The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-02-26
ROANOKE. VA, FEBRUARY &c. 1898
THE NEW RAILROAD CONNECTION:
ALSO SMALL INDUSTRIES.


Transportation and trade are syno.
nyms. In these days of fierce competi.
tion every edge must be watched, else
the balance OF the profit and loss &C
count will be found on the wrong sid.
1t goes indeed without saying that no
community can grow, in the modern
sense. that has to depend upon single
line Of railway for tho movement of it's
traffic.
If competition is the life of trade"
10 all other lines, why should railway
service be an exception? Roanoke's
connection with the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad will not only not damage
the Norfolk and Western railroad, but
greatly add to its revenues through the
general increase of business the more
favorable facilities will engender. 1t
is hard to find words that will too highly
praise the splendid enterprise of the
Norfolk and Western railroad, or ex.
press the gratitude OF this section of
Virginia for what that great railway has
done to make its resources known to the
world, but she can't do everything, and
1t is quite certain she has
no desire to make the attempt.
OF course the good people of Roanoke
need not to be told that their real estate
has no inherent value; it must have an
enterprising man in it, and that man
must not be cramped N his endeavor If
his work is to result in m argin on the
right side of the account, and as that
mans endeavors show margin that is
constantly advancing, the al estate on
which he stands becomes more and more
valuable, and it can't got value any other
way. 1t is, therefore, imagined that
there is not property-holder in Roam
oke who will be unable to SEQ clearly
where his intoress lies In the matter t,
be submitted to his vote involving new
and most valuable railway facilities
Well, suppose the new connection is
made, what then? Can Roanoke have
proper growth on iobbing trade alone
Must she not have manufactures and
diversified manufactures at that? OF
course. Why? Because when a mcr-
chant comes to buy goods. and the
modern merchant handles every thing,
he must be able to secure an assorted
carload. if need be, else no will GER
tainly go to some point whore this can
be done. 1t concentrates his business
and saves expense AMI time. Roanoke
then, to do her work perfectly, must be
both joboing and manufac turing CEN
tire, and this can be done If her mon,
who have not failed yet in anything
they have undertaken, choose to do it.
Why does She not, for instance, manu-
1acture tobacco on large scale?
What town has ever suffered in financial
ability with that industry in full
blast? and Roanoke is not without men
who know how to handle that industry
we'll. But, taking view OF the re-
sources that increased railway facilities
Will put at our command, the arrange
ments to make them available will
doubtless suggest themselves. But
town is not made that depends wholly
on large industries; they must be sand
wiched by the smaller one s, and when
both sorts are ct work, women as we'll
as men will find no cause OF com plant
that they are willing to work bu. no.
body will hire them. 1t was, therefore,
source OF peculiar qualification to OBJ.
serve the start m ade in the small in
drstry line by the company organized