The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-03-21

connection at Tappahannock with a
Norfolk boat. Maybe this Kappa
hammock river does for Fredericks-
burg what the old James does for
Richmond keeps the railway com
panies tame and approachable.
The Industries.
Naturally. many industries have
grown up in Fredericksburg. In the
first place, il is big lumber mark
ct. There are not less than a half
doaCa lumber concerns here. and
, vary FROM planning mills TO log
dealers, and altogether they employ
something like a thousand hands
and ship and sell all kinds OF lum-
1er from the planed timbers for
louse building purposes to cross-tios
r railways and ready-hewed um-
5ers for any kind of manufacturing.
These timber concerns have sawmills
away back in the country sections.
and altogether they employ more
than 1000 hands.
"cg century or more FTedCricks-
Dig has had something Of repu'a-
ion as a milling town rs rcpuia-
, iJn was never better than today.
fredericksburg ground flours and
meals that 20 out from the Ger
mania and other mills are well
known ell over the country.
These mills. the silk mills which
make sewing silk for the whole
country, the pants factory which
makes pants for the millions, the
Owe rail- factories. which sell their
products in all parts Of the country
ne exc e,siOr mills that do nation
/ gide business, the mattress works
hat sell mattresses all over the
country. the buggy and carriage rae
cries that sell all over the South
|,bc foundry works taat furnish
I -.rn.rs with plcws. etc and mum
Der of other factories that / might
name make up Fredericksburg IN
dustrial beehivcs. These shops en-
ploy altogether more than 2,oVu
workmen and workwomen. All get
good wages and so the pay rolls OF
the town ar, something imm2ns''
The retail merchants think that way
every Saturday afternoon when the
sons and daughters OF toll drop IN
to pay th,ir bills from the fat en-
welcomes they carry in their hands
t. Clnur. h,> IN. Se't."iSe
The social and religious ami -du-
catiohal advantages Of the good Ola
town of fredericksburg are worth
whole chapter 10 themselves. and
am going TO write that chapter at
an early date Suffice il for the
present to say that all Of the demon
Iill.iOns are represented, "a re DO
Ing in the town Catholic church,
8ap.ist church. a Methodist church.
two Episcopal churches and Pres
byterian church. to say nothing OF
two or three mission stations All
o. these churches have large sunday
Schools. end all OF the addiliohs
.hat 20 TO make Up good 'hnrch
work. Summed up guess 'he'e
mus be about 5000 cau'th menu
I bcrs in the town .
The educational advantages OF
Fredericksburg are simply superb.
The new public school buiioins'
which is said to be somewhat in the
nature of a monument 10 tn z,ai
Of Prof. Z. H. Russ sll. the leader IN
educational matters in tho town, Is
magnificent building. capable o.
accommodating 900 scholars. Two
thirds of that number arc dlreahy
enrolled on the books and thsy are
looked after by sixteen teachers
Tia, Stale Noimsl sciio'i
Tn. STATE Normal and Industrial
school for Women. which will ope Il
on the 26th of next Septembs r. Is
on, o. the biggest things the state
Of Virginia has ever undertaken |
cannot now tell all about this insti-
tuition. but at some future time /
want TO tell all know about 1.-THE
buildings row under construction
and 10 be completed in ample time
for the opening SESSION in Septem Der
+ will cost somewhere near 10 Slfo,
OOC. and they will be models.
This campus upon which ihey
stand is sixty acres in size. and III
cmded in th& same is a beautiful
grove and all OF It is situated on
magnificent heights from which
there is a view Of forest, field and
valley and landscape that is simply
inspiring.
The two buildings now nearing
completion. the dormitory with sew
cntv odd rooms and the administra-
ton building with all of the neces-
sary offices and school rooms, are
models in their way, and some time
soon. next week. perhaps, ! am go
ing to tell about them.
The Ranks.
The banking facilities OF the Town
are superb. There are here three
banks and all OF them stand Al OH
the records OF Virginia and national
banks. AS before inumated, the
business Mems Association has done
much to make industrial Frederlcks-
burg great. President Dannehl ana
Secretary King are both modest men
and they we're a little 10th 10 talk
ABOUT the ROOu Allhbo N"NJ
done. but l finally pumped out Oh
them that the association is still OF
fering free sites to new manufactur-
ing enterprises, and am told that
these sites are contiguous to railway
facilities. and that they can get
cheap water and electric power, all
that they want.
Geographically, Fredericksburg Is
superbly located. With its twenty
odd daily trains the town is in quick
communication with some OF the Dig
gest markets in the world. IL Is
half way between the national ana
the State capitals. and its manuiac-
turers and merchants are In easy
touch with about eight pillions OF
the population of the busy cities OF
the country. 1t is no wonder that
the eight or ten wholesale mer-
chants of the town do a good busi-
ness all the year around. but
of Fredericksburg | will in the near
49,. hova much more TO say