The Washington herald., 1908-05-10
Continued from Page one.

Wheat has been raised merely as a sup
| Elemental crop, and In such quantity as
could be transported easily to the local
mills in the county. Naturally where
| grasses. grow readily, and by the way,
/ the hay crop IN Virginia has been de-
veloping by leaps and bounds there Is
good stock raising. and 1t is entirely
probable that in the course of a short
/ time there will be a cattle. market at
/ Kenbridge
Another thing that strikes the out
slider coming into Kenbridge, is the fact
/ that the Kennedy-Wal Land and De-
velopment Company. which owns prac-
tically all the land in the incorporated
/ lines is not offering this property as a
/ boom proposition The Orga anizers are
| seeking to develop industry and trade.
and thereby increase the value of their
| holdings and are selling the lots with s
view Of permanent settlers. and are
making no bid for land spectators. Nat
urally, their idea being carried out. 10
| bring industries and trade TO the com
munity. viii increase tbs value of real
estate holdings.
The Kennedy Walker Land and De-
velopment Company is composed of men
who live in Kenbridge and are vitally
/ interested in its development along
! prope, lines. Mr. John +. Walker the
! president and general manager, has spent
some time In the southern part of Cali
! fornia, and the wonderful progress made
there induced him 20 organize a company
TO repeat this progress in his native
State Mr.. y. T. Kennedy, the secretary
and treasurer. is fully alive 20 the pos
/ sibilities of Lunenburg County. He was
raised on his fathers farm. upon part OF
which the town Of Kenbridge is located.
/ Mr. W. Moncure GTavatt is a young
member Of the Virginia bar. who has al
ready made an enviable reputation. and
the town of Kenbridge has had the bene-
flt OF his advice in organizing its gov
ernment.
Finance New Enterprise.
In addition 10 the real estate propo-
sitiOn, the same company is lending as
sistance toward the financing OF the new
/ enterprises. As was stated heretofore,
/ one of the big crops OF Lunenburg Coun-
/ " is tobacco. Hence, the necessity of
/ bringing the tobacco Of Lunenburg Coun-
ty, which has heretofore been hauled
over dirt roads TO Petersburg. Richmond,
| Blackstone. and other markets, to ship
| ping point in the county, there has been
organized by the active force at Ken
| bridge the Lunenburg Warehouse and
| Tobacco Company. for the purpose of
| erecting two large warehouses to handle
/ the tobacco of the county and adjoining
! section This corporation IS a SO 100
concern. OF which $4,000 is per cent
guaranteed stock.
Bids for these two warehouses will be
! opened some time shortly, and il Is the
expectation OF the company to be ready
for business 10 handle this years crop
These warehouses will practically have a
monopoly on the tobacco business OF Lun-
enburg County, which no doubt will
reach 100000 pounds per annum. Al
ready the company has received PROPOSE
tions from tobacco men which Will in
sure the company of a profitable invest
ment
The opportunity at Kenbridge for a
furniture factory would appear especially
good. II is adjacent TO a fine timber area.
oak, pine, poplar, sycamore, birch. and
heart cedar in great abundance are cas-
/ lily accessible.
Labor conditions would be admirable
in that the cost of land and the owner
ship OF homes would make it possible
for contented, happy community OF
workers. There are "a number of mills
in the county adjacent to the line of the
ViTginian Railway, 10 cut the timber
There IS needed a local factory to con-
vert it into furniture.s This, undoubtedly,
will shortly come.
Splendid Granite Quarries.
The mineral wealth of the county is
considerable. and yet as far as is known.
this is not the greatest Of the opportuni-
ties in the county. There is a splendid
granite deposit, and already some Of the
quarries are being worked, the railroad
having established a crusher near Ken
bridge, which is furnishing crushed rock
for ballast all along the line, It has been
asserted by some that there is a vein of
coal running through a portion Of the
county, yet it has not been developed
sufficiently 10 know whether it could be
mined proftably. One thing is sure. and
that is that the soapstone deposit will
Immediately be taken hold of. There is
a splendid vein there that can be work
ed IN a most economical way. The soap
stone in other sections of Virginia has