The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-19
from Petersburg, Va"
Railways in the County.
As / explained in q letter. write

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AS / explained in letter written
from here last week, Brunswick county
has within the past twenty years got
ten into railway touch with the out
side world, and the advantages of this
railway connection are we'll set forth
in the booklet, The Atlantic and Dam
Vile. now the Danville-Norfolk branch
of the Southern Railway. was the first
to build through the county. 1t ira
verses the county from east to west
a distance of twenty-five miles. How
ever. until the year 1900 Brunswick
county had no communication by rail
to the Northern or Southern markets
except in circuitous way. III that
year there was constructed the Rich
mond Division of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway System, extending from
Richmond, through Petersburg, to Nor
lima, in North Carolina, the junction
with that branch OF the Seaboard Air
Line running from Portsmouth to RAJ
leigh and the South.
For the past two years there has
been in process of construction through
the country from east TO west the Nir-
gin;an Railway. This road, which is
said 70 have no superior in point of
construction in the United States. Will
.an from the coal fields Of West Vir-
ginia 70 Norfolk, thus making great
trunk line, competing with 4he Chesa-
pssks and ohio and Norfolk and West
ern gstiyays. The Seaboard Air Line
Railway md tie Yirginian each tra-
Tersss'the county for about the same
distance as the Southern, giving Bruins
wick county q total railroad mileage OF
about eighty miles.
A slight consideration of the markets
reached BIZ these three trunk lines of
railway VIII serve to convince one that
brunswick county has uneXcelled ia
cililies for reaching the great markets
of the world With Norfolk and other
points on deep water reached by two
railways, and with the consequent
ability TO reach the Northern markets
and the Old World markets by sea !:
with Petersburg. Richmond, Washing
ton, Baltimore. Philadelphia, New
York and other Northern markets
reached in direct line by rail, and
with the Southern and Western mar
kets both easily accessible by direct
railroad connections. what more is
needed to convince prospective set
tier in Brunswick county of the almost
unparalleled advantages HAT this
county enjoys in respect to marketing
the crops grown on It's SOIL and the
sheep, cattle and horses raised in its
pastures?
The Crops of the County.
The county. as has been stated. con-
stains about 500 square miles of terri
Aory. Only about one-fifth of this land
is cleared. the rest being covered by
timber of many kinds, from the magni-
ficent original growth of pine and oak
70 the scrubby old-feld pine. OF the
cleared portion of the county onsy
a {S IN, nu1ti fin,, ,xr-
enc time. Let a prospective settler is.
Brunswick county compare this condi-
ton With what obtains on the prairie
lands OF the West. where land is ex-
i pensive, practically all cleared and
NEARLY all cultivated. Such u compari-
son will certainly lead him TO the. con
illusion that Il county where land is
pr the first quality. where 1t is plen-
Bsiifn!. cheap and responsive to every
4 Eftort put forth to extract its hidden
Srlches county, moreover, where the
welcoming hand of friendship Is ex-
!endcd to the right kind of settlers. is
y certainly desirable place TO which ia
Y move. Add to this the fact that no.
4 where IN, the World can be found a
more enlightened, progressive, hospl-
Z table and thrifty class of people. ana
"A II VIII require no stretch of the imnpI
gAtion to SAY That were all of these
advantages known to people outside q,
4 the Stale, there would he no need foa
4 The State Of Virginia to offer induce.
gments to people from the West and
& North TO come into her borders and
sssSsa Ike up her nncultiyated lands.
The Soil of the County.
The character of the soil OF Bruins
wick county varies greatly, from
dark red In the western part Of TIL
L county TO White loamy soil in TIL
\ eastern part from what Is commonly
known us dark tobacco land to "fin
y tobacco land. Nearly al! Of 1t i