The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-01
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Having Leaned Oh iii1aa1l. s(G;rlSo9w'tl,,
thc@Old Field Pine SNOW
Attacked. sil.
MANY SAW MILLS AND I'll cams
Farms Sell the Timb er#o,l% Land
for More, Tha1latl1c4 Land
Formerly Brought
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"A II OI5LADAY, VA, March Sl.-Thcre Is
n lumber craze here at this time. 81 More
saw mills at work and more teams run
ming than were ever heard Of before. and
vet the splendid original growth Of pine
and oak Is all gone, and the mills are.
saving the second growth, old field pine
and white oak, and, II sInan ca ses, haul
ing TEN to twelve niles, and even more. 555t
There are some ten small 5mills8runnlns
lin hearing Of Partlows, near the south
cast end of the county. and nine IN hear
ing or Cerler postolfice. northwest end,
and others scattered moro or less closely
all over the whole county. and the saving
and hauling of lumber Is going right
ahead, Notwithstanding tho weather and
bad roads. 3i{ 855,s All S4 F}{ N E55
The price Of mules ranges from $3.50
to $500 per5pnir,a and the demand exceeds
the supply very much. -Four hundred
dollars pcr pair has heretofore been high,
and $3.50 a. good figure; but tho hauling
must be done, and mules only can
stand it.EsSt e. ss,s u ~ 25s
rho price i o ri even Ii tho comnonest old
field pine is amazing, and good spruce,
small, IS even better; white oak, strange
to say has mot kept pace with pine
though In great demand for ties, the price
OF ties being low, al may be Judged by
the fact that llrst-class ties arc worth
forty four cents net at railway, and sec
ond class twenty-nlnc cents, The price
OF hewing ties averages ten cents each.
Lands which have heretofore been &lln-
saleablc at any figure ArcsnoW IN de-
mand. and bring good prices II they
have old field pines on them. There Is Il
i lot OF poor land In this county hot ~ for.
cultivation, having years ago been cleaned
IN and worked to denthGin tobacco, but
In the past forty or fifty years have
grown up in pines - strange thing IS
that poor land, after cultivation. always
grows up In pines. and when these are
5cut oaks follow. Thus nature recoups
herself and enriches men. 5i
AS Il, sample or prices may DO cited a
nine acre lot OF thick second growth pine;
forty to nfty years old Stumpago alono
brought owned $i26,50. and tho party
r., and S. Coleman Cbrothcrs). near
Nlnrye postoflce, sold timber on contract
for over four thousand dollars a few
years since that figure would have about
matched the value OF tho whole land.
tits also said that people will buy land for
farming purposes better attcr inc tlnlpcr
Is sawed than before, "
Ono party figured about like this, Three
hundred and twenty acres Of land cost
81 300 sold timber and ties for $500; sold
two hundred acres best for farm and
home, worth 5000; profit. sl,00o Pretty
good. AK 5jS
The patient industry which cuts and
digs q nice little farm out OF tho Wilder-
ness here would cause king Solomon's
ants to blush will, envy. solomon said:
.'Cio to the ant, thoM sluggard' but
guess tho ants would lihvc TO get }automo-
hiles 10 seeptup to-day; and the number
of these little farms is large and con-
stnntly and rapidly increasing, With
good buildings, orchards and Improves
mcnts, ana the coored man is making
the white ''st up and take notice. ana
got n hustle on him.
our Northern brothers are also beginning
n new advance through the wilderness OF
Spotsylvanla aud trying to buy all The
land for sale. Strange 10 say, owners
do not seem willing to sell at even the
big price offered, and land Is actually
hard to bny though thousands or acres
lie ont on the common uncul1Valed ana
unoccupled From Parker's and Brock
Road to tho Louisa line there Is y strip
along the great sulphur and gold belt
ths1 Is practically not to be bought at
any figure, though some timber has been
cut ana sawed, Before many years great
things may be looked for along this
strlp--,l railway and gold and sulphur and
iron mines, which will pay We'll and bring
Ia large population and much prosperity
to the county. There are large deposits or
iron all through the county, and It may
.be that these will prove something liko
those in the great lake region, which arc
supplying the steel corporations with
their ores. There ought to no u state
on national survey of the minerals or TINS
belt. and their value once. known they
would III once DO worked with gr'slt ease
and profit, owing to ncarness 70 water
TRANSFORMATION and railways.
Should the projected and a'ready SUR
yoyed route he followed from Elklns,
81 (Contnuel On Eighth Pase.)