The moral character of tho
| people is superior. The educational
! facilities are Of the highest order. Roa-
noke ooiiege mas recently enlarged it's
faculty and increased its means OF in
struction. Different courses for pradn.
alton allow young men to select the
| lines OF study leading most directly to
| their intended vocation The business
department is proving a great success.
Parents living here can educate thcir
| sons at less expense and under their
own care The graded school is under
the general supervision OF Prof L. r.
Holland, who was for a number of wears
secretary of public instruction for the
State. The teachers are selected with
great care and are very efficient Tho
handsome school building is Furnished
with modern conveniences and comforts
llollins Institute, eight miles distant,
mas national reputation. and Salem
temalc Seminary, just opened, with
Mrs Guy as principal, afford the best
opportunities for tho education OF daugh-
tiers, either at or near home.
Salem offers exceptionally good or
portunitics for investments. Sites for
manufactures along the railroad or at
places to which tracks can easily be laid
are given 10 those who furnish guaran-
tees OF putting up substantial plants.
Liberal subscriptions arc offered to tho
stock of worthy enterprises. The double
track railroad furnishes facilities for
Shipment. and these will be soon greatly
increased. The river affords an album
dant supply OF water for all mechanical
purposes. Tho splendid forests on tho
ncighboring mountains afford bark for
tanning and lumber for ali kinds OF
wood work. Lumber can be bought at
little expense from the heavily timbcred
sections west Of Salem. The iron ore,
OF which the mountains and hills AFRO
rich, and limestone in Immediate proxi-
nifty. invite the establishment Of fur
naccs. The iron industries of tho
country arc coming South, and those
who are first reap tho greatest benefits
Rolling mills located hero and stool
works can save immense sums in tho
single item OF frcightS.
Tho South has been free from strikes,
and thus manufacturers save also bycx-
! emption from interruption through IL boz
troubles. Labor here is cheap. The
climate is mild. These advantages arc
| attrac ting notice. and shrcwd business
men arc looking Southwark Salon is
receiving its share of attention, and
negotiations even now arc going on in
regard to the location OF some largo
| plants. AN especially fine opportunity
| for investment is found in the building
OF houses for rent. The profits on dwell
| ing houses seem 10 strangers Incredible.
| Houses are in demand, and that dcmand
will be Increased. Rents arc necessarily
high. and money invested in building
brings higher per cent. than can be
obtained i'll any other way.
| 1t Is as true to-day as il was last
March, when the Richmond Dispatch
said: Tho fact cannoS bc too strongly
accumulated, that the supply OF houses
| III the place is not equal to the demand,
and Will not be for 4 long time to como.
| The population in the way OF skilled
workmcn, who will require neat, mod
ern ana substantial dwellings, must
constantly increase, and it goes without
| saving, that tho rent roll in ono of tho
additions to Salem will be a very com
Portable thing TO have" As tho Cor
bctt Mill Machinery Works. tho Salem
hoillilS Mills ana tho Chadwick Two
| Wheeler Works arc nearing completion
| the need OF such dwellings daily bo-
| coming greater.
We will close with some quotations
| from recent visitors.
! The Altoona Tribune says: Salem IL
busy and most lovely town OF about
5000 inhabitants and is rapidly grow
| ing. II has every resource 10 make and
sustain populous city, and u grand irs-
turc lies just before it. Ii is ono of the
oldest places in Virginia and has,
therefore, a refined and elegant society.
1t has everything to make it delight
| full place OF residence and is surrounded
| by the most magnificent country that
can be imagined. and being POO feet
| above the sea-lcvcl has no extremes OF
heat or cold. IL has college and ~
ladies seminary ard many public build
ings OF great beauty 1t has no mush
room growth, but enjoys Il steady pros
| pcrity, and any ono possessing I SNAIL
amount OF capital can liud there IA
chance 10 engage in any business pre-
fcrred, SO great and varied are its re-
sources.and for beauty and health
fulnoss it cannot be eXcclled. 1t
has Justly won tho title Of tho
Garden Spot OF the Old Dominion,"
and it is just the country ior those 10 go
who have somp means, and especially
SO for those Who have capital for greaS
enterprises. "Southward the star of
empire takes its way" 60 South,
instead OF West" is the advice OF all
who have visited this charmed region.
for III climate and resources there ea7
be 40 comparison. The scenery around