The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-19
MUCH BUILDING ON
PETERSBURG LINE
Rapid Development Along Electric
Road Between That City
and Richmond.
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CROSSINGS or BELT LINE
Road Board to Meet Railroad Peo-
Pile With Reference to
Them.
CROSSINGS or BELT LINE


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The great amount oi building along
the fetersbats ;ana Riunmohd eaf
itne is scarcely less imam Wohdtr'
ana the ueVSiop'nent OF tne ceuhtr4
aujacent is remarked upon pN af VINO
travel between the cries.
SIX mlies from the Ssty :" F1ters-
burg ana three miles from Inestef Is
being laid out beautiful village; the
village OF ifafroWBate. Eisht nun
drcd ana tnittesn acres iysng ON poth
sues OF thc lhterufpan Gar me pe
tween niNhhioho anu feteTsou's haNe
been devoted TO this purpose
The land rolls IN gentle fluctuations
from both sides af the car tracks,
making beautiful nome sites, Wen
WOODED ana WateIeu' SNfests are 70
/ pc iata cut paraiiei 10 ,he car il'ie
and 1T right Angles making perIeAi
squares. TWO handsome residences
nave ALREADY peeh erected anu Gun
ers are now being ptaned. q ehuHen
building Will DE constructed as SOON
as the community VIII Jnstify,
bcit Lane sross9s.
me TOAD Board oil Dh"iuoie eouh'
y VIII meet az 1he courthouse Oh
/ Iuesaay next 70 CONFER Win .he OF
Hclais OF tne Norioik anu Wes'et II
Hallway relative 10 the roao cross
ings OF the belt llhe ROAD 10 ne .on
structeu around fe,ersnurg, Inc oeii
3 line VIII cross SIX or seven oI ,he
mai nroads OF the county ieaulng INTO
this city, and the question OF UNDER
grade and eFergraue crossings are %
he considered.
These are matters on great import
ance to the citizens and farmers OF
/ Dinwiddie. ana they are seeing 'ha'
proper attention If gwen thereto'
This new Ane rs Tar thfous u
freights. and Ii To save the grace east
! bound trains encounter OUT OF the
city.
The new belt line wlii cross tne
seaboard Air Line ana the Atiantie
Coast Line railroads west OF TINS city,
ana also IN PrInce EoWaru COUNTY
several important county roads wiil
be crossed.
Much Building Gong oi.
building operations continue active
in Petersburg Petersburg BeneHoleh'
Mechanics Association VIII com
mence to build seVen-stors structure
on the corner OF TaDb ana sycamore
streets aheut July
The new annex to the Chesterheie
Hotel is now we'll under wa, and
VIII be a handsome ADDITION To the
building on Sycamore street
The stores of ". H. Harrison & 20
and Petersburg Dry Goods company
handsome structures, are being rap
idly completed.
services ON sunday
Al the Second PresDsteTlan chhrsi
sunday evening will commence IN
series Of evangelistlc services MHlG,
are to he conducted by feF- u: II
Rolston and Rev J, a, lIostie, Inn
Der Ridge church, remington fresoH
terry In these services tne siheihs
, tn he under the supervision OF IN
talented singer Professor ~
OF Richmond. Professor HUI was
singer with the famous MOODY guar
tette OF Chicago Every preparatio
is being made for suece3sfui meetln
. and the public Is ccrd4allF ihVited l
r. participate.
!, The amounts SUBSCRIBE 10 IN
Church Extension Fund or the Epis
eppal Church have now reaehe
, $500 1t IS proposed to raise
I Petersburg $4,000 and in the dieees
!. s25.9o0,
The funeral OF the late ftcoert
(. stevens, former sergeant of the polio
: corps ef Petersburg. viii take piae
> Sunday afternoon from the Chrstia
= church. on Washington street, STAND
Z - II a Nj