Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1891-05-13
SALE OF LOTS BY THE STAUNT0K DE
VELOPMEMT COMPANY.
Investments not only Safe but Profitable.

HUI Uuly DdlO
virginia-The Great Valley-Staunton.
The first week of next month, which is
near at hand, will mark all epoch in the
history of this "Queen city of the Valley"
as the Staunton Development Company
have fixed upon the End and 3rd of June as
the days on which their great sale of lots
will take place, and the 4th of June for the
drawing of lots. From that time onward
the march Of progress of this city will be
accelerated, and it will be such, in all prob
ability, as will surprise even the most hope
full and sanguine. All the signs are auspi
cious of remarkable success. Those who
have capital need have no fear of investing
it here, for it will be not only safe beyond
peradventure, but will yield handsome
and profitable return. There has been no
time since the war when investments in
property in Staunton failed to be both safe
and profitable, and now, that so many large
and valuable industrial enterprises have
been planted here through the agency Of
the ''Staunton Development Company" so
wisely and ensrgetically conducted by its
sagacious President, Mr.. NJ. Erskine Miller,
there cannot be ''the shadow of doubt
that investments will be profitable to de-
gree that will both surprise and crafty all
who may invest. 1t seems to US that if
investments are profitable in the many new
towns that have sprung up like magic in
all portions of this lovely Valley as well as
elsewhere in the State where no improve
ments existed before, and such has been
the case, fortiori they will be much
more profitable here where healthful and
prosperous city exits with its manifold i'm
provements and advantages. The vast
sums that have to be spent in new towns
before they can begin to approximate the
necessary improvements that exist here,
have already been spent here, and the new
investors get the benefit of it without any
cost to them. In other places, they would
have this vast sum to expend before they
could receive the advantages now offered
by this city.
Before these new towns can begin to en-
Joy tie comforts and advantages now af-
forded by Staunton, they will have to build
school houses, churches, stores, shops, fac
tories, etc., and have waterworks, gas
works, electric-lights, street railway cars,
and thousand other things that require
both time and vast sums Of money to OBJ
tain. Staunton affords advantages that no
new city can, especially in its admirable
Female Seminaries, Military Academy, and
Public Schools, and its religious advan-
tages in having fine churches of nearly
every denomination. It is useless to argue
the advantages of Stanton as place OF
residence or business, and its superiority
over other places, as they are so apparent
as to be at once eomprehended by any one
who will think for moment We do not
mention these things for the benefit of our
own people who know them already, but
for that of strangers, that they may be
convinced, as are our own people, that
investments here will be not only safe. but
profitable to a richly remunerative degree.
Virginia, by virtue of its genial climate.
salubrious atmosphere, fertile soil, pleni-
tude of water, forests and valuable and var
led minerals, its sublime and picturesque
scenery of mountains, hills, valleys and
dales, its capacity of maturing 10 perfection
greater variety of productions than the
same territory In any other part of the
world,to say nothing Of its historic glory, is
the finest State in the Union, both for res-
dence and business, and this great and fer
tile and beautiful Valley is the best part Of
this whole State, and Stanton is in the
portasion, furnished by two leading HAIL
roads of the country, with proximity on
the one hand to an abundance Of coal and
iron, and on the other to markets in the
north, east and soath, and ports on the sea,
thus making it the most desirable place to
live and to invest capital. Virginia is des
tined to be one of the wealthiest States IL
the Union, and Staunton, in its centre will
be a large and prosperous city. Its cen
trail position, its elevation, 400 feet
above the sea, its healthfulness, its
transportation facilities, it's educational,
religious, and business advantages, and
tie character Of its citizens, will be
sure to secure that result. If we
had the capital-which unfortunately we
it here.