The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-08
Employmentis Abundant,
No Business Failures,
Lowest City Tax.
LINK SECTION TO
NATIONAL CAPT. AL
Ultimate Object Of Winchester
and Washington City Com
pany Is to Construct
Great Trolley Road
to Washing
ton.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch.l

Especial TO The Tmes-Dispatch.]
WINCHESTER, VA. September -
The city of Winchester. nesting In the
northern part of the far-famed Valley
of Virginia not thirty miles from
where Governor spotswood and his
gallant knights of the Golden Horses
shoe gazed from the summit of the
Blue Ridge upon It's pristine beauty,
and now boastng of nearly eight
thousand souls, has every reason 10
believe the present year Will be one
of the most prosperous in It's annals.
With an abundance of employment for
all it's people: with probably the low
est city tax rate In Virginia; with no
business failures, its manufacturing
and educational advantages. and With
everything tending to benefit ona
| morally, socially, physically and finan-
| cially, the city has a prospect for Sue
| cess and Improvement never before
enjoyed. There Is enough work at good
wages for every skilled mechanic and
| ordinary laborer In the community ard
| many from outside. The farmers here
| about will be blessed with rich crops
| and the farm laborer gets more Tor
| his work. and Is In greater demand,
| than ever. The wheat Yield Is excel-
lent the corn, crop will be large. and
| seldom has the hay crop been heavier
| or more luxuriant. While 1T is true the
| apple Will not be seen In as large
/ quantities as during the banner years.
| yet there will be great amount OK
| this fruit harvested this season.
Scores of buildings are being erected
in town. and vacant tenant house
is hard to find. The factories Will dis
tribute hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars These factories claim to be han
dicapped by the failure to secure
| enough operative and there is uni
80, n ~ Far
labor The tillers of the soil are often
& put to their wits ends to gather in
their crops.
trolley Line to Capital.
Naturally, when the subject of pros
lperity and enterprise Is brought up.
the average Winchesterian calls ones
attention to the Winchester and Wash
J ington City Railway Company. As It's
name implies the ultimate object OF
this company, which Is composed of
the leading business men and capt
talists of this section, is to connect
this city and the National Capital With
a modern trolley line, but this will not
materialiae until the company gets
: firmly established as producer OF an
: electric current that VIII supply TINS
part of the Valley with light and
a. power. After this the most important
t step the question OF a trolley line Will
z he taken up. AT present 1T is not ac-
lively considered. However, the COM,
pany has secured the necessary IRAN
chise and the right of way. Nothing
viii be done FOR at least q year. yet
S e Is not an imposslbility that the
$ work will be commenced within the
next two years. A great power plant,
t costing more than S250,00O. and
equipped with the best and most mod
ern machinery that will be capable OF
q 2,5O0-horse power, has been bullt at
| hi a 10
~ little hamlet on the Shenandoah River.
9 six miles from Harper's Ferry. Here
> modern ingenuity has harnessed the
: waters OF "The Daughter of the Stars.
= and where the Indians canoe at one
a time darted to and fro and the fawn
and doe and o.her wild animals came
: to drink in the days befor White men
trod this Valley gigantic dam spans
= the river and the forces of nature ara
:. utilized to generate power that Is
: transmitted to Charles Town, w. Va.
= Berryyille, Va, and Winchester. TWEEN
:, ty-nine miles distant. And already tho
Ia big plants are beginning 10 use tne
:, current and are doing away with the
: old fashioned water power. steam
power, and the later gasolene engines.
This fact also presents another induce
/ ment to outside capital that desires
t n favorable location. Cheaper power
g for operating Is to be had. Inc presl-
~ dent OF this COIlpduy RhA. -
Is Hansbrough, who has had much 70 Go
r. with the progress OF Winchester. The
W ,ice-president is Mr.. Charles Mullikin.
q wealthy resident of Boyce, Clarke
IL county. and formerly OF ST. LOUIS ME-
D Mulllkin Is reputed to be one or lho
l. most wealthy men of Clarke, and ms
IN capltal Is being invested in many OF
,e the1 various enterprises and banking
ar institutions OF this section. Mr.. Shlr-
1T lev Garter. another progressive citizen,
i. is the secretary and treasurer.
~ Bis manufacturing Plants.
40 Other manufacturing enterprises that
,e have much to do with the advancement
r of Winchester are the Lewis Jones
Knitting Mills. which pay over $50.
as 900 annually to It's employees and the
m Virginia Wooden Mills, which distribute
e. about $4,000 each year IN Winchester.
ss The president OF the former Is Lewis
Jones, a Philadelphia capitalist and
its Secretary and treasurer is Wlllialn
IT. Baker. better known as one or tne
rs largest chocolate manufacturers IN lhs
United states. The president OF thn
latter company Is w. -. Gra raw l =, ~
-. Martinsbtrg. W. Va formerly OF New
~ york. In addition to these places there
y, y. Ia the Old Dominion Paper Mills G. Il
''e Rohinson's Ice factory, w. B. Bakers
h. / Sons FIGURING Mills. William g
GRADIENTS glove factory. the Eddy
" Press, all big corporatiohs' eulpioYlnh
n tha most skilful labor and paying out
s., many thousand dollars, Beside these
sc, there are scores at smaller institutions
In the town. and country. including
= one of the largest dsttllertes In this
ms state. at kernsto&n,
ke What is said by some 70 no neSsr-
failing evidence of the prosperity of q
of people Is thu banks OF a community
!. Thele5are three of these In Wtnehes'
w ter--the Shenandoah Valley National