The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-04-02
The Clifton Forge Company.
WHAT TT HAS DONE AND IS poING-soME
INTERESTING FACTS - ISLANDERS
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CLIFTON FORGE, MARCH 80, 1891.

Whhh - hAS DoNit AND Is DOlRG-5oMh
INTERESTING FACTS ISLANDERS
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CLIFTON FORGE, MARCH 80, 1891.
Editor Valley yir.t,ian
An ad;tori.I +, Ias+ ,ao,,,a f,,:.4o.,
- 800. 10y wen o'.i.oh
foise HeRse~ "iiiie perhaps written
with honest intentions, presents such an
invidious comparison between tba two
..ntornr;s;ne ,o,,,;o ,,.,,;a,. -
= i'e .oi.i ''''e'' "i'i'ii '''e "
gamer using thelr most strenuous efforts
towards the successful building up of
the new Clifton Forge that to allow If tn
oo ,n,nsworod III ~. ~
- ,''n - "e'eo :, "o'''' si.i'1e ehe OBJECT
wnlcn the wrlter-whetlier honestly or
otherwise-purports to have in view, viz
the advancement OF the town. Any
artlcie containing SO many broad state
ments must unavoidable be tinctured
Win some degree OF truth, and yet, as
IN tne present case, the anlmus of the
who're colhposltlon is SO plainly evident
tilitC NY tiiose VINO know anything of the
iacts or VIII take the trouble to enquire
into them with an unprecedented mind.
the writer would at once be ciassed as
no friend OF the future of Clifton Forge.
IL would take too much space at present
to reply to each separate clause of the
leader in the issue referred to; l there
tore merely ask room for a general reply
TO IT,. The text seems to be The G.. & O.
development Company, have done it
all ana nave been honest and faithful in
the fullfillment of their promises, w. lie
the Chiffon Forge Company has done
absolutely nothing, save to deceive its
stockhoiders and use their money for the
personal aggrandlzemento OF the twelve
gentlemen who conceived the enter
prize" Thls is evidently the gist of the
article, but is it correct? That the Devel-
opment Company has been, and is now
endeayoring to fulfill every promise
made to the stockholders and to the
public is certainly true, and by their
works they may be known.
The well Graded streets and the many
handsome private residences erected by
the Company, either for sale or rent, and
the large and elegent hotel, now nearly
completed, and which for perfect archi-
tectural design and completeness of inter
nal arrangements can scarcely be excelled
in the state, prove most clearly not only
the business capacity of the manage
ment but their determination to change
the bowling wilderness into Il Furnishing
city. But the contemplated work can
not be done in q day, and especially
such days as those the. last three or
four months have chafked on the calens
dar We have no doubt but that in due
time the promised enterprises will fol.
low. The Repieae article leads It's read
ers to believe that the great shops OF the
G. q 0. Railway Co, are a part OF the
development Company's promised en-
terprises, that they have been built
etc. lssuch statement right. especially
when used for the purpose of disDarag
ing the Clifton Forge Co? We doubt
if the gentlemen composing the former
syndicate will feel at all gratifed for the
Re0ie10's editorial OF March 81 It's true
chat the Development Co made the
building of the shops one of the chief
features, Ii not indeed the chief feature
Of it's prospectus, but for the same reason
and with equal RIGHT. the Clifton Forse
Co, in their prospectus, did the Sam,
thing. If the one COMPANY is emitted
to credit for the completion Of this mag
nificent work. the other is eouallv GO
1t is an enterprise common t., both +
is the nucleus around which The whola
town will gather and pro1g and with
out which the present hriaht fltnra of
Clifton Forge, would I fear he anvfhino
but encourapinr
But these shops were not buiit nv eth
err the Deyalon,uent or The Clifton FORCE
Co. nor do either one of them claim to
have spent a dollar on their constrnc,
ton. Let us now enquire if if is true
that the Clifton Forge Co. has been der
Iict in its duty. or unmindfnl nf tic
promises as CHARGED Lv the Hensese ras
memberinn at Nh. SAME lime flat ia on
terprisine sister had nearly = Years
start. Work on the survey was benun
April Is. 1890. and in the short suace Of
four months about eight hundred acres