The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-16
TO USE. POWER
OF Dan RIVER {.
Local Capita Almost Eager|ysIn-.
vested il the Company,
NECESSITY FOR GOOD ROADS
People Of Country Resl'ze It FulIy-Meaus
Alone Wapting-smslI Dog
Chased by Crowd Of
"Niad Folks"
NECESSITY FOR GOOD ROADS
Especial Dispatch to The Iilueso

s.s4s Especial dispatch to me IllneS)
sDANpILLE, VA, March 15.-The fact
that local capital has been almost large
~ invested in the stock of the Dan River
Icwer and Manufacturing Company. is a
significant indication of the confidence
prevailing in this community in the pros
pective developments of the company.
The prospectus OF the company was
crly issued a few weeks ago, Offering
one million dollars of stock with the
understanding that no subscription would
be effective ii the amount subscribed
fell below $4,000. BY the first OF tins
month SSoo.00O worth Of the stock had
been taken and the required cash pay
ncnt was promptly made. This crafty
ing achievement is not the result OF
active solicitation, but of popular Contl-
dtnce in the contemplated projects of the
company and in its discreet and con-
selvativc mana cement No difficulty is
arprehended i'll regard to disposing of
the remaining shares
Engineers are now on the company 5
property making preliminary surveys and
otherwise preparing for the erection of
the dam for which an order of court
las been secured The project embraces
the erection and equipment Of an $4,000
spindle cotton mill, to be located at the
dam and the development OF electrical
power to be used there and elsewhere
III the city. The Southern Railway will
build q. spur from its main line to the
site OF the new plant. The scheme prom
!scs great things for Danvlile and the
Prospect fills her people with bright ex-
Iectations
TOBACCO COMING IN.
The weather. so far this week. has
teen such as to put tobacco in good con-
oition for handling. and as a result a
large quantity of the weed has been
brought into this market, and it has
Eecn an exceptional week in this par
ucular department of trade. The wagons
Come into the city, not only laden with
tobacco but also with mud, with which
the horses likewise are well bespa tered.
The creatures come. in with a tagged,
detected look, indica ting that the jour.
liey has been laborous, though twice the
lead might have been drawn with COM
rarativc case over d firm road Farm
ers will doubtless avail themselves Of the
opportunity; while in the city. to OBJ
serve the methods of road construction
now being illustrated here The posi-
''!!ity is, though, that they will go away,
feeling, as some others do, that there
is still an unsolved problem.
The necessity for better roads they
recognize and even feel. The process of
making them they may see and readily
understand. There is nothing unheard
Of about it. Since Monday modern read
p:owss Shovels and scraper5 have been at
work here grading and preparing the
rcadhed for the reception of the crushed
stone. There is d. steam crusher in op-
Grafton adm also q, steam roller. "a we'll
equipped street force in almost any of
our larger cities might furnish "A SINH
lar illuStra ton.
AS Your correspondent is enabled to ses
Ii. the demonstra ton brings us to this:
>. lic necessity. we know. the way to 10
the work VIC know. and we know about
the most improved appliances and their
manipulation, but the means are not i'll
sight. and this is the part of the prob
lem that remains ,lnsolved, This is the
phase of the question. concerning which
the people of the South. specially, need
practical instruction. The trouble does
not relate to the fact they arc too ig-
I GRANT to realize the need. 90 ;iumb a:, t.
have no conception of the work demanded
by the situation, or how it should be
done; but to the means without which
the appliances and the labor cannot.be
obtained. We have d country not very
densely populated. with no surplus
to put in order and keep up, and it will
take money and lots of it to procure the
machinery. and the labor necessary for
the accomplishment OF such a. task. Where
is it to come from? How are we to get
it? Solve these questions and the rest
will be comparatively easy.
Gov. Montague was the principal speak
err at the first session of the Good Roads