Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-25

aesthetic. owing 10 picturesque surround
ings, and extremely healthy. Pure ar
keeps constant bloom on her cheeK.
PRACTICAL AND RICH.
But Salem ia practical, and being practi-
cal is rich, and growing richer every day:
Her assets are In the very best and most
substantial of securities, pay big DIVIDENDS
and are managed by responsible and saga
cious agents. The riparian rights OF Sa-
lem are represented by Roanoke river WIN
its abundant water-power, her railroad
interests by tho great Norfolk and West
ern system with it's own spurs and diVl-
sions. such as the Cripple Creek and New
River extensions, and tho Shenandoah
Valley and its connections north, south,
cast, and west, and the Roanoke South,
ern, the dummy line to Roanoke. and
the projected Salem and Southwestern
road, and probable extension OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio from Lexington are other
interests of this character. Inc agricul-
tural tributes are from lands immediately
adjacent, which have no superior for fer
tIllty.
MINERAL REsoURCEs.
Iron ores, analysis and practical tests OF
which show high grades, and other mine:
rails abound in the immediate vicinity OF
Salem. Limestone for fuXing can be had
almost for the picking up. and the unex-
celed coal and coke Of the Pocahontas
Flat Top region can be delivered at Salem's
industries for $l.25 per ton less than fuel
costs at Chattanooga and in the IRON dlS-
tricts of North Alabama. Owing TO this
fact and the proximity of raw materials
the highest grades of foundry iron Basic
pig. mill iron, &C.. con be manufactured
by the Salem plants at the minimum cost
ard far below the expense OF putting out
such products in Pennsylvania. Inc ores
about Salem are red hematltes, brown
hematites. oxides Of manganese, and perro-
manganese. Sandstopes, plastic clays,
nc, also abound. The mountains round
about Salem and also large tracts. In the
valleys are timbered with a variety OF woods
suitable for wagon-making, agricultural
implements, and furniture, &c.
THE NEW HOTEL.
The new hotel at Salem cost $4,000 and
This. with the accommodations at Lake
Spring, make Salem particularly attrac-
tive in summer. The new depot IS gem
INTELLECTUALLY and is surrounded by beau
tiful grounds. and on the principal streets
none but brick and stone are allowed as
building materials. The average Temporal
ture as observed for fifteen years IS: Spring,
Sc degrees: summer, &c degrees; fall, 81 de,
grees; winter. Al degrees. The streets ana
avenues OF both the old and tho new parts
of the town are well laid of aud supplied
with gas and water-malns and the sewer
age system is all that could be desired.
INDUSTRIAL PoLYANDBY.
Ia wonder then that Salem should be
considered an eligible party and that in.
dustrial polyandry should be the result
Since last wrote of Salem, which was IN
the latter part of last year, although the
winter months have interviewed, the deyel
opment has been so great that IL IS hard &c
keen mn with il. About that time there
were in operation here two chair-manu
featuring ompanies-capital, Sl5OO0O
Camden Iron Works, planning and build
inp-works, sash, blind, and door-tac-
tory. the Grayely Foundry and Machine
Works. fre-br1ck and tlle-works, two car
riage-factories, two Touring mills, marble.
works. steam-tannery, and three fruit ano
VEGETABLE canneries. Among the plant:
completed since and IN operation, OF
which will DO in operation IN the neal
future. is the Salem Furnace Company
authorized capital, S20O,OOO; number OF
hands, 200; Salem Car and Machlne'
Works; S5OO0Oo capital hands, 4Oo
another sash, blind, and door-factory-
one of the largest in the Southwest
another steam tannery. 100 hands; another
wagon company, 100 hands; capital, $780,
Tho Chadwick Two Wheeler Cart
| Works. from Orlean, n. Y. will remove &c
Salem as soon as their building, 2l0xl5O feei
and three and half stories high, can bt
finished, and will give employment TO IRON
400 to 400 skilled laborers.
The Holstein Woollen-Nills. another re
moyal TO Salem, will be l5OxSO feet, anc
with the pants-factory attached VIII ON
ploy from 800 TO $50 men ana women. -,
The Gas-Heater and Stove-Works vii!
| employ about 100 skilled mechanics, anc
| the building Is 120xl3O feet.
The capacity of the Salem Rolling
Mills removed from Cincinnati Will b
| forty-fiye tons of cotton-ties per day. The
Potistoyn plant will employ 200 men
| capital 800 600. The Boston Novelty
Works will employ from one to two hun
dred boys and women, and an electric.
light company will have plant (SlOo0 OC
! capltaD in operation by next June. Inc
| Corbett Milling Machlnery Company i
another removal. The capital - SlOO,OOO
These industries, il should be remem
bered. are not speculative plants or plants
"beinc negotiated for" but are realities
and mean q mechanical population OF some
three thousand hands. The plants thai
are being negotiated for are numerous ant
varied.
In addition TO the industries that hav'
been established in Salem there are
number of banking, building, loan. anC
improvement institutions. and the poilcj
of these has been to encourage all manu-
featuring establishments.
BUILDING ONCE MORE.
Building in Salem, il would seem, ha
only been limited by the ability to secure
mechanics. In the last twelve month";
| hundreds of houses have been put up, anC
many more are under construction anc
contract. The character OF these houses
strike one at a glance. There Is no cheaE
work. Salem is being built up for the III
ture. Every dollar put IN Dicks ana NOR
| tar represents solid investment by. mel
who know what they are dong. This ap
plies to residences and stores as well as u
manufacturing establishments. and the de
mand for houses far exceeds the supply.
INTENDING HER BOUNDARIES.
Salem is pressing out in every direction
| that is, her boundaries are extenolng-ans
all available lands for building purpose
around the place have been bought up
When this move was first started II looked
"a II Saleul's confidence and ambition hat
GOTTEN the better of cool Judgment, ou
The result has fully justified the move
| All the additions TO Salem are improving
Those across the river have been cennecte,
with the old part of the town by hand
some iron bridges. The new streets ar
not plow-furrows, but bona fde grades
streets and avenues. upon which house
and The values in all these I'D
ditions have advanced rapidly. The stoc
Of the various Improvement companies IA
paid handsomely and each lot sale hs
| shown an improvement over the previou
one in the matter Of prices.
One thing have noticed particularly 4
Salem aad that is the absence of bite
| rivalry among the land and development