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5. L L. TO BUILD
DEPOT, IS REPORT
I
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Company May Erect Suburban
Station Where Tracks Cross
Brook Avenue.
INTENDS GOING AFTER
WEST END PATRONAGE
Laying of Street Railway Tracks
Gives Impetus to Plan*
With That End
in View.
That the Seaboard Air i.tne Is con
templating the erection of a passen
ger depot at a point Jp close proxi
mity to the Intersection of its tracks
With Brook avenue in the northwest
section of the city is the report going
the rounds in realty ctreie* and es
pecially among those agents interest
ed in property in that particular sec
tion. The railway authorities them
selves are not discussing the proposi
tion for publication but tt has oeen
ascertained from a reliable source
source that such Is the Intention of
the company and that the work of
construction will not be delayed
many months
The company owns nearly an acre
of ground close to the crossing and
It is this site that the depot will
occupy when it is built. It is an un
disguised fact that the company has
for some time been thinking of put
ting up a station In that end of the
city In order to compete with the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mac, which gets much traveling pa
tronage from Us Elba station on West
Broad street. Heretofore. It is snid
that the lack of street railway facili
ties has caused the company to hold
aloof from building a station in thar
section. Now that the tracks of the
Richmond and Henrico traction line
have been laid out Brook avenue,
thus assuring car service at an early
date, it is declared that the railway
company believes the time propitious
for placing Itself in a position to bid
for some of the traveling patronage
that goes exclusively to the rival
road. Additional Impetus to its plans
has been given by the generally ac
cepted belief that the lines of the new
traction company will be extended
farther out Brook avenue at no dis
tant date.
Slay Erect Freight lH-|«o«.
A small freight depot might be
■ ronstructed in connection with the
passenger station, it is said. Business,
both passenger and freight, accruing
from the carrying out of such plans,
would not In any wise detract from
the business that comes to the cen
trally located stations of the company
downtown. the railway official* say.
The northwest section of the city
traversed by the Seaboard Air I.Ine
Is slowly but surely developing into a
semi-manufacturing community. In
the vicinity of the Brook avenue
crossing a site was recently purchased
j—by a Richmond furniture man who j
proposes putting up a factory on It.
Another site nearby was sold during
the past week to a Richmond party
who bought It as an Investment, with
the Idea that he can realise nicely
on the purchase by selling the prop
erty for factory purposes. The price
paid for the property- was tt.OOO, the
desl having been put through by the
realty firm of Ruehrmund and Bowles.
Agents Favor Project.
Real estate operators are awaiting
with much interest the result of the I
fight being made by numerous rest
dents of the West End against the
proposition to permit the Virginia
Railway and Power Company to ex- i
tend Its tracks from 'Harrison street 1
through the fan-shaped territory 'be- j
tween Broad and Main out to Ross- !
neath road. Moat «f the agents ap- j
pear to be In favor of the project. At!
the same time, they realise that thor- ,
oiighfares closely paralleling the line 1
of route selected for the new tracks ;
will be far more attractive to the ave- j
rage resident and householder than ;
the line of route Itself. They also j
realise that another car line will do :
probably more than any other thing
to aid In building up that territory,
, and more than one of them do not
hesitate to say that they favor the
granting of additional privileges to the
Richmond and Henrico, which has
recently Indicated a desire to extend
Its line over from the north' to the
south side of Broad street In the West
End section.
"Nothing so develops suburban pro
party more than first class street car
facilities,'' said one agent Saturday,
"and I believe that the Council should
prohibit one company- from using the
tracks of the other for any distance
in such sections, If some other suitable
route can be provided."
, West End Holding l j>.
Suburban property In the West End
appears to be holding Its own pretty
well these days, although business is
reported to be generally dull in reality
clrc lea.
during the week Amos & Poindexter
sold to E. W. Harris half a block of
lots fronting on Hanover avenue, be
tween Tllden and Cleveland streets,
the consideration being $11,000. The
lots, which are located near the Bat
tle Abbey site, will be placed on the
x market Shortly. Mr. Harris states.
' Another piece of suburban reality
to be placed on the market within
the neat two weeks is Parkland, lying
along Brook land boulevard between
Barton Heights and Glnter Park. The
property has been placed finely de
veloped by the Barton Heights Fi
nance and Realty Corporation, and
was formerly known as the Griffin
tract. Pavements are going down and
street grading Is m progress. Negu
ttations are now under way for sew
erage. Promoters of the property say
that the lota win be sold on entail
cash payments and long time.
Easy Money la Sight.
Conservative agents predict there
VUI he plenty of easy money on the
market by the middle of next month
or the first of November, by which
time the crop movement will be well
wader way. Money, they admit, has
been unusually tight the pest summer,
owing to the reluctance of the banir
en to respond to demands for real
' . (Continued wfSecond B%ge.)
PRODUCTS OF SOME GOOD FARMS IN THE OLD DOMINION
( Inin of Kin A»»)w.
PUH COMMUNITY
TO W HUES
Unique Idea Conceived by Mary
lander* to Build Up Fruit
Raiding Section.
IX G RE EX ftIDGE VALLEY
Elaborate Scheme to Build Model
Town for the Orchard
isK
Probably one of the moat unique
and novel plana of it* nature ever at
tempted it, now under was- in the
weatern part of Maryland, not far
from the head water* of the Potomac
river, where capitalists have perfect
ed a project to build a town and
devetop what they intend to make one
of the greatest apple producing; sec
tion* of America
For several years past experts from
the United States Department of Ag
riculture and private institutions have
been examining; the soil and have
studied carefully the climate, air and
water drainage. They pronounce it the
equal of the beat orchard properties
ltl America, Including the Albemarle
district of Virginia.
Having determined the value of the
land and found it to be ideal for fruit
production, it has been laid off In ten :
acre orchards and young trees are be- I
lng set out and thriving splendidly.
They will not bear, however, for sev
eral years, five years being the ear
lies t
N at urn I Requisites.
This property, consisting of approx
innately 14,000 acres, lies in Alleghany ■
county. In the Oreen Ridge valley,
and is about eighteen miles east of ;
Cumberland. It is owned by K. Mer- {
tens Sons, capitalists, of Cumberland. j
who have already expended thous-1
ands of dollars in ascertaining the nat- j
ural requisites for the cultivation of
apples upon the most successful scale.
The Intention is to build up a pros
perous fruit growing community. With t
each ten acre orchard sold will be
included a villa site and a building j
lot in the business section of the town.
For the purposes of shipping this
section will have the Baltimore and i
Ohio and Western Maryland railways ;
and the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. ;
Carefully Planned.
The town site has been carefully
planned with a view of embracing
every commercial and social advan
tage In the belief that it should ulti
mately develop into a place of large
importance.
It Is designed that all owners of
apple orchards In Oreen Ridge Val
ley shall also participate as property
owners in the town of Oreen Ridge,
with an opportunity to maintain a
home in the town.
This Idea was conceived by the in
creasing demand for good apples both
at home and in foreign markets. The
prices are already high, and in com
mon with other food products, are
steadily Increasing. By authorities
generally It Is not believed that the
supply can keep pace with the de
mand, as the fundamental features
of increasing population and no cor
responding -Increase of available land,
absolutely safegvards against overpro
duction In the future.
Co-Operation Assures Success.
The orchardist who is isolated does
not have an opportunity to cultivate
or dispose of his product under the \
most favorable conditions, and his
profits therefore are curtailed. On the
other hand, the orchardist who is a
member of an apple growing com
munity, where practically co-opera
tion exists. Is assured ol the great- ,
est success.
The determination to make this a
section of independent and prosperous
people engaged In commercial apple
orcharding has been brought about
with a view to the advantage of Oreen
Ridge valley. The State fruit Inspec -
tor, director of tht Maryland agricul
tural experiment station and other au
thorities have been lavish in their
praise of the country, and there is
apparently no doubt but that In five
years Oreen Ridge valley will be com
peting with Albemarle county, Va.,
and the famous apple producing States
of the Pacific coast.
Papua's Seminary Opens.
With a beautiful new building
Pegram's Seminary opened Septem
ber It, with the largest enrollment
It has ever had. The school la now
located at 1S2> Floyd avenue and has
•very prospect for a most prosperous
session,
Corn Worth 4•rowing;.
('•tile la Well-Kept Ytrffiala Paatwre.
I
STATE IS DOING
LARGE BUSINESS
Reports of Treasurer ami Auditors
Show Heavy Increase for
Year.
TRYIX G X E W M KT1IOL >S
Book--* Balanced Daily—Sinking)
Fund in Prosperous Condi
tion.
Annual reports now being com
piled by the State treasurer and first
and second auditors for the year end
ing September 30, 1910. will show,
according to figures now available ;
that the business of the State in- J
creased by nearly half a million dol
lars during the year, white many 1m- !
portant new issues were successfully
handled.
Books in the State treasurer's office
Indicate an increased real estate
assessment all over Virginia which
will result in a large advance in taxes.
Balances are being taken and proved
with checks procured from other
State departments and these show
an increase in every part of the work. I
In the matter of salary and ex- !
pense checks alone an unusual In- j
crease is show n, in that the number j
of checks so far signed and delivered
is about 2.000 greater than the nutn- j
ber issued in 1909.
The accounts of the second auditor j
shbw perhaps the greatest change
from conditions of 1909. A complete
change has been made in the system
of bookkeeping, and all the accounts,
which were more or less scattered,
are now collected in such a manner
that any desired Item can be found
immediately. .
Daily Balances.
Balances are made daily where
monthly checks were made in 1909, and
the bond accounts are checked with
the treasurer's office every six mouths,
w-hereaa before the new methods were
Inaugurated the bond account* were
hardly compared more than once in i
eight or ten years.
The second auditor lias under eon- )
trol some $29,000,000. The sinking fund [
for the State debt is entirely in his I
charge, while he also supervises the
payment of the school and literary
fund. The school fund this year is !
about $100,000 larger than in 1909, while 1
the general business transacted has i
increased by about twice that amount.
The report of this department will
show that a number of fractional cer
tificates have been bought in, such
purchases being authorised by the last
Legislature to clear up confusion re
sulting from the existence of bonds of
small denomination.
More than $300,000 has been added
to the sinking fund , over the figures
of last year, and the report shows that
the debt matter Is now In excellent
condition, the total amount being an
nually decreased substantially. It be
ing shown that at the present rate of
payment the entire obligation Will be
wUjed out In a short tint*
Between 12,000 and l.‘.,00(T
Pounds Sold iu Richmond To
bacco Market This
Week.
HARVESTING THE CROP
About One-Third Already in. But
Thing' Will Xot Open Up
for Month.
Sorao primings were sold In the
Richmond tobacco market this week
ns high as 15.50 half per hundred, ami
from that down to $1.5®. All told. beT
tween 12.000 and 15,000 pounds was
disposed of In local warehoust« dur
ing- the past six days. Primings only
were sold.
Reports from the tobacco belt state
that only about one-thirel of the crop
has been harvested up to the present
time, and there is little likelihood that
the market will be In full swing for
another month.
It is noticeable that in Virginia marts
primings are selling better than last
year, and the price is far more ad
vantageous to the seller. Receipts
have also been larger this year.
Tobacco men are In readiness for
the opening of the season and declare
that can open up as soon as the first
leaf arrives.
The warehouses have been thrown
open after the long vacation and buy
ers have turned out In throngs. Only
Tuesdays and Fridays are sales days
now. and dally sales will not begin
until brlghts. sun cured and Hurley
begins to come in.
TO El
REOT FACTORY
FOB TIA BUSINESS
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
EMPORIA. VA., Sept. IT—Mr. H.
T. Kluget has purchased a lot of the
Roman Manufacturing Company, In
North Emporia, on which he will erect
a brick factory for hia tin and sheet
iron business. ” The factory will be
thirty by one hundred feet, and cost
about 13,500;
The Emporia Manufacturing Com
pany has about completed its new
lumber plant, which was destroyed by
fire In the spring. The new plant will
be run by electricity generated by the
new power house recently completed,
and which Is now furnishing light for
the town.
Rev. Hugh C. Smith, who was pas
tor of the Baptist churches here for
a number of years, but now pastor of
the church in Chrlstlansburg. called on
some of his old friends and parish
ioners here en route to Jarrett to at
tendv the Petersburg Baptist District
Association, which If now in session.
Rev. J. P. Essex, pastor of the Bap
tist church at Saluda, Va., will preach
at the Baptist churches in North and
South Emporia Sunday with a view
of taking charge of (he churches now
without a past on.
NO POLITICS AT
THESE MELTINGS
Henrico Societv. Formed in 1840,
Placed Ban on Such Exciting
Topics.
WAS FIRST OF ITS KIND
Organization Asked for Establish
ment of State Board of
Agriculture.
In these days when the slogan
"back to the farm” Is hoard on every
hand it may be of interest to some
persdhs-to know that the Henrico
Agricultural and Horticultural Socie
ty, organised a Washington Tavern.
Richmond, In 1840, was perhaps
among the first organizations of its
kind to spring into existence in Vir
ginia.
The organization was effected on
December 7, 1840. with the result
that Rev. Jesse H. Turner was chos
en president unanimously, while An
1 thony Robinson, Jr., Ks<j.. was elect
. ed secretary and treasurer. Election
of two vice-presidents was postponed
until a later date. William H. Rich
ardson. William D. Wren and Joseph
' Rennie were chosen the executive
j committee.
Resolutions which were adopted
provided that the president should
deliver an address to the society at
the next general meeting, William D.
i Sims, being named as his alternate.
Dales are Designated.
It was also resolved that the gen
eral meetings of the society, for exhi
i bltlon. be held on the second Wednes
I days in May and October following,
a some place or places to be desig
nated by the executive committee.
Furthermore, It was resolved, that
a memorial be presented to the gen
eral assembly praying the establish
ment of the State Board of Agricul
ture, and that Wm. H. Richardson,
Dr. L. W. Chamberlayne. and Charles
T. Bolts do prepare and present the
same.
Thanks were extended the editors
of newspapers in the city of Rich
mond for the liberality displayed to
ward the society.
Politics Tabooed.
Articles of the constitution provid
ed that at all meetings of the society
no conversation on polittcal or other
exciting topics should lie tolerated.
Any respectable person coi/ld be
come a member of the society by sub
scribing the constitution and paying
into the hands of he treasurer the
sum of one dollar.
To Mike Early Catches.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
GRAFTON, VA.. Sept 17.—A num
, ber of men of this section have left
! for James river waters td make early
• catch of oysters. In Crab Neck it Is
reported that the oyster men will form
a protective union. The great draw
back to Jhe oyster business Is the green
gill diabase that so greatly' damages
the sale of oysters and Its appear-'
: a nee has been noied already In some
Sample Kani of torn.
OUTLOOK IS GOOD
DECLftRES_FINLEY
Southern Railway Head Says
Corn Crop Will Break Record
This Year.
LUMBER DEMAND ACTIVE
Prospect for Fail and Winter
Business is Promising, He
Believes.
WASHINGTON, I>. C., Sept. 17.—
President Finley, of the Southern
Railway, who has been looking into
business conditions in the Southeas
tern States says:
"On the whole, . conditions are en
couraging. In agriculture the pre
sent outlook is particularly good. The
eotton crop Is latter than usual, and
is, therefore, more subject to future
weather conditions than is usual at
this time of the year. However, the
condition report of the United States
Agricultural Department issued Sep
tember 2. showed a better average
condition of the growing cotton crop
in the States south of the Potomac
and Ohio rivers and east of the Mis
sissippi than on the corresponding
date last year, and the area planted
was reported in June as 140,000
acres greater than last year.
torn Crop Record Breaker.
"With ordlnariily favorable weather
conditions until the crop is harvested
the largest corn crop on record for
that section. The area planted is
more than a million and a half acres
greater than last year, and the con
dition reports issued on September 8
showed a better condition in Misslss
sippi than in any other state In the
United States, with Alabama a close
second, and with good condition re
ported from each of the other South
eastern States. The Increased corn
crop of the South will have an im
portant bearing on general trade con
ditions, for localities which have for
merly bought considerable corn from
other parts of the country are grow
ing in some cases all. and in other
cases, the greater part of what they
will require this year, and will be in
a position to buy other commodities
on a larger scale.
IVoduotlon Curtailed.
"Coal cotton mill industry of the
world has been passing through a
prolonged period of depression due
to the inability of manufacturers to
market their products at prices com
mensurate with the prices of their raw
material This has resulted tn a ma
terial curtailment of production in
the South as well as in other cotton
mill centers. In the meantime, con
sumption of cotton goods throughout
the world is continuing. Stocks in
the hands of merchants are being re
duced, and there is every reason to be
lieve that as soon as the size of this
year's crop can be more accurately
estimated, there will he an active de
mand for cotton goods of all kinds
at prices bearing such a relation to the
raw material as to stimulate the mill
Industry
"Taking all factors of the situa
tion Into consideration. I am encour
aged to believe that, with average
weather conditions and in the absence
of an unusually early killing frost,
we may look forward to an active
fall and winter business In the South
eastern States."
GRAIN ELEVATOR WILL
GO IIP AT 110,000 COST
tMans have been drawn by the
architect firm of t'arneal and John
ston for a grain elevator to be erect
ed on Eighteenth street near Broad.
Bids are now befng asked on the new
structure which is to cost about $10.
000. it is estimated.
The elevator will be put up for the
American Terminal Warehouse Com
pany and will ‘have an approximate
capacity of four carloads. It will be
sixty feet in height.
This company has recently put up
a large building in the same vicinity
for the use of the Jacob Dold Meat
Packing concern of Buffalo. N. Y. It
has also put up several other busi
ness houses in Richmond within the
past year and in each instance at» out
of town business concern has been
MINER PLUM
MOBEJPIT
Will Begin Immediately
Fair and Make
State.
SURPRISING RESULTS
] f A V E BE EX ATT ATX15»I
Values Increased Ma
Fold—Comprehensive
Books—Comparison
Kansas. Reports.
Commissioner Koiner. of the 8t*MK
department of agriculture, 1» pl*MW()K
the most important series of fnrm*glFjS
institutes yet contemplated by thf
partment. The series will be di'
into croups, and will cover the
of Virginia, practically every fa
In the State being given opporttl
to profit by the lectures and demo*-::
strations.
The first institute will be hold
Washington. Kappahannock count
October 10—shortly after the clot*
the State fair. Bach Institute W
continue throughout the entire dny,
and from the first date the lectured
and demonsrations will continue
through the first part of November,
concluding the first group of tho .
series.
There are about 125.000 farmers 1*
Virginia. Most of them live in thoee j
sections of the State erached by rail*
roads, and heretofore the Instituted^'
have traveled by railway, many tSf-,
them being held in special coaches; '
the others from station platforms r
In buildings adjacent. Sslll
Into Isolated Places. y f*
Mr. Koiner now proposes, however* ?
to carry the institutes to those fan*- \
ers in thoee parts of the State net
reached by the railroads. He Will
consequently travel in such public J
conveyances as may be offered, 'Jltjp
wagons and on horseback, the corfStSf
of lectures and demonstrator* with
their equipment going from one COUn
ty to another, and reaching in this |
manner all the farmers who up to this
time have not l>een able to attend
the demonstrations.
This group concluded the institutes f
will be carried over the rest of the
-’tnte. New subjects will be discuaeed.
Xew lectures will be ' retained, a*d vS;
every effort will be made to point out
to every farmer tha advantages of •
scientific agriculture upon which the ;
^tate department had laid such atrese,
and from which It hae derived such
astonishing results.
Every phase of farming and ag!ff~ :
cultural life will be dlacusaed—iist o
by "city farmers” and "profsssoria
but by men who have actually tried
the experiments on their own farm*. ..
They will tell how they Inaugurated
fhe newer and better method*. They i
will explain in detail how they wars;. ■
inaugurated, and what they cost. Then ■
they will give In detail the rbmilta at
tained. and show that by adopting;' ;;>
the better and more modern Ideas .
the quantity and quality of praott
cally every farm product can be In
creased from 10 to 200 per cs*fc»3:
while the additional expense will be
trifling.
How to Treat Ijtnd.
First the institutes will show hoS^-s
the soil In every part of the State
Is capable of development and lift- «
provement. All kinds of land will be
discussed, and the proper treatment
of each explained In detail, while tha
lectures will show, from experiment.
just what kind* of fertilisers #,ri •*>
be used for each crop.
Crop rotation will be another la- ;
portant matter discussed. Farmtn:;
will be shown the fallacy of the ,oM
“four-field” system, under which th* 5
farmer was compelled to keep icBett '
more land in cultivation, while
returns from the land were by **>;
means as great as those which may
now be attained under the new *ys-J
tem of rotation.
Fnder the general topic of It*#** |
stock, all kinds of breeding will bwei
considered Cattlemen, known aHK
over the Stae for their success mf I
raising and selling cattle, wiO give £
their actual experience. They will
show what breeds may best bo rate-. j
ed for dairy and market purpnawr ^
respectively, touching of course upon ij
the exhibition breeds and explalnlgg.
how the finest strain* may be
out and preserved.
To Talk About Hajr.
In connection with thU ganei
topic grasses and hay will bo taki
up. Views of Virginia meadow ai
pasture-lands will be exhibited, at
in several Instances the men ownli
the farms on which the pictures wa
taken will be on hand to tell How |b
procured the first "stand" of gyvi)
and how It has been kept to its pM
ent standard and value.
The commissioner has In mind
State-wide campaign for alfalfa, id
the wonderful advantages of Qj
variety of hay will be thoroughly^
Into at the coming Institutes. CxM
sive views will be shown, while* tah]
and statistics prepared by w«ll-taig|
Virginia farmers will be exhibited' i
to the value of the crop and the MM!
t>er of times It can be cut dttHpjfM
season.
drains will be tht next top
consideration. Wheat, oats and 1
will receive their respective a
of demonstration, but conp—*
Corn”—will be tht principal at
of discussion.
The one argument which ert
used with the greatest force is
First, that it takes just as mucfr,
to make a poor crop as to prod
good crop: and that a fortyT*artj
yielding 20 barrels to the fg
preferable to an eighty>acre
yielding 10 barrels per acre.
It wilt be conclusively sfaMki
on nearly every farm In n
where the proper care, la .tMM
old standard of lb barrel* M
acre can be practically itiiBliiM
the additional expense will. b*jj
iv appreciable In the generg^
age ' >A
Alt varieties and crWMWi
corn wilt be discussed
■ jres They will show what s|
reach the highest state «f-Mgfi
and yield the greatent amsgad^P
in certain sous and to