Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-10
Our County Towns.

= Immigration Agent of the b. & o. r. r.,
Baltimore, Nd, and devoted to the inter
ests of the country through which this
great road and Its branches extend, is
b doing splendid service for the counties OF
the Valley of Virginia. 1t brings our mag
nifcent natural advantages to the notice
of thousands Of people throughout the
United States who are looking for just
such investments as the Valley offers
The March issue of this publication has
the following to say about the towns of
Shenandoah comfy.
STRAsBURG, YA.-Fifty-two miles from
Harpers Ferry. Has the advantage Of
two roads, the Baltimore and Ohio and
the Richmond and Danville, and is going
forward in industrial Improvements.
Has several potteries employing a great
many hands. A new Touring mill, with
a capacity of 200 barrels per day, is in
operation, and the Southern Manufacture.
ing Company have under construction a
large plant for the manufacture of horse
and mule shoes. The Shenandoah river
passes near by. The town is in a pic
turesque region and a rich farming and
stock raising territory.
FISHER HILL, VA The first station
south of Strasburg. A farming, stock
raising, timber aud mineral section.
TOMS BROOK, YA.-Fifty FIVE miles
from Harper's Ferry. Is one of the most
progressive villages in the Shenandoah
Valley. A great many new buildings
have been erected during the past year
The industrial enterprises at this point
are lime kilns, operated by Jones & Bans
erman, and Mr.. j.. S. Borden has a sue
cessful factory tuning out barrel slaves
and headings.
MAURERTowN. YA.-Two miles south of
Toms Brook. Has a population of 15c
and is surrounded by an excellent agri-
cultural district. Has schools and church
es, and IS the location of a saw mill.
WOODSTOCK. VA.-This town, with a
population of 1900, is the county-seat of
Shenandoah county. In the way of in
dustries it has in operation a furniture
factory and three Touring mills; one with
a capacity Of 100 bbls and the other two
so bbls. each per day. In addition to
these there are several smaller industries
An lion foundry and machine shop IS
located here, not now. in operation. The
plant consists of good buildings equipped
with considerable amount of machinery
and is situated not more than seventy-fye
feet from the track of the B. & o. r. r.
The owner who formerly operated 1t Is an
elderly gentleman OF means and does not
care to have the responsibility of the
| business. This accounts for Its being idle.
1t could readily be converted into fur
niture factory or almost any woodwork
! ing establishment and operated TO advar-
, tage. The terms of sale or lease could be
easily arranged to suit parties. We will
be glad to give details to any one who
may be interested The B. 81 U. Il. r.
has a beautiful station building here,
built of stone Of unique design. The
private dwellings are ornamental and
comfortable, aud present very creditable
appearance. There is a Furnishing band
in the town, and church spires rise at
frequent intervals. Two weekly news
/ apers of large circulation are published
here, aud the large fair grounds Of the
Shenandoah County Agricultural Society,
one of the most successful in the State,
are located at this place. The country
tributary to Woodstock contains some
excellent farming land on which good
crops are raised, as well as stock aud
poultry.
EDINDURG, YA.-This town is the ship
ping point for the Liberty Iron Com
pany's products They have large fur
naces eleven miles west, from which
narrow gauge railroad extends to the b.
& 0. r. r at this town. The plant has
capacity of seventy five tons of iron per
day, and there is apparently an mex
haustibls supply of ores.
As a new industry at climbing, We
notice a planning mill and lumber yard.
There are also several new houses being
erected, which manIiests spirit of pro-
gress. The Stony Creek manufacturing
Cos. woodworking establishment is also
located here.
One mile from the town IS said to be
an abundant SUPPLY of black and varie-
gated marble, with traces of what appears
to be Autograph stone and granite.
This deposit IS entirely undeveloped
and samples submitted show 1t to admit
of very fine polish. The stone rises in
duff about l25 feet high from the Shen-
andoah river, and crops out on the sur
face for half a mile back. We will be
glad to obtain samples for interested
parties and arrange for them to examine
tue property. ucie SoAto'h'9 "fpN"'o
to be some merit in this deposit; at any
rate it is worth investigation.
Mt. JACKSON, vA-Mt. Jackson is
another pretty valley town with popu-
latlon OF about 500. Twelve miles distant
are the celebrated Orkney Springs which
usually entertain during the season
about 500 guests. These springs were
recently purchased by New York gen.
tleman, who will mako extensive i'm
prOvements.
This is also the nearest railroad point
10 the Shenandoah Alum Springs, to
which number Of people resort.
The Shenandoah river is within a short
distance of the town. Although this
place is small, evidences of thrift and
enterprise can be seen all around in the
nature of Touring mills, lumber yard,
and grain elevator with a capacity of
80, 900 bushels. The different religious
demo ninatlons have neat churches, and
two-story brick school building with