The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
ALL IS BOOMING
UP IN WAYNEsB0RO
Splendid Apple Crop Yield Large
Profits to Many Orchard
Owners.
LAND SALES REPORTED
Soil Adaptable for Fruit Grow
ing in Demand at Good
.. Prices.
LAND SALES REPORTED

wAYNESBORO. VA. July co.
Scaled bids for the site for the new
United States postoffice building we're
opened in the treasury department IN
Washington on Tuesday last There
were ten bids, ranging In price from
$500 to $4,000. and covering some OF
the best locations as TO the business
center and accessibility.
Work on the new Blue Ridge high
way from waynesboro over Blue
Ridge mountains is progressing rap
idly and macadam is being laid at
rate of 200 feet per day with full
force OF men. A traction engine pass
ed over this newly laid macadam
on Thursday and the test showed the
work well and truly done. septern-
Der is the date set for the compile
ton OF the part OF the road on this
side of the mountain. Grading III
the adjoining county of Nelson on
the east OF the ridge is finished to
point near Alton and the right of
way of this new road is being cleared
in Aihemarle county, starting at the
county line near Alton. There Ia
full set of road-making machinery
now In place in Albemarle county
which, together with the set in Au-
gusta. insures the prompt completion
OF this ten miles of macadam road.
The board of supervisors of Augusta
county at Its meeting held in Staun-
ton on Monday last. heard the petit
ton OF Mr.. Fred w. Scott. of Royal
Orchard: Mr. w. A. Rife, president
of the Waynesboro board OF trade,
and II. NJ Magic. the secretary. and
a resolution was passed appropriat-
ing an additional $4,000 of county
funds for this macadamized highway.
Apple Crop Large.
The apple crop in the Waynesboro
orchards will be the largest in the
history of this fruit section. The
Rose GIN" orchards will pack from
5000 TO 10, 200 barrels OF apples from
their eighty acres of bearing trees.
The Punch Bowl orchards that
were recently purchased by T. ~
Nininger. a former orange grower OF
Florida. will pack 1000 barrels from
the fourteen acres OF bearing trees
DIR. S. w. Fletcher. director OF the
Virginia Experimental Station at
Blacksburg. who owns the Elm
Spring" orchards near waynesboro,
estimates his crop at 1900 barrels
and the total estimate for the Cisco
orchards, which we're recently sold to
a storage company in Kentucky, 10
1000 barrels from their 1000 bearing
trees.
Many Orchards Sold.
Recent sales of apple orchard prop
critics in the Waynesboro section IN
eluae fifty-eight acres and zee bear
ing Winesap trees TO Rev. c. A. Lang
ston, of Cleveland, Ohio. considera-
ton $4,000; twelve acres with 400
York Imperial trees to Mrs L--C.
Richardson. of Erie, Pa; considsra-
ton, 800: 125 acres with Loco Pip
pin and red apple trees to Edward
Donnelly, attorney OF Pittsburg. Pa
20 acres with 500 red apple trees 10
r. r. PearsaIl OF Chicago. Ill.,, con-
sideration $2,750. and Mr.. Guernsey,
OF New York City. has purchased
four of the five acre tracts of the
Shenandoah Valley Apple Lands Conf
pany. OF waynesboro. and will plant
and build a home on this land and
occupy same when his trees reach
bearing age.
Plans are complete and resolutions
have been adopted for the letting ri
the contract for the new $4,000 Pres
byterian church. The plans adopted
were prepared by r. @. Vance. cash
Ter of the First National Bank oil
Waynesboro. and were chosen after q
very careful scrutiny OF many com
petitice plans. Mr.. Vance being al
alder In this church and a leadins
anirit In this movement