The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-27
Facts and Figures of the
LargestTown inCounty
Of Mecklenburg.
TOBACCO TOWN;
MINERAL SPRINGS
Grew in Past Decade Faster
Than Any Virginia Burg-In
Midst of Prosperous Back
Country-Rich in Raw Ma
terial-Famous Waters.
Future Growth.
BY FRANK $. woopsoN.


Chase City. Va. August o6.-Fcw
towns in easy-go!ng. conservative old
Virginia have grown much in the
past decade as has Chase City. and
now with well paved streets in the
town in the place Of former mud ave-
nues; with good permanent highways
branching out in every direction and
more building all over the district and
all over the county with ample bank
ing facilities; with the finest mineral
waters In the country. which form 4
great and growing industry; with new
Industries getting we'll on their feet
and others coming; with "a well estab-
l!shed tobacco market and cotton gins
and. perhaps cotton factories coming
with ample school and church facili-
tics. with broad minded and emerge
tic and agents and with az i've. wide
awake and Progressive lot OF citizens
as exist anywhere in the world. can
sec no reason why Chase City should
not grow more in the next ten years
than II did in the last ten
According to the census takers the
town had In the year 1903 porula-
ton OF 5+9. In 1910 the population was
found by the census enumerators to
be exactly 1862, which was going some
and be II remembered there was no
extending of corporation limits In the
decade and no taking in OF suburban
residents. or anything Of that kind.
1t was natural growth brought about
by the coming in of new men attracted
mere bY business ana industrial add
vantages and by the good example set
ana the splendid success made by the
business huatlcrs already here and by
the magnificent farming country sur
rounding and the abundance OF raw
material right at hand.
have already told in the Industrial
S.ciinn about Chase City's up-to- date
ness IN the matter OF good roads, how
tho district voted big bond Issue
for permanent highway construction.
how the convict labor was secured. and
how. under the general mana cement OF
Supervisor LuciuA Gregory. these
highways have been built and are
yet being built Four roads are be-
ing bull, out from Chase city TO cx
tend a fraction over ten miles In each
direction. making in all fortyfour
miles, about half Of which has been
completed and the other half will be
within the next twelve months. These
roads are part macadGm and part sand
clay blend. the rnacadam beinS put down
in the bad. muddy places and over the
worst NILS. and the sand-clay over the
other parts Under the terms OF the
district bond issue two streets within
the town, Main and Fifth. were 10 be
macadamtzed TO the width of twelve
feet as par, of the district road
system The town folks went down in
their pockets aid furnished the money
to increase the macadam in the streets
10 thirty-ihree feet, and in addition
they provided for parking on either
sidoaef the macad8m a distance OF tif
teersffeet to the granolithic and brick
sidew alks. So now instead OF the long
redsp mud avenues which used TO be the
huttk OF the jokes of the thousands
OF visitors who came here TO the fam
Gus Mecklenburg Mineral Springs
Chase City now has for its a.-ln street
as handsome a thoroughfare as can be
found in any town in the country.
The hfteenfoot park on either side
which is to be turfed and in some
places tcrraced and shade trees set out
is something of novelty for bust
ness street and very charming novel
~ it is.
Banking Facts and Figures.
Chase City has two strong banks.
The First National. of which Norman
Fl. Williams is president. and A. II.
Robertson is cashier. has a capital
stock OF $4,000. surplus $4,000 and
carries deposits to the amount of
about s235,00o. II has national bank
notes in circulation to the amount OF
SiS,9OU. Inc total assets amount to
about 100000. of which are loans and
discounts to the amount of s240.00O:
United States bonds. $4,000; munich
pal bonds $4,000; a $1,000 banking
house and other resources. This in
stitution was State bank for twenty
three years or more and had two
branch banks, and two years ago 1t
became n national bank, and. accord
ing to law. wound up its branches
established only six years ago and pre-
fers to remain n State institution. has
capital stock of $4,000 and a sur
plus of $4,000. Deposits are about
$4,000. Total assets amount to $780,
900, including loans to the amount OF
$4,000. and bonds real estate, and
other securities and cash. r. D. Pat
terson is the president and j. T. Goode
Jr.. is the cashier OF this popular bank
Industries That Employ Many People
The Chase City Manufacturing Com
pany. of which Colonel Lucius Gregory
is the president and general manager
is the largest single industry of the
town. The enterprise is a big wagon
factory In the town with dozen or
more saw mills and lumber plants Of
various sizes in Mecklenburg and ad-
Joining countries. The company is
incorporated with $4,000 capital. and
has a surplus represented by exactly
the same figures. The big shop turns
out over 5000 wagons per year, which
are sold from Maine to Florida and
Texas, and in addition hundreds OF
rig logging wagons and trucks are
built and sold in the numbering re-
pions of Virginia and other Southern
States. l have not seen the hooks
and do not know the income OF this
company or anything about Its profits,
but do know that the stock. with q