The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-17
PULASKI.
The Gem Of the Mountains
Growing to aCity.

PULASKI, Va, March, 1e.-(gpecial]--
Pulaski was first called the "Gem of
the Mountains" by your correspondent
and sinoa then Editor Christian, Of the
News, has rivetted the appellation to
the place and used it to attract men
and money to aid in building city.
Pulaski is gem in many respects. AS
place Of business or residence there is
much In its favor and nothing against
it. Its people are wide-awake, liberal
and progressive and while industries
have come slowly those secured are
valuable and Of q character to attract
Others.
Pulaski is, as you readers know, tn o
northern terminus of the North Carolina
Cripple Creek division of the Norfolk
and Western railroad and is, therefore,
tho key to the great Cripple Creek iron
ore and zinc beds. The iron ores from
profitable manufacture of pig in this
section of Virginia, and are oonse-
quently in great demand. This fact
gives Pulaski decided advantage over
many other towns and is being utilized
for all it is worth. To 1t may be attrib-
uted the erection of the Pulaski iron
furnace and the 40 per cent dividend 1t
yielded the first year Of it's operation,
and the building of the Dora furnace by
Capt. George Il. Mills, l.. S. Coffee and
other capitalists, to go in blast in a few
months.
There are a number of paying indus
tries in operation here and others are
going up rapidly in spite of the continu-
GUS bad weather. The Bertha Zinc
Works have long since passed into the
industrial songs and stories of the Sou tn
west as one of the best paying enter
prises in the South. Besides the Pu-
laski Iron Furnaces, and the ono in
course of erection a large Touring mill
with daily capacity of 60 barrels, and
planning mill has just been completed,
and Mr.. G. G. l.. Brown, native Vir-
.ginian, late manager of Carnegie,
Phipps & Co. IS great mills at Pittsburg,
Pa, and subsequently of tho Illinois
Steel Company, S5,00O,0O0 Chicago
enterprise, is building $50, ZOO rolling
mill to employ from 200 to 300 men.
Your correspondent could mention
other industrial establishments, for
they arc here, but these and the state
mont that fully Si,0OO,OO0 have been
invested in the aggregate must suffice
for the present.
The News, edited by A. A. Christian,
and the Advertiser, by Il. l.. Gardner,
are doing well from Il pccuniary point
of view, and both are booming Pulaski.
n 1t is conceded by candid people that no
82ewspaper is adequately rewarded for
S. Is work in spreading a knowledge of
advantages and resources OF its sec
I and those above mentioned are not
tions. Christian is preparing to
~ his weekly into daily, and
~ will be succeeded by Prof.
y II, principal of the Pulaski Graded
1,cn0ol. These changes are a satsfac-
tory guarantee that the town is to be
! doomed, and doomed as far as money,
brains and pluck can contribute to it,
Lots are continually changing hands
here. Last week Harrison, Watson &
Co., sold $4,000 worth to Chicago
party. Twelve years ago n gentleman
bought small tract for 800, and,
having sold off lots to the value of
$4,000, his wife informed him that she
would sign no more deeds until the re-
mainder was disposed of for $4,000.
She joined with her husband in deal
to the Chicago purchasers.
One of Pulaskis many charms is
Maple Shade Inn, Manager Fred e.
Foster, who is assisted by w. II. Hays,
genial, handsome man who manifets
great fondness for almost everything
that can be petted but woman, His
favorites, judging solely from the care
ful and very gentle way he fondles them,
are two alligators behind the Office
counter. They are four or five years
old, about fourteen inches long and any
thing but attractive, but friend Hays
does no. seem to appreciate the impor-
tance or desirability of beauty in his
.,-,pets, but justifes the conclusion that
99HeA admires the opposite. This peculiar
Dit or affectation, whichever 1t is,
3S6oes not lessen his capacity for conduct
ing a hotel for Maple Shade is excelled
by no hostelry in the land. The rooms
are elegantly furnished, the cuisine all
that the most fastidious could desire
and the service prompt and polite.
A large addition to the main building
is well under way and will give Maple
Shade fifty additional rooms, but these
will not be adequate to tho demand,
such is it's popularity not only with the
travelling public, but the people Of Pu
laski. many of whom live there. A stone
wall, like that which encloses Hotel
Roanoke, is being built. When these
improvements are completed Maple
Shade will have no superior in the
South for beauty and comfort. 1t has
none now in point of management.
Here, as at Radford, THE TINES was
complimented AT both places CORES
pondent will hereafter keep your read
ers posted on local occurrences, and
\ news agents and news boys, as we'll as
the mails will supply largely increased
number of readers with the ''best paper
jim Southwest Virginia" JAR.
II Stocks Going Higher.
The continuous decline in all classe !,
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