Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-09-29
Virginia Lands.

" attiUnl. without lear OF SuGCeSSlul cOHIia'
d;ction, that in no part OF the United States,
| or Of the world, can lands OF equal quality and
| possessing such a combination Of advantages,
be purchased as cheap as in Virginia. Lands
| originally superior, and fully equal in present
| productigcne=s to the fine farming lands il
| ENGLAND, may be purchased III tee simple Tor a
sum equal TO the annual rent OF the English
lands These, be it remembered, are not Wild
lands or commons. but well enclosed produc.
tive farming lands, with good dwellings and
other Improvements dm them. Inferior Lands
in the Northern States would be considered
cheap at tour times The price here.
| But looking at the varied attractions Which
| Virginia combines in herself, the conviction IS
Irresistible that she offers, at present prices for
her lands, the finest field for speculation or for
permanent Investment, OF any country IN the
world.
With such advantages as these, stranger
may wei! ask Why are these lands so cheap
The answer is plain There is not tenth OF
the labor here that is needed to deyclope our
resources, and not capital to employ proftabIy
the labor VIC have. The necessary consequence
is g. vast surplus OF splendid land, put IN mar
kct at mere fraction Of its real value; while
priceless minerals lie dormant in the earth, and
& water power equal to million hands flows
UNDECIDED to the sea, for want OF the capital to
turn them to account.
We repeat what we have elsewhere stated,
that If we deduct the actua! cost OF improve
ments, some OF the finest estates IN Virginia
may BOW be purchased for less than the gov
ernmeua price Of wild lands in the far Vest
We waive any calculation Of the value Of our
ncarness to market; ne waive the consideration
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Of the Oldest and most refined State in the
Union, over the country OF the rcd man or the
| "bordor rul1ian" On simple calculation Of
dollars and cents, estimating the bare cost OF
meuts-improycments which would
cost on the frontier Of civilization far more
than they cost here, We can furnish the settler
from Europe or the North, or the capitalist or
speculator seeking investments, with highly
improved lands at less than the government
price, dollar and quarter an acre.
As illustrating the correctness OF this state
ment, VIC have formed a minute estimate Of
the cost Of the improvements on No. II OF
our list of lands, which is orc of the finest es
tatcs in this section Of the country, and Is ad
yerfised at Sal ,000 The detailed estimate
herewith appended, shows that the improve
mems or this estate cost $35, 40,
Dwelling house $4,000
10 miles of fencing, say 1900 rails,
at 3 cents, 2,l6O
5000 yards Of ditching, 800
Stables and corn house, 1900
framed cabins, l,750
Overseers house, ice and smoke
houses, 1000
Tobacco barns, 1900
Other buildings, 200
1000 fruit trees, at IS cacH 5000
Cost Of clearing 900 acres, at SO per
acre 10000
$35, 40
Add Sl.25 per acre for 800 acres 1000
and we have $1,000
And for this sum in cash this magnificent es-
tate can now be purchased.
We will hereafter furnish other similar ey-
ampIcs, showing the same fact now insisted on
that we can furnish highly improved farms for
Government price, adding cost Of improve