The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-16

ting 1t up into so. rs and loo-acre
farms. and propose to settle upon these
diminished farms a colony of thrifty
and hard working Swedes. Some 9TH
er large farms have recently been
bought in this neighborhood to be
treated in like manner. but lack of
space admonishes me not to go into
particulars.
WASTED Opportunities.
The big farm owners are not the only
old fogies 1 have heard of in this sec
Little River there Is a magnificent wa
ter power that is capable of making
this section a manufacturing centre,
but it is owned by a syndicate COM
posed of a Virginia man and some
Pennsylvania folks, who will neither
develop the power or sell IL TO people
who Will. They seem to think they
have a gold mine in this power, Just
half a mile from Nerdon Station. and
another gold mine in a greater power
in North Anna River. mile from the
station. capable of developing 300 horse
power. l am told that this Little River
oped and once ran a Touring mill.
which has been allowed by It's pres
ent owners TO go to rack. is capable OF
developing 100 horsepower Ersia the
neglected and abandoned dam in the
river. down stream 200 yards, there is
natural fall OF from seventy-five TO
100 feet, and yet the owners of this
power are allowing 1t to lie idle.
Good Efforts Tint Failed.
a few years ago Richmond concern
offered a big price for it. with view
of establishing here an excelsior mill.
Later a Western capitalist offered good
money for 1t, with the view of starting
several industries here Later still the
Richmond and Chesapeake Bay Rail
way people tried to buy it. The peo-
Pile who own this power in Little River,
as stated. also own the power one mile
from here in North Anna River. and
they will not develop it and will not
sell to people who Will develop. III
either or both of these powers were
developed. and dynamos put in to con
vey electric power TO Nerdon and to
boswell. the two places would soon be
important manufacturing points Can
ming factories. excelsior factories,
pickle factories. tanneries and other
industries could be established and
made TO pay big dividends. besides fur
nishing a market for the farmers, who
would raise all manner OF truck to sup
ply the canning factories. would cut
the pine timber, which is here in album
dance. to furnish an excelsior mill, and
would grow cucumbers and other things
to supply a picking factory. l am
told that the Heinze Picking and
Canning Company once tried TO get
possession of this water power in Little
River for the purpose of establishing
here a big picking factory.
What a blessing such thing would
be to the farmers hereabouts and TO
the community in general, but the folks
who own the power are apparently un-
approacha BILE. / wonder IL the indus
trial department of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway. which is largely inter
ested in such matters. might not get
behind this water power here and by
some means induce some kind of
development. do not know about
the Pennsylvania end of the syndicate
that owns these powers and plays the
dog in the manger game. but I am
told that the Virginia end of 1t is Nell
son F. holland. whose post office. 1 be
lieve. is Verdon.
The farmers around here tell me that
they can grow all OF the raw material
that canning factories, excelsior fac
tories ana pickle factories eStd DllSneU
here could possibly consume, and
would be glad 10 do 1t.
Farmers Who Are Making Good.
Among the leading farmers / have
run up against in this northwest cor
ner of Hanover. some of whom own
entirely too much land. may be men
toned the following: DR.. II. 3. Ander
son. w. l.. Holmes, r. \. Allen, Charles
Dabncy, j. B. Pierce. DR.. Richards. J.
w. Cardwell. r. J. Sharpe. s. D. Ander-
son, ]. IT. Lowry. Charles Goodloe. Sam
Terry. John Campbell. Charles H. Oil
yer. w. NJ. Lowry. Henry Mckay G.
r. Luck. ]. p. Montgomery and lot
of others whose names escape me just
at the moment.
Northwest Hanover is good coun-
try, good for crops OF the hest kind,
good for cattle. good for sheep raising.
good for hogs. good for the grasses
and for all manner of vegetables. and
exceedingly good for good people and
nice. fresh Hanover watermelons. II
the people will just abandon the big
farm idea and get right down to inten-
sive farming on smaller space. they
| will soon see a prosperity that they
have not yet known. not even In the
very best of crap" years. And they
are getting to that; slowly. 1t Is true,
but they are getting there