The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-17
WORKING
FOR VIRGINIA.
Real Estate Men and Board of
Il Agriculture to CO operate in
Grand Movement.
MEETING HERE ON FRIDAY
Plans for Publication, Of Virginia
Book Will be Definitely
Decided Upon.

Tho concerted effort of tho real estate
men of Virginia to bring to the atten-
ton of honcscekers everywhere tho ad-
vantages to be found "a this state IS
row taking definite form and fruits arc
sc on to be seen,
On Friday Of this week Judge ]. Q.
Shepherd of Fluvanna county; Coionel
Miles Cary, OF Richmond, and MIR. w. q.
Warthen, division passenger agent OF the
Chcsn peake and Ohio Railway Company,
will appear before the state Board OF
Agriculture and suggest prachcaoie
plan by which sne board and the virginia
Zeal Estate Association may units IN
the publication in book form of such
material as will be of winning Informal
ton to those in every part Of the coun-
try who arc thinking or changing their
pjaces OF abode 1t is we'll lsnown that
MIR. Kolner, commissioner Of agriculture,
is anxious to do all In his power to adj
vertise the States attractiveness as e.
home and will unite with tho Real Els
tate Associa ton to that end most hearth
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Members OF the Executive Committee
or The Real Estate Association held q
conference at Murphy's Hotel MONDAY
evening and were TO have appeared be-
fore the Board of Agriculture yesterday.
but the president of the board could not
be present, and the body decided to post
mono the meeting Until Friday.
ALL COOPERATING.
At the conference of real estate men
Monday evening, those present we're:
Judge Shepherd President A. T. Blbb,
Of Charlottesville: Colonel Cary, Pau
Scherer, Of Roanoke, representing tho
Norfolk and Western Railroad; Mr.. Will
bur Mccoy, representing the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad, and Mr.. Warthell,
representing the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway Company. Letters were re-
ceived from Mr.. r. B. Cooke, of the New
York. Philadelphia. and Norfolk Railway
Company, and Major M " Richards,
OF tho Southern Railway Company hear
thy endorsing the plans outlined for
bringing the State before the country as
ono of the most delightful and profit
able places to live to DO found on the
globe.
The chairman of the Advertising Com
m!ttec is Mr.. John Stewart Walker, of
Lynchburg, one of the clearest minded
and energetic real estate men of the
State. Mr.. Walker has sent out to prom
.inent men in every section of the State
moro than a thousand forms of dues-
tions with blanks for answers. Flo asks
all who receive these forms to give them
their attention at once and return tho
answers promptly. An expert will be
secured to classify the data thus gained.
Tho plan is for the book to be issued
with the report of the commissioner OF
agriculture and thus given very wide
circulation. Then another book especial
ly representing the ends desired by the
Real Estate Association will be made
from the FORMS Of the commissioner
report, and the association will send this
wherever they think it will do good Tho
results OF such broe beast and attractive
advertising cannot faifstc be of untold
advantage to the State. Washington
official in the Agricultural Department
wrote Commissioner Koiner that he had
more requests for data about Virginia
lands than any other State In the Union
ana had less to give them, illustrating
how sadly such n book as the real estate
men are to get out Is needed.