The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-16
New York and Local Capitalists
to Spend Many Thousands Of
Dollars at Midlothian.
COUNTY Is RICH
IN MANY RESPECTS
Mineral, Agricultural and Power
Wealth, With UneXeelled Rail
road Facilities Fast Making
1t Famous.

/ Between $4,000 and SooV0o VIII % 4a
spent by the Richmond Power Cons !.
pany. chartered under the laws of Vir-
ginia by New Iork and local capi-
/ talistsr in equipPias a thoroughly mod
ern electric plant at Midlothian, thus
increasing the power facilities %
Chesterfield county to point far SUR
peror to almost any in the State.
ST, John Clarke, OF New York, IL
president Of the new company, with
s. Dabuey Crenshaw, of Richmond, A
II. Twombly, Of New York and Levin
Joyues. of Richmond, as vice presidents
treasurer and secretary respectively.
Although chartered with q maximum "
of $4,000, it is understood the CONF
pany has strong financial banking and
may amend it's incorporation papers IA
so as to increase by a substantial sum !
the amount originally intended to be
expended.
Location ideal.
Midlothian is regarded as an ideal Il
location for the new plant, as the coal
mines there Will furnish ample fuel
at the lowest possible cost for the
manufacture of steam with which to N
operate the plant,
With this new generating plant and
it's unsurpassed water power facalI-
ties, Chesterfield, Will be rich indeed
in energy for turning the wheels OF
y
within the eountys borders.
Chesterfield Is remarkable county
in many respects and one of the few
in the state which has mineral. agri-
cultural, and power wealth and all
most as many factory workers as cit
liens as ii has farmers.
i This is the hey day of Chesterfield'a
long and honorable history. her farms
being in excellent condition and prom
Using rich harvests in the fail, her gar
dens producing the choicest OF truck
ing products in great abundance and
for which thera Is always Il good
market in Richmond, Petersburg and
several northern cities and her many
manufacturing plants running at full
blast. The mining industry. for which n
I the county has always been famous.
aud Judging from the wide, deep rich b
veins of minerals promise to keep her
| famous. is picking up steadily
/ With her metropolis, Manchester
now part of the capital of the State.
! Chesterfield promises to be leader B
among the counties of the State before
long. Already here real estate values
have increased and the seem to have
igone up and been anchored Thd
annexation Of Manchester was not
only a lucky stroke for that eity--ai- 81
though there has been little in th6 h
marvellous Improvement line Just vet, Il
but for Chesterfield county as well.
Annexation brought Chesterfield coun~
ty into closer touch with the business II
heart OF Richmond. and that means \
much.
Real Estate Prices, rs
Real estate in and about Mancheas y
ter and further into Chesterfield co,in- Il
ty has never sold for the price that b
is now being asked and paid for IT,
With an excellent and dependabI4 q
electric line, carrying freight as WELL
as passengers. running through the &
county with scores of trains runntn4#
TO the North and South daily over the
tracks of the Southern, Atlantic Coast
Line and Scaboard Air Line. thus putt
ting her in the closest touch with tha
big cities of the East. North and
South. Chesterfield wants nothing bet.
ter In the line Of transportation fa~s
cil!ties.
If anyone is curious to know what
Chesterfield needs 10 make her onA ii
of the foremost counties in Virginia~
It is capital 10 develop her wonder-S
full mineral resources. and capital to-
harness the tremendous horse power
being wasted in the James and Appo-
mattox rivers within her bounds. The
coal mines of the county are said by
expert biologists to be inexhaustible.
Who can say that Chesterfield VIII
day in the future?
With her fertile bottom lands and D
productive uplands. Chesterfield coun-# q
ty produces variety of crops. This
soil on the bottoms is rich and loamy n
and Yields big returns to the ssentef-3A
pIsing farmer. The uplandS have
been enriched and nurtured nm lu~M
guminous crops and fertilizers as1tfl b
they are in better condition new than
ever before, and the farmers are Rape
idly getting back what they expcndaikNS
! in preparing the land to receive thAsa
seed. aN
As a peanut raising county Che@.
terfeld could run Dinwiddie y Chose
second. or her soil is most admirably Il
adapted To the cultivation OF the feA~
tive ''goober." A fine quality OF to-
bacco is raised In Chesterfield. and thNa
farmers have no difficulty in disrsN@a
ing OF the weed for good prices. lEAS
IFS understood there is more land plaHts
ed in tobacco this year than ever L. n
fore. s#
Produces Much Hay.
But, aside from the thausa nfs u&I
dollars which the farmers get for that1
ftne vegetables, which compare r1nS1%
favcrably with the Hanover prUduGsM%s
and are even given preferences nyxH
the latter by some epicures, aside fra131
/ .ier mineral wealth. power wealth. ai1ft
railroad facilities Chest erfiald EfSS
duced some OF the best hav raised III
the State. and great quantities "a
Wheat rye and oats also tnrsve maM
admirably in the county, and many
thousand of dollars is "raked tn h5
the farmers for their SUPERIOR GrhftksS
!. Chesterfield has not always AeAa M
J nowned as an agricultural county
her forte being her minerals and 1nn0
ufactures--hut the farmers have sl1k
led the soil and realized That m
only reasonable to return 10 II IN
Iof the life that has been sAppe1 1d