The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-13
TO COLOMBO VIRGINIA.
PROMISING ENTERPRisEOFAPHIL.
dDELPHIA REAL-ESTATE MAN
Whereby a Valuable Glass of ImmI grants
MAY he brought to the Old Domin-
ion-The Plan.

time mast the following advertisement
has appeared:
Good farms in the Sunny South on In
stalments.
Grand opening OF Rcgate. the 10000
acre Agricultural Colony. In Virginia.
Soil suitable for grain, grass. tobacco
and truck. Some Of the farms with build
ines and improvements; others covered
Win wood Price, $50 per acre and
UPWARDS. terms. so down and 81 CT more
nor week Personally conducted eAcur-
sion TO Reigate. leaving New YORK No
,er,her 1s,h via old Dominion steam
shin ana Atlantic and Danville railroau
Round trim $3.50 a thoroughly dehsh.-
ful trim promised To all. Don Tan "
attend and secure the hrst PICK q ~"
tions. Virginia is holding out her atin1
to worthy settlers, ana nowhere W."
be more kindly received.
THE PLAN UNFOLDED.
The above effort on grand aca.e -, 80
brine n desirable class or Immigrants ~
VIRGINIA is fully explained By the lolio%r
ING letter. which has peen rece''SN W.
the Commissioner 81 Asricu' ~. ao,nbi,
cini, from A well-known Pniiade'pnia
real-cstate agent: ~ = ,Sqc
coto,o, ,rhornas whitehead. Commission
or of Agriculture, Richmond va
~ SIR If has been more IMAM Il
,.a-,, si,co received your Handbook
on virginia. the reading OF Wiiich s'''i NJ
mo to thinking of coionlzauoh III nc
old Dominion on the same pan h''s
followed i'm New Jersey. me ldea siau-
ualv doveloped. receiving addiuohai sus
tooence from articles IN Richmond news
papers. expressing the wish that la
quantities of desirable settlers can Do
secured Finally | decided 10 uy ~
experiment, and only wl'hih INC i"9 e.,
davs have my plans been perfected lo'
oneninp nm a % OO0-acre block in Greenes-
VILE and brunswick counties, in South-
side Virginia.
This land is well located near Law
rencevine 81 miles west OF Norfolk. and
% miles south OF your city. some OF inc
farms are improved, and the balance OF
the land is covered with WOOD.
Nv method of procedure is to acquire
tract have il surveyed, blocked into
farms of five. ten. and twenty acres.
streets and lines cut through. FROM
the engineers tracings' have maps
engraved, and sell from the maps. !
also have conductors who will take Wis
advertise and sell on instruments or 80
or ST., down. and 81 or more per week.
There Is also a provision in my agree
ment with buyers by which, II at any
time they cannot keep UP their weekly
payments. they can hold on to their
land bv paying interest on the balance
due until able TO resume on the principal.
/ have found my plan of work success
ful-thoroughly so. The best proof is
that last year I sold i,7i7 farms. This
year / will perhaps. do as well. in spite
of the recent depression Of business.
THRIVING COLONIES.
Ny colonies in South Jersey arc thriv-
ing and growing more populous week by
week. Thousands Of acres which two
years ago we're totally uninhabited are
now occupied by thrifty truckers and
pouIterers. Railroad facilities are AT
their doors. public schools have been es-
tablished. churches built, stores opened,
mills erected-all by the settlers-and
there IS abundant promise for the future.
! believe results quite as satisfactory
can be obtained in Virginia. The trend
Of future emigration will undoubtedly
be southwark.
Advices from my London Office lead me
TO believe that its donation Of English
settlers for the Virginia colony will be
quite as large as the contributions from
the New York branch or the home Office
i'm Philadelphia.
My first step towards opening this col
onv will be 10 have an excursion from
New York via Old Dominion steamship
70 Norfolk and then by Atlantic and
Danville railroad to the scene OF oDera-
tions. This Will be largely advertised
i'm Sundays New York papers. and will
leave New York November 18th. There
after excursions will run fortnightly
from New York ana Philadelphia alter
nately.
] have taken the liberty or writing YOU
thus lengthiiy under the impression that
you would wish 10 Doe advised Of any
bona fde steps taken on large scale
TO build uD the waste places" in your
State.