The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-12
FORESTS NEARLY
All. SWEPT /; / AWAY.
Northern Neck 1aei,tldcd Of
Timber and fire Ga
Wood.
m. MUCH MONEY !: ,ll|::' b BROUGHT 'I' IN n
But tic Country Is Left Mitch,
S5 Worse OF Than
Before.
$500, = Tho rimes.pispatch.)

A. ri fspec,al 10 The Times isratch.)
S. rTFATHSvTLLE. VA, Feb. 1l.---once
more the season for cutting cord WOOD to
Tic most important branch OF re TIMBER fli1
,n,siness in this scctton--has arrived, ana
NM ,imbcrnen OF the Northern Neck
arc busily ut work clearing UP the ~"
remaining forests. Great dlficuity Us
H1;cinr experienced. however, III securing
labor, although tho price has been az '
yanced from sixty TO seventy-iVc 5ce''ts
per cord for saving wood. II.
.B FOR the past ten years the large forests
,vinr between the Potomac and Kappa,
hammock Rivers have furnished employ
mont to a large army Of laboring men, men
and All Investment to thousands OF dollars
&of capital. 81 n q N III /. " II,
,rhe indications are. however, mere WI W.
soon be a great change in business que
~ The fact that these forests have a.
ready been cleaned Of nearly all their
H,,,a,,,,e 81 able timber. There arc only q lew
largo forests In this section which nave
been left untouched. Tho most aluanle
of these is the large ''Tignor tract SIN
gated on the banks Of the Wicomico FlVer,
near Fr1eeton.g This tract OF timber was
recently purchased OF w. j. Ilgnor pS
N - ]Iyrallin, Of Conn, for 5000. ri
517a1lin will shortly have a saw mill placed
on 1t. ~, Z, 5,j
u large number OF good business men,,
who have beer, dealing in railroad ties.
cord wood and ship timber FOR many
wears, will have to devote their time anu ;
energies to other enterprises. Tor two
or three years past tho timber men nave
heen opcrating in woods which have been
q t,yIo oil
handling the material which IS too large
md rough to $bc made into railroad ties
and other timber, by means OF sreWinS.
ALTHOUGH largo amounts OF money have
been brought into the Northern Neck by
means of this business, 1T Is certain that 1
& some sections are much worse Off than
would have been had no such bust
ness becn carried on Agricultural in
&terests, in many places, have been crip-
MED to a worry great extent. In many
places labor has been taken away from
#theE farms, and where once well TILED ana
efairlyafertile fields, are now pine bushes
'TTIn FRI1TzE,
II All kinds Of business was intorfcrcd
with here by the = freeze up last week
THE rivers were so blocked with ice that
~ was some time before the steamers
could run regularly. Nearly all the mails
were stopped for several days. No Rich
ssmond mail reached here for four days
Ss after the snow storm, and this place was
& completely cut off from news Of the out
side world vi 3
as has been mentioned before, the call
ming establishments OF this section are
losing heavily, and it IS not likely that
moro than one half the factories will run
during the coming season. " Tor the past
two years there has been a heavy de-
#cline in the market, and those who arc
& engaged In the business do not seem
willing to incur the great risks when
they have to take unless there Is "a brlght-
err future ahead.
STOP CANNING.
the factories in tho Northern Neck
have expended annually for quite a NUM-
E her of years thousands of dollars for
tomatoes and labor. Now to cut this
revenue from the farmers and laborers
will mean a great loss to business of all
kinds Besides this, the companies ope-
rating the different factories have a con-
Siderable amount Of capital invested. and
at means that business generally viii have
TO suffer in no small degree. The North
\ ern Neck Gamers have tho larger part
or their last years pack now on hand. i5
THE new bank here, owned by tho L. p.
Mumford Banking Company, has been
finished, and was opened "Wednesday,
February 1st4- with AR. G. J. Downing,
Ii of this placR, "a CASHIER. Hs5elf 81
1.-THE Iew1s-L ankford-Tull Company has
bought OF Headloy and Allison the steam
or Adaline, to dredge their oyster beds
Mt wheaton, Sheep Lane and La Grange
/ Greeks.
5 A large number OF people Of Klnsale
y had narrow escape from drowning
recently. While skating on Nnsale
Creek one Of tho number. c. C. Allen
broke through tho ice. Several young
men, attempting to rescue him, met will
Al like fate. with great difficulty nj
reached shore safely
Or. Robert e. Booker, OF Lottsburg
was taken to Baltimore hospital las
week to be operated on for appendicitis
h He was accompanied by his wife and Mr.
Darlington Booker. his brother
f Mr. A. D. Warner has taken charge
E of tho postofllce at Warsaw. He has a!
his deputy his brother Mr.. II. L. Warner
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