The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-02-11
REMARKABLE GROWTH
Of Salem, 1.-THE Queen City of
the Southwest" in One Year.

Tho Salon Improvement Company,
the most successful organization of it's
kind in Virginia. had its first sale OF lots
December II, 1889. Since that time the
growth of Salem has been marvellous.
About 400 houses have been built; ST.
100000 spent in buildings and improve
ments; the population nearly doubled,
and the business of the postofiice and
telegraph office Increased 500 per cent.
The iron furnace about to go into blast,
tho factories in operation and actually
secured will employ several thousand
hands and insure the doubling Of the
present population of 1000 in another
year. Among the industries recently
secured arc rolling mill from Cincin-
natl, tho Olcan Speed Cart Works from
Clean, n. y, and wire nail works from
Parkersburg, W. Va.
Negotiations are in progress for ad-
ditional plants to employ largo num-
Der of hands, and the land companies,
with an aggregate capital stock of
S4,000,00O, have voted liberal sums
for now industries. A wooden
mill tnearly completely that will
manufacture it's goods into clothing,
will employ large number of females.
Tho carly extension of tho Baltimore
and Ohio and the Roanoke and Southern
w phicill Will MANU- III uu important rail-
way center, and hasten It's growth into
a large iron, steel and general manufac-
turing and commercial city. Salem and
Roanoke, now rapidly growing together,
are destined to be the great industrial
center OF Virginia.
The proximity of the great Flat Top
coal fields, the chcapness of the famous
| PocahontaS coal and coke, the abundant
| supply OF iron ore, timber. and other
raw materials, make Salem an advan-
tagcous point for manufactures
Salem is the most attractive town in
Virginia; and it may well lac proud of
It's SUI passingly beautiful location, it's
healthtul Climate, its refined society, its
line churches, it's excellent schools, and
OF Roanoke College, one of the leading
institutions i'll Virginia. Attractive as
place of residence, it now offers un-
usual advantages for manufacturing and
general business. No other town in
Virginia has ever equallcd Salem's
record of progress for tho last twelve
months. Tho stage of experiment is
passed, and Salem is now firmly ostab-
lished on solid industrial basis.
The property OF the Salem Improve
mont Company adjOins the old town and
is surrounded by the lands of other
strong companies. Being inside prop.
crty, it will continue to increase in
value. Tho Norfolk and Western and
the Dummy Line to Roanoke run
through it and havo their passcngc,
stations on it. The streets have been
graded and the town system of water
works extended through it. On College
avenue, which has been we'll graded and
macadamizcd at IA cost of $4,000, onl,
brick or stone buildings may be erected
AT tho foot of this avenue stands tho
line new stone passenger station of tho
Norfolk and Western railroad, and
on 1T the Hotel Salem, costing 500,
GOO, exclusive of the land or furniture
Is under roof, the Improvement Com
pany's bank and Office building-5o by
80 feet three stories-is nearly ready
FOR occupancy, and a number of larg,
business houses have been built ant