The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
.BLOOMl|INlGDALE THE
RICHMOND SUBURB.
Syndicate With Ample Capital
NJ Will Develop 1t and Make
.s3 1t Beautiful.
WHY COL. ANDERSON BOUGHT.
All Eyes Turning Southwark.
and Many OF Them Are
OH Richmond,

! That portion OF tho Gnter estate
Known as isioomingdale has been puf-
l chased by a syndicate headed by COZ
onel Il. j. Anderson.
The syndicate has gone vigorously 70
work to improve the property, and no
pains will be spared 10 make it one
of the most attractive of RICHMOND
suburbs. Engineers have been busy for
ten days plating and laying Oft the
lots, running the streets The avenues
ana the alleys, and a force Of hands
with plows and road machines are busy
making the streets and cleaning up all
Of the lots and making them beautiful.
Major Ginter in his day and time
expended vast sums of money improN-
ing Bloomingdale. Colonel Anderson
proposes to spend a great deal more
to complete the good work Stature
made Blooriingdale beautiful, remark
ed one who looked upon ii last Week.
land now the hand and the taste of
man Is going to add to its beauty and
make it veritable paradise of place
to build a home"
Such is the purpose of the present
owners of the property. They intend
| to make 1t an ideal suburban residence
$
place.
Colonel Anderson and Mr. w. r.
Il Smith, one of his associates, are from
Parkersburg. w. Va. a representa-
tive of The Times-Dispatch asked Col
onel Anderson how he came to buy
PROPERTY near Richmond.
WELL" said he, Il will tell you. l
found that my neighbors We're all NOV
ing further south---or talking about
T II
see. where they We're all coluing to. and
what was bringing them. 1 visited
Kentucky, Tennessee, the District of
Columbia. the Carolinas, and nowhere
did l find anything to compare with
Richmond. l found here was where
the people We're coming. and it's good
Il rule in buying real estate to find out
Where the peopleeare beginning to go
and talking of going ana get there
first.
Il visited all these Other. places, but
none OF them looked anything like as
good as Richmond. You nave a fine
city, and a most excellent people. Here
you haSe&everything that goes toward
the making of great city. People
are coming in here by the thousand
from all directions. They are SETTLING
around and in Richmond.
After looking I'LL over the South
and all over Richmond it seemed tc
me that Richmond is the best city
found. and that section which is reach.
ed by the two street car lines s tn,
pest section OF Richmond and it's su
.burbs.
The people are Just beginning i
realize what rapid transit means /
them Electric lines mean that pro
perty reached by them Will advanc
very rapidly and those who take nd
vantage OF this situation will becom
prosperous, through their investments
AS transportation Is improved. peo
PIE VIII be able to go farther to thei
n homes. Inc day of the crowded dis
'iicts IN the city and the hot tene
4 .neh. houses VIII soon be passed, an
people will learn how much bettar :,
Is to live out where they can breatb
1fesh air. drink pure water, raise thei
own garden stuff and small fruit, hay
@rlickens and eggs and a place for tn
Chlldren TO play. And of course thi
IS going 10 make land more valuabl
farther out. !
Take it out in the direction q
Bloomingdale to-day. You viii So
new houses springing up almost dailv
me people are going TO the suburbs q
Richmond.
70 whom do you expect to sell you
lots, Mr. Anderson?"
4 hope to.seil every lot to home
builders, as. .woulf far rather see
man buy land in the suburbs and Civ
his children the countr., life than :,
nave him buy simply to make money 0
Colonel Anderson added:
Ike Bloomingdale so well that
shall move out there and make the
my future home. II there IS prettic
place on this green earth I have neys
seen u. never hope to find q mo,
peasant place until get 10 glory
The new Richmond and Chesanea
Bay trolley line passes right throug
Bloomingdale.