The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-05-23
FREDERICKSBURG
Its Advantages as n Location for In
dustrial Plants.

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The following article prepared by
Mr.. David l. Jaynes for the Busi-
ness Mems Association and sent 10y
a committee OF that body, OF
which Mr. Gunyon Harrison is chair
man. To the Manufacturer Record
/ appeared I'm that publication Of this
week. together with cut of the
new dam OF the Fredericksburg
/ Power Company.
Business Mems Association.
Fredericksburg. Va. May -.
The Manufacturers Record.
To the manufactures seeking a
base for his Industrial operations,
Fredericksburg presents great oppor
tunities.
re water-power Of the Rappahan-
mock river and It's branches is ample
for operating many industries.
All this power ccnters at Freder-
icksburg. and when IL Is electrified
as it will be in few months. Fred
ericksburg will be an up-to-date elec
trical city. The company controlling
this power has completed one dam
on the Rappahannock which is $40
feet in length and 32 feet I'm height
There are TO be two more dams on
the Rappahannock and Rapidan riy-
ers This company is erecting a
large concrete pOwer-house in this
city, which is nearing completion.
and will soon be ready to dolbusnes
and generate the current by Octo-
Der /. 1000 horsepower OF electrical
energy will be available. and this
will be increased to $4,000 horse
power as soon as the other dams
are completed. The owners Of this
power have already expended more
than 100000 on its improvements
and electrification. and stand ready
10 eXpend more in order to make
their plant for the generation and
sale OF electric power the largest
and best i'm this section. This cleo
trio power will be sold at attractive
rates
Fredericksburg is situated mid
way between the extreme north and
extreme south. in the center Of the
Atlantic seaboard region. one hour
and a half from Washington. The
segmen within radius of $40 miles
Of this city is a population OF nearly
25.OOO.OOO, more than one-fouth
the population of the United States.
All these people can be reached By
rail from Fredericksburg in less than
~ hours by means Of the following
lines OF transportation: The Rich
mond. Fredericksburg q Potamac;
Seaboard Air Line; the Washington
Southern: Atlantic Coast Line and
he Piedmont. Fredericksburg & Po-
omac There are also functions
with the Chesapeake a Ohio and
he Southern Railway adjacent to
his city. and the Maryland. Della
ware and Virginia Railway operates
/ well-equipped steamboat line be-
ween Fredericksburg and Baltimore
md Norfolk The possibilities for
heap neutrality-suspicious. OF freight
are well-nlgh unlimited. There Is
sufficient depth OF water to float
liver vessels Of the largest ton
lage. and to enable them to take on
md discharge their cargoes prop
rly together with ample space for
Wharfage. Raw materials may be
ihipped direct TO Fredericksburg by
iarges from points along the At
antic seaboard and the Chesapeake
Bay. There are now large numbers
II barges plying between this city
md Baltimore and Philadelphia, and
10 and from Norfolk when desired.
The Business Mems Association OF
Fredericksburg will give free build
ing sites to all manufacturers wish
ing to build factories in this city, an
manufacturers who intend locating
here would well to come at once and
choose a building site before the
rush. which will follow the opening
of the electrical power plant.
Rents are very reasonable here
and a manufacturing concern wish
ing to bring laborers with it would
find that these labOrers could rent
homes so much cheaper than they
could in a larger city that they
could afford TO work for much low
er wages. There is also "A great deal
If CHEAP land in Fredericksburg,
md industrial corporations coming
here would be able to purchase this
land and erect upon It dwellings for
its labborers and rent them at
profit. There is one thing about
our city that should endear IL to
every manufacturer. we have no
trades-union, in the general accept
ance OF the term. We have now
some 80 successful factories and
mills. with never a strike or disa-
agreement to beggar the workman
,r break up the owner. Fredericks-
urg is situated in the midst OF
God farming country. with good
1p-to-date roads in process OF con
struction. All crops which do well
i'm a temperate climate can be grown
f., this section with profit TO the
rover. The progressive farmers OF
his locality are profitably engaged
il stock-raising. Registered cattle,
flooded horses, besides general farm
ing. orcharding and the raising OF
Italia also furnish profitable en-
,loyment TO the up-to-date farmers
= orr section. Apples were pro
iuced near fredericksburg the past
,sason which for quality, color and
size might well challenge the world.
fredericksburg is no longer a part
r the old conservative South. but
is 10 be found in the ranks OF
hose cities which are rapidly max
.lg the new progressive South an
I,otrioI rival of the North.