The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-14

thing more of the fertile and valuable
lands of that part of Middlesex county
adjacent to Urbanna They are cheap.
out about them. State Senator j.
Henry Cochran, of Pennsylvania.
man said to be worth many millions,
has purchased the magnificent Rose
Gill estate, just across the bay
from here. He found 1t in a.
rather run down condition. but
he has improved it in various
ways and made 1t one of the
most magnificent as Well as one of the
most profitable stock farms this side
of Kentucky. Mr.. Cochran makes
"Rose Gill; his summer home, which
is generally crowded with visitors,
who come down to enjoy the wealthy
gentleman's hospitality and to go
yachting. boating, etc.
The splendid estate of 1000 acres
within three miles of this place, and
known as 'Corbn Hail. has very re-
Gently been purchased from Hon. John
| G.. Dew. Second Auditor of the State,
| by Mr.. Charles A. Tucker, wealthy
| New Yorker.
| Mr. Tucker Is said to have paid $45.-
600 for this property. and proposes to-
make 1t stock farm for profit What
! L.
and there is fine opening here for a
live and wide-awake real estate agent
to let the world know all about 1t.
What Urbnnnn Can DO.
Taken altogether Urbanna is a good
town, and that manufactures ofiyarious
kinds, in addition to those already
here. will at no very distant day mai
1t more lively than it is there can be
no doubt. The raw material is here.
living is cheap and labor can be had
abundantly.
In the woodworking limo there are
special inducements for factories to 10
cate here. Too much timber is shipped
away and too little manufactured here's
Furniture factories wagon factories.
spoke and handle factories. box shook
factories. veneer factories and other
wood working establishments would
do we'll here. The lumber that is
shipped from here is pretty much al
together pine and oak: the hickory,
beech, walnut, ash. poplar, gum. cy-
press doGwood and persmmon to be
found in immense quantities in the for
ests have scarcely been touched
A factory to make baskets. barrels
and boxes for truck shipping. for
oyster packing and for can goods
packing would find hero profitable
trade right ut home. The shippers now
get their baskets, barrels and boxes
from Baltimore.
Wide-Awnke business Men.
Other new industries that would
flourish here are a harness factory
and brick and alternating establisn-
ment. a planning mill and sash, blind
and door factory would pay a hand
some dividend from the very start.
Last January the people OF Urbanna
got together and organized Business
Mems Association, which is In active
operation, and is determined to let the
people OF the outside world know what
Urbanna Is and what 1t can be. The
officers are j. II. Hurley. president:SR.
S. Bristow. vice president and Walter
II. Ryland, secretary These officers
and the wide-awake committees of tho
association are ready, willing and
anxious to answer any inquiries con-
corning the business affairs of Ur-
from investors and manufacturers.
They have a good story to tell, too, for
together with Its business attractions
ard the good outloo., for greater BUSH
ness In all directions. 1t is one of the
most soclable and hospitable towns In
the State. The people are kindly.
we'll educated and Intelligent folk. and
one of the young men, who has recent
2ly located here. remarked to me to-day
that the folks have Il better time here
and enjoy life in the proner way moro
than any folks in the world. From
what I have seen of the town and SUR
rounding country and the people there
OF i am disposed to believe he is very
nearly II not entirely correct