The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
Prosperity to tho EllIl;
Fire Which WipeeddlIIO( )ll1Es
the Whole Town.
RAPID GROWTH lin INA
SEVEN
Increased Population -- Real
Estate Values Nearly DCloul--s
;l bled tE--BE''aal inks Enlarged.
u Town Government sss
Perfect-Bus iness
s3S Expansion 3#s ssss8g

8 S Expansion 868S E#Es5S
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8FARMyILLE, VA June 3O.-t'armYilI&aas#.
}one#of the livest#an nd one among Sthts
best business towns In the State. $ls MI sg
a&young town by any means. IT wasg ms
corporated away back In the eigrteentksaBa
century, and Eas a. tobacco market besssssSS
fore this greataand glorious coun Is lsSss
been armly established5SSas e reptuibAfNpsIs II
that Is, q kind OF tobacco arkett,sss::n
which the seductive weed was barterea5& ~
for groceries, "a y goods n d$otherS NET
s%chandlsc. In t%he@course OF time Farms
became%a town OF some notess$Eand III
the beginning OF atheSEwars b tWeeAass
the states#ssreaached q size and an inisssg
SportancelH II which #itS stood%forsSnna 4 JJssgs
years advancing Tor sretrogr81Eas@g!
Ing. sBsT obaccoSwas itsgrlainstaySas5 asbuyyyy sNEs
iness,, and @many} framed&fa ctOriesSA gEoEassss
the annfacture gof newlngStobaccosanS6 ss%S
for the drying sof the Leaf forSshtpmnae1ltk4a
to European markets ere #scattsya0s
SthrouRhoutBt the own sss48#s# fS@SfaS ssRggsES I'm Sssaisg@s
s@a Inathe month OF ##January,S1s 1882 oneHcoldttXR
swlndySnlght, Farmvilles was YisitedaTsbbyagss
ssone&Sot the most judiciously distributed HI
fires Sthat$evers blazedS FOR hSonsthe#AmerttSSHI
continent, 3fSIt$S sWept$away3s&Snealrly#
every one of the old out-of-dat framed an tl III
tobacco factories andSasteWgotherSeqlally
as worthless old shacksHtha t were used alss3 S "
other lines III business. 4 araeaH
seemed t. have az special spite NXagainstaS
these ancient business houses q i'd kindsHa
" feeling Il for b Hssinter.vening modern
structures, for many OF the lat erIsskAin NH
which were IN the track ot9&sthe are..SSsle As#s
capped with slight damage,SS&swhilaes5%
one OF old Bhacks went to ashes:sk@ 4AAsSEs
MISUNDERSTANDING fire IN Farrnville..Ss#&s2@ssaMg@@
New Farrnville. 8SS ss @s'a 81
The tobacco dealers proceeded atone
to erect upon the a hes8of the l1&a pu
inrlRRs sS sspplenldid brick factories and prlzeriei
and equlpsthem with modern achiner N
storage warehouse were also built. an 81
3Farmvllleal real prosperity q ates from
the fire Of January, 1888. $@HMNHssas
That year 81 her blsine ss men SaccesIp'tteHd1
the pace the tobacconists55E had set andssY
commenced Ito tear Observation-Disclosures s
new ones.. and 4 improve ard sn1odernnSsH
lie Others that were still OF soHeBluseS
and had mot lost all of their ssorlg q na
beauty. Thus 1t happens that there ARA
four b siness houses on Main
street that we're standing Il a,re 3tn " Sss.sss5s
new ewE,Sup-to.dateSstor standsEonSe every
lot except these four, where b4soreGSstopoaH
uold-time shantles, 81 and sSEiin u Nm
the vacant lots In. the 81 business e sec.lonss
OF the street have been built ,,Aa N1
the section has been enlargsedss
blythe pulling down OF ancient.. Residences
and h erection onG5the sites .of and
some business houses. until Main street.sNs
once a Village lane, Is nova Well anaYedosSS
campactly8 built business n h nfarfesSaass
has q very me- ropolitannI pearance
yI3ussaGE..E - M = = - Sroro$ n comma n win 81 N1CATA
lures. S8 is,asas 9IsgsTT#
Within the past seven years Since ltna
fudicioulslly distributed fire put things tel
5In1lo,yyinE) FarmYille has moved up Il fr1nlaia
the iii GO class. with g bout 2,boo. hapl.s
tants, to the small city class, with apoas
1000, and 1t IS growing every day GAlals
population and ia making rapid #str1aNssl
In aScomnercial way. ss
Public improvements. Xsa
There Is not O better-governed.toHn,
In the state than Farmyiillle, Its Mc1alsS u
from MAYOR down osconstable are e ISisSSSs
zcientious and patriotic citizens. 9
heva fhre own,s best interest," at heart. @M
ana lts mn Councilis and always has
been made up OF some OF the best z ii
most sagacioust business men IN ms conA-sayg
munity.5 BY wise and ahonest. mana Ssss
mantS sof the towns affairs. the taxes
which are constantly increasing nENYNooll.SSE
u,,ne, and are largely augmented by as
800. "a vinp d%ispensar have beens$puuiis
INTO nublic improvements that have made
sFarmYilleB an seven years one Oh itsnos 81
the very best, equipped little city lnNla0s#
State OF Virginia. g8s..aa
veil nayed as any street In Richmond.ag
Other parts, as# VET as q nunEer Of staS a
streets. are macadamized, and good sides Il
walks are numerous, Int 9 business paEp q
the aranollthic sidewalks predominating,.
The sum Of $4,000 has Just been apsss
propriated for further %streat improves
ments this summer, % US AS NV
The public school buildings are valued rs
al s15,o ID. the sun, OF 5000 having been
expended an them within the past year,
Al exceptionally good electric plant has NJ
ttpen installed by the town at a costSofN
10000, %twenty-odd thousand of when
was put in within the past two years.
II is one OF the test lighted towns In the "
State, the town maintaining street arc,
fights and furnishing It's citizens WITH
the incandescent lights at q cost thai
makes the business of the oil fcompanies
a rather small thing here.
Real Estate Values.
The water works, also maintained Y
TIL. town. furnish an ample supply3spr#S
clear. sparkling Water from Buffalo Areekss
Which flows into the ~Appomattox RlyestSss
withln$the town limits, The watsr sWHollllSs u
cost tovar S6D,0 , e4 SIS
Farmyiile has never known a toYerlslf
PEAL estate hopm. but there has & been AZ
steady and healthy Improvement Unreal
estate yalues for seven years. q thaE
many new and costly business housss
and private residences built havs lhh~s5s
creased the assessments wonderfallyNR
total assessments for realty lnt 1854
the year before tho big fire. we're &ess44
$50. This yearsthe real estate = aAsassf&SS