Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-01-10
vIRGINIA's PROGRESS
The Past Year Indicated Great
Material Advance

Industrial letters have appeared
!. in the daily press recently. show
) ing that every section Of Virginia
: is enjoying unparelled prosperity
Below are gathered reports from
I tn chief cities and localities:
Richmond is rebuilding its fn'
Jefferson Hotel, just completing 1
splendid cathedral and a number
Of handsome business buildings.
The State Capitol has been &C
completely remodeled as to be al
most new structure. A number
of large enterprises have been es.
tablished and others are In eros.
pect, while the extension of the
city limits and the annexation, oil
Manchester will give the Virgins
capital Tuch larger populs tior
and more important rank among
the cities of the nation.
Norfolk and the entire surround.
ing country are growing rapidly
IN population and wealth. New
steamer lines to Washington ard
to European points will increase
the size of this port, while the
new Tidewater Railway will brir g
it a considerably increased bust
ness. The retail and wholesale
trade is being extended, and the
new railway line through Eastern
North Carolina will open up a
wider territory.
The great shipyard at Newport
News las turned out battleships,
armored cruisers and merchantmen
in numbers, and is one of the
largest plants in the country. The
grain trade of Newport News,
which has langu'shed in recent
years, has revived, and the coal
trade is assuming large proper
tiors.
The coming jamestown Exposl.
tion is already beginning to make
it's influence felt in inspiring
enterprise and encouraging in
vestment throughout Southeastern
Virginia.
Petersburg and Suffolk are doing
large business in peanuts. Suffolk
is trading largely in lumber and
Petersburg in tobacco. The CON-
pletion of the big electric power
plant the Goulds are constructing
near the city ought TO stimulate
the development of industries in
Petersburg, while the extension of
the Suffolk and Carolina railroad
is certain to help Suffolk.
From Lynchburg comes the news
Of steadily growing wholesale
business extending over many
States, and corresponding growth
in manufacturing, the value Of the
plants aggregating $2,e35, 6lS. A
new 100000 Young Mems
Christian Association building,
handsome hospital and other public
structures have been provided for.
The most important new industry
is the establishment of q large
structural steel and bridge plant.
Roanoke is growing faster than
it was in the "boom" days. but
the growth ia as solid as that of
any other city. After having
already spent an immense sum in
terminals, yards and y handsome
passenger station there, the Nor
folk and Western Railroad he's
decided to spend 81 900, 900 more
In Roanoke.
Danville's extensive tobacco
trade and It's tobacco mar ufactures,
as we'll as It's large cotton mills, are
among the most important indus
tries in the State.
Winchester is to have a splendid
new library, building that will
be the pride CT the city.
Charlottesville is continually
improving, and the expansion of
the University of Virginia, Under
the administration of President
Alderman, adds to the city's i'm
portance. ao |
Bristol spent 81, 100000 in rev
buildings last year, and has been
made the headquarters of the
Virginia Coal and Iron Company,
which is to erect an immense
plant there.
Alexandria has just completed
; fine new railway station, and
between that city and Washington
are being constructed immense
freight yards, where the freight
between the South and the North
will be shifted.
Fredericksburg lie paving its
ItrvetS, improving its water and
lights and erecting q number of
lew residences and factories.
The smaller cities and towns of
he State are growing steadily.
And the country is prospering too.
The truck farmers of the Eastern
shore, through their excellent ex-
hange, have shipped enormous ,
Quantities of vegetables and fruit. ;
nd the trucking industry of the .
aetern section is bringing millions
4 dollars into the State. che ap-
lie industry in the Shenandoah
ALLEY and the Piedmont sections =
3 one of the most valuable In the