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RICHMOND, VA., SAT URDAY, MARCH 12, 1910.
HEW SUE OFFERS
MMfJtpCES
Pending Removal to Weathamptan
Assures “Greater Richmond
College.
CO EDUCATIONAL PLAN
WILL BE FOLLOWED
Man and Women Students Will
Have Separate Internal Organ
izations, But Many Common
Benefits. Campus Spacious.
Rscent developments tn the matter
_ef removing Richmond College and;
building a woman'* college on the
new proposed *tte at Weathanipton
Indicate that when the trustee* have
their next meeting In June the com
mittee* win have most encouraging
A "Greater Rich
mond College" is now practically as.-.
. u.*i.ned to be a great
i.-iiuu, combining, tor the sake
of economy and efficiency in admin
istration. a college tor men and an
other for women.
Each college will have lte own In
ternal organization. It* own faculty,
elaaaea and institutional Ufa. but also
many things In common. A great
central library will furnish a common
storehouse for book*. On* spacious
auditorium will house both colleges
for public lecture*, commencements
and music recitals. One central plant
can heat all buildings, even though
they stand in separate parka. Lec
ture courses, like those of the Thomas
foundation, will serve both men and
women equally well. More protet
sors of a higher grade can be em
ployed. who will teach the more Im
portant coursea In both colleges.
Such an institution In Richmond will
have a national outlook, and will
serve city. State and nation.
1‘rogrrss of Committee*.
The committee appointed to acquire
a sit- for the new colleges has made
rt-uarkable progress, and has practi
ce. .» secured the beautiful site at
Wrschampton at no coat to the col
leges.
This committee Is composed of
Messrs. J. Taylor Ellyaon, president
of the board; r. W. Boatwright, pres
ident of Richmond College; George
W. McDaniel, A, W. Patterson and
t. B. McAdams.
The tract of land that has been ac
quired cover* an area of *40 acres.
In addition to Weethampton lake.
Which divides the tract Into two piece*
of one hundred and one hundred and
forty acre*, respectively. The larger
lection lie* to the north and west of
the lake. The committee haa ar
ranged to purchase eleven additional
acre* from Mr*. Browning, llila tract
adjoining the one hundred and forty
acre* on Aha north. Option* are held
(or fifty additional acre*, but It is
stated by one in authority that the
two- hundred and Arty-one acrea will
constitute the entire site. President
Boatwright was at Weethampton
Tuesday, and had th* eleven addi
tional acre# surveyed.
Th# trustees plan to push forward
the building of th# Woman'# College
as fast as possible. An agreement
with the authorities ot the P™*#®*
Woman's College provide* that the
Institution shall be
hand* of the nm college and such
disposition mad# of It as may eesm
proper. As It Is considered
to maintain In the same *5°
such Institutions, th* present wo
man's College will be merged In the
new institution as eoen aa It la «#
tnhUdhPd. . .
The trustee# have formed no defi
nite Idea about rnov
lM(L but they probably will ipaae
arrangement* forth!* at tba Sun*
“rha” beat Indication that the P«Wle
sen have at the present time that
th* College I# going to move 1> th#
foot that several lota have already
been sold from the tract on the south
side of Franklin street, ^hlcdUreally
a part of the campus. It ia the pur
JoM Of the trustees to sell this en
tire tract.
Building Committee.
As soon ok the committee on sHe
receives the deeds for the property
IhT president will appoint a commlt
tee to look Into th* matter of suitable
buildings. It Is the purpoee of the
trustees to have plans and specifica
tions tor the entire institution. Rich
mond College and Womens CoRege,
before any construction work is be
gun. The committee wMl be on
i tour of the North «« Wtet to vau
the best and _ most modera college.
end make a ologe examination of the
latest college architecture. As V
latest college architecture. As goon
as this committee returns the s«*i
tects will be put to work on the
P*Th» trustees are now In
ence with prominent landscape etehl
and It I. anticipated the* in a
short Urn* there will be * “SffLTTJ
of workmen on th* site. Plane tor
the grounds will be submitted end
those moat pleasing to ths trustee
will be accepted. It 1* P">bJ^1*
a ersst deal of grading will be necea
LSbut this wtil depend upon the
advice ef the landscape experts.
Cash Coming In.
Th* first I10M00 of the endow
ment fund was paid up 1fn*“11
date It was due. April 1. f”!.'.*?*1
asoond yearly Installment will be due
SiAprUl, 1»«- °* ihto, a»b«n«
$40,000 has been M**1****?./?** ^
Virginia subeerlbers and |1*.TOO ho*
been reoeived from the
ta.Trt.nd o«|M0.*M ww IjajnWj
BM&t ivbo os r.r. .n
jua gaaaA^i«.»*V
' w_been effectually oironged by *
££*»>** between th* College authorl
SSrSS th. railroad company.
Tt wwe Mated Trtday m°rnlng b|
gg* of aathority that the new
AwaT
..
WESTHAMPTON WHERE RICHMOND COLLEGE WILL BE LOCATED
va*?4*** ^ -jaws
GREAT ACTIVITY III j
LOCAL BEIL ESTATE5
Several Important Transactions
and Speculation Charaeimee
Present Conditions.
NEW LIFE IN SUBURBS
West End Property in Demand,
While Small Boom Starts in
East 'Main Street
The real estate transactions of the
week have been characterised by sev
eral sales of untibual Importance,
considerable speculation In city prop
erty and renewed activity in the
•uburba
Two of the principal sales were
oloeed by Mr. John T. Howe, of John
T. and fit H. Howe & Irvins E. Camp
bell, real estate agents, being the
transfer of all the remaining Brook
dale property to the Avondale Land
Company for *46,000, and the trans
fer of the Hammond ^property to
Mr. J. Scott Parrish and the Subur
ban Development Company, the con
sideration oelng $*0,000.
Mr. Parrish buys all that property
lying west of Seminary avenue, ini
eluding the green houses and the
Hammond florist business, and will
operate as the Hammond Company,
Incorporated.
Pays $23,000.
The Suburban Development Com
pany takes all that property lying
east of the avenue, containing abou,
fifty lots. These will be placed on the
market Immediately. The develop
ment corporation paid for Its share
of the original Hammond property
about *22,000.
Another sale of wide interest, clos
ed by Mr. 'O. H. Nu listen, of Elam
and Funsten and Pollard A Bagoy,
was the transfer of the old Olnter
estate. "Westbrook," from Mrs
Albert Young, of New York, to Mr.
George E. Miller, also of New York,
for *S7,S«0. This property contain*
about 160 acres, and will be Imme
diately cut up Into building lots for
suburban home-seekers.
Leading all city transactions was
the deal Just dosed by Pollard &
Bagby, selling seventeen houses o»,
Stuart avenue and Strawberry street,
the property of Mr. E. E. Broad due,
td Messrs. W. H. Adams, Henry 8.
Wallerstein and W. J. Gilman. The
price paid was 123,000.
West End Boom.
In West End property there was
something decidedly resembling a
boom if the number and Mae of the
sales count for anything, for besides
the nineteen pieces of property sold
by Bollard * Bagby, other trans
actions were dosed bringing about
the transfer pf considerably over
120,000.
Several of these selee were ee fol
lows:
Mrs. Bsttle Harvey and Messrs. &
H. Wallerstein and George Wise to
the Southern Beneficent 8odety of
North Carolina, one hundred end
eeventy feet et the corner of Han
over and Sheppard, for *4.519, sub
ject. however, to a dead of trust of
fMVcr
Mr. W. J. Gilman to the Southern
nun
Beneficent Society, three hundred and
• V.. •'*„
>AV' ’ ■ - ': -A .r -c: '-’Th:; i/Ai • ,?■
18.582, subject to a deed of trust
of $4,500.
Messrs. P. Cocke and James Cac
kle to Mr. J. H. Chap pel, one hun
dred feet at the corner of Floyd and
Vine for $6,000.
Davis Land Company to Mrs. Annie
Ferrtn, forty-one feet at the corner
of Meadow and Claiborne, the con
sideration being withheld.
On Main Street.—
In Main street one of the principal
sales of the week was made by Mr.
John Lea, special commissioner, to
Mrs. E. P. Cackle, eighty-three feet
of property being transferred at the
corner of Fifth and Main streets for
$$.500.
The Main street storm center, how
ever, wsa between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets, where four or five
pieces of property changed hands,
the total consideration being In the
neighborhood of $30,000.
Mr. James B. Elam sold to Mr. A.
Te Straus, through Elam and Fun
sten. the two pieces of property
known as 1432 and 1434 East Main
for 118.600.
The second of there properties, 1434
East Main, was then immediately
sold to Mr. O. Arright and Mr. O. B.
Chlappl for 313,600.
Messrs. Marchettl and Baldaccl sold
to Mr. M. Rosenbloom the property
known as 1430 East Main street, the
price not being made public.
The principal sale in the eastern
section of the city was that of one
i hundred and alxty-ftve feet of prop
erty at the corner of Twenty-eighth
and N streets from the Co-operative
Investment Association of Richmond
to Mr. Samuel Meredith for $3,000.
lEU NATIONAL STOCK
SELLS AT GOOD PRICE
The capital stock of the American
National Bank has been Increased
from $400,000 to .$500,000 by the
stockholders This $100,000 Increase
was Immediately subscribed for at the
rate of $160 a share, this high figure
being paid by reason of the fact that
the dividends of the bank were last
year placed upon an 8 per cent, basis.
The sale of the stock at this price
consequently adds $50,000 to the bank
surplus fund, which Is now about
$100,000.
WIDE SOON AUCTION OFT
NORFOLK COED STORAGE PLANT
The plant of the Norfolk Cold Stor
age and Ice Company will go under
the auctioneer's hammer, an order
having been issued by Judge Edmund
Waddlll, Jr., In the United States Dis
trict Court directing ths sate of uus
property. Messrs. Floya Hughes. B.
R. Baird and A. N. Krtss, all of ths
Tidewater -^Ity, were appointed apo
dal masters under a bond of $30,000.
Papers In the case have been seat
Clerk Kelsey, of the District Court at
Norfolk.
WASHINGTON. Harsh It—Ths
Southern Pacific railroad la pressing
Its claim for $1,000,000 against ths
government for stopping the break In
the Colorado river and “preventing
the destruction of the Impede! Val
ley. containing 16,000 settlers."
Maxwell Evarts, of New York, at
torney for the Harrtman lines, told
the House claims committee to-dar
that It waa the duty of the govern
ment to atop breaks In the river, and
the railroad having assumed the task,
SUES MW
mo PRICES BOM
Favorable Weather Brings Un
—- expected Liberal Receipts
of Tobacco.
BULK OF CROP NOW IN
Not Very Much Now in the
Hands of the Producer—Prices
On Different Markets.
Because of unusually favorable
weather last week, the tobacco sales
on the local market during the week
Just closed far exceeded all expecta
tions, a* (relating over 760,000
pounds, bringing an average price of
110 a hundred, with a high record of
|41 a hundred, though a comparative
ly small quantity was sold at this
Letter figure. •*
Very Tittle burley was sold, the total
sales being in the neighborhood of
60,000 pounds This, however, was
considered fairly good. Inasmuch m
this variety of tobacco is not exten
sively raised in this section of the
Sfata
The big sales of the season are now
over, aacordlng to the opinion of ex
perts, and from this time until the
close of the market the tobacco will
be received In much smaller quantl
tits.
Next week, even with good weather,
not over 600,000 pounds will be look
ed for, as the large bulk of the crop
has already fallen under the hammer.
The anticipated shortage this year,
however, Is already being Cut down,
and many now think that tho de
crease from the total of last year will
not be more than half of what was
expected.
PETERSBURG SELES *00,000 LBS.
AND GETS GOOD PRICES
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
PETERSBURG, VA.. March 12.—
The largest sales of tobacco of the
season have been reoorded at the Pe
tersburg warehouse this week. The
weather being good (or the handling
and time approaohtng to prepare for
a new crop have caused farmers to
bring to the market their last year's
crop. There were 600,0(0 pounds sold
during the week, at an average price
of 66.20 per 100. Tho sales conse
quently bringing about 600,000. Prices
have ranged from 96 to 666 per 100
pounds.
Highest pries obtains* at Osh's
warehouse wash $90 per 100 and at
Virginia warehouse lit.
Farmers are much encouraged at
the good prices obtained this season
In Petersburg, and from reports are
planning large crops (or tho coming
year.
Tho quality of tobasoo handled by
tho warehouses this year has been
good, and tho blddlaf on tho com
modity has boon strong throughout
tho season.
LYNCHBURG BALK* LARGE
AMR WHO— MAINTAINED
(Special to Tho Richmond Virginian.)
LYNCHBURG, VA.. March 19—
Heavy sales of tobncoo on tho Lynch
burg market wore steady all during
the week, tho total amounting to
about t,pounds
Prices wars well maintained, all ■
the
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lx ik 1
.(s&Saii
bringing excellent price*. The warm
and damp weather had the effect,
however, of causing much of the of*
ferings to be in too high order, and
large quantities were moulding. The
cold weather which *ot in Thursday
will have a good effect on the of
fering* next week, and local tobacco
buyer* look for big offering*. It
1* poHgble that with favorable con
dition* the sale* will be considerably
larger than even during thi* w®***
and the average price* for all kind*
will be higher.
SOUTH BOSTON MARKET
ACTIVE WITH GOOD PRICES
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
SOUTH BOSTON, VA-, March
The South Boetoa tobacco market ha*
been quite active during the week.
About »80,080 pounds have been sold
during the week ending to-day. The
quality of the offerings has not been
go pood as for several weeks, but
prices have been firm, and the farm
ers seem well pleased.
South Boston has sold to date about
ld.S08.000 pounds, which Is a con
siderable gain over any Pjyious cor
responding period, and Is the only
Market tn the old belts that has
forged ahead of last year’s sales.
Everything points favorably towards
reaching the 25.000,000 mark In tha
near future.
laige Sales at Chatham.
(Special to The Rlohmoud Virginian.)
CHATHAM, VA, March 1*.—Tha
largest tobacco aalaa ever seen in
this town hs.vs boon made thU weak*
averaging almost a hundred thousand
pounds per day.
Good Tobacco Sales.
LYNCHBURG. VA.. March 1*-—
he tobacco sales Friday aggregated
00,000 pound#, making 1,250,00
ounds for the week. The Weed In
ood condition is selling high.
CHANGE IN ROUTES
DMSESPEOPLE
Stewartaville Folk Greatly Incon
venienced by Rearrangement
of Rural Free Delivery.
btewartbville. VA. March
The people In general are much dis
turbed over the many ohanges which
gUI take place April 1st in the R. F.
D. routes of thU county. "WJiare wtll
you get yuur malir or "What will your
address b*r’ are question* heard on
very side.
Some of tb# carriers have been put
ff duty entirely. While these who hold
hair positions have rather long facM
rhen they reflect upon the many rough
itles added to their routes. The
hange not only over-burdens the eer
ier* but also greatly tncenveuiancaa
he natrons, slnoe there are many who
re m situated as to be thrown several
■Bias from touoh with tha rural mutes.
Farmer* Basy.
Farmers here are busy bar!nig plant
eds. preparatory to sowing tomato
nd* tobacco reed*, while the houee
are retting busy with their
m rasas t&d chickens. The yousf
le do not mean to be idle nnd so
are busy planning for n fishing
factory Is to be established
of Mr. Hd. earners some
the coming season. This
a oonrenlonoe to tha. peo
MAY BUILD BRIDGE
ACROSS THE JAMES
Talk of One Being Constructed
Connecting Madison and Am
herst With Lynchburg.
COUNCIL ORDERS PLANS
First Actual Step Taken—River
ermont to Have Good
Streets.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
LYNCHBURG. VA-, March 1*.—
That a now bridge over the Jamoi
river at Lynchburg, connecting th<
city with Madison, a suburb contain
ing new about 1,000 Inhabitants, and
with Amhsrat oounty, instead of th<
old Iron structure, which Is In dangei
of being condemned, seems to be ai
assured fact within tbs next year
The proposed bridge, according U
plana that are now being discussed
and formulated, wilt be a concrete
affair, starting at the corner of Nlntt
and Jefferoon, and crossing overhead
all of the railroad tracks and leadlni
Into the very heart of the town acrosi
the river.
The first official etep on the part 01
! the city was taken this week, whei
the Common Council adopted a res©'
lullon providing for an appropriate
for the city engineering department
to prepare plans and specifications
Thsrs Is little doubt that the Boart
of Aldermen will concur In the re so
lution.
In all probability the oounty of Am
herst will be asked to Join tn with th<
City tn constructing the bridge.
To Have Good Streets.
Residents of JKlvermont held ai
enthusiastic meeting to discos# thi
question of completing the paving a
Rlvermont avenue. The estimate*
cost of the Improvement Is abou
1130,000, and it la proposed to havi
the work carried to completion wltl
an expense of only f*0,000 or 176,000
This Is made possible by the fact tha
the Lynchburg Traotlon and Llgh
Company has offered to give $36,00'
to the expense, and the assessment o
the residents of $3 per front foot fo
the available 1J.000 feet of frontage
A permanent organisation waa form
ed. headed by H. H. Harris and othe
prominent residents of this the larges
residence section of Lynchburg.
The American National Ufa In
suranca Company, with homo office
In this city, has completed the ar
rangement necessary to take over th
Insurance of tbs Hasten Life Ineur
anoe Company, of Norfolk.
Umo factories Bony,
The shoe factories of the city ar
.being worked to their full capacity a
this season. Poring the past tw
weeks the offices have been crowds
with the one hundred or mors said
man who are being fitted out wltl
new samples, and It Is predicted the
lHf will break *11 records for th
Shoe manufactures end Jobbing c
Lynchburg- Already th* business o
«n gg tbs booses has passed the marl
*f UMb—. -v- ■■
V li».
ISTHWIM
BUT FEW EW
- 0
Suburb Has Forged Itself Ahead
Without Artificial
Booming.
PURE AIR, GOOD WATER
AND ABSOLUTE QUIBTj
Community Composed Almost En
tirely of Home Builders—Club '
House One of Country’s Fin
est—Lots Greatly in Demand, j
Opened to home-seekers some four
or fire years ago, Westhampton to to
-day not only uat-ut the most attract
tive of Richmond's suburbs, but with*
out artificial boonmeg and boosting,
has forged ahead to such an extent
that as many. If not more, lota are
now being sought in that vicinity
than In any other section around the
city.
In Westhampton. the homo seeker,
tired of living In the duet.and tur
moil of the city, finds plenty of pur*
air, the best and most wholesome w*-y«
ter and absolute rest and quiet.
With most of the advantages of the-1.
city, and many advantages of the
country, Westhampton has the dto*jjg
advantage of neither. It Is accessible -ftjj
by one of the best and cleanest street
car lines In the State, which operate* <>
a schedule requiring but fifteen min-, .
utes from Robinson street to the jj,
“clubhouse," which Is the center of c
the Westhampton neighborhood. ;:.v|
Along this line run electric light “
wires, which furnish light for many
of the Westhampton homes, provld- i
lng thus a luxury known only In
to-d&te suburban communities. ’|
There are now living at Westhamp
ton between sixty snd seventy-flve
families—all representative people, ,
though Westhampton to by no mean* gl
the home of tho “rich man." a* he*—,
often been said by men of more mod
crate means, who, while wishing to ;
locate In the suburbs, feared they :
could not afford to buy Westhampton
property. _ _
On the contrary. It to shown by the
real estate men handling this prop
erty that among the foremoat cttl-,
sens of that section are.men In mod
erate circumstances, who have learn
ed that they can live much cheaper
and at the same time much better In s
Westhampton than etoewhere. and arnj
“walking delegates,” aa It were, fO*‘.|j
not fall to add to the general tiMf
tlveness of the locality.
On account of the general attreo*
tlona of Weathampton, over fifty lota
have been told to prospective hornet
builders within the lest month. DW
lng the week lust dosing no less that
ten sales have been made, while many
more are pending, and will probably,
be closed within the near future. '
This unusual realty reoord he# been
made by Keanu. Qotoan end Kogb.
comparatively new real estate Onto,
but one which has taken hold of the
proposition with suoh success that 1ft
to now difficult to prophesy Juat whaifiy
wtu he accomplished before the year
united with the Deep Run Hunt Club,
are valued at considerably more then
one hundred thousand dollars. The
total aoreage of the grounds to about
one thousand dollars. The total
acreage of the grounds Is about on#
thousand. Including golf links (It
holes) rated as the finest lu ties
United States. These links have teat
been completed and put In final oitw
after constant work covering ever an*
year and a half.
Then there to another particular
feature toward* which residents sS
Westhampton point with pride. "Mar-,
natural elevation, they declare, gtvee
their community fresher and purer
air than can be found on low-lying
territory. By reason of this altitude
there to little dampness, the heMK
fogs, so prevalent In many ae«*lei|jL
during certain seasons of the MHl
settling down In the river valMH
leaving the atmosphere on the WujM£
and hills comparatively light
Finally. Weathampton preMMgMS
holders can boast of one ewmW
which does not often exist. ThgWja
practically no speculation In Mfi-WiT,
erty. Lota are sought uy MM
builders, and lots once bought,^
usually held, though it la reoe
that Wtorthampton values meat
aarlly Increase ee Richmond *■
since it to In the direct path,
ctiys westward growth- T>
hancement of property valuta I
vicinity In the last few yean ha
phenomenal.