The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-07
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Real Estate Men Demanding
Good Roads its8 No Uncer-
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Will INCREASE VALUES
Belief Grows That Davis Mon
. ument Will be Located
III Lee District.

No matter before the pubic in a long
3 time ii 50 appealing 10 the attention
OF tho great mass Of people as tho move.
ncnt to get better country roads. In
terest--t that Isl, pecunary and personal
interest--in this activity is great. Every
4 one IL affected, whether he lives in city
or oountry-whcther no rides or walks.
\ Tho prosperity OF tho land IS wrapped
I un In the question. 5
rho real estate men OF the State arc
4 throwing every resource To- tho move
mont. and at the recent meeting OF tho
( Virginia Real /Estate Association. held
IN this city, Good Roads" was the bur-
den OF the discussion. A demand for
II better highways was raised. which WIZ
never cease until the effort bears the
Il right kind Of fruit-at least, that Is what
tho real Atate men say OF It. ii "
N! One OF the most Interesting addresses
\ delivered before the Real Estate Asso-'
Il citation was that OF Mr.. II. B. Smith Jr..
member OF the National Good Roads
Association. Mr.. Smith SAID In part: .,s.
"srting behind a good team, and seated
beside q prospective buyer and sEettler,
u and spinning along over good road,
y how much more cIubornnt nre the spirits
Migratory Is tho mir and the passing
rural scenery; and. does itFnot seem$rea-i
4 sonable, that, under these conditions, the
g agent is enabled to make ~ much more
n Convincing argument on all point raised
Il than when. dragging through mud holes.
hub deep, and working your I pa ssage
Eat q. snail's pace, over impassablc roads
at this. OR busy season, and how much
greater would be the chances of;consum-
I mating sai,. we must awake 10 the
y facts that our Western railroads are
strong competitors In the Same locations
We arc working to draw immigration
from. az is evinced by the following quo
tation from an editorial In thes Breeders
Gazette Of January. 2. 1905 entitled
THE n Hcgira Il to the South and South
west. Fl # sts ssis VI. ~
NOTHING FOR HIGHWAYS.
Speaking OF what the national govern
ment has done for the farmers Mr.. Smith
said:
{ ut has established agricultural col
Z leges, experiment stations. made the
Z Head of the bureau OF agriculture a Cab
'inct officer, created free rural mail de-
livery in certain sections. but. after show
z ing a man how to double the products OF
6 his farm. It has Jeff him unable to mar
ket the produce he hns created. because
iof the bad condition OF wagon roads. s5 u
sAs "a number OF States have believed
i It wise to aid in the building Of foads.
would 8ltAnot be wise and rig for I he
4 United States government 10 20 ssO#a lsDs
& and to aid the farmer, just@as It has
aided commerce and the cities q Il
There can be but one answer to this
question and 1t is-ycs. .a2
"a GOOD road enables a farmersto haul
his produce to market the year round.
I and to haul when It is wet and he can't
plow. He thus can get better price
81 he can haul twice the usual load Unless
I time. It saves wear and tear on wa CONS.
team and temper. Tho children can al
ways go to school. "A man buying alarm
will pay more for 1t on'a good road than
on poor one
OUTLOOK NOT BRIGHT.
The outlook for public auction sales dur
ing the coming week is not particularly
bright. Few sales so far have been adj
Z vertIsed. All OF the real estate men are
doing some trading privately. Lee Dis
trict Is the scene OF greatest activity In
& sales, as we'll as in building The demand
for property In the West End continues
good. but firm and healthy. It Is the
opinion OF Il great many that the Jeffer-
81 son Davis monument must almost OF me-
81 cessty, be located in this section, and
very probably beyond the Lee monu-
ment. The confident belief In this will
4 have the effect OF keeping UP and even
Z increasing the value Of all Of this prop
erty.