Evening journal., 1910-09-12
SALISBURY HAS
A BIG LAND BOOM
Securing Building Sites for
Manufacturing Plants
Keeps Town Busy
MAKING LOTS
WHILE YOU WAIT

SALISBURY. Md, Sept. $50
great is the demand for land in Sails
bury that the people now are making
it to supply the demand and at pres
ent are as busy as ants adding 46
acres of valuable property to the
ground In the heart of the city.
On this achievement 460 acres may
be manufactured in some other section
and 1900 in still another location. The
possibilities are boundless.
Capital and labor alike are turning
in this direction and Salisbury is
growing like the proverbial mush-
room. Factories are springing up au
all sides, the banks are bulging with
deposits and real estate is piling up
treasure on earth for its owners-and
everybody is smiling. From a modest
little village the town has developed
into a city Of nearly 5000 persons. and
its growth has been substantial, as
well as rapid.
Pond as Factory Site.
So. with the entire Of the city. cover
ed with brick and stone buildings,
several citizens last winter took
counsel together to provide more ac-
commodation with every convenience
for manufacturers and shippers, and
their eyes turned toward Humphreys
pond Pretty pond it was until the
dam broke. and then the beauty tric-
killed. out with the waters, leaving an
unsightly waste and eke malodorous.
Just the place for factory sites"
confided Elisha +. Twilley to William
B. Cooper and Henry B. Freeny
opined likewise
So.with +. l.. Wales, the trio got
their heads together and decided to
utilize the barren bottom. Further
than this, they picked up waste
property here and there, chiefly I'm the
roar of the court house. and from
that point down to the Wicomico river,
until they held nearly half a hundred
acres. And the visitor from the out
lands smiled in superior pity. while
the residents of the town awaited in
teresting developments, serene in the
confidence that their friends would
make good.
Capital of 100000.
For a time the proposition Ian
guished. while Mr. Twilley helped
his colleague I'm the House of Dele
gates to pass the anti-monopoly bills
and other good legislation. Three
hundred thousand dollars had been
subscribed as capital for the UNDER
taking. and all was I'm readiness for
his return from Annapolis. And CO.
incidently with his return came do
ings." Two monster dredges floated
up the river and an army Of laborers
appeared on the scene; then Mr..
Twilley blew the go-ahead whistle.
BY Aid of the Tide.
First and foremosttwo scows were
fioated under a bridge that barred
progress up a ditch to the scene of
action. The tide rose and the barges
and bridge with it, the dredges went
Lp the stream and as the tide receded
| the barges settled also and deposited
| the bridge upon it's piers. TO the frac-
| tion Of hairs breadth The entire
| operation was performed on one turn
Of the tide.
Thus, about the middle of April, the
digging of a branch of the WicomicO
river was commenced, the earth being
utilized for filling in the bottom OF
the old pond and the adjacent low
lands. Inch by inch the filling grew,
as thousands of cubic yards of earth
were thrown over the area. and CO.
incidentally thousands of dollars Of
concrete wealth we're duued 10 the
prosperity of Salisbury. And through
out the summer the work was con-
tinued. until to-day nearly half a hun
dred barren acres have been reclaim
ed and soon will be covered with fac
tories and freight houses.
At the same time. moreover, a
waterway has been dug nine feet deep
at low tide and of ample width for
the maneuvering Of vessels tying up
to the wharves Into this will come
steamers and sailboats and transpor-
tation by both land and water will be
provided
Besides the factories contemplated
the members Of the Salisbury Realty
Company expect the New York. Phila-
delphia and Norfolk railroad to erect
n great terminal freight station on the
land. to which will be run ample
tracks and switch accommodations.
or the 46 acres. 81 lie above the old
dam and 10 below Il. and TO both
sections will be added more ground
ae fast as the company can pick II up.
This is only one Of Salisbury's en-