The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-28
GARDEN SPOT OF
EARTH is THIS.
Cape Charles Srctioa One Of the
Most Favored.
FINEST OF TRUCKING FARMS
Tn, Oyster ,ndusur, One of the Mos,
Pro.per-u---ape Charles CITY an
up-.e-Da.e. lhiivng
Iowa.
FINEST OF TRUCKING FARMS
Especial Dispatch 10 The Timcs.)

Especial Dispatch TO The Tines.)
CAfE C1dARLt1S. VA, Dec. 2I.-The
cicse C-i,c Cii-IleS AZ t44s
iit,ul isl.ii.s Coi.u.tiJn Ia nli ii.slolJ. .-..L
81 kreat aaS cecli ine !n-iuA oI losJ.la I uI
10 uGau...ui cay y. Lac SEA 1li-.i
houses cannot pe io"nu 20 dtcoiii..loL~te
Those Ssch..4s homes Ii our i-iiust, aAu I
Score OF Ia-..l.cs a.e soJeulliI.e at LIE
iAeLr. cLo--paicy.
cape ,l4a-l.s. situated between the sea
Gnu saAe Jay. POSSESSES espec.a.4y Lie ci.-
Halle CoAui..c..>, esUaf.4.S lie t4sorS ol
HIalcr, o"..4s 10 TIE e.4tLt .. tue close
pl o&lDliiy 10 the Eu.I stream. wA.cn
seeli.s 10 increase year by year. while
tile cool iinu bay freezes sweep across
the iGllu. BON night AID Jay, ouI-tis ine
sLm.ler lnohtils. making II many ueSreeS
Coulur ttall niaiy pO.lttS N nui-.iieln lat
ttaues.
No one recognized the advantages of
the nI.Il c-i.uetCe % the Peninsula better
tll4n laLe iloa " III. scout. OF Ere,
Pa, ana owner OF 'ttollyH oud Truck
Farm, who brought has strllg OF r.I-
n-ns horses 10 1ape Charles every VIM
TEL Tor early training. and it was here
'ChaoS," the Winner of the tSi,vtJ tulull-
~ ATS .eeel.tu = --.-.,,.
The stables and half mile ira K used
by Air. Scott have been kept up, and
last winter Phi. LAZY auartered has std
DieS here, ard the early ua.ll.IS secu- &c
TO, his noises was no better evidenced
Il.an in the many purses captured il the
early spring races.
Mr. LAZY is back again this winter
AND il is eporte1 that Lor.llald and oth-
ers are negotiating tor tue purchase O.
'liel-ywooc for the purposes of getting
The benefit OF the early training.
a PROSPEROUS IOs->-
While Cape Charles, Which is the termi-
nus Of tine New York. Philadelphia and
NORFOLK Rail. oad might be termed rail-
road town, and wh..e the railroad contri-
bLtes al gtly to is thrift aid support. yet
trucking. fish and oyster interests enter
Ia ge,y into the sum total OF her indus
ties. So closely is Cape Charles identi-
fed with the balance Of the county from
an agricultural and trucking Standpoint.
II is difficult to separate lem In discus
sing these Industries.
Ten years ago less than four hundred
thousand bar. els of rr,sh and sweet po-
rat.es were shipped by ran from the two
counfieS-Nor1fSf apton and Acconac-and
ths empty barrels for the movement OF
the crop were brought by the rail. DAD
company from northern and eastern cities
while at present more than q million
ba. rels ale beng mc,.ed annually from
this same section and more than seven
t.-iite re cent OF tt7@ :a..ag1
:. manufactured and distributed BIZ home
ente,Trises. The last TWO years have been
somewhat phenomenal. both as to produc-
Ion anu prices, resulting in making our
farmers better off than anytime during
the history of the peninsula. at tie same
time enhancing the value of their lands
twenty to forty per cent for trucking
purposes.
OYSTER DUSTY
l--e oyster industry. especially on the
seaside under the benefcent planting
laws. has brought season of exceptional
prosperity from tbs industry. and while
net only giving employment to a large
army of men. has brought handsome
returns to those Who were fa--sighted
enough TO occupy the lands and save
them nut shells and young oysters
So great has been the attraction by
the advantages Of seaside oyster planting
that hundreds OF Maryland citizens come
yearly to our sho es, drawn hither by the
lucrative wages they gre enabled to make
in catching and shuch.ng oysters.
The New York. Philadelphia and Nor
folk Railroad. has enjoyed d ssaeon of
unusual prosperity. and Ike many q the
large trunk lines Shave been unable TO
humble the traffic offered.
MANY IMPROVEMENTS nave oeen mace,
not only in the terminals at Cane
Charles but along the entire line and me
COMPANY are having built five large mo-
ueln type locomotives, and additional tug
aid bare to accommodate the volume Of
business during the coming spring and
summer.
Mir. ]. c. Rodger. superint sndent Of the
New York, Pnilade!p h-a and Norfolk
Railroad ever watchful Of the welfare OF
ile company and patrons interest. inau-
Eurate0. as an experiment double pas
esnser service in the early winter. which
became SO popular and profitable that it
nay now be recognized as a permanency.
Everybody and all industries and en-
oerprises have prospered al Cape Charles
and on the peninsula during the year,
and in the words Of Horace Gresly, II can
be truthfully SAID if you want to live
long, cheap and happy. come 10 the East
e:1 shore of Virginia.
OTHER ADVANTAGES
Nowhere in all the Sunny Southland is
there country so beautiful and soil so
fertile. while the equality Of tempera-
tnre. regularity Of seasons. immunity
from storms and the severe frosts VIII ch |
prevail in the North and West are the |
prime factors for a region of industrial |
activity.
1.-The early spring VIII find a building
boom In Cape Charles; already large |
PREPARATIONS have been made along this |
Inc.
The Baptists erected isrge. handsome |
sno modern &c fee during tbs year. in |
LeE Of smaller structure which was !
built during the early days Of the city.
ihessrs. Kellogg and Feckle have in |
course Of erection a twenty-five ton Ice |
plant and it IS their intention to equip |
the plant with sufficient power TO run |
electric lights and at an early date In ad- |
6.tion to all the improvements of mod !,
err town. WIFI be added that OF electric |
tights for Cape Charles.
y national bank is talked OF In the near |
future and il is reported there will BE- |
Some little rivalry as to who will be the |
Shst to enter the field. the only banking |
institution In the city being that of the |
l. E. Mumfori Banking COMPANY" which
has yielded handsome income 10 its |
stockholders: paving a dividend Of twenty |
eight per cent. for last year.
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