The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-22
.PENIhsUlAR survey !. / VA
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Cross the James at V e yyaiFlt'E;t'
and the Chic kah,tonliinysI y al y iIlls
s$5t Barrett Ferry. is52 i83Iss
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rig, Jpr.I 9 I'll
|linr al suryc tho much lkcd q
|pI1ide az Rf,airoad down HE peninsula fl
iun tho north siao Of james sn az
|foitows: Aftarcrossin the ey-
unok tho. ilneE oft slrvey con tin,ics "
Wis Chlckahoniny River. crossil1 u a t
IiBarrett,s FERRY !Flt a apoVe
jamestown Island, passing
ll,turg on the souti, side $ctyi tllcnae
IEthe g,ryey was made on he south $sldo
tfc Gliesapen and VI r ailront an MI
crossing this railrond tho l,rese'l =
IStGrovo station, sid Of tl'e
iChesapea ana Ohio running Amos
paa,rne i'll with ills railrond ltt,ld very o close
.to6 tie Same for sovcral Ct ol l}
Grove Station (low cnl ed '' 2 oothls SD
l5inE,,) tic tssrldewat er beg ll,s5 IT,
|sdvcrgc from the Cllesap n ono
and d oes on 10 al Point 3rceze VI
81 Ihis elevator CON paiiy lave certainly
lhecn4at heavy pcn SO o,l tie ellinsulu
lavlng ii, field three sur li;S
yey1lg parties. fteen or Gig cen n
each gang Wlo appeared to AZ be gehtT
gent lenlell.
s1,rhey tals as thla grea road would I'D
Icertalnly be built y nd
future But there are ma u y btltig
rhoninse section who tlllnk8thls
road will corlc, cert ' g IN III , .heY st
River. III 81 docs seem doubtful hat thu
ITidewater road would A GRO IS II Az y--
tanoke, where @ the river! is said to hpi
nearly Is mile wile,S; 10 build a brld ge gat
this t2would he enc '1no tisl xpens
aind E facilities for my igat Ion would he
livery ex pensive. IA gain tho ion ariscsf
|swould mot THE United Stntes or the State
laws Sprohbit tho building such 81
|lbrldge ACROSS tile aincs tSst iss:sreT
ported tllutsthl great raj lroad conn my
|8had 8elther&purcha spr, taken opt Ions Oh
considerable wa tor front 1T F. otnt Breeze,
near ~ export ii N eWs. III Should his road
1gbcs ever constructed Il It Wo uld appea ~ To-
lSbeslurtfulsto HE Norfolk and Wes tern and
Chesns t,eake and Ohio r al roads, running
50 olosely to each of those II oN,-
ever these roads cot ld only sustain he
loss q some local PAL sen ger "a vel and
llocal freight as w 3
would proveSa great s';appottn1tS mcnt
|StoSmany&pe 4 this III dewater road Is
never completed, and should Ii no & come,
10 deepWater,& OH, the mort side Of James
Es#Nfr.ss Gould would onfel#anl eve ria sting
|Sbenefi TO 4 ie4pep le of a lou ter, M
lBthewsS and Il her Id ava terSc g lnties II
Ills road should %cve rS be- b,ii If, and such
IA road would proVe6 of Syinins nse benefit
Ito tho city OF n chntond rs
81 The old ninHull $of Virginia Is ookr
Ling iyol farm have peensol
ut good 8pTl ces NJ una some thrift tn nter-
Uprising people liaY We con to u this part
|Sofsthe#.T dewatelS section - linen ofslleals,
some enc ged In agricul ture; otllor OH:
ga ged in II stock raising and III the tpoul-
| try business ;s;ind here Isl much inquiry
LATTER: colonial sideilc es S from n men
oGSthe NORTH and West, "a
$@ Great ilnpr0ycn If Have r Id ely been
lnade about II IVA u am and Mary College
\ New buildings cons tructed new Furniture
i for tho Students q ormltorl les, and8 Presi-
dent IT. lers house - II tl fine condi tion:
| This work ais no lelrly conple ted anu
1.-The old col ege ground Is \ and IN buildings
present n comely.3 81 tractiYc ppearance
Profosso Payne II making liirnsel & Sex7
Itrelnely popular with tile faculty the Stli-
dents and with tho &peopl d or I'VE nrlclent
cty.' One hundred S5SS and .sss eghty-fiYe
lmatrculatcs In coll ege at present, sand5ac-
i cesslonsE II D the student bod 81 nearly every
4 wee ia All works about the col lego going
on snloot illy, ana harlnonio nsy; no 8Iric-
ItlonS etween8 the facult SfS and studentssof
WI liam and Mary Col ege.
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