The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-01-21


Of water coursing throughout the town.
One can step to the middle Of the street,
board an electric car, have newsboy
hand him the daily woRLD, weekly
Herald, Tndpmdrnt, Pioneer Press or
Statesmen, and read the news while
taking an excellent ride through as
pretty and clean town as can be
found anywhere.
The graded schools Of Martinsburg's
Independent School District, consist
ing 81 four ward and one high school
for the whites, and one ward school for
thecolored children, are among the best
in the State.
Eleven churches promote the morals
% the community, and the pulpits are
ably filed BY intelligent christian
gentlemen.
Y. >. Court House at Martinsburg, and
work will soon commence thereon, Civ
ing employment to numerous hands
for two years, aud will cost $4,000
when completed. Being the county
seat Of Berkeley county, the circnit and
county courts assemble Mt Martinsburg;
likewise the u. s. Circuit and District
Courts.
These are few Of the prominent re-
sources Of Martinsburg, now tangible.
The future has even moro IN store.
The Martinsburg Mining, Manufactur.
ing and Improvement Company has
organized in this city. 1000 acres Of
the choicest land have been purchased
and d fine addition to the city il now
being laid out into streets, avenues
and lots. Sites are offered free to all
manufacturers who will locate plants
thereon; and soon the humming
machinery Of factories will make sweet
music where for years the brown fields
stretched away In M unbroken land
scape. Such mon as Hons. s. b. Elkins,
Robt. r. Porter, Il. b. Faulkner, Chas.
j. Faulkner, Thos. M. King, Geo. M.
Bowers, Jno. b. Wilson aud Jas. II.
Thompson, mean business, and the
boom will increase our population,
beautify our city and add to our ma
terial wealth and the stamina Of our
citizens.
The Martinsburg Development Com.
pany also has hundreds Of acres of
boom land on the Northern suburbs
of the city, and the efforts Of its ener-
getic management will result in the
erection of. number OF reliable fac
tories in the near future.
The country around Martinsburg Is
as fairas Gods garden mountains and
plains, rich. lowlands waving woods,
luxurient pasturage, winding streams
these blend In one harmonious and
beautiful whole. Contiguous to the
city are the Faulkner iron ore beds,
only awaiting the aid Of the capitalist
10 bring out their hidden wealth. Iron
deposits are numerous in the county.
Veins Of coal have been located The
formation Of the earth leads biologists
to predict the presence Of natural gas,
while magnificent limestone deposits
are found at the very gates Of the city.
What are the resources Of Martins
bnrg9 Here she sits, enthroned be-
tween the mountains, with every nat
ural resource desirable--within easy
reach Of the finest markets Of the coun-
try. Her climate is mild, no epidemic
finding foothold within her confines.
With wide streets, good drives, .booms'
and natural facilities, she has no peer
in all the beautiful Cumberland Val
ley.
We cannot lift the veil which hides
the great future from view, but firmly
believe that Martinsbnrg is just enter
ing an era Of unexampled prosperity.
Herresources are at last attracting and
commanding that attention and inter-
est which they should have received
long ago.